Recent advances of mechanical stress-assisted photocatalysis: mechanisms and optimization strategies

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Chem. Commun., 2026, 62, 7055
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MWCNT-intercaleated natural hematite-based activable nanocomposite for piezoelectric energy generation and ROS-mediated carcinogenic dye degradation

Saheli Ghosh, Dhananjoy Mondal, Shireen Sultana, Jhilik Roy, Neelanjana Bag, Anwesha Dey, Ruma Basu, Shubham Roy and Sukhen Das

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12, 14627
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Nanomaterials as multimodal photothermal agents (PTAs) against ‘Superbugs’

Shubham Roy, Jhilik Roy and Bing Guo

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2023, 11, 2287
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Reactive oxygen species for therapeutic application: Role of piezoelectric materials

Dipanjan Sengupta, Sudip Naskar and Dipankar Mandal

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2023, 25, 25925
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Piezo-responsive bismuth ferrite nanoparticle-mediated catalytic degradation of rhodamine B and pathogenicE. coliin aqueous medium and its extraction using external magnetic stimulation after successful treatment

Jhilik Roy, Leenia Mukhopadhyay, Souravi Bardhan, Dhananjoy Mondal, Saheli Ghosh, Sudip Chakraborty, Neelanjana Bag, Shubham Roy, Ruma Basu and Sukhen Das

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Nanoparticle-mediated stimulus-responsive antibacterial therapy

Neelanjana Bag, Souravi Bardhan, Shubham Roy, Jhilik Roy, Dhananjoy Mondal, Bing Guo and Sukhen Das

Biomater. Sci., 2023, 11, 1994
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Natural mechanical energy-induced porous PANI/(Ba0.85Ca0.15)(Zr0.1Ti0.9)O3/PVDF excellent piezoelectric-catalyzed degradation of dyes

Caiming Wang, Yue Jia, Huiyan Zhou, Mengchen Yang, Jianan Wang, Xuelei Sun, Chunxue Zhai, Han Zhang and Lili Zhao

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 506, 159263
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Piezo‐Electro‐Catalytic Hydrogen Production via Piezoelectric Fluoropolymers

Peter Cameron Sherrell, Fangxi Xie, Alexander Corletto, Anders Barlow, Donghyuck Park, Jizhen Zhang, Ken Aldren S. Usman, Diego Chaparro, Eirini Goudeli, Andris Šutka, Joselito Razal, Joseph D. Berry and Amanda V. Ellis

Adv Energy and Sustain Res, 2025, 6
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Application of BaTiO3-based catalysts for piezocatalytic, photocatalytic and piezo-photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants and bacterial disinfection in wastewater: A comprehensive review

Daniel Masekela, Nomso C. Hintsho-Mbita, Simanye Sam, Tunde L. Yusuf and Nonhlangabezo Mabuba

Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2023, 16, 104473
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Effect of poling on piezocatalytic and electrochemical properties of Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3 ceramics

Sahil Verma, Moolchand Sharma, Aditi Halder and Rahul Vaish

Surfaces and Interfaces, 2022, 30, 101827
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Piezocatalytic techniques and materials for degradation of organic pollutants from aqueous solution

Bo Liu, Xiaolu Liu, Yang Li, Muliang Xiao, Zhongshan Chen, Suhua Wang, Hongqing Wang and Xiangke Wang

Eco-Environment & Health, 2024, 3, 418
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Molybdenum Disulfide (MoS2): An Emerging Multifunctional Nanomaterial for Sensing and Removal of Agricultural Contaminants

Qirong Dong, Qingyi Wei and Zhenghua Tang

ACS Agric. Sci. Technol., 2024, 4, 173
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Highly efficient piezocatalytic composite with chitosan biopolymeric membranes and bismuth ferrite nanoparticles for dye decomposition and pathogenic S. aureus bacteria killing

Yunhong Liu, Jhilik Roy, Shubham Roy, Nur Amin Hoque and Bing Guo

Front. Chem., 2024, 12
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Piezodynamic Eradication of Both Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria by Using a Nanoparticle Embedded Polymeric Membrane

Chan Chen, Shubham Roy, Jingjing Wang, Xiafen Lu, Siyi Li, Hao Yang, Minggang Cheng, Bing Guo and Yuzhong Xu

Pharmaceutics, 2023, 15, 2155
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Piezoelectric materials: Advanced applications in electro-chemical processes

Hamna Shaukat, Ahsan Ali, Saira Bibi, Sadia Mehmood, Wael A. Altabey, Mohammad Noori and Sallam A. Kouritem

