Piezoelectricity

I. Basics and Materials

1. Introduction
L. E. Cross, W. Heywang

2. Basic Material Quartz and Related Innovations
A. Ballato

3. The Role of Ferroelectricity for Piezoelectric Materials
W. Wersing, W. Heywang, H. Beige, H. Thomann

4. Piezoelectric PZT Ceramics
G. Helke, K. Lubitz

5. Relaxor Ferroelectrics
L. E. Cross

6. Piezoelectric Polymers and Their Applications
S. Bauer, F. Bauer

II. Applications and Innovations

7. Electromechanical Frequency Filters
W. Wersing, K. Lubitz

8. Ultrasonic Imaging
W. Wersing, R. Lerch

9. High Effective Lead Perovskite Ceramics and Single Crystals for Ultrasonic Imaging
Y. (J.) Yamashita, Y. Hosono

10. High-Power Ultrasound Transducers for Therapeutic Applications
D. Cathignol

11. Piezoelectric Motors and Transformers
K. Uchino

12. Piezoelectric Positioning
S. Arnold, P. Pertsch, K. Spanner

13. Piezoelectric Injection Systems
R. Mock, K. Lubitz

14. Advanced RF Signal Processing with Surface Acoustic Waves on Piezoelectric Single Crystal Substrates
R. Veith, K. Wagner, F. Seifert

15. Piezoelectric Films for Innovations in the Field of MEMS and Biosensors
P. Muralt

16. Piezoelectric Composites by Solid Freeform Fabrication: A Nature-Inspired Approach
A. Safari, E. K. Akdogan

III. Characterisation Methods

17. Microstructural Analysis Based on Microscopy and X-Ray Diffraction
M. J. Hoffmann, H. Kungl, R. Theissmann, S. Wagner

18. Small Signal Resonance Methods
W. Wersing

19. Large Signal Resonance and Laser Dilatometer Methods
A. Wolff

20. Ferroelastic Characterization of Piezoelectrics
T. Fett

IV. Multiscale Modelling

21. First-Principles Theories of Piezoelectric Materials
R. E. Cohen

22. Thermodynamic Theory
G. A. Rossetti

23. Effective Medium Theories
W. Kreher

24. Finite-Element Modelling of Piezoelectric Actuators: Linear and Nonlinear Analyses
T. Steinkopff

V. The Future

25. Trends in Ferroelectric/Piezoelectric Ceramics
N. Setter

Keywords: SCIENCE / Physics SCI055000