Functional composites for sensors, actuators and transducers

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 477-482

  Tressler, J F ^a   Alkoy, S ^a   Dogan, A ^b   Newnham, R E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; HYDROPHONES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; POLYMERS; SENSORS; TRANSDUCERS; WAVES;

FIGURE OF MERIT; FUNCTIONAL COMPOSITES; HYDROSTATIC WAVES; PASSIVE POLYMER PHASE; POLYMER PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC COMPOSITE TRANSDUCERS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0032643168     PISSN: 1359835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-835X(98)00137-7     Document Type: Article

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