Like all ceramics, piezo ceramics are brittle materials that are well suited to handling compressive loads but are highly sensitive to bending, shear and tensile loads. A number of mechanical ...

The piezoelectric effect is an extraordinarily useful and versatile phenomenon which engineers have adapted to countless transducer applications. In some of these, the applied voltage is transformed ...

The word “piezo” derives from the Greek word piezein, meaning “to press tightly”. Piezoelectricity refers to a material’s ability to convert mechanical energy (pressing) into electric energy ...

To increase the accessibility of piezoelectric transducers and actuators for OEM designers, manufacturers may package these devices inside a protective arrangement of flexures. This approach offers a ...

Piezoelectrical materials are utilized in various applications, from biomedical (cardiac, auditory, ultrasound, and numerous biosensors) to advanced electronics—including energy production and storage ...

Teijin’s New Films Development Section in conjunction with Professor Yoshiro Tajitsu, Faculty of Engineering Science at Kansai University, unveiled what it is calling a flexible, transparent ...

How piezoMEMS devices can make sound as well as cool things. How piezoMEMS works. What kinds of applications piezoMEMS technology can address. xMEMS fabricates its devices by adding a layer of piezo ...