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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Piezoelectric Property of Electrospun PVDF Nanofibers as Linking Tips of Artificial-Hair-Cell Structures in Cochlea.

Rana Sabouni Tabari, Yu Chen, Kunyapat Thummavichai, Yan Zhang, Zakaria Saadi, Ana I S Neves, Yongde Xia, Yanqiu Zhu

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Rana Sabouni TabariDepartment of Engineering, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4SB, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5334-6839
Yu ChenDepartment of Engineering, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4SB, UK.
Kunyapat ThummavichaiDepartment of Engineering, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4SB, UK.
Yan ZhangState Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China.
Zakaria SaadiDepartment of Engineering, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4SB, UK.
Ana I S NevesDepartment of Engineering, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4SB, UK.
Yongde XiaDepartment of Engineering, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4SB, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9686-8688
Yanqiu ZhuDepartment of Engineering, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4SB, UK.
University of Exeter · GBCentral South University · CN

Funding

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/N034627/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The death of hair cells and damage of natural tip links is one of the main causes of hearing-loss disability, and the development of an advanced artificial hearing aid holds the key to assisting those suffering from hearing loss. This study demonstrates the potential of using electrospun polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) fibers to serve as the artificial tip links, for long-term hearing-aid-device development based on their piezoelectric properties. We have shown that the electrospun PVDF-fiber web, consisting of fibers ranging from 30-220 nm in diameter with high β-phase content, possesses the high piezoresponse of 170 mV. Analyses based on combined characterization methods including SEM, TEM, XRD, FTIR, Raman, DSC, XPS, PFM and piezoelectricity have confirmed that an optimized value of 15 wt.% PVDF could act as an effective candidate for a tip-link connector in a vibration-frequency prototype. Based on this easily reproducible electrospinning technique and the multifunctionalities of the resulting PVDF fibers, this fundamental study may shed light on the bio-inspired design of artificial, self-powered, high performance, hair-cell-like sensors in cochlea to tackle the hearing loss issue.

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electrospun PVDF fiberhearing losspiezoelectric propertiestip links in cochlea

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PMID35564175
PMCPMC9104576
OpenAlexW4224922023

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