Recent advances in organic and organic–inorganic hybrid materials for piezoelectric mechanical energy harvesting

T Vijayakanth, DJ Liptrot, E Gazit… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This article provides a comprehensive overview of piezo‐and ferro‐electric materials based
on organic molecules and organic–inorganic hybrids for mechanical energy harvesting …

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 …

Active self-assembly of piezoelectric biomolecular films via synergistic nanoconfinement and in-situ poling

Z Zhang, X Li, Z Peng, X Yan, S Liu, Y Hong… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Piezoelectric biomaterials have attracted great attention owing to the recent recognition of
the impact of piezoelectricity on biological systems and their potential applications in …

[HTML][HTML] Engineering nanoparticle toolkits for mRNA delivery

B Sun, W Wu, EA Narasipura, Y Ma, C Yu… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
The concept of using mRNA to produce its own medicine in situ in the body makes it an ideal
drug candidate, holding great potential to revolutionize the way we approach medicine. The …

Manipulating the piezoelectric response of amino acid-based assemblies by supramolecular engineering

Y Wang, S Liu, L Li, H Li, Y Yin… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Variation in the molecular architecture significantly affects the electronic and supramolecular
structure of biomolecular assemblies, leading to dramatically altered piezoelectric response …

Self‐Assembling Peptide‐Based Functional Biomaterials

Y Huo, J Hu, Y Yin, P Liu, K Cai, W Ji - ChemBioChem, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Peptides can self‐assemble into various hierarchical nanostructures through noncovalent
interactions and form functional materials exhibiting excellent chemical and physical …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in biodegradable piezoelectrics for medical implants

T Liu, Y Wang, M Hong, J Venezuela, W Shi… - Nano Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Piezoelectric devices integrated into physiological systems can be used effectively for
biomedical applications such as sensing biological forces, self-powering biomedical …

Biodegradable piezoelectric polymers: recent advancements in materials and applications

M Ali, MJ Bathaei, E Istif, SNH Karimi… - Advanced Healthcare …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Recent materials, microfabrication, and biotechnology improvements have introduced
numerous exciting bioelectronic devices based on piezoelectric materials. There is an …

Guest molecule-mediated energy harvesting in a conformationally sensitive peptide–metal organic framework

Y Chen, S Guerin, H Yuan, J O'Donnell… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The apparent piezoelectricity of biological materials is not yet fully understood at the
molecular level. In particular, dynamic noncovalent interactions, such as host–guest binding …

Generating electricity from molecular bonding-correlated piezoresponse of biodegradable silk nanofibers

C Sohn, H Kim, J Han, KT Lee, A Šutka, CK Jeong - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Many biomaterials have been proposed as eco-friendly piezoelectric materials. This
research investigates the piezoelectricity of an electrospun silk nanofiber membrane for …