Search research articles

ABOUT JoVE

Overview Leadership Blog JoVE Help Center

AUTHORS

Publishing Process Editorial Board Scope & Policies Peer Review FAQ Submit

LIBRARIANS

Testimonials Subscriptions Access Resources Library Advisory Board FAQ

RESEARCH

JoVE Journal Methods Collections JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments Archive

EDUCATION

JoVE Core JoVE Business JoVE Science Education JoVE Lab Manual Faculty Resource Center Faculty Site

Terms & Conditions of Use

Search research articles

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Jun 17, 2026

Fabrication and Characterization of a Conformal Skin-like Electronic System for Quantitative, Cutaneous Wound Management

Fabrication and Characterization of a Conformal Skin-like Electronic System for Quantitative, Cutaneous Wound Management

Published on: September 2, 2015

Self-Powered Smart Textiles for Accelerated Wound Healing through Band Alignment in Piezoelectric Heterojunctions.

Di Zhang^1,2, Lingyun Guo^3,4, Haoping Xin^3,4

¹First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, P.R. China.

|June 15, 2026

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by

Same author

Macrophage-Inspired Nanomedicines: Harnessing Innate Biology for Precision Therapy.

Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)·2026

Same author

Integrated radiopathomics nomogram for predicting angiogenic microvascular patterns in NSCLC: a dual-center validation study.

Annals of medicine·2026

Same author

Hypoxia-Responsive Artificial Urinary Biomarker Probe for Early Detection of Drug-Induced Acute Kidney Injury.

Analytical chemistry·2026

Same author

Scar Inhibition in Wound Healing: Mechanisms, Design, and Recent Advances.

Exploration (Beijing, China)·2026

Same author

Molecularly Engineered Phenoxazinone-Skeleton Cascade-Activated NIR Probes for Monitoring Fe<sup>2+</sup>/Viscosity in Ferroptosis-Mediated Parkinson's Disease.

Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)·2026

Same author

Promoting Treg Polarization-Mediated Anti-Scar and Appendage Regeneration in Wound Healing.

Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)·2026

Summary

This study introduces a smart textile dressing using piezoelectric materials to treat infected foot wounds. The innovative dressing generates reactive oxygen species (ROS) upon movement, effectively killing bacteria and promoting healing.

Area of Science:

Materials Science
Biomedical Engineering
Nanotechnology

Background:

Infected foot wounds present a significant clinical challenge due to prolonged healing times.
Local ischemia, multidrug-resistant pathogens, and chronic inflammation impede wound recovery.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a piezoelectric heterojunction-based smart textile dressing for enhanced chronic wound management.
To engineer a self-powered antimicrobial system for infected wound treatment.

Main Methods:

Fabrication of BaTiO3-ZnO heterojunctions using atomic layer deposition (ALD) for band-structure engineering.
Covalent immobilization of the piezoelectric composite onto textile fibers.
In vivo testing in a rat plantar infection model, activated by mechanical pressure from walking.

Keywords:

band alignment heterojunction nanomaterials piezoelectric reactive oxygen species wound healing

More Related Videos

Investigating the Potential of Singly Curved Thin Piezoelectric Transducers for Energy Harvesting and Structural Health Monitoring

Investigating the Potential of Singly Curved Thin Piezoelectric Transducers for Energy Harvesting and Structural Health Monitoring

Published on: November 14, 2025

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Jun 17, 2026

Fabrication and Characterization of a Conformal Skin-like Electronic System for Quantitative, Cutaneous Wound Management

Fabrication and Characterization of a Conformal Skin-like Electronic System for Quantitative, Cutaneous Wound Management

Published on: September 2, 2015

Investigating the Potential of Singly Curved Thin Piezoelectric Transducers for Energy Harvesting and Structural Health Monitoring

Investigating the Potential of Singly Curved Thin Piezoelectric Transducers for Energy Harvesting and Structural Health Monitoring

Published on: November 14, 2025

Main Results:

The optimized BaTiO3-10ZnO heterojunction demonstrated a 2.95-fold increase in ROS generation efficiency.
The smart textile dressing significantly outperformed other variants and commercial silver dressings in promoting wound healing.
Histological and transcriptomic analyses revealed multifaceted antibacterial mechanisms.

Conclusions:

The piezoelectric heterojunction textile dressing offers an innovative, self-powered antimicrobial strategy.
This technology shows great potential for the effective management of chronic wound infections.