A critical review of piezoelectric ultrasonic transducers for ultrasonic-assisted precision machining

P Du, W Chen, J Deng, S Zhang, J Zhang, Y Liu - Ultrasonics, 2023 - Elsevier
Piezoelectric ultrasonic-assisted precision machining (PUAPM) technology is considered to
be an efficient and environmentally friendly machining strategy by virtue of cutting force …

Bionic step** motors driven by piezoelectric materials

S Wang, S Zhou, X Zhang, P Xu, Z Zhang… - Journal of Bionic …, 2023 - Springer
By imitating the behavioral characteristics of some typical animals, researchers develop
bionic step** motors to extend the working range of piezoelectric materials and utilize …

A 2-DOF needle insertion device using inertial piezoelectric actuator

J Deng, S Liu, Y Liu, L Wang, X Gao… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Insertion into delicate tissue, such as retina vein occlusion, cell manipulation, and
vitreoretinal injection, poses challenges to surgeons and biomedical researchers due to the …

A novel inertial impact piezoelectric actuator with adjustable angle vibrators

S Lin, J Ma, J Li, S Li, M Wang, Y Hu, J Wen - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Inertial piezoelectric actuators based on the impact principle have attracted much attention
in precision positioning applications recently. However, the control strategy that can utilize …

A stick-slip piezoelectric actuator with high assembly interchangeability

Z Xu, W Sun, X Li, H Huang, J Dong - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2022 - Elsevier
The stick-slip piezoelectric actuator with simple driving signal and structure is a very
promising type for achieving the high resolution and large stroke. However, as a typical …

Displacement linearity improving method of step** piezoelectric platform based on leg wagging mechanism

J Deng, Y Liu, J Li, S Zhang, K Li - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
It is difficult to obtain linear output displacements for step** piezoelectric platform due to
their discontinuous outputs. Inspired by the theory that the maximum static friction force is …

Development of a nanopositioning platform with large travel range based on bionic quadruped piezoelectric actuator

J Deng, Y Liu, S Zhang, J Li - IEEE/ASME Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A piezoelectric platform driven by a bionic quadruped piezoelectric actuator is developed. It
uses the operating principle of combining bionic walking and swinging actuation modes to …

An impact inertial piezoelectric actuator designed by means of the asymmetric friction

W Sun, Z Xu, K Wang, X Li, J Tang… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With simple structure and control, impact inertial piezoelectric actuators are one promising
type for precision positioning with large working stroke and high resolution. However, their …

Development of a novel flexure-based XY platform using single bending hybrid piezoelectric actuator

X Gao, Y Liu, S Zhang, J Deng… - IEEE/ASME Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, a novel flexure-based XY platform using a bending hybrid piezoelectric
actuator was proposed, which was inspired by a classical piezoelectric stack-actuated …

A walker-pusher inchworm actuator driven by two piezoelectric stacks

X Ma, Y Liu, J Deng, S Zhang, J Liu - Mechanical Systems and Signal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Most of inchworm piezoelectric actuators suffer from complicated structures and control
systems due to the utilization of three or more piezoelectric stacks. Various approaches have …