High strain piezoelectric ceramics are the state-of-the-art materials for high precision,
positioning devices. A comprehensive review of the latest developments of the various types …

Piezoelectric materials with excellent electromechanical performance are widely used as
core components in high-power applications such as ultrasonic transducers, piezoelectric …

Bioelectricity provides electrostimulation to regulate cell/tissue behaviors and functions. In
the human body, bioelectricity can be generated in electromechanically responsive tissues …

We present a critical review that encompasses the fundamentals and state-of-the-art
knowledge of barium titanate-based piezoelectrics. First, the essential crystallography …

Piezoelectric materials are known to mankind for more than a century, with numerous
advancements made in both scientific understandings and practical applications. In the last …

Global environmental concerns on the toxicity of lead‐based piezoelectrics impel the great
mass fervor on investigations of lead‐free alternatives. Barium titanate (BaTiO3, BT) …

The ability of piezoelectric devices to convert mechanical energy to electrical energy and
vice versa has inspired remarkable growth in research on piezoelectric materials. However …

Reducing or even prohibiting the use of toxic lead in electronic devices has become one of
the most cutting-edge topics in various disciplines. The recently proposed phase boundary …

Due to growing environmental concerns on the toxicity of lead-based piezoelectric materials,
lead-free alternatives are urgently required but so far have not been able to reach …

In the past century, ferroelectrics are well known in electroceramics and microelectronics for
their unique ferroelectric, piezoelectric, pyroelectric, and photovoltaic effects. Nowadays, the …