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.

Preface

Part Ⅰ Fundamentals of Piezoelectricity

1 Thermodynamics of Ferroelectricity

E. Koray Akdogan and Ahmad Safari

2 Piezoelectricity and Crystal Symmetry

A.L. Kholkin, N.A. Pertsev, and A.V.Goltsev

3 Crystal Chemistry of Piezoelectric Materials

Susan Trolier-McKinstry

Part Ⅱ Piezoelectric and Acoustic Materials for Transducer Technology

4 Lead-Based Piezoelectric Materials

Dragan Damjanovic

5 KNN-Based Piezoelectric Ceramics

Marija Kosec, Barbara Malie, Andreja Benean, and Tadej Rojac

6 Bismuth-based Piezoelectric Ceramics

Tadashi Takenaka

7 Electropolymers for Mechatronics and Artificial Muscles

Zhongyang Cheng, Qiming Zhang, Ji Su, and Mario E1 Tahchi

8 Low-Attenuation Acoustic Silicone Lens for Medical Ultrasonic Array Probes

Y. Yamashita, Y. Hosono, and K. Itsumi

9 Carbon-Fiber Composite Materials for Medical Transducers

Toshio Kondo

Part Ⅲ Transducer Design and Principles

10 Piezoelectric Transducer Design for Medical Diagnosis and NDE

Marc Lethiecq, Franck Levassort, Dominique Certon, and Louis Pascal Tran-Huu-Hue

11 Piezoelectric Transducer Designs for Sonar Applications

James E Tressler

12 Finite Element Analysis of Piezoelectric Transducers

Anne-Christine Hladky-Hennion and Bertrand Dubus

Part IV Piezoelectric Transducer Fabrication Methods

13 Piezoelectric Fiber Composite Fabrication

Andreas Schonecker

14 Composition Gradient Actuators

Ralf Steinhausen and Horst Beige

15 Robocasting of Three-Dimensional Piezoelectric Structures

James E. Smay, Bruce Tuttle, and Joseph Cesarano III

16 Micropositioning

J. Juuti, M. Leinonen, and H. Jantunen

17 Piezoelectric Actuator Designs

Aydin Do,an and Erman Uzgur

18 Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting using Bulk Transdueers

Shashank Priya, Rachit Taneja, Robert Myers, and Rashed Islam

19 Piezocomposite Ultrasonic Transducers for High-Frequeney Wire Bonding of Semiconduetor Packages

Siu Wing Or and Helen Lai Wa Chan

20 Piezoeleetric MEMS: Materials and Devices

Nazanin Bassiri-Gharb

21 High-Frequency Ultrasonic Transducers and Arrays

K. Kirk Shung, Jonathan M. Cannata, and Qifa Zhou

22 Micromachined Ultrasonic Transdueers

Massimo Pappalardo, Giosue Caliano, Alessandro S. Savoia, and Alessandro Caronti

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