Single crystal piezoelectrics for advanced transducer and smart structures applications

W. Hackenberger, P. Rehrig, M. J. Pan, T. Shrout

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Abstract

Single crystal piezoelectrics based on xPb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3-(1-x)PbTiO3 and xPb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-(1-x)PbTiO3 show great prose for dramatically improving the performance of medical ultrasound transducers, sonar transducers, active flow control actuators, high strain energy density stack actuators, and microactuators. Improvements in crystal growth and manufacturing are yielding large numbers of crystals for device performance evaluations. Property variations have been minimized by identifying the sources of variations and designing manufacturing processes to eliminate property-degrading defects from the final components. Crystal size increases and cost reductions have resulted from replacing flux grown PZN-PT with PMN-PT crystals produced by the Bridgman method. Finally, low crystal stiffness has been shown to not be a hindrance in maintaining high properties under compressive prestress or in packaged devices such as epoxy bonded stack actuators.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)92-103
Number of pages12
JournalProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume4333
DOIs
StatePublished - 2001
EventSmart Structures and Materials 2001-Active Materials; Behavior and Mechanics- - Newport Beach, CA, United States
Duration: Mar 5 2001Mar 8 2001

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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