Piezoelectric Materials: Advances in Science, Technology and Applications

By Carmen Galassi

In the last few decades the applications of piezoelectrics to sensors have witnessed a dramatic acceleration and new devices and materials have been discovered. Some of the highlights include electrostrictive materials for positioners, relaxor-normal ferroelectric single crystals with very high electromechanical couplings for medical transducers, thin/thick PZT films for microelectromechanical systems, starting from a sophisticated chemical technology, and multilayer actuators fabricated by a cofiring technique. All will make a remarkable industrial impact in the 21st century.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792362136
• ISBN13: 9780792362135
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 405 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"