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Piezo2021 Conference
Annoucement
The site for a new edition of the Winter Conference PIEZO2021: Piezoelectrics for End Users XI was decided:
University of Sassari, Sardinia, Italy....
JNRSE 2019 The 9th National Days on Energy Harvesting and Storage - JNRSE 2019 will take place in Blois (France) on May 23rd -24th, 2019. More detailed on https://jnrse-2019.sciencesconf.org/...
Piezo2019: The Electroceramics for End-users X Conference The Piezo 2019 Conference will take place in the Krkonoše Mountains in the Czech Republic on January 27 - 30, where science and networking are combined with beautiful scenery. The Electroceramics for End-users X Conference is the ...
Publications
Ba1-xCaxTi0.90Zr0.10O3 shear properties and their frequency dependence determined from ceramic plates by an effective method for resonance decoupling
A. Reyes-Montero, L. Pardo, A. García, A.M. Gonzalez and M.E. Villafuerte-Castrejón, 2019
Magnetoelectric dual-particulate composites with wasp-waisted magnetic response for broadband energy harvesting
P.Galizia , M.Alguerò , N.Bernier, N.Gambacorti , E.Aza, A.Lappas, M.Venet, C.Galassi, 2019
Modelling and experimental measurements of the mechanical response of piezoelectric structures from millimetre to micrometre
Maxime Bavencoffe, Nikhil Tembhurnikar, B. Negulescu, G. Feuillard, 2018
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PhD : Solid State Growth of Piezoelectric Single Crystals
Piezoelectric materials are at the heart of a £20bn p.a. industry in sensors and actuators, providing the functional heart of devices such as ultrasound medical imaging transducers, naval sonar and automotive fuel injection systems. This 4 y...
PhD Thesis proposal: Lead free piezoelectric : exploration of the NaNbO3-KNbO3 system
This PhD thesis aims at exploring the NaNbO3 -KNbO3 phase diagram in thin films, through the development of mutli-target magnetron co-sputtering process followed by systematic characterizations of the chemical, structural and physical properties o...