Design and fabrication of ultrafine piezoelectric composites

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 54-64

  Yin, J ^a   Lukacs, M ^a   Harasiewicz, K A ^a   Foster, F S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Composite; High frequency; Transducer; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING; FABRICATION; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE; CENTRAL FREQUENCY; ELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING COEFFICIENTS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; INTERDIGITAL PHASE BONDINGS; PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITE; SINGLE ELEMENT TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS;

PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; MEASUREMENT; PITCH; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 20844450401     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173460502700104     Document Type: Article

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