Magnetoelectric (ME) materials have emerged as promising candidates for a wide range of biomedical applications due to their unique ability to couple and manipulate both magnetic and electric signals. This comprehensive review provides an overview of the recent advancements and potential applications of MEs materials in various areas of biomedicine. Inspired by Mary Shelley's “Frankenstein,” the introduction (S...
Paper is ubiquitous in everyday life and a low-cost environmentally friendly material. Thus, the printing of advanced conductive/magnetic nanomaterials on paper will allow the scalable production of flexible smart electronics, including energy-storage devices, sensors, inductors or antennas, among others, contributing towards more sustainable electronics. Particularly, wireless charging technologies are becomin...
Replicating the natural cellular environment is a critical strategy when employing biomaterials to enhance tissue regeneration. However, effectively controlling physical cues, including electrical and mechanical stimuli, in the extracellular microenvironment to promote tissue regeneration, remains a challenging endeavor. This study presents the technological utilization of magnetoelectric (ME) composites, capab...
Polymer-based magnetoelectric (ME) composites, composed of magnetostrictive and piezoelectric phases, in addition to exhibiting an effective coupling between the magnetic and electric orders of the matter, also offer important advantages for the Internet-of-Things, digitalization, and 4.0 revolution environments: light weight, flexibility, wearability, environmental friendliness, printability, and biocompatibil...
From scientific and technological points of view, poly(vinylidene fluoride), PVDF, is one of the most exciting polymers due to its overall physicochemical characteristics. This polymer can crystalize into five crystalline phases and can be processed in the form of films, fibers, membranes, and specific microstructures, being the physical properties controllable over a wide range through appropriate chemical mod...
Magnetodielectric materials are highly interesting in the scope of Internet of Things (IoT)-related devices such as antennas, sensors, and actuators, as they allow the magnetic control of the dielectric response. Among the different possible methods for their development, the combination of photocurable polymers and magnetic nanoparticles allows more sustainable processes with high production velocities, room p...
In recent years, printed electronics reached enormous popularity as a result of their huge potential to offer unique features that are not attainable through traditional fabrication, namely low-cost production, multifunctionality, stretchability, sustainability, and flexibility. Being expected a galloping increase in the use of printed technologies in the near future, due to the digitalization efforts associate...
With the evolution of the digital society, the demand for miniaturized multifunctional devices has been increasing, particularly for sensors and actuators. These technological translators allow successful interaction between the physical and digital worlds. In particular, the development of smart materials with magnetoelectric (ME) properties, capable of wirelessly generating electrical signals in response to e...
One of the essential issues in modern advanced materials science is to design and manufacture flexible devices, in particular in the framework of the Internet of Things (IoT), to improve integration into applications. An antenna is an essential component of wireless communication modules and, in addition to flexibility, compact dimensions, printability, low cost, and environ-mentally friendlier production strat...
Poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) (P(VDF-TrFE)) is a piezoelectric polymer suitable for applications in electromechanical and magnetoelectric (ME) systems. Ni-Mn-Ga alloys exhibit a giant magnetoelastic response related to their structural transformations of martensitic type, accompanied by noticeable volume changes. Together, in a thin film composite containing an ensemble of Ni-Mn-Ga particles (10 w...