Ultrasound is an attractive modality for controlling micro/nanorobots due to penetrating deep
into tissue, not being affected by the opaque nature of animal bodies, and generating a …

This paper presents a novel cost-effective automatic resonance tracking scheme with
maximum power transfer for piezoelectric transducers (PTs). The conventional approaches …

Structural health monitoring of rotary aerospace structures is investigated in this research. A
monitoring system is proposed based on the electromechanical impedance spectrum of …

Temperature rise is the main limiting factor that affects the performance of high power
piezoelectric systems. Significant decrease of electromechanical conversion efficiency near …

Characterizing piezoelectric materials is paramount for optimizing their design for sensing
applications. While multiple techniques target the determination of the piezoelectric …

A power harvester with adjustable frequency, which consists of a hinged¿ hinged
piezoelectric bimorph and a concentrated mass, is studied by the precise electric field …

Vibrational harvested energy using piezoelectric cantilevers provides sufficient output for
small power applications. This work reports on free falling droplet energy harvesting using …

ABSTRACT A novel method for characterization on the shear piezoelectric coefficient of
piezoelectric ceramics was proposed. A shear-mode piezoelectric cantilever with coplanar …

Driving ultrasonic piezoelectric transducer (UPZT) at maximum performance in real-time
operations is a very challenging task due to the deterioration problem of ultrasound output …

Numerous methodologies using switching circuits for harvesting vibrational energy via
piezoelectric materials have been put forth. These methods generally require knowledge of …