Piezoelectric stick-slip actuators have become the foundation of modern micromanipulation. Due to difficulty in closed-loop control with manipulators that use piezoelectric stick-slip actuators, methods for open-loop control with a human in the loop have been developed. The utility of such methods depends directly on the accuracy of the open-loop models of the manipulator. Prior research has sh...

This paper proposes a design for a precision positioning miniature walking robot using piezoelectric unimorph actuators. The theoretical working equations of a uniform piezoelectric unimorph beam are derived based on the linear piezoelectric relations, Hamilton’s principle, and Euler-Bernoulli beam equation. The modal superposition method is used to determine the response of the forced transver...

In this study, we report a multimodal energy harvesting device that combines electromagnetic and piezoelectric energy harvesting mechanism. The device consists of piezoelectric crystals bonded to a cantilever beam. The tip of the cantilever beam has an attached permanent magnet which, oscillates within a stationary coil fixed to the top of the package. The permanent magnet serves two purpose (i...

A high-sensitivity mechano-luminescent sensor was fabricated on the basis of piezoelectric/electroluminescent composites. The working principle of this mechano-luminescent sensor was elucidated by analyzing the relationship between the piezoelectric-induced charges and the electroluminescent effects. When a stress is applied on the piezoelectric layer, electrical charges will be induced at both...

Strained quantum wells (QWs) grown along the polar axis (1 11) in a zincblende semiconductor exhibit a piezoelectric field. This field strongly modifies the energy of excitons confined in QWs. We have extracted, from optical measurements of excitonic transitions, the piezoelectric field value in a large set of QWs: CdTdCdZnTe, CdTeICdMnTe, CdZnTeICdMnTe. By suitably choosing the composition of ...

This paper reports a novel actuating design that uses the shear deformation of a piezoelectric actuator to deflect a bulge-diaphragm for driving an array microdroplet ejector. In essence, we employed a circular-shaped actuator poled radial direction with remnant polarization normal to the actuating electric field for inducing the piezoelectric shear effect. The array microdroplet ejector consis...

Lead zirconate titanate (PZT) is one of the most widely studied piezoelectric materials, mainly because of its 'mysterious' relationship between the so-called morphotropic phase boundary (MPB) and its strong piezoelectric coupling factor. Using results from a pair distribution function analysis, this paper examines how the complex local structure in PZT affects the long-range average structure ...

Based on the piezoelectric effect of piezoelectric quartz crystal, a two-dimensional force sensor with good dynamic characteristics is designed, whose sensitive component is single-cut piezoelectric quartz wafers, and it realizes the measurement of force by measuring the charge which is generated by piezoelectric quartz crystal. This paper analyzes measurement principle of the sensor based on t...

This study demonstrates a technology, ‘‘Piezoelectric Windmill’’, for generating the electrical power from wind energy. The electric power-generation from wind energy is based on piezoelectric effect and utilizes the bimorph actuators. Piezoelectric Windmill consists of piezoelectric actuators arranged along the circumference of the mill in the cantilever form. Using the camshaft gear mechanism...

the output of a piezoelectric nanogenerator based on zno nanowire is largely affected by the shape of nanowire. in order to obtain mechanically stable nanogenerator with high performance, the investigation of mechanical and electrical characteristics related to the nanowires and materials used in nanogenerators are of great interest and significance. this paper presents the various behavior of ...