Fabrication and transverse piezoelectric characteristics of PZT thick-film actuators on alumina substrates

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 134-137

  Sivanandan, K ^a   Achuthan, Asha T ^a   Kumar, V ^a   Kanno, Isaku ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR MATERIALS FOR ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY C MET   (India)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Microactuators; Piezoelectric films; Thick films

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ALUMINA; FERROELECTRIC CERAMICS; MICROACTUATORS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SCREEN PRINTING; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SUBSTRATES; THICK FILMS;

ALUMINA SUBSTRATES; LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATE; PARTICLE DISPERSION; PIEZOELECTRIC CHARACTERISTICS; PIEZOELECTRIC COEFFICIENT; PIEZOELECTRIC FILM; SCREEN PRINTING METHODS; TRANSVERSE PIEZOELECTRIC COEFFICIENTS;

PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS;

EID: 55349096091     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2008.06.031     Document Type: Article

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