Smart and multifunctional materials based on electroactive poly (vinylidene fluoride): recent advances and opportunities in sensors, actuators, energy, environmental …

CM Costa, VF Cardoso, P Martins, DM Correia… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
From scientific and technological points of view, poly (vinylidene fluoride), PVDF, is one of
the most exciting polymers due to its overall physicochemical characteristics. This polymer …

Magnetically driven micro and nanorobots

H Zhou, CC Mayorga-Martinez, S Pané… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Manipulation and navigation of micro and nanoswimmers in different fluid environments can
be achieved by chemicals, external fields, or even motile cells. Many researchers have …

A comprehensive review on fundamental properties and applications of poly (vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF)

P Saxena, P Shukla - Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials, 2021 - Springer
Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) is known as a favorite polymer from the family of
fluoropolymers due to its excellent piezoelectric properties, thermal stability, and mechanical …

[HTML][HTML] Magnetoelectric effect: principles and applications in biology and medicine–a review

S Kopyl, R Surmenev, M Surmeneva, Y Fetisov… - Materials Today Bio, 2021 - Elsevier
Magnetoelectric (ME) effect experimentally discovered about 60 years ago remains one of
the promising research fields with the main applications in microelectronics and sensors …

In situ activation of flexible magnetoelectric membrane enhances bone defect repair

W Liu, H Zhao, C Zhang, S Xu, F Zhang, L Wei… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
For bone defect repair under co-morbidity conditions, the use of biomaterials that can be non-
invasively regulated is highly desirable to avoid further complications and to promote …

Properties and applications of the β phase poly (vinylidene fluoride)

L Ruan, X Yao, Y Chang, L Zhou, G Qin, X Zhang - Polymers, 2018 - mdpi.com
Poly (vinylidene fluoride), PVDF, as one of important polymeric materials with extensively
scientific interests and technological applications, shows five crystalline polymorphs with α …

Electroactive poly (vinylidene fluoride)-based structures for advanced applications

C Ribeiro, CM Costa, DM Correia, J Nunes-Pereira… - Nature protocols, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Poly (vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF) and its copolymers are the polymers with the
highest dielectric constants and electroactive responses, including piezoelectric, pyroelectric …

Recent trends in biosensors for environmental quality monitoring

S Gavrilaș, CȘ Ursachi, S Perța-Crișan… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
The monitoring of environmental pollution requires fast, reliable, cost-effective and small
devices. This need explains the recent trends in the development of biosensing devices for …

Multiferroic bismuth ferrite-based materials for multifunctional applications: Ceramic bulks, thin films and nanostructures

J Wu, Z Fan, D Xiao, J Zhu, J Wang - Progress in Materials Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Among the different types of multiferroic compounds, bismuth ferrite (BiFeO 3; BFO) stands
out because it is perhaps the only one being simultaneously magnetic and strongly …

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 …