The notions of Bloch wave, crystal momentum, and energy bands are commonly regarded
as unique features of crystalline materials with commutative translation symmetries …

3 piezocomposites are excellent candidate materials for sensor, actuator and transducer
applications owing to their remarkable dielectric properties, enhanced piezoelectric coupling …

A bibliography is given containing 2067 references published during 2002 and 2003 on
piezoelectric and pyroelectric properties of materials and their applications. It contains …

This paper describes the design, fabrication and imaging application of high frequency
needle-type transducers based on manganese doped Pb (In 1/2 Nb 1/2) O 3-Pb (Mg 1/3 Nb …

Abstract Single-crystal (1− x) Pb (Mg 1/3 Nb 2/3) O 3–x PbTiO 3 (PMN-PT) has great
potential for use in ultrasonic applications; however, it is challenging to achieve both broad …

It has been shown previously that surface acoustic waves can be efficiently trapped and
slowed by steep ridges on a piezoelectric substrate, giving rise to two families of shear …

This paper describes the fabrication of 1-3 piezoelectric composites by using PZT5-A pure
piezoelectric ceramics and the preparation of a high-frequency single-directional planar …

The development of new surface acoustic wave devices exhibiting complicated electrode
patterns or layered excitation transducers has been favored by an intense innovative activity …

The possibility to excite and detect acoustic waves in fluids using capacitive transducers
built on silicon using surface micromachining offers attractive opportunities in the …

A stacked three-phase piezoelectric composites ring array underwater ultrasound
transducer was developed in this paper. The circular structure of three-phase piezoelectric …