Piezoelectric and triboelectric nanogenerators: promising technologies for self-powered implantable biomedical devices

A Khan, R Joshi, MK Sharma, A Ganguly, P Parashar… - Nano Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Implantable biomedical devices (IBDs) have garnered wide-scale attention in recent years
due to their enormous contribution to the biomedical sector. However, an uninterrupted and …

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 …

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 …

Tissue‐adhesive piezoelectric soft sensor for in vivo blood pressure monitoring during surgical operation

C Wang, Y Hu, Y Liu, Y Shan, X Qu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The reliable function in vivo of self‐powered implantable bioelectric devices (iBEDs)
requires biocompatible, seamless, effective interactions with biological tissues. Herein, an …

[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 …

Enhanced triboelectric nanogenerator based on a hybrid cellulose aerogel for energy harvesting and self-powered sensing

C Luo, H Ma, H Yu, Y Zhang, Y Shao… - ACS Sustainable …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A biocompatible and porous triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) based on bacterial
cellulose (BC) and hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) aerogel was presented in this paper. Due …

Recent Progress on Flexible Self‐Powered Tactile Sensing Platforms for Health Monitoring and Robotics

SZ Liu, WT Guo, H Chen, ZX Yin, XG Tang, QJ Sun - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past decades, tactile sensing technology has made significant advances in the
fields of health monitoring and robotics. Compared to conventional sensors, self‐powered …

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 …

Interface-induced high piezoelectric γ-glycine-based flexible biodegradable films

Q Yu, Y Bai, Z Li, F Jiang, R Luo, Y Gai, Z Liu, L Zhou… - Nano Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Flexible biodegradable piezoelectric composite films prepared by combining water-soluble
rigid piezoelectric crystals with flexible polymers have immense potential in the fields of …

Degradable piezoelectric biomaterials for medical applications

Y Bai, H Meng, Z Li, ZL Wang - Med Mat, 2024 - journals.lww.com
The energy harvesting technology based on piezoelectricity promises to achieve a self-
powered mode for portable medical electronic devices. Piezoelectric materials, as crucial …