title: Thickness Dependent Characteristics of High Permittivity PMN-0.32PT Single Crystal for High Frequency Medical Imaging Applications.
abstract: The dielectric, piezoelectric, and acoustic properties of PMN-0.32PT (Pb(Mg(1/3)Nb(2/3)) O(3)-PbTiO(3)) single crystals were investigated as a function of sample thickness ranging from 120 to 30 μm in order to enlighten the origin of property degradation of crystals for high frequency ultrasound applications. Electromechanical coupling factor(k(t) ), clamped and free dielectric constants decreased but sound velocity increased with decreasing crystal thickness. Particularly, repoling of the PMN-PT crystals would bring about a noteworthy enhancement in electromechanical and dielectric properties, which urges the importance of PMN-PT as a promising piezoelectric material for high frequency ultrasound transducers.
authors.affiliation: NIH Resource on Medical Ultrasonic Transducer Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA 90089.
authors.forename: Hamid Reza
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Chabok
authors.forename: Qifa
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Shima
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alagha
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Pendi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: K Kirk
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Shung