Publications by Nachiappan Chidambaram

Converse mode piezoelectric coefficient for lead zirconate titanate thin film with interdigitated electrode

Paul Muralt, Ramin Matloub Aghdam, Robin Nigon, Silviu Cosmin Sandu, Andrea Mazzalai, Nachiappan Chidambaram, Davide Balma

The use of interdigitated electrodes (IDEs) in conjunction with ferroelectric thin films shows many attractive features for piezoelectric MEMS applications. In this work, growth of {1 0 0}-textured lead zirconate titanate (PZT) thin films was achieved on i ...

Institute of Physics2015

Characterization and Fatigue of the Converse Piezoelectric Effect in PZT Films for MEMS Applications

Paul Muralt, Ramin Matloub Aghdam, Andrea Mazzalai, Nachiappan Chidambaram, Davide Balma

A measurement setup for the detailed study of the transverse piezoelectric coefficient e(31,f) in the converse (actuator) mode was developed. It allows the assessment of the piezoelectric stress in thin films on silicon cantilevers and provides for a corre ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2015

High Piezoelectric Longitudinal Coefficients in Sol-gel PZT Thin Film Multilayers

Paul Muralt, Andrea Mazzalai, Antonia Neels, Silviu Cosmin Sandu, Nachiappan Chidambaram, Alex Dommann, Davide Balma

A five-layer stack of lead zirconate titanate (PZT) thin films with Pt electrodes was fabricated for potential applications in nanoactuator systems. The 1 mu m thick PZT films were deposited by a sol-gel technique, the platinum electrodes by sputtering. Th ...

Wiley-Blackwell2014

Advanced sol-gel processing of PZT thin films for piezoelectric MEMS structures

Nachiappan Chidambaram

Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) technology is revolutionizing industrial and consumer products by replacing bulky devices by miniaturized versions that are suitable for portable applications as for instance in mobile phones. Besides small size, the ...

EPFL2014

Comparison of Lead Zirconate Titanate Thin Films for Microelectromechanical Energy Harvester With Interdigitated and Parallel Plate Electrodes

Paul Muralt, Andrea Mazzalai, Nachiappan Chidambaram, Davide Balma

Lead zirconate titanate (PZT) thin films on insulator-buffered silicon substrates with interdigitated electrodes (IDEs) have the potential to harvest more energy than parallel plate electrode (PPE) structures because the former exploit the longitudinal pie ...

Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc2013

Measurement of effective piezoelectric coefficients of PZT thin films for energy harvesting application with interdigitated electrodes

Paul Muralt, Andrea Mazzalai, Nachiappan Chidambaram

Interdigitated electrode (IDE) systems with lead zirconate titanate (PZT) thin films play an increasingly important role for two reasons: first, such a configuration generates higher voltages than parallel plate capacitor-type electrode (PPE) structures, a ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2012

Comparison of lead zirconate titanate (PZT) thin films for MEMS energy harvester with interdigitated and parallel plate electrodes

Paul Muralt, Andrea Mazzalai, Nachiappan Chidambaram

PZT thin films on insulator buffered silicon substrates with interdigitated electrodes (IDEs) have the potential to harvest more energy than parallel plate electrode (PPE) structures, because IDE structures exploit the longitudinal piezoelectric effect, wh ...

Ieee2012