Lead zirconate titanate/poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) 1-3 composites for ultrasonic transducer applications

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 626-637

  Kwok, Kin Wing ^a   Chan, Helen Lai Wah ^a   Choy, Chung Loong ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NONMETALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; RESONANCE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATE; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE TRIFLUOROETHYLENE; VOLTAGE RESPONSES;

ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0032624054     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.764849     Document Type: Article

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