A research team led by Professor Jyh-Ming Wu of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) in Taiwan has recently developed two composite piezoelectric ...

Piezoelectric materials have emerged as central to modern energy harvesting strategies, offering a direct means to convert mechanical stress or vibration into electrical energy. This ability is ...

(Nanowerk News) Heat and pressure can deteriorate the properties of piezoelectric materials that make state-of-the-art ultrasound and sonar technologies possible – and fixing that damage has ...

Piezoelectric materials hold great promise as sensors and as energy harvesters but are normally much less effective at high temperatures, limiting their use in environments such as engines or space ...

In a study conducted at the University of Connecticut, a team led by Asst. Prof. Thanh Nguyen and postdoctoral fellow Yang Liu explored the use of a "tissue scaffold" made out of nanofibers of a ...

A pair of chemists at Michigan State University has observed the piezoelectric effect in liquids for the first time. In their paper published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Md. Iqbal ...

According to MarketsandMarkets, "Piezoelectric Polymers Market by Polymer Type (PVDF, PVDF-TrFE), Material Form (Films & Sheets, Molded Components), Application (Sensors, Transducers), End-use ...

Scientists have been focusing on the application of high dielectric constant capacitors, buzzers, sensors, ultrasonic motors, actuators, piezoelectric sonar, ultrasonic transducers, medical diagnostic ...

Since the EU enacted the Restriction of Hazardous Substances directive (RoHS) several years ago, which bans several substances in electronics that are deemed hazardous, lead has become a material non ...

Noliac is one of the only companies in the world capable of manufacturing multilayer piezoelectric components based upon a choice of different materials, each having optimised properties for specific ...