title: Relaxor-PbTiO3 single crystals for various applications.
abstract: Piezoelectric materials lie at the heart of electromechanical devices. Applications include actuators, ultrasonic imaging, high intensity focused ultrasound, underwater ultrasound, nondestructive evaluation transducer, pressure sensors, and accelerometers, to name a few. In this work, the advantages and disadvantages of relaxor-PbTiO(3)-based single crystals are discussed, based on the requirements (figure of merit) of various applications, with emphasis on recent developments of the shear properties of single crystals as a function of temperature and applied fields.
authors.forename: Shujun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Raffi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sahul
authors.forename: Thomas R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Shrout
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019220:High-Energy Shock Waves; D007854:Lead / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008422:Materials Testing; D055617:Micro-Electrical-Mechanical Systems / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D014159:Transducers; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: C481719:lead titanate; D007854:Lead; D014025:Titanium