Energy Reports, 2023, 9, 4306
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Recent advances and innovations in the piezoelectrochemical process for energy and the environment: A review

Balasubramaniam Saravanakumar, Kaliannan Thiyagarajan, Suresh Kannan Balasingam, Tamilvanan Siva, Ranjith Krishna Pai and Ananthakumar Ramadoss

Journal of Energy Storage, 2024, 83, 110576
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Ferrocene-induced dipole amplification in organic resin microspheres boosting piezocatalytic hydrogen peroxide generation in pure water

Hengqiang Zhang, Hongyuan Xu, Qiong Wu, Tongyin Jin, Jiafan Chu and Aiguo Kong

Journal of Catalysis, 2026, 453, 116590
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Piezocatalytic Techniques in Environmental Remediation

Jiahao Liu, Weiliang Qi, Mengmeng Xu, Tiju Thomas, Siqi Liu and Minghui Yang

Angewandte Chemie, 2023, 135
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Unveiling Mechanically Driven Catalytic Processes: Beyond Piezocatalysis to Synergetic Effects

Yue Jiang, Jun Liang, Fenglin Zhuo, Hongyang Ma, Sajjad S. Mofarah, Charles C. Sorrell, Danyang Wang and Pramod Koshy

ACS Nano, 2025, 19, 18037
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The preparation technology and catalytic mechanism of PVDF/PVP/a-MoSx porous membrane for water flow driven piezoelectric PMS activation

Yue Li, Conghui Wang, Minghao Fan, Xiang Yu, Gang Qin, Lele Qiu, Kai Yin and Longlu Wang

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 498, 155584
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A new indium-phenanthroline based complex as a fluorescence sensor: Synthesis, characterization and detection of multiple analytes

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Journal of Molecular Structure, 2024, 1301, 137380
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Paraffin wax-based composites containing ferroelectric BaTiO3 fillers for piezocatalytic dye degradation

Shubham Kumar, Rahul Vaish, Vishal Singh Chauhan and Gurpreet Singh

Materials Science and Engineering: B, 2026, 324, 118947
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Synthesis of ZIF-derived C-doping Co3O4/ ZnO membranes for enhanced removal of organics by peroxymonosulfate activation under visible-light

Liusha Cen, Fan Yu, Shixue Liu, Chengcai Li, Wangyong Jin, Chenliang Wang, Hailin Zhu and Yuhai Guo

Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2025, 194, 1133
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Growth of Fe-BTC particles beneath stearic acid Langmuir monolayers and research on its adsorption of methyl orange

Funct.Mater., 2023, 30
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Conductive particles enhanced piezocatalytic behavior of ZnO in biocompatible polymer nanocomposites for antibacterial 3D printed scaffolds under ultrasound stimulation

Francisco Fernández-Gil, Felipe Olate-Moya, Javiera Briceño-Fuenzalida, Patricia Palma, Juan Pablo Acevedo and Humberto Palza

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Piezopolymers to transform motion into electrical energy for chemical-free disinfection

Chaoqi Wang, Weilong Kong, Ya Liu, Eric Lichtfouse and Jie Han

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Piezo-Catalytic Degradation of PFASs: Emerging Trends, Mechanistic Insights, and Future Directions

Dhananjoy Mondal and Indrajit Chakraborty

Langmuir, 2026, 42, 2337
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A comprehensive review on the application of semiconducting materials in the degradation of effluents and water splitting

Muhammed A. Mahmoud, Bandar R. Alsehli, Mohammed T. Alotaibi, Mohamed Hosni and Ahmed Shahat

Environ Sci Pollut Res, 2023, 31, 3466
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Natural Clay-Modified Piezocatalytic Membrane for Efficient Removal of Coliform Bacteria from Wastewater

Dhananjoy Mondal, Neelanjana Bag, Jhilik Roy, Saheli Ghosh, Shubham Roy, Monisha Sarkar, Souravi Bardhan, Soumyaditya Sutradhar and Sukhen Das

Langmuir, 2024, 40, 5785
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Advancements in piezoelectric membrane technology: Fundamentals and future outlook

Thangavel Sakthivel, Abiyazhini Rajendran and Ji Woong Chang

Separation and Purification Technology, 2024, 342, 127021
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Recent advances in nanoparticle-mediated antibacterial applications

Shubham Roy, Ikram Hasan and Bing Guo

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023, 482, 215075
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Piezocatalysis for water treatment: Mechanisms, recent advances, and future prospects

Tian Jiang, Yuehan Wang, Chang Cai, Chunyang Nie, Honggen Peng and Zhimin Ao

Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, 2025, 23, 100495
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Natural clay-based reusable piezo-responsive membrane for water droplet mediated energy harvesting, degradation of organic dye and pathogenic bacteria

