Advances in Piezoelectric Materials and Ceramics: Structure, Processing, and Functional Integration
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Electronic Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2025 | Viewed by 9
Special Issue Editors
Interests: piezoelectric and ferroelectric materials
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Interests: piezoelectric and ferroelectric materials
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Piezoelectric materials are a type of functional material that can transform energy between mechanical stress and electric fields.
As application requirements continue to evolve and increase, the advanced applications of piezoelectric materials have become a focal point. For example, incorporating piezoelectric materials into smart materials to allow them to react to external stimuli like temperature, pressure, or electric fields; utilizing the energy conversion capabilities of piezoelectric materials to facilitate energy harvesting in wireless sensor networks, thus reducing the need for battery replacements; fabricating implantable devices that respond to physiological signals within the body, such as pacemakers and intelligent drug delivery systems; and in the acoustic field, using piezoelectric materials to produce ultrasonic imaging equipment, acoustic drivers, and acoustic sensors.
With the progress of material science and engineering technologies, the performance and application spectrum of piezoelectric materials are expanding continuously, and there may be many more innovative applications on the horizon. This special issue is dedicated to piezoelectric ceramics and their applications, involving manuscripts and review articles on topics such as the research and development of various dimensional piezoelectric materials, processing routes, physical properties (including structural, mechanical properties, coupled phenomena, ferroelectric and dielectric characterizations), modeling studies, and research on the application-oriented aspects of these materials.
Dr. Yuanyu Wang
Dr. Qi Sun
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- piezoceramics
- processing
- characterization
- physical properties
- advanced applications
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