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Piezoelectric and Acoustic Materials for Transducer Applications

  • Discusses the underlying physical principles of piezoelectric materials, important properties of ferroelectric/piezoelectric materials used in today’s transducer technology, and the principles used in transducer design
  • Includes examples of a wide range of applications of such materials along with the appertaining rationales
  • Provides a comprehensive, yet concise, reference to all the pertinent aspects of piezoelectric materials
  • Contains contributions from a select-group of distinguished researchers
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Fundamentals of Piezoelectricity

    1. Thermodynamics of Ferroelectricity

      • E. Koray Akdogğan, Ahmad Safari
      Pages 3-16
    2. Piezoelectricity and Crystal Symmetry

      • A. L. Kholkin, N. A. Pertsev, A. V. Goltsev
      Pages 17-38
    3. Crystal Chemistry of Piezoelectric Materials

      • Susan Trolier-McKinstry
      Pages 39-56
  3. Piezoelectric and Acoustic Materials for Transducer Technology

    1. Lead-Based Piezoelectric Materials

      • Dragan Damjanovic
      Pages 59-79
    2. KNN-Based Piezoelectric Ceramics

      • Marija Kosec, Barbara Malič, Andreja Benčan, Tadej Rojac
      Pages 81-102
    3. Bismuth-based Piezoelectric Ceramics

      • Tadashi Takenaka
      Pages 103-130
    4. Electropolymers for Mechatronics and Artificial Muscles

      • Zhongyang Cheng, Qiming Zhang, Ji Su, Mario El Tahchi
      Pages 131-159
    5. Low-Attenuation Acoustic Silicone Lens for Medical Ultrasonic Array Probes

      • Y. Yamashita, Y. Hosono, K. Itsumi
      Pages 161-177
  4. Transducer Design and Principles

    1. Piezoelectric Transducer Design for Medical Diagnosis and NDE

      • Marc Lethiecq, Franck Levassort, Dominique Certon, Louis Pascal Tran-Huu-Hue
      Pages 191-215
    2. Finite Element Analysis of Piezoelectric Transducers

      • Anne-Christine Hladky-Hennion, Bertrand Dubus
      Pages 241-258
  5. Piezoelectric Transducer Fabrication Methods

    1. Piezoelectric Fiber Composite Fabrication

      • Andreas Schönecker
      Pages 261-287
    2. Composition Gradient Actuators

      • Ralf Steinhausen, Horst Beige
      Pages 289-304
    3. Robocasting of Three-Dimensional Piezoelectric Structures

      • James E. Smay, Bruce Tuttle, Joseph Cesarano III
      Pages 305-318
    4. Micropositioning

      • J. Juuti, M. Leinonen, H. Jantunen
      Pages 319-340
    5. Piezoelectric Actuator Designs

      • Aydin Dog̃an*, Erman Uzgur
      Pages 341-371
    6. Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting using Bulk Transducers

      • Shashank Priya, Rachit Taneja, Robert Myers, Rashed Islam
      Pages 373-388

About this book

Piezoelectric and Acoustic Materials for Transducer Applications combines discussion of the physical properties of piezoelectric and acoustic materials, with the fundamentals, design principles and fabrication methods, and their application in transducers. This book serves as a comprehensive reference on all aspects of piezoelectric materials, such as thermodynamics, crystallography, crystal chemistry, and piezoelectric composite fabrication techniques as they pertain to piezoelectric transducer design and applications.

The chapters in this book cover a wide range of topics, which are separated into four sections:

  • Section I. Fundamentals of Piezoelectricity

  • Section II. Piezoelectric and Acoustic Materials for Transducer Technology

  • Section III. Transducer Design and Principles

  • Section IV. Piezoelectric Transducer Fabrication Methods

Piezoelectric and Acoustic Materials for Transducer Applications is written by a diverse group of renowned experts from around the world, and is appropriate for scientists and engineers in a variety of disciplines.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering The Glenn Howatt Electronic Ceramics Laboratory, Rutgers University, Piscataway

    Ahmad Safari, E. Koray Akdoğan

About the editors

Professor Safari is a Fellow of American Ceramic Society; Centennial Fellow of the College of Earth and Mineral Science, The Pennsylvania State University; Honorary Professor of Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin China; and president of the IEEE Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control Society.

Dr. Safari has published over 300 refereed journal articles, and has been granted 18 U.S. patents. He chaired the 10th International Symposium on the Applications of Ferroelectric (August 1996, East Brunswick NJ) and 7th US-Japan meeting on Ferroelectric and Dielectric Materials (Tsukuba, Japan, November 1995).

 

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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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