Recent trends in piezoelectric actuators for precision motion and their applications: A review

S Mohith, AR Upadhya, KP Navin… - Smart Materials and …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The need for precision positioning applications has enormously influenced the research and
development towards the growth of precision actuators. Over the years, piezoelectric …

Construction of bio‐piezoelectric platforms: From structures and synthesis to applications

Q Xu, X Gao, S Zhao, YN Liu, D Zhang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Piezoelectric materials, with their unique ability for mechanical‐electrical energy conversion,
have been widely applied in important fields such as sensing, energy harvesting …

A review of acoustic impedance matching techniques for piezoelectric sensors and transducers

VT Rathod - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
The coupling of waves between the piezoelectric generators, detectors, and propagating
media is challenging due to mismatch in the acoustic properties. The mismatch leads to the …

Flexible sensors and machine learning for heart monitoring

SH Kwon, L Dong - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. Continuous heart
monitoring is an effective approach in detecting irregular heartbeats and providing early …

Recent advances in 3D printed sensors: materials, design, and manufacturing

Y Jiang, MN Islam, R He, X Huang… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Sensors are of great importance in different aspects of research and industry. Future sensors
will require high‐efficient and low‐cost manufacturing, as well as high‐performance …

A review: Polyacrylonitrile as high-performance piezoelectric materials

J Tao, Y Wang, X Zheng, C Zhao, X Jin, W Wang, T Lin - Nano Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Piezoelectric polymer materials have been extensively investigated as key materials for
small kinetic energy harvesting due to their advantages over inorganic piezoelectric …

Energy harvesting from fluid flow using piezoelectric materials: a review

A Naqvi, A Ali, WA Altabey, SA Kouritem - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Energy harvesting from piezoelectric materials is quite common and has been studied for
the past few decades, but, recently, there have been a lot of new advancements in …

Overview of ultrasound detection technologies for photoacoustic imaging

R Manwar, K Kratkiewicz, K Avanaki - Micromachines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ultrasound detection is one of the major components of photoacoustic imaging systems.
Advancement in ultrasound transducer technology has a significant impact on the translation …

Flexible and wearable ultrasound device for medical applications: A review on materials, structural designs, and current challenges

TG La, LH Le - Advanced Materials Technologies, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Flexible and miniaturized devices inspired by the advances in electronic materials,
fabrication technologies, and wireless communication have emerged as the next‐generation …

Recent progress in bismuth-based high Curie temperature piezo-/ferroelectric perovskites for electromechanical transduction applications

Z Liu, H Wu, Y Yuan, H Wan, Z Luo, P Gao… - Current Opinion in Solid …, 2022 - Elsevier
Piezo-/ferroelectric materials with high Curie temperature (TC) are widely needed in
sensors, actuators and transducers which can be used for high-temperature (HT) …