Graphene-assisted barium titanate improves piezoelectric performance of biopolymer scaffold.

Biopolymer scaffold is expected to generate electrical stimulation, aiming to mimic an electrical microenvironment to promote cell growth. In this work, graphene and barium titanate (BT) was introduced into selective laser sintered poly-l-lactic acid (PLLA) scaffold. BT as one piezoelectric ceramic was used as the piezoelectric source, whereas graphene served as superior conductive filler. Significantly, the incorporated graphene enhanced the electrical conductivity and thereby increased the electric field strength applied on BT nanoparticles during poling. In this case, more electric domain within BT rearranged along the poling field direction, thus promoting the piezoelectric response of the composites. Results showed that the PLLA/BT/graphene scaffold exhibited relatively high output voltage of 1.4 V and current of 10 nA. Cells tests proved that these electrical signals considerably promoted cell proliferation and differentiation. Moreover, the scaffold exhibited improved mechanical properties due to the rigid particle enhancement effect and increased crystallinity. Copyright © 2020. Published by Elsevier B.V.

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Youwen Yang, Shuping Peng, Fangwei Qi, Jun Zan, Guofeng Liu, Zhenyu Zhao, Cijun Shuai. Graphene-assisted barium titanate improves piezoelectric performance of biopolymer scaffold. Materials science & engineering. C, Materials for biological applications. 2020 Nov;116:111195

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