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 …

[HTML][HTML] A review on piezoelectric energy harvesting: materials, methods, and circuits

S Priya, HC Song, Y Zhou, R Varghese… - Energy harvesting and …, 2017‏ - degruyter.com
Piezoelectric microelectromechanical systems (PiezoMEMS) are attractive for develo**
next generation self-powered microsystems. PiezoMEMS promises to eliminate the costly …

Design and printing of proprioceptive three-dimensional architected robotic metamaterials

H Cui, D Yao, R Hensleigh, H Lu, A Calderon, Z Xu… - Science, 2022‏ - science.org
Advances in additive manufacturing techniques have enabled the creation of stimuli-
responsive materials with designed three-dimensional (3D) architectures. Unlike biological …

Large Pockels effect in micro-and nanostructured barium titanate integrated on silicon

S Abel, F Eltes, JE Ortmann, A Messner, P Castera… - Nature materials, 2019‏ - nature.com
The electro-optical Pockels effect is an essential nonlinear effect used in many applications.
The ultrafast modulation of the refractive index is, for example, crucial to optical modulators …

A review of piezoelectric polymers as functional materials for electromechanical transducers

KS Ramadan, D Sameoto, S Evoy - Smart Materials and …, 2014‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Polymer based MEMS and microfluidic devices have the advantages of mechanical
flexibility, lower fabrication cost and faster processing over silicon based ones. Also, many …

Development and outlook of high output piezoelectric nanogenerators

Q Xu, J Wen, Y Qin - Nano Energy, 2021‏ - Elsevier
With the rapid development of the Internet of things (IoT), wearable electronics, how to
power them has been a great challenge, as the traditional powering method via batteries …

Review of piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducers and their applications

J Jung, W Lee, W Kang, E Shin, J Ryu… - … of Micromechanics and …, 2017‏ - iopscience.iop.org
In recent decades, micromachined ultrasonic transducers (MUTs) have been investigated as
an alternative to conventional piezocomposite ultrasonic transducers, primarily due to the …

Piezoelectric micromachined ultrasound transducer (PMUT) arrays for integrated sensing, actuation and imaging

Y Qiu, JV Gigliotti, M Wallace, F Griggio, CEM Demore… - Sensors, 2015‏ - mdpi.com
Many applications of ultrasound for sensing, actuation and imaging require miniaturized and
low power transducers and transducer arrays integrated with electronic systems …

A review on piezoelectric materials and their applications

MC Sekhar, E Veena, NS Kumar… - Crystal Research …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Piezoelectric materials have the merits of fast response, speed, and high precision. These
materials have been widely investigated for functional device applications such as sensors …

Emerging ultrasonic bioelectronics for personalized healthcare

L Jiang, J Wu - Progress in Materials Science, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Emerging ultrasonic bioelectronics (UBEs) with wearable, implantable or highly integrated
forms enable continuous health monitoring and on-demand medical therapy at the point of …