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High-speed phase-shifting common-path quantitative phase imaging with a piezoelectric actuator

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Ferroelectricity has made a huge impact on science and technology since Joseph Valasek (then a Ph.D. student at the University of Minnesota) discovered it in 1920, a little longer than 100 years ago. Whereas Dr. Valasek's original research was motivated by ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2022

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Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are interesting soft actuators compared to other actuation technologies owing to large achievable actuation strains, high energy density and fast actuation. However, because DEAs need to be operated under high electric ...

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Sensorless Quasi-static Piezoelectric Actuator for Micro-Robotics

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Research interest into the miniaturisation of micro-robots has soared in recent years due to the availability of suitable integrated actuators. The reduction in size of these components is achieved through the implementation of Self-Sensing Actuation (SSA) ...

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Quasi-Rayleigh model for modeling hysteresis of piezoelectric actuators

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Study of self-sensing actuation strategies for quasi-static piezoelectric actuators

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This abstract presents an aluminum nitride (AlN) piezoelectric actuator for tuning optical resonance modes of silicon nitride photonic resonators. The AlN actuator is fabricated on top of a thick silicon dioxide cladding that encapsulates the nitride reson ...

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