Design and fabrication of a novel piezoelectric multilayer actuator by thick-film screen printing technology

Zhu, Weiguang; Yao, Kui; Zhang, Z.

doi:10.1016/s0924-4247(00)00356-3

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“…Several polymer actuators which are driven in air have been developed with printing solution, such as Bucky gel actuators [19], dielectric elastomer actuators [20], and piezoelectric actuators [21]. Each actuator has its advantages; however, the dielectric elastomer and piezoelectric actuators only allow a small amount of current to flow with big voltage, and finding a stable point is difficult for Bucky gel actuators.…”

Section: B Printed Polymer Actuatormentioning

confidence: 99%

Design of paper mechatronics: Towards a fully printed robot

Shigemune

Maeda

Hara

et al. 2014

2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

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Recently, there has been strong interest in printed robots and paper electronics. Printing is an adequate manufacturing method for the mass production; robots manufactured by printing can be low cost, rapidly creatable and easy to design. Paper is one of smart materials with high water absorbency and strength; it is easily mass-produced at low cost. Many inexpensive and flexible devices were created in paper electronics. Therefore, we propose paper mechatronics that merges printed robots and paper electronics. We used a commercial ink jet printer with water-based ink for self-folding of paper; the paper was folded automatically along the printed line to make the robot body. The paper robot was equipped with a printed electrothermal actuator that consists of epoxy resin covered by conductive ink. The epoxy resin was heated by Joule heat of the conductive ink under a driving voltage of 8 V. The self-folding of experimental paper robot took 15 minutes to construct the body and the robot demonstrated a locomotion at 6.5 mm per step.978-1-4799-6934-0/14/$31.00 ©2014 IEEE

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Section: B Printed Polymer Actuatormentioning

confidence: 99%

Design of paper mechatronics: Towards a fully printed robot

Shigemune

Maeda

Hara

et al. 2014

2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

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“…[1][2][3][4] For instance, the information on the volume change in piezoelectric materials, i.e., piezoelectric coefficient, is essential for design of actuators. 5,6 In some cases, the volume change can significantly influence the reliability of device performance such as the Li-ion batteries and gas sensors. [7][8][9] In particular, on decreasing the device size into the nanoscale regime, quantitatively analyzed strain or volume change is necessitated to achieve higher reliability of device performance.…”

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Nanoscale mapping of electromechanical response in ionic conductive ceramics with piezoelectric inclusions

Seol

Seo

Jesse

et al. 2015

Journal of Applied Physics

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Size effect of cubic ZrO2 nanoparticles on ionic conductivity of polyethylene oxide-based composite Electromechanical (EM) response in ion conductive ceramics with piezoelectric inclusions was spatially explored using strain-based atomic force microscopy. Since the sample is composed of two dominant phases of ionic and piezoelectric phases, it allows us to explore two different EM responses of electrically induced ionic response and piezoresponse over the same surface. Furthermore, EM response of the ionic phase, i.e., electrochemical strain, was quantitatively investigated from the comparison with that of the piezoelectric phase, i.e., piezoresponse. These results could provide additional information on the EM properties, including the electrochemical strain at nanoscale. V C 2015 AIP Publishing LLC. [http://dx.

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“…Although thick films can also be fabricated by screen printing, numerous organic vehicles and sintering additives are usually required and, moreover, high temperature sintering at over 900°C is imperative. The resulting porous sintered film with large pores (normally several micrometer) has poor properties 24,25 . Furthermore, the need to prevent any reaction between the substrates and the films necessitates the formation of diffusion layers 26 …”

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“…The resulting porous sintered film with large pores (normally several micrometer) has poor properties. 24,25 Furthermore, the need to prevent any reaction between the substrates and the films necessitates the formation of diffusion layers. 26 Figure 4 presents the relationship of the dielectric constant and the dielectric loss according to the driving frequency for different films thicknesses.…”

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Effect of Film Thickness on the Piezoelectric Properties of Lead Zirconate Titanate Thick Films Fabricated by Aerosol Deposition

Han

Ryu

Yoon

et al. 2011

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

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Lead zirconate titanate (PZT) thick films with uniformly dispersed submicrometer pores were successfully fabricated on platinized silicon substrates with various thicknesses ranging from 1 μm to over 100 μm by aerosol deposition. Mixed powders of PZT and polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) were deposited for initial fabrication of composite films. After burn‐out of the PVDF phase from the composite films during postannealing processing at 700°C, uniformly dispersed submicrometer pores capable of relaxing the residual stress were generated in the PZT thick films. The dielectric and piezoelectric properties were improved with increasing film thickness due to the minimization of the interfacial clamping effect.

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Design and fabrication of a novel piezoelectric multilayer actuator by thick-film screen printing technology

Cited by 26 publications

References 11 publications

Design of paper mechatronics: Towards a fully printed robot

Design of paper mechatronics: Towards a fully printed robot

Nanoscale mapping of electromechanical response in ionic conductive ceramics with piezoelectric inclusions

Effect of Film Thickness on the Piezoelectric Properties of Lead Zirconate Titanate Thick Films Fabricated by Aerosol Deposition

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