Thin film piezoelectric materials offer a number of advantages in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), due to the large motions that can be generated, often with low hysteresis …
P Muralt - Journal of micromechanics and microengineering, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reviews deposition, integration, and device fabrication of ferroelectric PbZr x Ti 1- x O 3 (PZT) films for applications in microelectromechanical systems. As examples, a …
This paper provides a detailed overview of developments in transducer materials technology relating to their current and future applications in micro-scale devices. Recent advances in …
In this article, domain wall motion and the extrinsic contributions to the dielectric and piezoelectric responses in sol–gel derived lead zirconate titanate PZT films with …
P Muralt - Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Piezoelectric materials play a crucial role in a large number of devices and applications modern society would not like to miss. Mobile phones and ultrasonic imaging are just the …
Electroceramics research is driven by technology and device applications. This growing field includes a vast number of magnetic, dielectric, ionically conducting, semiconducting, and …
P Muralt, N Ledermann, J Paborowski… - IEEE transactions on …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes fabrication arid characterization results of piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducers (pMUTs) based on 2-/spl mu/m-thick Pb (Zr/sub 0.53/Ti/sub …
P Muralt - IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and …, 2000 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reviews deposition, integration, and device fabrication of PbZr/sub x/Ti/sub 1- x/O/sub 3/(PZT) films for applications in micro-electromechanical systems. An ultrasonic …
N Ledermann, P Muralt, J Baborowski, S Gentil… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2003 - Elsevier
Pb (Zrx, Ti1− x) O3 (PZT) piezoelectric thin films are of major interest in MEMS technology for their ability to provide electro-mechanical coupling. In this work, the effective transverse …