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. 2025 Oct 9;125(20):9875–9929. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5c00399

2. Comparison of the Fabrication Method and Piezoelectric Coefficients of Piezoelectric Amino Acids and Their Derivatives.

Type Materials Morphology Fabrication Method Piezoelectric Coefficients (pm V–1) Measurement/Calculation Method Ref
Amino acids and their derivatives β-glycine Needle-like crystals Drop casting 178 (d16) DFT calculations and resonance testing
β-glycine Nanocrystalline films Electrospray deposition 11.2 (d33) PFM and quasi-static method
β-glycine Isolated crystals Inkjet printing 2–4 (d33) PFM
β-glycine-PVP Nanocomposite films Aerosol printing 10.8 (d33) PFM and quasi-static method
β-glycine-PVA Nanofibers Electrospinning 4.2 (deff) PFM
γ-glycine Single crystals Drop casting 10.4 (d33) DFT calculations and quasi-static method
γ-glycine-PVA Sandwich films Solution casting (Hydrogen bonding heterostructure) 5.3 (d33) Quasi-static method
dl-alanine Single crystals Drop casting (Racemic coassembly) 10.3 (d33) DFT calculations and PFM
dl-alanine Polycrystalline aggregate films Drop casting (Racemic coassembly) 4.1 (d33) Quasi-static method
Isoleucine Polycrystalline aggregate films Mechanical annealing 1.2 (d33) Quasi-static method
Valine Sheet arrays PVD 11.4 (d33) DFT calculations and PFM
L-AcW Single crystals Drop casting (Molecular modifications) 47.3 (d25) DFT calculations
BPA/Ac-l-Ala Single crystals Drop casting (Co-assembly) 26.3 (d14) DFT calculations
BPA/Ac-d-Ala Single crystals Drop casting (Co-assembly) 21.9 (d14) DFT calculations