Fabrication and evaluation of PZT/Pt piezoelectric composites and functionally graded actuators

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1577-1583

  Takagi, Kenta ^a   Li, Jing Feng ^a,b   Yokoyama, Shohei ^a   Watanabe, Ryuzo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Actuators; Composites; Functionally graded materials; Piezoelectric properties; PZT

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; LAMINATING; MICROSTRUCTURE;

FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MICROSTRUCTURES (FGM);

PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

CERAMICS; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

EID: 0037412076     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-2219(02)00407-7     Document Type: Article

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