An improved thick-film piezoelectric material by powder blending and enhanced processing parameters
Torah, R, Beeby, S P and White, N M (2005) An improved thick-film piezoelectric material by powder blending and enhanced processing parameters. ieee transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control, 52, (1), 10-16.
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This paper details improvements of the d33 coefficient for thick-film lead zirconate titanate (PZT) layers. In particular, the effect of blending ball and attritor milled powders has been investigated. Mathematical modeling of the film structure has produced initial experimental values for powder combination percentages. A range of paste formulations between 8:1 and 2:1 ball to attritor milled PZT powders by weight have been mixed into a screen-printable paste. Each paste contains 10% by weight of lead borosilicate glass and an appropriate quantity of solvent to formulate a screen printable thixotropic paste. A d33 of 63.5 pC/N was obtained with a combination of 4:1 ball milled to attritor milled powder by weight. The improved paste combines the high d33 values of ball and the consistency of attritor milled powder. The measured d33 coefficient was further improved to 131 pC/N by increasing the furnace firing pro-file to 1000
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0885-3010 |
| Keywords: | piezoelectric thick-film materials |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Physical and Applied Science > Electronics and Computer Science > EEE |
| Item ID: | 261048 |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Jul 2005 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Apr 2013 03:27 |
| Contributors: | Torah, R (Author) Beeby, S P (Author) White, N M (Author) |
| Date: | January 2005 |
| Status: | Published |
| Publisher: | IEEE |
| Further Information: | Google Scholar |
| ISI Citation Count: | 11 |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/261048 |
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