Piezoelectric materials
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Among smart materials, piezoelectric materials have attracted research attention for their use in industrial applications to produce devices such as sensors and actuators. Due to their ability to convert mechanical/vibrational energy into electrical energy (and vice versa) they are expected to be essential in renewable energy applications: such materials, when subjected to mechanical vibrations or applied stress, generate a net electrical charge as consequence of the lattice displacement (and the dipole moment of the unit cell) building an electric potential across the material itself. Other characteristics that made piezoelectric materials appealing in a variety of applications include their low cost, lightweight nature, as well as being easy to be controlled and modelled in different forms (e.g. film films, cylinders, fibres, etc.).
This Collection aims to gather the latest advances in the topic of piezoelectric material, focusing on their fabrication, characterisation, and their use in timely applications.
Editors
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Luana Persano
Nanoscience Institute of CNR, Italy
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Alessandra Sanson
Institute of Science, Technology and Sustainability for Ceramics of CNR, Italy
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Nelson Sepúlveda
Michigan State University, USA
Submitting a paper for consideration
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