Perspectives on recent advancements in energy harvesting, sensing and bio-medical applications of piezoelectric gels

T Vijayakanth, S Shankar, G Finkelstein-Zuta… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of next-generation bioelectronics, as well as the powering of consumer
and medical devices, require power sources that are soft, flexible, extensible, and even …

[HTML][HTML] Semiconducting piezoelectric heterostructures for piezo-and piezophotocatalysis

X Zhou, B Shen, A Lyubartsev, J Zhai, N Hedin - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Piezoelectric semiconductors can be polarized and used in mechanoredox systems and in
photoredox catalysis. Conventional non-piezoelectric semiconductors have limitations when …

Doping engineering to modulate lattice and electronic structure for enhanced piezocatalytic therapy and ferroptosis

B Tian, R Tian, S Liu, Y Wang, S Gai, Y Xie… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Piezocatalytic therapy, which generates reactive oxygen species (ROS) under mechanical
force, has garnered extensive attention for its use in cancer therapy owing to its deep tissue …

Stretchable piezoelectric biocrystal thin films

J Li, C Carlos, H Zhou, J Sui, Y Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Stretchability is an essential property for wearable devices to match varying strains when
interfacing with soft tissues or organs. While piezoelectricity has broad application potentials …

Piezo‐augmented and photocatalytic nanozyme integrated microneedles for antibacterial and anti‐inflammatory combination therapy

S Shi, Y Jiang, Y Yu, M Liang, Q Bai… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Wound infection is arguably the most common, and potentially the most devastating,
complication of the wound healing process. The ideal treatment strategy has to eliminate …

Natural piezoelectric biomaterials: a biocompatible and sustainable building block for biomedical devices

R Wang, J Sui, X Wang - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
The piezoelectric effect has been widely observed in biological systems, and its applications
in biomedical field are emerging. Recent advances of wearable and implantable biomedical …

Piezoelectricity, pyroelectricity, and ferroelectricity in biomaterials and biomedical applications

X Yuan, J Shi, Y Kang, J Dong, Z Pei, X Ji - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Piezoelectric, pyroelectric, and ferroelectric materials are considered unique biomedical
materials due to their dielectric crystals and asymmetric centers that allow them to directly …

A comprehensive review on barium titanate nanoparticles as a persuasive piezoelectric material for biomedical applications: prospects and challenges

A Sood, M Desseigne, A Dev, L Maurizi, A Kumar… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Stimulation of cells with electrical cues is an imperative approach to interact with biological
systems and has been exploited in clinical practices over a wide range of pathological …

Electrical stimulation system based on electroactive biomaterials for bone tissue engineering

X Zhang, T Wang, Z Zhang, H Liu, L Li, A Wang… - Materials Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Traumatic injuries can lead to large bone defects under extreme conditions, which usually
take a long recovery period, while the prognosis is poor. Endogenous electric field, as one …

Bimetallic Organic Frameworks of High Piezovoltage for Sono‐Piezo Dynamic Therapy

Q Wang, Y Tian, M Yao, J Fu, L Wang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Piezoelectric materials produce charges to directly act on cancer medium or promote the
generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) for novel tumor therapy triggered by …