Piezoelectric Materials: Advances in Science, Technology and Applications
By: edited by Carmen Galassi, Maria Dinescu, Kenji Uchino, Michael Sayer
Contributors: Dinescu, Maria; Uchino, Kenji; Sayer, Michael
Series: NATO Science Series, Series 3. High Technology, 1388-6576 -- 76; NATO science series -- 76.
Publisher: Springer Netherlands; Imprint; Springer
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9789401140942
Other titles: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Predeal, Romania, 24-27 May, 1999
Description: In the last few decades the applications of piezoelectrics to sensors have witnessed a dramatic acceleration and new devices and materials have been discovered. Some of the highlights include electrostrictive materials for positioners, relaxor-normal ferroelectric single crystals with very high electromechanical couplings for medical transducers, thin/thick PZT films for microelectromechanical systems, starting from a sophisticated chemical technology, and multilayer actuators fabricated by a cofiring technique. All will make a remarkable industrial impact in the 21st century.