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Performance of transducers with segmented piezoelectric stacks using materials with high electromechanical coupling coefficient

, 2013
Underwater acoustic transducers often include a stack of thickness polarized piezoelectric material pieces of alternating polarity interspersed with electrodes, bonded together and electrically connected in parallel.
Markley, Douglas C., Meyer, Richard J., Thompson, Stephen C.   +2 more
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Fabrication and characterization of free-standing thick-film piezoelectric cantilevers for energy harvesting

, 2009
Research into energy harvesting from ambient vibration sources has attracted great interest over the last few years, largely as a result of advances in the areas of wireless technology and low power electronics.
Harris, Nick, Kok, Swee Leong, White, Neil   +2 more
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Bone mechanical stimulation with piezoelectric materials [PDF]

, 2012
This chapter summarized explores in vivo use of a piezoelectric polymer for bone mechanical ...
Botelho, MI, Capela e Silva, F, Castro, CC, Frias, C, Marques, AT, Potes, J, Reis, J, Simões, JA   +7 more
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Ambient air contamination: Characterization and detection techniques [PDF]

, 1985
Techniques to characterize and detect sources of ambient air contamination are described. Chemical techniques to identify indoor contaminants are outlined, they include gas chromatography, or colorimetric detection.
Nulton, C. P., Silvus, H. S.
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Piezoelectricity in planar boron nitride via a geometric phase

, 2016
Due to their low surface mass density, two-dimensional materials with a strong piezoelectric response are interesting for nanoelectromechanical systems with high force sensitivity.
Burkard, Guido, Droth, Matthias, Pereira, Vitor M.   +2 more
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Optimal configuration of microstructure in ferroelectric materials by stochastic optimization

, 2010
An optimization procedure determining the ideal configuration at the microstructural level of ferroelectric (FE) materials is applied to maximize piezoelectricity.
Goldstein H., H. C. Rodrigues, J. M. Guedes, K. P. Jayachandran, Lines M. E., Nye J. F., Pecharsky V. K., Uchino K.   +7 more
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Piezoelectric Peptide and Metabolite Materials

Research, 2019
Piezoelectric materials are important for many physical and electronic devices. Although many piezoelectric ceramics exhibit good piezoelectricity, they often show poor compatibility with biological systems that limits their biomedical applications.
Hui Yuan, Peipei Han, Kai Tao, Shuhai Liu, Ehud Gazit, Rusen Yang   +5 more
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Modelling and optimisation of a bimorph piezoelectric cantilever beam in an energy harvesting application [PDF]

, 2016
Piezoelectric materials are excellent transducers in converting vibrational energy into electrical energy, and vibration-based piezoelectric generators are seen as an enabling technology for wireless sensor networks, especially in selfpowered devices ...
Gilbert, James M., Liu, Jing Sheng, Ooi, Beng Lee, Thein, Chung Ket   +3 more
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Engineered smart piezoelectric materials facilitate bone defect regeneration

Materials & Design
Bioelectricity is an essential element of biological entities, present in all cell types and regulating their behavior and function. Bone itself can be considered a natural piezoelectric composite material, with piezoelectric signals generated under ...
Zhao Chen, Yutong Chen, Man Zhe, Jiabao Jiang, Hao Liu, Lu Qin, Taolei Jia, Fei Xing, Ulrike Ritz   +8 more
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Methods for an investigation of the effect of material components on the mechanical characteristics of glass-fiber-reinforced plastics [PDF]

The materials used in the production of glass reinforced plastics are discussed. Specific emphasis is given to matrix polyester materials, the reinforcing glass materials, and aspects of specimen preparation.
Willax, H. O.
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