Voltage tunable sensitivity of piezoelectric materials based sensors and actuators

2009 9th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, IEEE NANO 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 670-673

  Dahiya, Ravinder S ^a   Torre, Bruno ^a   Cingolani, Roberto ^a   Sandini, Giulio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actuators; Atomic force microscopy; PVDF TrFE; Sensitivity; Sensors

Indexed keywords

DC BIAS VOLTAGE; DC VOLTAGE; DYNAMIC MEASUREMENT; PIEZOELECTRIC CONSTANT; PVDF-TRFE; SENSORS AND ACTUATORS; TRIFLUOROETHYLENE; VOLTAGE-TUNABLE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMS; MEMS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SENSORS;

PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS;

EID: 77950985504     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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