Bioelectrical phenomenon in natural bone has been well recognized for its role in bone
development and fracture healing. For example, the piezoelectricity induced modulation in …

Among various classes of biomaterials, the majority of non‐centrosymmetric crystalline
materials exhibit piezoelectric properties, ie, the accumulation of charge in response to …

The photovoltaic effect in traditional p–n junctions—where ap-type material (with an excess
of holes) abuts an n-type material (with an excess of electrons)—involves the light-induced …

Tissues like bone and cartilage are remodeled dynamically for their functional requirements
by signaling pathways. The signals are controlled by the cells and extracellular matrix and …

The capabilities of the Crystal14 program are presented, and the improvements made with
respect to the previous Crystal09 version discussed. Crystal14 is an ab initio code that uses …

We discovered that many of the commonly studied two-dimensional monolayer transition
metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) nanoscale materials are piezoelectric, unlike their bulk parent …

The piezoelectric effect, discovered in 1880 by Jacques and Pierre Curie, effectively allows
to transduce signals from the mechanical domain to the electrical domain and vice versa …

Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) is a layered material with a graphite-like structure in which
planar networks of BN hexagons are regularly stacked. As the structural analogue of a …

Boron nitride nanotube (BNNT) has similar tubular nanostructure as carbon nanotube (CNT)
in which boron and nitrogen atoms arranged in a hexagonal network. Owing to the unique …

An overview of the state of art in ferroelectric thin films is presented. First, we review
applications: microsystems' applications, applications in high frequency electronics, and …