Piezoelectricity

Basics and Materials.- Basic Material Quartz and Related Innovations.- The Role of Ferroelectricity for Piezoelectric Materials.- Piezoelectric PZT Ceramics.- Relaxor Ferroelectrics.- Piezoelectric Polymers and Their Applications.- Applications and Innovations.- Electromechanical Frequency Filters.- Ultrasonic Imaging.- High Effective Lead Perovskite Ceramics and Single Crystals for Ultrasonic Imaging.- High-Power Ultrasound Transducers for Therapeutic Applications.- Piezoelectric Motors and Transformers.- Piezoelectric Positioning.- Piezoelectric Injection Systems.- Advanced RF Signal Processing with Surface Acoustic Waves on Piezoelectric Single Crystal Substrates.- Piezoelectric Films for Innovations in the Field of MEMS and Biosensors.- Piezoelectric Composites by Solid Freeform Fabrication: A Nature-Inspired Approach.- Characterisation Methods.- Microstructural Analysis Based on Microscopy and X-Ray Diffraction.- Small Signal Resonance Methods.- Large Signal Resonance and Laser Dilatometer Methods.- Ferroelastic Characterization of Piezoelectrics.- Multiscale Modelling.- First-Principles Theories of Piezoelectric Materials.- Thermodynamic Theory.- Effective Medium Theories.- Finite-Element Modelling of Piezoelectric Actuators: Linear and Nonlinear Analyses.- The Future.- Trends in Ferroelectric/Piezoelectric Ceramics.

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"It is to fill a gap concerning the scientific and technical importance of piezoelectricity. ... The book addresses graduate students in material science solid-state physics, and inorganic chemistry, as well as professional scientists and engineers who are interested in material-based innovations ... serving as a reference book for managers who are interested in the economical side of innovations and in potential future markets. ... I would thoroughly recommend Piezoelectricity to fellow scientists and educators ... ." (Current Engineering Practice, Vol. 114, 2009)