Piezoelectricity Evolution and Future of a Technology /

• Main Authors: Heywang, Walter (Author), Lubitz, Karl (Author), Wersing, Wolfram (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Springer Series in Materials Science, 114
• Subjects: Physics.; Condensed matter.; Engineering.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Structural materials.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Engineering, general.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Structural Materials.

Discovered in 1880, piezoelectric materials play a key role in an innovative market of several billions of dollars. Recent advances in applications derive from new materials and their development, as well as to new market requirements. With the exception of quartz, ferroelectric materials are used f...