Smart Piezoelectric Nanohybrid of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate--3-hydroxyvalerate) and Barium Titanate for Stimulated Cartilage Regeneration.

Piezoelectric materials strive to articulate smart materials and transduce electric fields by applying mechanical pressure and vice versa. This study demarcates augmented cartilage regeneration from the praxis of the smart material intervention that denotes the method of the utilized piezoelectric mechanism. The smart piezoelectric nanohybrid is developed from poly(3-hydroxybutyrate--3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) and barium titanate (BaTiO).

Piezoelectric smart biomaterials for bone and cartilage tissue engineering.

Tissues like bone and cartilage are remodeled dynamically for their functional requirements by signaling pathways. The signals are controlled by the cells and extracellular matrix and transmitted through an electrical and chemical synapse. Scaffold-based tissue engineering therapies largely disturb the natural signaling pathways, due to their rigidity towards signal conduction, despite their therapeutic advantages.