Ultra-high electrostriction and ferroelectricity in poly (vinylidene fluoride) by ‘printing of charge’ throughout the film by Ningyi Zhang, Xiaobing Dong, Shihui He, Zhao Liang, Weipeng Li, Qihao Qian, Chao Jiang

“…The optimized electrostrictive coefficient M 33 (324 × 10−18 m2 V−2) is 104 times that of normal PVDF films, and the piezoelectric constant d 33 (298 pm V−1) is close to 10 times its traditional limit. …”
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Vortex-induced vibration energy harvesting with tandem square bluff bodies: Spacing ratio effects by Yuansheng Chen, Zheng Qi, Hongli Ji, Jianzhou Du, Pengcheng Zhao, Longting Li

“…The results show that without SSBB, the root-mean-square (RMS) voltage generated by the piezoelectric patches increases consistently with wind speed. …”
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A Bioinspired Methodology Based on an Artificial Immune System for Damage Detection in Structural Health Monitoring by Maribel Anaya, Diego A. Tibaduiza, Francesc Pozo

“…This paper introduces a bioinspired strategy for the detection of structural changes using an artificial immune system (AIS) and a statistical data-driven modeling approach by means of a distributed piezoelectric active sensor network at different actuation phases. …”
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Review of Energy Harvesters Utilizing Bridge Vibrations by Farid Ullah Khan, Iftikhar Ahmad

“…For utilization of bridge vibration, electromagnetic based vibration energy harvesters (EM-VEHs) and piezoelectric based vibration energy harvesters (PE-VEHs) have been developed. …”
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Focusing Modeling of OPFC Linear Array Transducer by Using Distributed Point Source Method by Ziping Wang, Ying Luo

“…The improvement of ultrasonic phased array detection technology is a major concern of engineering community. Orthotropic piezoelectric fiber composite (OPFC) can be constructed to multielement linear array which may be applied conveniently to actuators and sensors. …”
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QMU Analysis of Flexoelectric Timoshenko Beam by Evidence Theory by Feng Zhang, Jiajia Zhang, Weiyue Wang, Ruijie Du, Cheng Han, Zijie Qiao

“…In recent years, with the rapid development of nanotechnology, a new type of electromechanical coupling effect similar to the piezoelectric effect, the flexoelectric effect, has gradually come into the public’s view. …”
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High Operating Voltage Supercapacitor Using PPy/AC Composite Electrode Based on Simple Dipping Method by Kyoungho Kim

“…As various wearable devices are emerging, self-generated power sources, such as piezoelectric generators, triboelectric generators, and thermoelectric generators, are of interest. …”
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Synergy between Embedded and Non-Embedded Sensors in IoT Networks for Structural Health Monitoring of Concrete Structures: A Literature Review by Najem Oumayma, Benbrahim Mohammed, Kabbaj Mohammed Nabil, Boumhidi Jaouad

“…This paper also covers the numerous kinds of sensors that are utilized for SHM, namely embedded sensors including piezoelectric and fiber optic sensors, and non-embedded sensors such as accelerometers and strain gauges. …”
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Ink-jetting-based conformal additive manufacturing: advantages, opportunities, and challenges by Hao Yi, Xiaoqi Guo, Fangle Chang, Huajun Cao, Jia An, Chee Kai Chua

“…This review highlights the distinctiveness of four primary ink-jetting printing techniques in conformal additive manufacturing—piezoelectric jetting, thermal bubble jetting, aerosol jetting, and electrohydrodynamic jetting—and delves into how these attributes endow ink-jetting printing with unique advantages in conformal processes. …”
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Prediction of shallow bit position based on vibration signal monitoring of bit broken rock by Jinping Yu, Deyong Zou

