High temperature piezoelectric materials
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Leeds
Department Name: Institute of Materials Research
Abstract
The proposed project concerns the development of piezoelectric materials for use in actuators at high temperatures (200C
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ORCID iD |
| Andrew Bell (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Mandal P
(2015)
Morphotropic Phase Boundary in the Pb-Free (1 - x)BiTi(3/8)Fe(2/8)Mg(3/8)O3-xCaTiO3 System: Tetragonal Polarization and Enhanced Electromechanical Properties.
in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Trolier-McKinstry S
(2018)
High-Performance Piezoelectric Crystals, Ceramics, and Films
in Annual Review of Materials Research
Bennett J
(2013)
Tailoring the structure and piezoelectric properties of BiFeO3-(K0.5Bi0.5)TiO3-PbTiO3 ceramics for high temperature applications
in Applied Physics Letters
Le Goupil F
(2015)
Electrocaloric enhancement near the morphotropic phase boundary in lead-free NBT-KBT ceramics
in Applied Physics Letters
Qaisar SA
(2017)
Temperature Dependence of Domain Contributions as a Function of Aging in Soft and Hard Lead Zirconate Titanate Piezoelectric Ceramics.
in IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
Bennett J
(2015)
Variation of Piezoelectric properties and mechanisms across the relaxor-like/Ferroelectric continuum in BiFeO3- (K0.5Bi0.5)TiO3-PbTiO3 ceramics.
in IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control
Bennett J
(2014)
Temperature dependence of the intrinsic and extrinsic contributions in BiFeO3-(K0.5Bi0.5)TiO3-PbTiO3 piezoelectric ceramics
in Journal of Applied Physics
Cao X
(2017)
Epitaxial Bi 9 Ti 3 Fe 5 O 27 thin films: a new type of layer-structure room-temperature multiferroic
in Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Stevenson T
(2015)
Piezoelectric materials for high temperature transducers and actuators
in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics
Bennett J
(2013)
Multiferroic properties of BiFeO3-(K0.5Bi0.5)TiO3 ceramics
in Materials Letters
| Description | We have increased our understanding of the mechanism pf aging and fatigue of piezoelectric materials, including the industry standard PZT and a new material manufactured and exploited by University spin-out company, Ionix Advanced Technologies Ltd. |
| Exploitation Route | Understanding of the aging processes will help to design improve materials. |
| Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Electronics,Energy,Transport,Other |
| Description | The findings are being used by a spin-out from the University of Leeds, Ionix Advanced Technologies , in developing its range of high temperature piezoelectric ultrasound transducers. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2012 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Energy,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology |
| Impact Types | Economic |
| Description | Materials for Demanding Environments |
| Amount | £139,200 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 67856-475270 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2016 |
| End | 04/2017 |
| Company Name | Ionix Advanced Technologies Ltd |
| Description | The company exploits unique University of Leeds IP on high temperature piezoelectric materials through the design, manufacture and sales of high temperature ultrasound transducers for structural health monitoring, non-destrcutuive evaluation and industrial process control. |
| Year Established | 2011 |
| Impact | Too soon to describe |
| Website | http://www.ionix.at |