PMN-PT Piezoelectric-electrostrictive monolithic multi-material composite actuator

Author

P. Ngernchuklin;B. Jadidian;E.K. Akdogan;A. Safari

Author_Institution

The Glenn Howatt Electronic Ceramics Laboratory, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, U.S.A

Volume

3

fYear

2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Monolithic Multi-Material piezoelectric-electrostrictive (PE-ES) composite actuators were developed by co-sintering of 0.65PMN?0.35PT and 0.9PMN?0.1PT. The piezoelectric and electrostrictive ceramic powder were dry pressed into bi-layer disks with 1:1 ratio. The bi-layer composites were co-sintered and then poled. The monolithic bi-layer PE-ES composites (either flat or dome) were used to fabricate cymbal actuator. Experimental results indicate that uncapped bi-layer dome shaped actuators provide strong interface and exhibits peak displacement as high as 14 #m at 10 kV/cm. Cymbal actuators fabricated using such dome bi-layer composite results in amplified-displacement with a peak value of 25 ?m at 10 kV/cm.

Keywords

"Piezoelectric actuators","Ceramics","Electrostriction","Dielectric materials","Environmentally friendly manufacturing techniques","Piezoelectric materials","Bioceramics","Bonding","Lead","Displacement measurement"

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applications of Ferroelectrics, 2008. ISAF 2008. 17th IEEE International Symposium on the

ISSN

1099-4734

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2744-4

Electronic_ISBN

2375-0448

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISAF.2008.4693833

Filename

4693833