Properties of transverse ultrasonic transducers of ferroelectric polymers working in thickness shear modes

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 312-318

  Omote, Kenji ^a   Ohigashi, Hiroji ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERS; FABRICATION; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; THERMAL EFFECTS; ULTRASONIC WAVES; VINYL RESINS;

POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; SHEAR ELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING FACTORS; TRIFLUOROETHYLENE;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0030108589     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.485958     Document Type: Article

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