Researchers have developed a technique for growing piezoelectric biomolecular crystals that could eliminate the use of toxic ...

Piezoelectric crystals are a class of materials that exhibit a unique property called piezoelectricity. These crystals generate an electrical charge when subjected to mechanical stress or strain, and ...

Over the past few decades, relaxor-based piezoelectric single crystals (piezocrystals), such as lead magnesium ... This should decrease time-to-market of a new material and make it easier to ...

Piezoelectric quasicrystals (PEQCs ... exhibiting symmetries that are not found in traditional crystals. Fracture Mechanics: The field of mechanics concerned with the study of the propagation ...

One of the keys to making the latest generation of diesel ... Piezo injectors use a stack of piezo crystal plates that expand when an electric current is applied. That expansion causes the needle ...

Natural quartz crystals usually have a long body with ... and processed to make finished piezoelectric components. R. A. Sullivan and R. A. Ladice at Western Electric’s pilot plant for synthetic ...

Finding a local source for crystal earpieces might be tough, but piezo speakers are common on things that make beeps like motherboards or microwave ovens. Hackaday’s own [Steven Dufresne] shows ...

making it easier to repair these devices—and paving the way for new ultrasound technologies. The paper, "Electrical De-poling and Re-poling of Relaxor-PbTiO 3 Piezoelectric Single Crystals ...

North America holds a dominant share of the global piezoelectric sensor market, primarily due to the presence of key players ...