ID - 131776548 TI - Advanced piezoelectric materials PY - 2010 SN - 9781845699758 1845699750 1845695348 9781845695347 PB - Cambridge, UK Philadelphia Woodhead Publishing DB - UniCat KW - Piezoelectric materials. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131776548 AB - Piezoelectric materials produce electric charges on their surfaces as a consequence of applying mechanical stress. They are used in the fabrication of a growing range of devices such as transducers (used, for example, in ultrasound scanning), actuators (deployed in such areas as vibration suppression in optical and microelectronic engineering), pressure sensor devices (such as gyroscopes) and increasingly as a way of producing energy. Their versatility has led to a wealth of research to broaden the range of piezoelectric materials and their potential uses. Advanced piezoelectric materials: sci ER -