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Experimental study and electromechanical model analysis of the nonlinear deformation behavior of IPMC actuators
This paper develops analytical electromechanical formulas to predict the mechanical deformation of ionic polymer–metal composite (IPMC) cantilever actuators under DC excitation voltages. In this research, IPMC...
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Microstructure and electrical properties of NaNbO3-BaTiO3 lead-free piezoelectric ceramics
Lead-free piezoelectric ceramics (1 − x) NaNbO3-xBaTiO3 have been fabricated by a traditional ceramic sintering technique. The effects of BaTiO3 (BT) synthesized by hydrothermal method on crystal structure, densi...
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Semi-active vibration control using piezoelectric actuators in smart structures
The piezoelectric materials, as the most widely used functional materials in smart structures, have many outstanding advantages for sensors and actuators, especially in vibration control, because of their exce...
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Comparison between four piezoelectric energy harvesting circuits
This paper investigates and compares the efficiencies of four different interfaces for vibration-based energy harvesting systems. Among those four circuits, two circuits adopt the synchronous switching techniq...