Abstract Poly (vinylidene fluoride), PVDF, and its copolymers are the family of polymers with
the highest dielectric constant and electroactive response, including piezoelectric …

Abstract Relaxor-PbTiO 3 (PT) based ferroelectric crystals with the perovskite structure have
been investigated over the last few decades due to their ultrahigh piezoelectric coefficients …

Ferroelectrics are essential components in a wide range of applications, including ultrasonic
transducers, sensors, and actuators. In the single crystal form, relaxor-PbTiO 3 (PT) …

Ultrasound detection is one of the major components of photoacoustic imaging systems.
Advancement in ultrasound transducer technology has a significant impact on the translation …

Intended as an introduction and reference for materials scientists and physicists, this book
treats the fundamental physics of piezoleletric sensors. It begins with the elements of …

In the last 25 years, piezoelectric ceramic-polymer composites have been conceptualized,
prototyped, fabricated, and implemented in an array of applications encompassing medical …

This paper presents a systematic approach for designing 3D auxetic lattice materials, which
exhibit constant negative Poisson's ratios over large strain intervals. A unit cell model …

We systematically design materials using topology optimization to achieve prescribed
nonlinear properties under finite deformation. Instead of a formal homogenization …

In the past two decades, piezoelectric ceramic/polymer composites with different
connectivities have been developed for transducer applications such as hydrophones …

A variety of advanced ceramic components were fabricated using the fused deposition of
ceramics (FDC) process. In FDC, ceramic loaded polymer filaments are used to build parts …