• 文献标题:   Graphene-assisted barium titanate improves piezoelectric performance of biopolymer scaffold
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YANG YW, PENG SP, QI FW, ZAN J, LIU GF, ZHAO ZY, SHUAI CJ
  • 作者关键词:   piezoelectric, graphene barium titanate, polymer scaffold
  • 出版物名称:   MATERIALS SCIENCE ENGINEERING CMATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
  • ISSN:   0928-4931 EI 1873-0191
  • 通讯作者地址:   Shenzhen Inst Informat Technol
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.msec.2020.111195
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Biopolymer scaffold is expected to generate electrical stimulation, aiming to mimic an electrical micro-environment 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 conducive 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.