Special Issue "Piezoelectric Actuators 2020"

A special issue of Actuators (ISSN 2076-0825). This special issue belongs to the section "Actuator Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2021.

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Shuxiang Dong
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Department of Materials Science & Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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

Special Issue Information

Dear colleagues,

Piezoelectric actuators have been commercialized in various areas, such as mobile and consumer electronics, information technology, robotics and precise engineering, bio-, medical engineering, and ecological and energy engineering. However, piezoelectric actuators and their actuation performance play a pivotal role in piezoelectric ceramic and its fabrication processes. Recently, new piezoelectric ceramics including lead-free piezoelectric materials and their composite materials have been developed to meet the requirements of consumer electronic products. In this perspective, we are delighted to announce a new Special Issue on “Piezoelectric Actuators”, which aims to point out major developments and emerging evolution in piezoelectric ceramics, working mechanism designs and new actuators, piezoelectric energy harvesting, piezoelectric transformer and converters, piezoelectric material based magnetoelectric effect and sensors, their industrial applications, etc.

Prof. Dr. Shuxiang Dong
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • piezoelectric ceramic
  • working mechanism
  • piezoelectric actuator and motor
  • piezoelectric composite material
  • piezoelectric sensor
  • energy harvester

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A Global Optimization Method to Determine the Complex Material Constants of Piezoelectric Bars in the Length Thickness Extensional Mode
Actuators 2021, 10(8), 169; https://doi.org/10.3390/act10080169 - 22 Jul 2021
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Optimization methods have been used to determine the elastic, piezoelectric, and dielectric constants of piezoelectric materials from admittance or impedance measurements. The optimal material constants minimize the difference between the modeled and measured admittance or impedance spectra. In this paper, a global optimization [...] Read more.
Optimization methods have been used to determine the elastic, piezoelectric, and dielectric constants of piezoelectric materials from admittance or impedance measurements. The optimal material constants minimize the difference between the modeled and measured admittance or impedance spectra. In this paper, a global optimization method is proposed to calculate the optimal material constants of piezoelectric bars in the length thickness extensional mode. The algorithm is applied to a soft PZT and a hard PZT and is shown to be robust. Full article
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Polymorphic Phase Transition and Piezoelectric Performance of BaTiO3-CaSnO3 Solid Solutions
Actuators 2021, 10(6), 129; https://doi.org/10.3390/act10060129 - 13 Jun 2021
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BaTiO3-based piezoelectric ceramics have attracted considerable attention in recent years due to their tunable phase structures and good piezoelectric properties. In this work, the (1 − x)BaTiO3−xCaSnO3 (0.00 ≤ x ≤ 0.16, abbreviated as BT [...] Read more.
BaTiO3-based piezoelectric ceramics have attracted considerable attention in recent years due to their tunable phase structures and good piezoelectric properties. In this work, the (1 − x)BaTiO3−xCaSnO3 (0.00 ≤ x ≤ 0.16, abbreviated as BTxCS) solid solutions, were prepared by traditional solid-state reaction methods. The phase transitions, microstructure, dielectric, piezoelectric, and ferroelectric properties of BT-xCS have been investigated in detail. The coexistence of rhombohedral, orthorhombic, and tetragonal phases near room temperature, i.e., polymorphic phase transition (PPT), has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and temperature-dependent dielectric measurements in the compositions range of 0.06 ≤ x ≤ 0.10. The multiphase coexistence near room temperature provides more spontaneous polarization vectors and facilitates the process of polarization rotation and extension by an external electric field, which is conducive to the enhancement of piezoelectric response. Remarkably, the composition of BT-0.08CS exhibits optimized piezoelectric properties with a piezoelectric coefficient d33 of 620 pC/N, electromechanical coupling factors kp of 58%, kt of 40%, and a piezoelectric strain coefficient d33* of 950 pm/V. Full article
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Review of Magnetoelectric Sensors
Actuators 2021, 10(6), 109; https://doi.org/10.3390/act10060109 - 24 May 2021
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Multiferroic magnetoelectric (ME) materials with the capability of coupling magnetization and electric polarization have been providing diverse routes towards functional devices and thus attracting ever-increasing attention. The typical device applications include sensors, energy harvesters, magnetoelectric random access memories, tunable microwave devices and ME [...] Read more.
Multiferroic magnetoelectric (ME) materials with the capability of coupling magnetization and electric polarization have been providing diverse routes towards functional devices and thus attracting ever-increasing attention. The typical device applications include sensors, energy harvesters, magnetoelectric random access memories, tunable microwave devices and ME antennas etc. Among those application scenarios, ME sensors are specifically focused in this review article. We begin with an introduction of materials development and then recent advances in ME sensors are overviewed. Engineering applications of ME sensors are followed and typical scenarios are presented. Finally, several remaining challenges and future directions from the perspective of sensor designs and real applications are included. Full article
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