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

Kirigami‐and oirigami‐inspired techniques have emerged as effective strategies for material
structure design; however, the use of these techniques is usually limited to soft and …

Highly compact and geometrically complex piezoceramics are required by a variety of
electromechanical devices owing to their outstanding piezoelectricity, mechanical stability …

Piezoelectric actuator is one of the most versatile types of smart material based actuators
which can be utilized for different industrial applications like robotics, MEMS, micro …

The paper presents recent developments for the integration of piezoceramic modules into
fibre-reinforced composite structures based on thermoplastic matrices. An adapted hot …

In this article, a pre-stressed piezoelectric actuator made at room temperature using a
mechanically pre-stressed substrate is applied as an actuator for an active vibration isolation …

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

Compliant mechanisms with integrated actuators can enable new function-integrative
structures through the elastic deformation of elements without the use of classical links and …

Static d15-shear actuated smart composites consisting of glass fiber/epoxy layers
sandwiching piezoceramic shear patches-assembled cores were investigated …

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 …