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Effects of static and dynamic stress on the piezoelectric and dielectric properties of PVF2
Steven W. Meeks,Robert Y. Ting +1 more
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In this paper, the effects of hydrostatic pressure and pressure cycling on the piezoelectric properties of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVF2) have been experimentally investigated by using an acoustic reciprocity technique.Abstract:
The effects of hydrostatic pressure and pressure cycling on the piezoelectric properties of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVF2) have been experimentally investigated by using an acoustic reciprocity technique. The hydrostatic piezoelectric constants and the relative dielectric constant were measured as a function of pressure and pressure cycling for both voided and nonvoided PVF2 samples. The dynamic response of these materials to high‐amplitude pressure pulses having a rise time of 1–3 ms was also determined. The results showed that the microvoid structures in PVF2 improve the material’s piezoelectric properties but at the same time increase its pressure dependence and introduce a hysteresis effect with changing hydrostatic pressure. Nonvoided PVF2 films were also shown to have a good dynamic response to pressure pulses and, therefore, are promising for applications such as underwater shock sensors.read more
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Biological effects of shock waves: lung hemorrhage by shock waves in dogs--pressure dependence.
TL;DR: The most serious side effect observed during the destruction of gallstones by shock waves in dogs was lung bleeding, and pressure probes were implanted into dogs between the lung and the diaphragm to determine the conditions leading to lung damage.
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Piezoelectricity in crystallizing ferroelectric polymers: Poly(vinylidene fluoride) and its copolymers (A review)
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Development of calibration techniques for ultrasonic hydrophone probes in the frequency range from 1 to 100 MHz.
Sumet Umchid,R. Gopinath,K. Srinivasan,Peter A. Lewin,Afshin S. Daryoush,L. Bansal,Mahmoud A. El-Sherif +6 more
TL;DR: The outcome of this research indicates that once fully developed and calibrated, the combined acousto-optic system will constitute a universal reference tool in the wide, 100 MHz bandwidth.
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PVDF hydrophone for the measurement of shock waves (lithotripsy)
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used piezoelectric polymer polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) to construct a 2*10/sup -2/V/MPa-sensitivity with a bandwidth near 20 MHz.
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Use of Miniature Hydrophones to Determine Peak Intensities Typical of Medical Ultrasound Devices
D.G. Shombert,G.R. Harris +1 more
TL;DR: A comparison among nine different PVDF hydrophones used to determine the spatial peak-temporal peak (SPTP) and spatialpeak-pulse average (SPPA) intensities of a highly focused medical transducer, typical of the highest levels encountered in clinical instruments.
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