Advancing Versatile Ferroelectric Materials Toward Biomedical Applications

Wenjun Wang; Jianhua Li; Hong Liu; Shaohua Ge

doi:10.1002/advs.202003074

Advancing Versatile Ferroelectric Materials Toward Biomedical Applications

Adv Sci (Weinh). 2020 Dec 3;8(1):2003074. doi: 10.1002/advs.202003074. eCollection 2020 Jan.

Authors

Wenjun Wang¹, Jianhua Li¹, Hong Liu², Shaohua Ge¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomaterials, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Cheeloo College of Medicine Shandong University & Shandong Key Laboratory of Oral Tissue Regeneration & Shandong Engineering Laboratory for Dental Materials and Oral Tissue Regeneration Jinan 250012 China.
² State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials Shandong University Jinan 250013 China.

Abstract

Ferroelectric materials (FEMs), possessing piezoelectric, pyroelectric, inverse piezoelectric, nonlinear optic, ferroelectric-photovoltaic, and many other properties, are attracting increasing attention in the field of biomedicine in recent years. Because of their versatile ability of interacting with force, heat, electricity, and light to generate electrical, mechanical, and optical signals, FEMs are demonstrating their unique advantages for biosensing, acoustics tweezer, bioimaging, therapeutics, tissue engineering, as well as stimulating biological functions. This review summarizes the current-available FEMs and their state-of-the-art fabrication techniques, as well as provides an overview of FEMs-based applications in the field of biomedicine. Challenges and prospects for future development of FEMs for biomedical applications are also outlined.

Keywords: biomedicine; ferroelectric materials; physical stimuli.

Publication types

Review