“…The acoustic emission signal and the drilling force signal of the different positions of the bit in the process of vibration rock breaking are collected synchronously by the acoustic emission sensor and the piezoelectric force sensor. Then, the denoised acoustic emission signal and drilling force signal are analyzed and processed. …”
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A METHOD FOR MONITORING RICE SEED LOSS BASED ON WOA-BP ALGORITHM by Jin Chen, Ting Shi, Yaoming Li, Yahui Zhu, Caoyuan Niu

“…The loss rate monitoring device consisted of a piezoelectric ceramic sensor module, charge amplification circuit, band-pass filter circuit, analog-to-digital (AD) converter, main control unit, etc. …”
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Transverse Vibration Analysis of Composite Plates with Multiple Distributed Composite Patches by Yan Guo, Yanan Jiang, Bin Huang, Ji Wang

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Impact of Radial Electrode Coverage on the Performance of Liquid-Deployed PMUTs: A Dynamic and Kinematic Study by Stephen Sammut, Edward Gatt, Ruben Paul Borg

“…This paper outlines the techniques employed to optimize the central electrode’s percentage radial cover of the piezoelectric layer, in circular PMUTs resonating at around 100 kHz. …”
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Static Aeroelastic Characteristics of Morphing Trailing-Edge Wing Using Geometrically Exact Vortex Lattice Method by Sen Mao, Changchuan Xie, Lan Yang, Chao Yang

“…Firstly, a typical model of a morphing TE wing is chosen and built which has an active morphing trailing edge driven by a piezoelectric patch. Then, the paper carries out the static aeroelastic analysis of the morphing TE wing and corresponding simulations were carried out. …”
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Measurement of Microvibration by Using Dual-Cavity Fiber Fabry-Perot Interferometer for Structural Health Monitoring by Dae-Hyun Kim, Jin-Hyuk Lee, Byung-Jun Ahn

“…For the verification of the performance of the interferometer, a simple vibration-test was performed to measure micro-vibration caused by piezoelectric transducer (PZT). As an experimental result, the interferometer attached on the PZT successfully measured the 50 Hz-vibration of which the absolute displacement oscillated between −424 nm and +424 nm.…”
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Modeling of low-frequency acoustic NDE to detect delaminations in multilayer polymer-composite structures by Shun Hsyung Chang, Sergey Shevtsov, Valeriy Chebanenko, Natalie Snezhina

“…The experiments were carried out on a flat square panel, where wave motions were excited by a disk-shaped omnidirectional piezoelectric (PZT) actuator placed at the center of the 2 mm-thick panel and artificially created circular delaminations, with diameters of 1.5 and 3 cm, were located along the diagonals of the square at a distance of 22 cm from the center. …”
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Short-term airborne ultrasound induced cell death in tobacco cells and changed their wall components by Mahsa Sardari, Faezeh Ghanati, Hamid Mobasheri, Abazar Hajnorouzi

“…Abstract The effects of low-intensity ultrasound on plants such as piezoelectric and ultrasonic water baths, on plants have been extensively studied. …”
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Application of Laser Raman Spectroscopy of Ferroelectric Nanomaterial BaTiO3 in the Design of Color Spotlight Products on Stage by Yan Gu, Qi Wang

“…Then, the samples were spun under the best spinning parameters and annealed at 600°C, 650°C, 700°C, and 750°C, and then the phase structure, morphology, and piezoelectric properties of the samples at four different annealing temperatures were characterized. …”
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Reduction of Structural Vibrations by Passive and Semiactively Controlled Friction Dampers by L. Gaul, J. Becker

“…In the chosen experimental implementation, a piezoelectric stack actuator is used to apply adjustable normal forces between a structure and an attached friction damper. …”
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Evaluation Performance of Ultrasonic Testing on Fruit Quality Determination by Fikret Yildiz, Ahmet Turan Özdemir, Selman Uluışık

“…The ultrasonic system consisted of a programmable bipolar remote pulser unit, a couple of piezoelectric probes for ultrasonic signal acquisitions as a transmitter and a receiver, an oscilloscope, and a computer. …”
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