Piezoelectric materials for tissue regeneration: A review

AH Rajabi, M Jaffe, TL Arinzeh - Acta biomaterialia, 2015 - Elsevier
The discovery of piezoelectricity, endogenous electric fields and transmembrane potentials
in biological tissues raised the question whether or not electric fields play an important role …

[HTML][HTML] Ferroelectric or non-ferroelectric: Why so many materials exhibit “ferroelectricity” on the nanoscale

RK Vasudevan, N Balke, P Maksymovych… - Applied Physics …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Ferroelectric materials have remained one of the major focal points of condensed matter
physics and materials science for over 50 years. In the last 20 years, the development of …

Local polarization dynamics in ferroelectric materials

SV Kalinin, AN Morozovska, LQ Chen… - Reports on Progress …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Ferroelectrics and multiferroics have recently emerged as perspective materials for
information technology and data storage applications. The combination of extremely narrow …

[HTML][HTML] Strain-based scanning probe microscopies for functional materials, biological structures, and electrochemical systems

J Li, JF Li, Q Yu, QN Chen, S Xie - Journal of Materiomics, 2015 - Elsevier
Strain and electromechanical coupling are ubiquitous in nature, and exist in many
processes involved in information technology, energy conversion, and biological …

Biological ferroelectricity uncovered in aortic walls by piezoresponse force microscopy

Y Liu, Y Zhang, MJ Chow, QN Chen, J Li - Physical review letters, 2012 - APS
Many biological tissues are piezoelectric and pyroelectric with spontaneous polarization.
Ferroelectricity, however, has not been reported in soft biological tissues yet. Using …

Uncovering nanoscale electromechanical heterogeneity in the subfibrillar structure of collagen fibrils responsible for the piezoelectricity of bone

M Minary-Jolandan, MF Yu - ACS nano, 2009 - ACS Publications
Understanding piezoelectricity, the linear electromechanical transduction, in bone and
tendon and its potential role in mechanoelectric transduction leading to their growth and …

Molecular ferroelectrics: where electronics meet biology

J Li, Y Liu, Y Zhang, HL Cai, RG Xiong - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
In the last several years, we have witnessed significant advances in molecular ferroelectrics,
with the ferroelectric properties of molecular crystals approaching those of barium titanate. In …

Chemical composition and structure of peritubular and intertubular human dentine revisited

C Xu, Y Wang - Archives of oral biology, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Currently there is still a debate about whether peritubular dentine (PTD) is non-
collageneous or collageneous tissue. The chemical composition and structure of human …

Nanocharacterization in dentistry

S Sharma, SE Cross, C Hsueh, RP Wali… - International journal of …, 2010 - mdpi.com
About 80% of US adults have some form of dental disease. There are a variety of new dental
products available, ranging from implants to oral hygiene products that rely on nanoscale …

Three‐dimensional imaging technologies: a priority for the advancement of tissue engineering and a challenge for the imaging community

L Teodori, A Crupi, A Costa, A Diaspro… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Tissue engineering/regenerative medicine (TERM) is an interdisciplinary field that applies
the principle of engineering and life sciences to restore/replace damaged tissues/organs …