Relaxor-PT Single Crystal Piezoelectric Sensors

Xiaoning Jiang; Jinwook Kim; Kyugrim Kim

doi:10.3390/cryst4030351

Crystals (Jul 2014)

Relaxor-PT Single Crystal Piezoelectric Sensors

Xiaoning Jiang,
Jinwook Kim,
Kyugrim Kim

Affiliations

Xiaoning Jiang: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
Jinwook Kim: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
Kyugrim Kim: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst4030351
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 3
pp. 351 – 376

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Relaxor-PbTiO3 piezoelectric single crystals have been widely used in a broad range of electromechanical devices, including piezoelectric sensors, actuators, and transducers. This paper reviews the unique properties of these single crystals for piezoelectric sensors. Design, fabrication and characterization of various relaxor-PT single crystal piezoelectric sensors and their applications are presented and compared with their piezoelectric ceramic counterparts. Newly applicable fields and future trends of relaxor-PT sensors are also suggested in this review paper.

Published in Crystals

ISSN: 2073-4352 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry: Crystallography
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/crystals/

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