This paper describes the properties and the engineering applications of the smart materials,
especially in the mechatronics field. Even though there are several smart materials which all …

The growing demand for flexible, ultrasensitive, squeezable, skin-mountable, and wearable
sensors tailored to the requirements of personalized health-care monitoring has fueled the …

This paper represents a polymeric piezoelectric manufacturing process for sensing and
actuation applications. The electric poling-assisted additive manufacturing (EPAM) process …

Touch screen panels (TSPs) have become an integral part of modern-day lifestyle. To
enhance user experience, attributes such as form-factor flexibility, multi-dimensional …

The present work aims at demonstrating the applicability of using tubes made of the polymer
PVDF as intrinsic flowmeters, considering the peculiar piezoelectric properties of the PVDF …

Thermomechanical analysis of poly (vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF) film shows that, unlike the
completely amorphous structure of the native polymer, after irradiation with X-rays, the …

Empirical data is presented on the pulse‐echo performance of poly‐vinylidenefluoride
(PVDF) ultrasound transducers monitored in‐situ at temperatures in the range 50–130° C …

We present a simple, efficient method, which combines uniaxial compression and
subsequent poling, to produce piezoelectric polyvinylidene fluoride-based epoxy …

Degradation is a natural phenomenon that can occur in all materials, if undetected it can
lead to structural failure. Thus, there is a crucial need to monitor structures exposed to some …

In this study, results from monotonic uniaxial and biaxial stretch experiments carried out on
rectangular uniaxially stretched PVDF thin samples, is reported. Both mechanical and …