Piezoelectric Materials: Advances in Science, Technology and Applications

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Piezo-, Pyro-, and Ferroelectricity in Biological Materials....Pages 1-9
Piezo-, Pyro- and Ferroelectric Polymers....Pages 11-19
The Kinetic and Scattering of Nonequilibrium Phonons by Domain Walls and Grain Boundaries in Monocrystal and Ceramics of BaTiO 3 ....Pages 21-26
Ferroelectrics with Periodically Layered Domain Structure: Computer Simulation of Acoustical Properties....Pages 27-38
Structure and Properties of Novel Pb(B’ 1/2 Nb 1/2 )O 3 -PbTiO 3 Binary Systems with High Piezoelectric Coupling....Pages 39-48
Nano-Size Ferroelectric Structures....Pages 49-57
Influence of Bi and Y Additions on the Electromechanical Anisotropy of Lead Titanate Ceramics....Pages 59-66
Bi 4 Ti 3 O 12 -Based Piezoelectric Ceramics for High Temperature Applications....Pages 67-74
Influence of Processing Parameters on the Properties of PZT Materials....Pages 75-86
Smart Structures by Integrated Piezoelectric Thin Fibers....Pages 87-97
Hydrothermal Synthesis and Processing of Undoped and Doped BaTiO 3 Fine Particles....Pages 99-106
Chemical Processing of PbTiO 3 /Organic Hybrid and Pb(Zr,Ti)O 3 Thick Films....Pages 107-114
Preparation and Characterization of Thick Piezoelectric Films on Alumina Substrates....Pages 115-122
Nonlinear Piezoelectric Response in Ferroelectric Ceramics....Pages 123-135
Influence of Microstructure on Microscopic and Macroscopic Strain Behavior of Soft PZT Ceramics....Pages 137-147
The Effect of Static Compressive Stress on the High Field Dielectric Properties of Hard PZT Ceramics....Pages 149-157
Stress Dependence of the Piezoelectric, Dielectric and Elastic Properties of PZT Ceramics....Pages 159-168
Switching of Ferroelectric Nanostructures....Pages 169-177
Measurement and Simulation of the Electromechanical Behavior of Piezoelectric Stack Transducers....Pages 179-190
0.9PMN-0.1PT Ceramics: From Electromechanical Properties to Applications Via Nanostructural Characterization....Pages 191-202
Solid-State 25 Mg, 45 Sc and 93 Nb MAS NMR Studies: Local B-Site Chemical Environments and Ordering in PB(MG 1/3 NB 2/3 )O 3 (PMN) and Related Relaxor Ferroelectrics....Pages 203-218
Piezoelectric Properties of Proton-Exchanged Optical Waveguides....Pages 219-230
A Novel Tool for Experimental Analysis of Surface Phenomena....Pages 231-238
The Influence of the Material Constants and Mass-Loading on Coupling Coefficient of Monolithic Filters....Pages 239-247
Thick and Composite Piezoelectric Coatings for Biomedical and High Temperature Ultrasound....Pages 249-260
Pulsed-Laser Deposition and Characterization of Thin Films....Pages 261-271
Correlated Compositional, Morphological and Electrical Characterization of PLD Piezoelectric Thin Films....Pages 273-284
Piezoelectric Thin Films for High Frequency Electroacoustic Devices....Pages 285-292
Photoelectric and Dielectric Spectroscopy Study of PZT Thin Film Electronic Structure....Pages 293-300
The Influence of Interface on the Spontaneous Polarisation in PbTiO 3 Thin Films Deposited on a Silicon Substrate....Pages 301-308
Compact Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Motors....Pages 309-320
Piezoelectric Actuators Using Ultrasonic Waves....Pages 321-333
Mems Application of Piezoelectric Materials....Pages 335-346
Fabrication and Modeling of Miniaturized Piezoelectric Transducers for Imaging Applications....Pages 347-355
Flextensional Composite Transducers: Designing, Fabrication and Application....Pages 357-374
A Disk Type Piezoelectric Transformer with Crescent Shape Input Electrodes....Pages 375-382
Design and Performance of a Linear Piezoelectric Wedgeworm Actuator....Pages 383-390
Piezoelectric Components for Technical Applications....Pages 391-399
Back Matter....Pages 401-405