Month: September 2022

"PROTEINS are made of combinations of the 20 known amino acids, the majority of which also have noncentrosymmetric crystal structures...as a consequence, these amino acids possess piezoelectric properties." https://lnkd.in/eBe5QYb View in LinkedIn

PIEZO AND ORIENTATION. “Relations may exist between ferroelectricity, the formation of liquid crystals, and the generation of electric impulses in nerves and muscles. Ferroelectricity is an example of the general phenomenon in which a system can be switched between two states of orientation by the application of a force." https://lnkd.in/eBe5QYb View in LinkedIn

PIEZOELECTRICITY. "These phenomena are essential for many organic, biological molecules, and all living systems in our asymmetric universe." https://lnkd.in/eBe5QYb View in LinkedIn

THE DIPOLE MOMENT."Many current prospective nanomaterials for nanoelectronics, nanomedicine and biomedical applications, based on nanocrystals and liquid crystalline structures, as well on complex molecular, organic and biological structures, have a common feature: the dipole moment." https://lnkd.in/eBe5QYb View in LinkedIn

DIPOLE. "This term shares a similarity with ferromagnetic, because the spontaneous polarisation can be reoriented by an external electric field, in the same way that magnetisation can be switched by magnetic field. This results in a hysteresis loop in the electrical polarisation, with a remanent polarisation at a zero applied field, and a reversible polarisation with an oppositely applied field in ferroelectrics." https://lnkd.in/eBe5QYb View in LinkedIn

BUG POWER. "Scientists at the Berkeley Lab have developed a way to generate power using harmless viruses that convert mechanical energy into electricity." https://lnkd.in/e966GiP View in LinkedIn

BUG POWER. "The first of its kind to produce electricity by harnessing the piezoelectric properties of a biological material and could lead to devices that harness electrical energy from the vibrations of everyday tasks. By using viruses that convert mechanical energy into electricity." https://lnkd.in/e966GiP View in LinkedIn

"PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS mimic the function of the cochlear sensory epithelium. Cochlear hair cells convert sound vibration into electrical potential, and loss of these cells diminishes auditory function." https://lnkd.in/eSZn2RU View in LinkedIn

PIEZO HEARING. "In response to mechanical stimuli, piezoelectric materials generate electricity, suggesting that they could be used in place of hair cells to create an artificial cochlear epithelium." https://lnkd.in/eSZn2RU View in LinkedIn

PIEZO 'PUTER. "New polymer-piezoelectric hybrid creates potential for 'materials that compute'. A hybrid material that is fueled by an oscillatory chemical reaction and can perform computations based on changes in the environment or movement, and potentially even respond to human vital signs." https://lnkd.in/egr-WpF View in LinkedIn