Tag: <span>piezoelectric polymer</span>

Home / piezoelectric polymer
Implantable piezoelectric polymer improves controlled release of drugs
Post

Implantable piezoelectric polymer improves controlled release of drugs

A membrane made from threads of a polymer commonly used in vascular sutures can be loaded with therapeutic drugs and implanted in the body, where mechanical forces activate the polymer’s electric potential and slowly release the drugs. The novel system, developed by a group led by bioengineers at UC Riverside and published in ACS Applied Bio...