The recent development of laser light probes for stress wave measurements has aided our understanding of acoustic emission and ultrasonic signals by allowing quantitative measurements of stress waveforms. This paper reports on applications of the laser interferometer probe for surface detection of stress waves and the laser transmission probe for sensing of stress waves inside transparent mater...

In-vivo monitoring of patient’s cardiac mechanics via seismocardiogram was recently introduced (demonstrated). Usually, seismocardiogram is recorded using accelerometers placed on patient’s sternum. This study present the ability of a PVDF piezo film transducer to record the mechanical activity of the heart (seismocardiogram and heart sounds) and also of the respiration-related, thorax motion. ...

Abstract Mechanical waste energy can be used to generate naturally responsive power. Vibration is a frequent type of mechanical source. This work describes the use unimorph, bimorph, and ceramic disc piezoelectric transducers capture vibrational motion fulfil requirements mobile electronic gadgets. The transducer one most widely utilised mechanisms for vibration collecting due its design versat...

A novel exciting method for a sandwich type piezoelectric transducer operating in longitudinal-bending hybrid vibration modes is proposed and discussed, in which the piezoelectric elements for the excitations of the longitudinal and bending vibrations share the same axial location, but correspond to different partitions. Whole-piece type piezoelectric plates with three separated partitions are ...

Prestin, a transporter-like protein of the SLC26A family, acts as a piezoelectric transducer that mediates the fast electromotility of outer hair cells required for cochlear amplification and auditory acuity in mammals. Non-mammalian prestin orthologues are anion transporters without piezoelectric activity. Here, we generated synthetic prestin (SynPres), a chimera of mammalian and non-mammalian...