Lead lanthanum zirconate titanate (PLZT) ceramics exhibit excellent dielectric, ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties, and they can be used in many applications, including actuators. In this review, the processing and properties of PLZT-based ce...
This work reports on the development of a Lead Lanthanum Zirconate Titanate (PLZT) bulk ferroelectric poled ceramic structure as a Piezoelectric Plethysmograph (PZPG) sensor. The ceramic was implanted during its fabrication with a platinum (Pt) wire...
In this work, we explored the potential of the ferroelectric gate of (Pb0.92La0.08)(Zr0.30Ti0.70)O3 (PLZT(8/30/70)) for flexible graphene field effect transistor (GFET) devices. Based on the deep understanding of the VDirac of PLZT(8/30/70) gate GFET...
The dielectric properties, tunability and figure-of-merit (FOM) of relaxor Pb0.9La0.1(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3 (PLZT) films have been investigated. Dielectric measurements indicated that the dielectric constant (at zero-bias field), tunability and FOM are enh...
Ferroelectric thin films have been utilized in a wide range of electronic and optical applications, in which their morphologies and properties can be inherently tuned by a qualitative control during growth. In this work, we demonstrate the evolution...
Ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC) is regarded as the mainstream application material for achieving flexible driving technology in various engineering fields. In this article, aiming at the non-independence of the current IPMC electric driving meth...
The high-temperature sintering characteristics of PLZT not only lead to lead volatilization and component mismatch but also limit its compatibility with low-cost electrode materials (such as Cu), making it a key bottleneck in its industrialization. I...
The ion drag pump, as one kind of electrohydrodynamic pump, has received considerable attention in fluid applications due to its excellent pumping flow rate and pressure. However, there is a lack of systematic research about the factors that influenc...
In this paper, a novel photovoltaic-electrostatic hybrid actuator with a slant lower electrode based on the PLZT ceramic is proposed. The mathematical model of photovoltaic-electrostatic hybrid actuator is established. Then, based on the mathematical...
In this paper, a light-controlled variable damping system (LCVDS) is proposed based on PLZT ceramics and electrorheological fluid (ERF). The mathematical models for the photovoltage of PLZT ceramics and the hydrodynamic model for the ERF are establis...
This paper deals with analytical modelling of piezoelectric energy harvesting systems for generating useful electricity from ambient vibrations and comparing the usefulness of materials commonly used in designing such harvesters for energy harvesting...
Light-controlled ion drag pumps have attracted considerable interest in soft robotics, biomedical engineering, and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) due to their non-contact energy supply and high spatiotemporal controllability of light. However,...
(Pb0.97La0.02)(Zr0.95Ti0.05)O3 (PLZT2/95/5) ceramics were successfully prepared via a solid-state reaction route. The dielectric properties were investigated in the temperature region of 26–650 °C. The dielectric diffuse anomaly in the dielectric rel...