Dhananjoy Mondal, Souravi Bardhan, Namrata Das, Jhilik Roy, Saheli Ghosh, Anupam Maity, Shubham Roy, Ruma Basu and Sukhen Das

Nano Energy, 2022, 104, 107893
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Recent Advances in Piezocatalysts for Dye Degradation

Lu Zhou, Linghui Meng, Haowei Jia, Yile Lu, Tianyue Liang, Yu Yuan, Chao Liu, Zekun Dong, Long Hu, Peiyuan Guan, Yingze Zhou, Mengyao Li, Tao Wan, Zhaojun Han and Dewei Chu

Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2024, 8
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Combination NIPS/TIPS Synthesis of α-Fe2O3 and α/γ-Fe2O3 Doped PVDF Composite for Efficient Piezocatalytic Degradation of Rhodamine B

Asiyat G. Magomedova, Alina A. Rabadanova, Abdulatip O. Shuaibov, Daud A. Selimov, Dinara S. Sobola, Kamil Sh. Rabadanov, Kamal M. Giraev and Farid F. Orudzhev

Molecules, 2023, 28, 6932
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High piezocatalytic performance driven by peak flow kinetic energy in polymer piezoelectric composite films

Wenpeng Gao, Bing Xie, Zhiyong Liu, Kun Guo and Pu Mao

J. Adv. Dielect., 2025, 15
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Sonocatalytic degradation of ciprofloxacin and organic pollutant by 1T/2H phase MoS2 in Polyvinylidene fluoride nanocomposite membrane

Ranjith Kumar Dharman, Gowthami Palanisamy and Tae Hwan Oh

Chemosphere, 2022, 308, 136571
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Piezocatalytic Techniques in Environmental Remediation

Jiahao Liu, Weiliang Qi, Mengmeng Xu, Tiju Thomas, Siqi Liu and Minghui Yang

Angew Chem Int Ed, 2023, 62
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Piezo/sono-catalytic activity of ZnO micro/nanoparticles for ROS generation as function of ultrasound frequencies and dissolved gases

A. Troia, S. Galati, V. Vighetto and V. Cauda

Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2023, 97, 106470
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Emerging Catalytic Strategies Driven by External Field for Heavy Metal Remediation

Xinyue Zhang, Shanliang Chen, Attiq Ur Rehman, Suwei Zhang, Qingzhe Zhang, Yong Liu and Shun Li

Catalysts, 2024, 14, 602
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Self-Polarized CNT/PVDF Nanocomposites with ultra-high β phase achieved via water induction for efficient piezo-catalysis

Yingying Zhang, Carice Chong, Wangshu Tong, Haitao Li, Hiang Kwee Lee and Jie Han

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2023, 677, 132412
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Heterojunction-Engineered MgO@rGO/PVDF-HFP Flexible Films for Highly Efficient Piezocatalytic Degradation and Antibacterial Applications

Yechen Wang, Hao Yu, Sufang Guo and Qi An

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2026, 18, 3956
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Piezocatalysts as antimicrobial agents: A promising frontier in pathogenic bacteria control

Karzan Qurbani, Omid Amiri and Haider Hamzah

Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, 2025, 17, 100546
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Versatile BiFeO 3 shining in piezocatalysis: From materials engineering to diverse applications

Jian Dai, Zhenhao Fan, Hang Xie, Yitao Jiao, Fu Huang, Ahmad Azmin Mohamad, Yunfei Chang, Yangke Long and Dawei Wang

Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2025, 14, 9221046
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Design strategies and effect comparisons toward efficient piezocatalytic system

Chunyang Wang, Cheng Hu, Fang Chen, Tianyi Ma, Yihe Zhang and Hongwei Huang

Nano Energy, 2023, 107, 108093
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Electric Poling Effect on Piezocatalytic BaTiO3/Polymer Composites for Coatings

Nada Alfryyan, Sandeep Kumar, Samia Ben Ahmed, Imen Kebaili, Imed Boukhris, Puneet Azad, Mohammed Sultan Al-Buriahi and Rahul Vaish

Catalysts, 2022, 12, 1228
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Gd-doped bismuth ferrite nanocomposite: A promising candidate for piezocatalytic degradation of organic dyes and pathogenic E. coli

Jhilik Roy, Shubham Roy, Dhananjoy Mondal, Neelanjana Bag, Jaba Roy Chowdhury, Saheli Ghosh, Souravi Bardhan, Rajib Mondal, Ruma Basu and Sukhen Das

Surfaces and Interfaces, 2024, 44, 103579
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