Lead-free KNLNT piezoelectric ceramics for high-frequency ultrasonic transducer application

Ultrasonics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 395-398

  Wu, D W ^a   Chen, R M ^a   Zhou, Q F ^a   Shung, K K ^a   Lin, D M ^b   Chan, H L W ^b  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

High frequency; Lead free; Piezoelectric materials; Ultrasound transducer

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MATERIALS; MEMS; NIOBIUM; PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SODIUM; TANTALUM; ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC WAVES; ULTRASONICS;

COMPARISON RESULTS; DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; ELECTRO MECHANICAL COUPLING FACTORS; HIGH-FREQUENCY; LATEST DEVELOPMENT; LEAD-FREE; LEAD-FREE MATERIALS; LEAD-FREE PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS; LEAD-FREE PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRIC COEFFICIENTS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS;

LEAD;

ARTICLE; CERAMICS; CHEMISTRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCER;

CERAMICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LEAD; MATERIALS TESTING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 60549099161     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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