Promoting piezoelectricity in amino acids by fluorination

• Main Authors: Hu, Tan, Lee, Jin Pyo, Huang, Peiwen, Ong, Amanda Jiamin, Yu, Jian, Zhu, Shuihong, Jiang, Yixuan, Zhang, Zhuo, Reches, Meital, Lee, Pooi See
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2025
• Subjects: Engineering; Fexible piezoelectric sensors; Fuorination
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/182514
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Bioinspired piezoelectric amino acids and peptides are attracting attention due to their designable sequences, versatile structures, low cost, and biodegradability. However, it remains a challenge to design amino acids and peptides with high piezoelectricity. Herein, a high piezoelectric amino acid...