DC-biased piezoelectret film transducers for airborne ultrasound

Ferroelectrics

Volumn 472, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 77-89

  Hillenbrand, J ^a   Sessler, G M ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

airborne ultrasonics; cellular electrets; Ferroelectret; piezoelectret; piezoelectric coefficient; ultrasonic transducer

Indexed keywords

MOBILE SECURITY; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYPROPYLENES; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

AIRBORNE ULTRASONICS; AIRBORNE ULTRASOUND; FERROELECTRET; FREQUENCY RANGES; PIEZOELECTRET; PIEZOELECTRIC COEFFICIENT; POLY-PROPYLENE FILM; SOUND PRESSURES;

TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84926023123     PISSN: 00150193     EISSN: 15635112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00150193.2014.964598     Document Type: Article

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