A membrane made from threads of a polymer commonly used in vascular sutures can be loaded with therapeutic drugs and implanted in the body, where mechanical forces activate the polymer's electric ...

A membrane made from threads of a polymer commonly used in vascular sutures can be loaded with therapeutic drugs and implanted in the body, where mechanical forces activate the polymer's electric ...

This study is led by Dr. Yang Shen (State Key Lab of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University). The team ...

(Nanowerk News) An array of hollow piezoelectric polymer nanotubes grown by A*STAR researchers could be used as an extremely sensitive acoustic sensor. The tubes are ...

A new impact-based design turns gentle everyday motion into bursts of electricity, greatly boosting the power output of ...

Polymer-based piezoelectric materials are currently the object of great interest in the world of industry because they enable their use in new applications in sectors such as transport and aeronautics ...

Although there are implants that gradually release medication at specific sites within the body, it can be difficult to control their rate of release. An experimental new device, however, dispenses ...

Despite the use of increasingly accurate computer simulation, wind-tunnel testing is still required to measure pressure changes and airflow speeds on the surfaces of new aircraft and car prototypes.

Albuquerque, N.M. — For the past three years a Sandia research team headed by Mat Celina has been investigating the performance of various piezoelectric polymer films that might one day serve as ultra ...

Bioengineers have developed biocompatible generators that create electrical pulses when compressed by body motions. The generators are made up of self-assembling "piezoelectric wafers" which can be ...