The need for precision positioning applications has enormously influenced the research and
development towards the growth of precision actuators. Over the years, piezoelectric …

This contribution presents a multidisciplinary review of the so-called field-dependent
nonlinear piezoelectricity. It starts with an introduction that poses the literature analysis …

Piezoelectric actuators are a class of actuators that precisely transfer input electric energy
into displacement, force, or movement outputs efficiently via inverse piezoelectric effect …

In this work, a wave-shaped piezoelectric composite (WSPC) made of fine β-phase
vinylidene fluoride trifluoroethylene copolymer (P (VDF-TrFE)) polymer and high-elastic …

Dynamics of a rotating mini hub–bimorph structure excited by periodic torque supplied to the
hub is studied in this paper. The mathematical model of the system is formulated by means …

The unprecedented attributes such as biocompatibility and flexibility of macromolecular
piezoelectric polymer has triggered an immense interested in scientific society for their …

We introduce a new compression test method for piezoelectric materials to investigate
changes in piezoelectric properties under the compressive stress condition. Until now …

A camber morphing control fin design and an all-moving control fin design using piezo-
composite unimorph actuators are presented in this paper. The control fin of a small flying …

Layered piezo-composite unimorph actuators have been studied by many research teams to
provide active vibration control of thin-walled aerospace structures, control the shapes of …

The actuation performances of the prestressed piezoelectric unimorph actuators
piezoelectric unimorph with mechanically prestressed substrate and thin layer unimorph …