Piezoelectric biomaterials inspired by nature for applications in biomedicine and nanotechnology

S Chen, X Tong, Y Huo, S Liu, Y Yin, ML Tan… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Bioelectricity provides electrostimulation to regulate cell/tissue behaviors and functions. In
the human body, bioelectricity can be generated in electromechanically responsive tissues …

Biomedical applications of electrets: recent advance and future perspectives

X Zhang, J Zhao, P Xie, S Wang - Journal of Functional Biomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Recently, electrical stimulation, as a non-pharmacological physical stimulus, has been
widely exploited in biomedical and clinical applications due to its ability to significantly …

Density functional theory predictions of the mechanical properties of crystalline materials

E Kiely, R Zwane, R Fox, AM Reilly, S Guerin - CrystEngComm, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The mechanical properties of crystalline materials are crucial knowledge for their screening,
design, and exploitation. Density functional theory (DFT), remains one of the most effective …

Bioinspired Amino Acid Based Materials in Bionanotechnology: From Minimalistic Building Blocks and Assembly Mechanism to Applications

Y Wang, S Rencus-Lazar, H Zhou, Y Yin, X Jiang… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Inspired by natural hierarchical self-assembly of proteins and peptides, amino acids, as the
basic building units, have been shown to self-assemble to form highly ordered structures …

Advanced materials for energy harvesting and soft robotics: Emerging frontiers to enhance piezoelectric performance and functionality

L Persano, A Camposeo, F Matino, R Wang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Piezoelectric energy harvesting captures mechanical energy from a number of sources,
such as vibrations, the movement of objects and bodies, impact events, and fluid flow to …

Bioelectret materials and their bioelectric effects for tissue repair: a review

J Li, Y Xie, G Liu, A Bahatibieke, J Zhao… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Biophysical and clinical medical studies have confirmed that biological tissue lesions and
trauma are related to the damage of an intrinsic electret (ie, endogenous electric field), such …

From electricity to vitality: the emerging use of piezoelectric materials in tissue regeneration

Y Wu, J Zou, K Tang, Y Xia, X Wang, L Song… - Burns & …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The unique ability of piezoelectric materials to generate electricity spontaneously has
attracted widespread interest in the medical field. In addition to the ability to convert …

Biodielectrics: old wine in a new bottle?

HD Barnana, SAM Tofail, K Roy… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Biodielectrics is a subset of biological and/or bioinspired materials that has brought a huge
transformation in the advancement of medical science, such as localized drug delivery in …

Minimalistic Metabolite‐Based Building Blocks for Supramolecular Functional Materials

Y Wang, Y Yin, S Rencus‐Lazar, K Cai… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Metabolites are the set of substances produced or utilized in the biochemical process of
metabolism known to perform diverse physiological functions in every living organism. As …

Self-Assembly of Metabolite Nanostructures toward Functional Biomaterials

J Zhang, L Zhou, X Jiang, W Hu, R Yang - ACS Materials Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Metabolites have been developed for crystals with diverse morphologies and functionalities.
These materials are self-assembled into various nanostructures, exhibiting excellent …