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| Title: | PZT/P(VDF-TrFE) nanocomposite hydrophones for ultrasonic measurements |
| Authors: | Chan, Helen L. W.
Lau, Sien Ting
Kwok, Kin-wing
Choy, Chung-loong |
| Subjects: | Lead compounds
Nanostructured materials
Piezoelectricity
Ultrasonic measurement
Ultrasonic transducers
Vinyl resins |
| Issue Date: | 1998 |
| Publisher: | IEEE |
| Citation: | 1998 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium proceedings : October 5-8, 1998, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, p. 611-614. |
| Abstract: | Needle-type hydrophones for the calibration of medical ultrasonic transducers have been fabricated using lead zirconate titanate/vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene [PZT/P(VDF-TrFE)] 0-3 nanocomposite films. The 0-3 nanocomposite film has been prepared by incorporating nanosized PZT powder (derived from a sol-gel process) in a P(VDF-TrFE) matrix. Since the piezoelectric coefficients of PZT and P(VDF-TrFE) have opposite signs, the PZT and P(VDF-TrFE) phases in the nanocomposites have been poled in opposite directions in order to give enhanced piezoelectric activity. A nanocomposite hydrophone with 0.2 volume fraction of PZT has been characterized and found to be more sensitive than a P(VDF-TrFE) hydrophone of similar structure. |
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| Type: | Conference Paper |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10397/590 |
| ISBN: | 0780340957 |
| Appears in Collections: | MRC Conference Papers & Presentations
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