PZT/polymer composites for medical ultrasound

Materials Research Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 731-739

  Sripada, Swarnalata ^a   Unsworth, Joe ^a,c   Krishnamurty, Murali ^a   Ng, Y S ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Ausonics International Pty' Ltd   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

A. ceramics; A. composites; A. polymers; D. piezoelectricity

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING COEFFICIENT; LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATE; PHENOLIC MICROBALLOONS; PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC POLYMER COMPOSITES; PLANAR COUPLING COEFFICIENT; PLANAR MODE RESONANCE; RESONANCE TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS MODE RESONANCE; TIME DELAY TECHNIQUE;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EPOXY RESINS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; RESONANCE; ULTRASONICS;

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 0030169034     PISSN: 00255408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-5408(96)00051-7     Document Type: Article

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