Piezoelectric bone stimulation: should we move closer to nature?

• Author(s): Reis, Joana ; Frias, Clara ; Capela-Silva, Fernando ; Potes, José ; Simões, José ; Torres Marques, António
• Date: 2010
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/2763
• Origin: Repositório Científico da Universidade de Évora
• Subject(s): Bone; piezoelectric actuator; mechanical stimulation
• Document Type: Lecture
• Language: English

Description

The aim of this work was to experimentally validate the use of piezoelectric materials as a mean of directly straining bone cells by converse piezoelectric effect.