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Creator:: Mason, Ashley D.
Abstract:: Piezoelectric materials convert mechanical strain into a dielectric displacement, as well as the converse, allowing these materials to be used as sensors, actuators, and transducers. Currently, lead zirconate titanate (PZT) is the primary material used in these applications. Due to environmental toxicity and safety concerns associated with Pb, development of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: bulk ceramic and thin film fabrication can lead to changes in stoichiometry and create defects within

Creator:: Walenza-Slabe, Joel
Abstract:: Pb(Zr₀.₅₂Ti₀.₄₈)O₃ (PZT) thin films are of interest for their large dielectric permittivity, ferroelectric, and piezoelectric properties. The material has been widely studied for use in high frequency transducers, multi-layered capacitors, and ferroelectric random access memory. Copper foils are an inexpensive, flexible substrate with a low resistivity which makes them ideal...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: railroad track, or attached to industrial equipment. Typically a thin film device would not generate a

Creator:: Jeon, Yu Hong
Abstract:: Piezoelectric materials have been widely used in electromechanical actuators, sensors, and ultrasonic transducers. Among these materials, lead zirconate titanate Pb(Zr[subscript 1‐x]Ti[subscript x])O₃ (PZT) has been primarily investigated due to its excellent piezoelectric properties. However, environmental concerns due to the toxicity of PbO have led to investigations into alternative materials systems....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , 2012.  Title: Development of Bi‐based Lead‐free Piezoelectric Materials: Thin Film  Piezoelectric

Creator:: Shelton, Christopher T.
Abstract:: The lead-zirconate-titanate (PZT) solid solution system is currently the workhorse of piezoelectric-based microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) research. Among bulk materials it is known to be one of the strongest piezoelectrics, with extremely high piezoelectric coefficients and electro-mechanical coupling factors. Reproducing these exceptional qualities in thin film form, however, requires precise tuning...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: exceptional qualities in thin film form, however, requires precise tuning of composition and texture. In

Creator:: Dandeneau, Christopher S.
Abstract:: Since bulk p-CuO/n-ZnO heterocontacts were first proposed for gas detection, rapid development has taken place in improving the overall functionality of these structures. While bulk heterocontacts have been shown to exhibit desirable sensitivity and selectivity characteristics, these devices suffer from innate diffusion and ZnO/CuO connectivity drawbacks that limit their effective...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: presented on August 27, 2008. Title: The Optimization of Thin Film p-CuO/n-ZnO Heterostructures for Use in

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