Natural monosaccharide-based piezoelectric supramolecular materials for energy harvesting and information transmission.

ABSTRACT: Biomolecular assemblies with non-centrosymmetric structures exhibit a piezoelectric response that can be applied to bionanotechnology. However, the piezoelectricity of monosaccharide self-assembled materials has not been previously reported. Herein, for the first time, we systematically investigated the piezoelectric properties of fourteen natural monosaccharide-based supramolecular materials, aiming to use them for energy harvesting and information transmission. The supramolecular arrangements and piezoelectricity responses of monosaccharide assemblies are predominantly governed by hydroxyl number and orientation. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations revealed that the maximum piezoelectric coefficients of monosaccharide assemblies ranged from 6 to 13.7 pC/N, in which α-D-Gal assem

SUBMITTER: Chen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12833688 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature