Piezoelectric materials for energy harvesting and sensing applications: roadmap for future smart materials

SD Mahapatra, PC Mohapatra, AI Aria… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Piezoelectric materials are widely referred to as “smart” materials because they can
transduce mechanical pressure acting on them to electrical signals and vice versa. They are …

Piezoelectric materials as stimulatory biomedical materials and scaffolds for bone repair

B Tandon, JJ Blaker, SH Cartmell - Acta biomaterialia, 2018 - Elsevier
The process of bone repair and regeneration requires multiple physiological cues including
biochemical, electrical and mechanical-that act together to ensure functional recovery …

Electroactive phases of poly (vinylidene fluoride): Determination, processing and applications

P Martins, AC Lopes, S Lanceros-Mendez - Progress in polymer science, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Poly (vinylidene fluoride), PVDF, and its copolymers are the family of polymers with
the highest dielectric constant and electroactive response, including piezoelectric …

New developments in composites, copolymer technologies and processing techniques for flexible fluoropolymer piezoelectric generators for efficient energy …

NA Shepelin, AM Glushenkov, VC Lussini… - Energy & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Flexible piezoelectric generators (PEGs) have recently attracted significant interest, as they
are able to harvest mechanical energy and convert it to electricity, decreasing reliance on …

Recent advances in the preparation of PVDF-based piezoelectric materials

L Wu, Z Jin, Y Liu, H Ning, X Liu, Alamusi… - Nanotechnology …, 2022 - degruyter.com
In recent years, PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride) and its copolymers have attracted great
attention in the development of energy-harvesting devices because of their unique …

Fluorinated polymers as smart materials for advanced biomedical applications

VF Cardoso, DM Correia, C Ribeiro, MM Fernandes… - Polymers, 2018 - mdpi.com
Fluorinated polymers constitute a unique class of materials that exhibit a combination of
suitable properties for a wide range of applications, which mainly arise from their …

Recent progress on core-shell structured BaTiO3@ polymer/fluorinated polymers nanocomposites for high energy storage: Synthesis, dielectric properties and …

FE Bouharras, M Raihane, B Ameduri - Progress in Materials Science, 2020 - Elsevier
This review aims at updating various studies to design BaTiO 3@ polymer/Fluoropolymer
nanocomposites, to study their properties and performances and to supply their applications …

PVDF‐based dielectric polymers and their applications in electronic materials

W Xia, Z Zhang - Iet Nanodielectrics, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The attractive dielectric poly (vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF) and its copolymers are well
confirmed possessing the highest electroactive response including dielectric constant …

Advances in dielectric elastomers for actuators and artificial muscles

P Brochu, Q Pei - Macromolecular rapid communications, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
A number of materials have been explored for their use as artificial muscles. Among these,
dielectric elastomers (DEs) appear to provide the best combination of properties for true …

Thin-film organic electronic devices

HE Katz, J Huang - Annual Review of Materials Research, 2009 - annualreviews.org
We review recently published advancements in thin-film organic devices, ranging from the
composition and properties of organic materials to be used in devices, to the applications of …