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Strain generation and energy-conversion mechanisms in lead-based and lead-free piezoceramics

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Tailor-made Piezoelectric Elastomer Materials

Francis Owusu

Recent advancements in miniature devices with higher computational capabilities and ultralow power consumption have accelerated the development of wearable sensors, actuators, and energy harvesters everywhere. The ultimate aim of such a technological revol ...

EPFL2023

Ultrahigh Electrostrictive Effect in Lead-Free Ferroelectric Ceramics Via Texture Engineering

Dragan Damjanovic, Li Jin, Yuan Sun

The electrostrictive effect, which induces strain in ferroelectric ceramics, offers distinct advantages over its piezoelectric counterpart for high-precision actuator applications, including anhysteretic behavior even at high frequencies, rapid reaction ti ...

Washington2023

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Composites in which particles of ferroelectric ceramic phase are randomly dispersed in a polymeric matrix are of interest because of flexibility, conformability, and ease of processing. However, their piezoelectric properties are rather low, unless very hi ...

2020

Frequency-dependent decoupling of domain-wall motion and lattice strain in bismuth ferrite

Dragan Damjanovic

Dynamics of domain walls are among the main features that control strain mechanisms in ferroic materials. Here, we demonstrate that the domain-wall-controlled piezoelectric behaviour in multiferroic BiFeO3 is distinct from that reported in classical ferroe ...

2018

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The local application of mechanical stress in piezoelectric materials gives rise to boundaries across which the electric polarization changes. Polarization charges appear along such polar discontinuities and the ensuing electric fields drive a charge recon ...

Amer Physical Soc2017

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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

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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, Antonia Neels, Silviu Cosmin Sandu, Alex Dommann, Andrea Mazzalai, Nachiappan Chidambaram, 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

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

The contribution of non-180 degrees domain wall displacement to the frequency dependence of the longitudinal piezoelectric coefficient has been determined experimentally in lead zirconate titanate using time-resolved, in situ neutron diffraction. Under sub ...

American Institute of Physics2013