Year: 2021
Type: review
Abstract: Magnetoelectric (ME) effect experimentally discovered about 60 years ago remains one of the promising research fields with the main applications in microelectronics and sensors. However, its applications to biology and medicine are still in their infancy. For the diagnosis and treatment of diseases at the intracellular level, it is necessary to develop a maximally non-invasive way of local stimulation of individual neurons, navigation, and distribution of biomolecules in damaged cells with relatively high efficiency and adequate spatial and temporal resolution. Recently developed ME materials (composites), which combine elastically coupled piezoelectric (PE) and magnetostrictive (MS) phases, have been shown to yield very strong ME effects even at room temperature. This makes them a promising toolbox for solving many problems of modern medicine. The main ME materials, processing technologies, as well as most prospective biomedical applications will be overviewed, and modern trends in using ME materials for future therapies, wireless power transfer, and optogenetics will be considered.
Source: Materials Today Bio
Language: English
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,000
Awards: G1024812812, CICECO-Instituto de Materiais de Aveiro, G1397148809, G1460828246, G1690109813, G1792064735, G1857155500, G253812421, G306962499, G3592153812, G3888670408, G4100379140, G4517594230, G5043719637, G5084400766, G5110197477, G5454278309, G5490336950, G5999395293, CICECO-Instituto de Materiais de Aveiro, G6444257319, G6830806291, G7184583013, G8189030899, G8262433641, G8473735026
OpenAlex ID: W3207863303