Flexible amino acid-based energy harvesting for structural health monitoring of water pipes

Okosun, Favour; Guerin, Sarah; Çelikin, Mert; Pakrashi, Vikram

doi:10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100434

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“…As a notable example of such potential, glycine crystals have recently been used as a piezoelectric sensor for structural health monitoring of pipe damage. [ 181 ] Next‐generation innovative microchip technology has attracted attention due to its multidimensional utilities in energy harvesting and flexible electronic applications. To date, the piezoelectrics used are low‐dimensional (1 to 2D) materials, which hinders design of multiple‐defined shapes such as discs, rods, rings, plates, tubes, cylinders, spheres and hemispheres.…”

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“…As a notable example of such potential, glycine crystals have recently been used as a piezoelectric sensor for structural health monitoring of pipe damage. [ 181 ]…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As a notable example of such potential, glycine crystals have recently been used as a piezoelectric sensor for structural health monitoring of pipe damage. [181] 13. Next-generation innovative microchip technology has attracted attention due to its multidimensional utilities in energy harvesting and flexible electronic applications.…”

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Recent Advances in Organic and Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Materials for Piezoelectric Mechanical Energy Harvesting

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This article provides a comprehensive overview of piezo-and ferro-electric materials based on organic molecules and organic-inorganic hybrids for mechanical energy harvesting. Molecular (organic and organic-inorganic hybrid) piezo-and ferroelectric materials exhibit significant advantages over traditional materials due to their simple solution-phase synthesis, light-weight nature, thermal stability, mechanical flexibility, high Curie temperature, and attractive piezo-and ferroelectric properties. However, the design and understanding of piezo-and ferroelectricity in organic and organic-inorganic hybrid materials for piezoelectric energy harvesting applications is less well developed. This review describes the fundamental characterization of piezo-and ferroelectricity for a range of recently reported organic and organic-inorganic hybrid materials. The limits of traditional piezoelectric harvesting materials are outlined, followed by an overview of the piezo-and ferroelectric properties of organic and organic-inorganic hybrid materials, and their composites, for mechanical energy harvesting. An extensive description of peptide-based and other biomolecular piezo-and ferroelectric materials as a biofriendly alternative to current materials is also provided. Finally, current limitations and future perspectives in this emerging area of research are highlighted. This perspective aims to guide chemists, materials scientists, and engineers in the design of practically useful organic and organic-inorganic hybrid piezo-and ferroelectric materials and composites for mechanical energy harvesting.

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“…As a notable example of such potential, glycine crystals have recently been used as a piezoelectric sensor for structural health monitoring of pipe damage. [ 181 ]…”

Section: Summary and Future Perspectivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Recent Advances in Organic and Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Materials for Piezoelectric Mechanical Energy Harvesting

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Gazit

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“…While a number of these materials rival established inorganic piezoelectrics such as aluminium nitrate (AlN) (Supryadkina et al, 2014) and zinc oxide (ZnO) (Kobiakov, 1980), few have demonstrated piezoelectric strain constants that can rival ceramics such as barium titanate (BaTiO3), lead zirconium titanate (PZT), and lead-free counterparts (Panda and Sahoo, 2015;Bell and Deubzer, 2018) for traditional sensing and actuating applications. More recently, biomolecular crystals have been shown to outperform PZT and KNN films (Zhou et al, 2011;Basavalingappa et al, 2020), as well as PVDF polymer films (Okosun et al, 2021).…”

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“…This means that even "weak" organic piezoelectrics can outperform ceramics and polymers in both output per unit force and sensitivity. We have recently demonstrated this using a flexible glycine-based energy harvester that can be used as a structural health monitor to detect leaks in water infrastructure networks (Okosun et al, 2021). Amino acids have also been utilised to detect ultra-low mechanical pressures (Bishara et al, 2020).…”

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Ab-Initio Predictions of the Energy Harvesting Performance of L-Arginine and L-Valine Single Crystals

Guerin

2021

Front. Mech. Eng.

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Biological piezoelectric materials are beginning to gain attention for their huge potential as eco-friendly energy harvesting materials. In particular, simple amino acid and peptide crystal assemblies are demonstrating large voltage outputs under applied force, and high sensitivity when detecting vibrations. Here we utilise Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations to quantitatively predict the energy harvesting properties of two understudied proteinogenic amino acid crystals: L-Arginine and L-Valine. The work highlights the ability of quantum mechanical calculations to screen crystals as high-performance energy harvesters, and demonstrates the capability of small biological crystals as eco-friendly piezoelectric materials. L-Arginine is predicted to have a maximum piezoelectric voltage constant of gij = 274 mV m/N, with a Young’s Modulus of E = 17.1 GPa. L-Valine has a maximum predicted piezoelectric voltage constant of gij = 62 mV m/N, with a calculated Young’s Modulus of E = 19.8 GPa.

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Electroactive Biomaterials Regulate the Electrophysiological Microenvironment to Promote Bone and Cartilage Tissue Regeneration

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The incidence of large bone and articular cartilage defects caused by traumatic injury is increasing worldwide; the tissue regeneration process for these injuries is lengthy due to limited self‐healing ability. Endogenous bioelectrical phenomenon has been well recognized to play an important role in bone and cartilage homeostasis and regeneration. Studies have reported that electrical stimulation (ES) can effectively regulate various biological processes and holds promise as an external intervention to enhance the synthesis of the extracellular matrix, thereby accelerating the process of bone and cartilage regeneration. Hence, electroactive biomaterials have been considered a biomimetic approach to ensure functional recovery by integrating various physiological signals, including electrical, biochemical, and mechanical signals. This review will discuss the role of endogenous bioelectricity in bone and cartilage tissue, as well as the effects of ES on cellular behaviors. Then, recent advances in electroactive materials and their applications in bone and cartilage tissue regeneration are systematically overviewed, with a focus on their advantages and disadvantages as tissue repair materials and performances in the modulation of cell fate. Finally, the significance of mimicking the electrophysiological microenvironment of target tissue is emphasized and future development challenges of electroactive biomaterials for bone and cartilage repair strategies are proposed.

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Flexible amino acid-based energy harvesting for structural health monitoring of water pipes

Cited by 23 publications

References 54 publications

Recent Advances in Organic and Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Materials for Piezoelectric Mechanical Energy Harvesting

Recent Advances in Organic and Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Materials for Piezoelectric Mechanical Energy Harvesting

Ab-Initio Predictions of the Energy Harvesting Performance of L-Arginine and L-Valine Single Crystals

Electroactive Biomaterials Regulate the Electrophysiological Microenvironment to Promote Bone and Cartilage Tissue Regeneration

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