Piezoelectric Actuators—A Special Issue in Honor of Prof. Dr. Kenji Uchino
A special issue of Actuators (ISSN 2076-0825). This special issue belongs to the section "Actuator Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2023) | Viewed by 32350
Special Issue Editors
Interests: piezoelectric actuators and ultrasonic motors; piezoelectric ceramic and polymer materials; magnetoelectric composite materials and magnetic sensors; 3D printing fabrication of piezoelectric composite materials and devices
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Interests: ferroelectric materials; multiferroics; piezoelectric ceramics; functional ceramic materials and devices; piezoelectricity; energy harvesting; energy storage; actuators; material characteristics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Actuators is currently inviting the submission of high-quality articles for a Special Issue in honor of Prof. Kenji Uchino, one of the pioneers of piezoelectric actuators and electro-optic displays. Prof. Uchino is the professor emeritus of School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Pennsylvania State University, and was also the director of the International Center for Actuators and Transducers (ICAT). In the more than 50 years of research, Prof. Uchino’s interest areas covered dielectric/piezoelectric/ferroelectrics materials, piezoelectric actuators, micro-ultrasonic motors, piezoelectric transformers, energy harvesting, and robotics. He is known as the inventor of the following famous topics: (1) lead magnesium niobate (PMN)-based electrostricive materials, (2) cofired multilayer piezoelectric actuators (MLA), (3) superior piezoelectricity in relaxor-lead titanate-based piezoelectric single crystals (PZN-PT), (4) photostrictive phenomenon, (5) shape memory ceramics, (6) magnetoelectric composite sensors, (7) transient response control scheme of piezoelectric actuators (Pulse-Drive technique), (8) micro ultrasonic motors, (9) multilayer disk piezoelectric transformers, and (10) piezoelectric loss characterization methodology. He has authored more than 584 papers, 78 books, and 33 patents on the subject of piezoelectric actuators and optical devices. (For an overview of Prof. Uchino’s significant research accomplishments, please visit: https://www.eecs.psu.edu/departments/directory-detail-g.aspx?q=KXU1). Moreover, he is also committed to promoting industrial developments. He was the senior vice president of Micromechatronics Inc., a spin-off company of ICAT, where he is trying to commercialize ICAT-invented piezoelectric actuators and transducers. Additionally, he has served as a consultant for more than 100 Japanese, American, and European industries to commercialize piezoelectric actuators and electro-optic devices.
To express our gratitude for Prof. Uchino’s great scientific contributions, we invite you to contribute a research article to provide an overview or demonstrate original innovations in the areas of piezoelectric actuators and motors, piezoelectric energy harvesters, piezoelectric transformers, transducer, sensors, piezoelectric ceramics and polymers, smart materials, etc. We look forward to working with you in this commemorative Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Shuxiang Dong
Prof. Dr. Jungho Ryu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- piezoelectric actuators and motors
- piezoelectric energy harvesters
- piezoelectric transformers
- piezoelectric ceramics and polymers
- transducer
- sensors
- smart materials
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