Manufacture and characterization of high activity piezoelectric fibres

C R Bowen; R Stevens; L J Nelson; A C E Dent; G Dolman; B Su; T W Button; M G Cain; M Stewart

doi:10.1088/0964-1726/15/2/008

Manufacture and characterization of high activity piezoelectric fibres

C R Bowen, R Stevens, L J Nelson, A C E Dent, G Dolman, B Su, T W Button, M G Cain, M Stewart

Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Abstract

Piezoelectric fibres are finding increasing application in a variety of piezoelectric composites, including active fibre composites (AFCs). This paper describes the manufacture and characterization of lead zirconate titanate (PZT) fibres manufactured by viscous plastic processing (VPP). The manufacturing method will be described along with a systematic characterization of the macrostructure, microstructure, phase composition and low and high field piezoelectric properties. A comparison with other available PZT fibres will be made, which demonstrates that the VPP PZT fibres display high piezoelectric coefficients.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	295-301
Number of pages	7
Journal	Smart Materials and Structures
Volume	15
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0964-1726/15/2/008
Publication status	Published - 2006

Keywords

Composite materials
Piezoelectric materials
Characterization
Phase composition
Plastics
Microstructure

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