Project Description
Project Overview: In the medical field, the potential benefits of these transient implantable electromechanical devices are enormous. Materials engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are developing a new technique for large-scale synthesis of the promising biodegradable and bioresorbable piezoelectric amino acids. The interface-controlled crystallization method is widely used for growing piezoelectric ammino acids. This project will study how different amino acids nucleate and grow under the influences of hydrogen bonds-dominated interfaces over a large area. Piezoelectricity will be induced in specifically arranged crystallized non-centrosymmetric space groups. By controlling growth variables, a transferable thin film will be grown. The parameters of film fabrication, such as temperature, concentration, and volume ratio will be optimized and recorded. The team will perform a set of design of experiments and analyze results using optical microscopy, SEM, XRD and measurement of output voltage.
Client: Dr. Xudong Wang, UW Madison
Student Team: Bryan Larson,Yikai Wang, Margaret Riverst
