Advantages and Challenges of Relaxor-PbTiO3 Ferroelectric Crystals for Electroacoustic Transducers- A Review.
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In this review, the performance merits of relaxor-PT crystals in various electroacoustic devices are presented from a piezoelectric material viewpoint and the impacts and challenges are summarized to guide on-going and future research in the development of relaxors for the next generation electroac acoustic transducers.About:
This article is published in Progress in Materials Science.The article was published on 2015-03-01 and is currently open access. It has received 556 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: PMUT & Ultrasonic sensor.read more
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Ultrahigh piezoelectricity in ferroelectric ceramics by design
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The origin of ultrahigh piezoelectricity in relaxor-ferroelectric solid solution crystals
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TL;DR: A mesoscale mechanism is proposed to reveal the origin of the high piezoelectricity in relaxor ferroelectrics, where the polar nanoregions aligned in a ferroelectric matrix can facilitate polarization rotation.
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Giant piezoelectricity of Sm-doped Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 single crystals.
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TL;DR: Rare-earth doping is identified as a general strategy for introducing local structural heterogeneity in order to enhance the piezoelectricity of relaxor ferroelectric crystals.
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