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Actuator Location and Voltages Optimization for Shape Control of Smart Beams Using Genetic Algorithms

open access: yesActuators, 2013
This paper presents a numerical study on optimal voltages and optimal placement of piezoelectric actuators for shape control of beam structures. A finite element model, based on Timoshenko beam theory, is developed to characterize the behavior of the ...
Georgios E. Stavroulakis   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Piezoelectric Actuators for Tactile and Elasticity Sensing

open access: yes, 2020
Piezoelectric actuators have achieved remarkable progress in many fields, being able to generate forces or displacements to perform scanning, tuning, manipulating, tactile sensing or delivering functions.
Sánchez-Rojas, José Luis   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Analyses of power output of piezoelectric energy-harvesting devices directly connected to a load resistor using a coupled piezoelectric-circuit finite element method [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
A coupled piezoelectric-circuit finite element model (CPC-FEM) is proposed for the first time to study the power output of a vibration-based piezoelectric vibration-based piezoelectric energy harvesting devices (EHDs) that is directly connected to a ...
Zhu, Meiling   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Highly Flexible and Conformable ZnO/FeGa Magnetoelectric Heterostructures for Skin wound Healing

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
The magnetic field‐induced electric field generated by a highly flexile ZnO(piezoelectric)/FeGa(magnetostrictive) magnetoelectric heterostructure embedded in the low Young's modulus elastomer PDMS has been used to stimulate the wound healing processes.
Filippos Perdikos   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Potential of Piezoelectric Actuation and Sensing in High Reliability Precision Mechanisms and Their Applications in Medical Therapeutics

open access: yesActuators
The present contribution aims to analyze and highlight the potential of piezoelectric materials in actuation and sensing duties, obtaining reliable high-precision outcomes in cutting-edge applications including medical interventions.
Adel Razek, Yves Bernard
doaj   +1 more source

Identification of Hysteresis Functions Using a Multiple Model Approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
This paper considers the identification of static hysteresis functions which describe phenomena in mechanical systems, piezoelectric actuators and materials.
Mihaylova, L   +3 more
core  

Smart Nanotechnologies for Multimodal Neuromodulation and Brain Interfacing

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Recent advances in smart nanotechnologies are expanding the toolbox for brain interfacing, from wireless neuromodulation and high‐resolution sensing to targeted delivery within the central nervous system. By combining responsive nanomaterials with bioinspired design, these platforms enable multimodal interactions with neurons and glia, while also ...
Tommaso Curiale   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Piezoelectric Actuators for In-Liquid Particle Manipulation in Microfluidic Applications

open access: yesProceedings, 2017
The possibility to generate acoustic modes based on FPWs (Flexural Plate Waves) in a generic non-piezoelectric substrate for microfludic applications by means of piezoelectric actuators has been explored and described in this paper.
Marco Demori   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Magnetoelectric Nanoparticle‐Based Wireless Brain–Computer Interface: Underlying Physics and Projected Technology Pathway

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Magnetoelectric nanoparticles (MENPs) enable fully wireless, minutely invasive neuromodulation, and potentially neural recording, by converting magnetic into electric and, conversely, electric into magnetic fields, respectively, at high spatiotemporal resolution.
Elric Zhang   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multi-DOF Ultrasonic Actuators for Laser Beam Positioning

open access: yesShock and Vibration, 2019
A novel design concept of multi-degree-of-freedom (multi-DOF) piezoelectric actuator is introduced in the paper. The main idea is to connect two identical piezoelectric transducers by hyperelastic material in order to increase the total number of degrees-
Ramutis Bansevicius   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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