Piezoelectric Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications

1. Introduction to Active Smart Materials for Biomedical Applications
Francesco Greco, Virgilio Mattoli

2. Preparation of Piezoelectric Nanoparticles
Cornel Miclea

3. Mechanical and Electromechanical Characterization of One-Dimensional Piezoelectric Nanomaterials
Majid Minary-Jolandan, Min-Feng Yu

4. Modeling of Piezoelectric Nanodevices
Christian Falconi, Giulia Mantini, Arnaldo D’Amico, Vittorio Ferrari

5. Piezoelectric Nanogenerators for Self-powered Nanodevices
Xudong Wang, Jian Shi

6. Piezoelectric Phenomena in Biological Tissues
Ryszard Wojnar

7. Piezoelectricity and Ferroelectricity in Biomaterials: From Proteins to Self-assembled Peptide Nanotubes
Vladimir S. Bystrov, Igor K. Bdikin, Alejandro Heredia, Robert C. Pullar, Elena D. Mishina, Alexander S. Sigov, Andrei L. Kholkin

8. Applications of Piezoelectricity in Nanomedicine
Gianni Ciofani, Serena Danti, Leonardo Ricotti, Delfo D’Alessandro, Stefania Moscato, Virgilio Mattoli

9. Piezoelectricity in Nanomedicine: Future Directions and Perspectives
Gianni Ciofani

Nyckelord: Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials, Nanotechnology, Cell Culture