Piezoelectric Definition and 143 Threads

Piezoelectricity (, US: ) is the electric charge that accumulates in certain solid materials (such as crystals, certain ceramics, and biological matter such as bone, DNA and various proteins) in response to applied mechanical stress. The word piezoelectricity means electricity resulting from pressure and latent heat. It is derived from the Greek word πιέζειν; piezein, which means to squeeze or press, and ἤλεκτρον ēlektron, which means amber, an ancient source of electric charge.The piezoelectric effect results from the linear electromechanical interaction between the mechanical and electrical states in crystalline materials with no inversion symmetry. The piezoelectric effect is a reversible process: materials exhibiting the piezoelectric effect (the internal generation of electrical charge resulting from an applied mechanical force) also exhibit the reverse piezoelectric effect, the internal generation of a mechanical strain resulting from an applied electrical field. For example, lead zirconate titanate crystals will generate measurable piezoelectricity when their static structure is deformed by about 0.1% of the original dimension. Conversely, those same crystals will change about 0.1% of their static dimension when an external electric field is applied to the material. The inverse piezoelectric effect is used in the production of ultrasonic sound waves.French physicists Jacques and Pierre Curie discovered piezoelectricity in 1880, and it has subsequently been exploited in a number of useful applications, such as the production and detection of sound, piezoelectric inkjet printing, generation of high voltages, clock generator in electronics, microbalances, to drive an ultrasonic nozzle, and ultrafine focusing of optical assemblies. It forms the basis for a number of scientific instrumental techniques with atomic resolution, the scanning probe microscopies, such as STM, AFM, MTA, and SNOM. It also finds everyday uses such as acting as the ignition source for cigarette lighters, push-start propane barbecues, used as the time reference source in quartz watches, as well as in amplification pickups for some guitars and triggers in most modern electronic drums.

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    Solar panels and piezoelectric discs

    I'm making a circuit using piezoelectric discs and i wanted to attach solar panels in parallel as well in order to increase amperes of the circuit. However, when put in conjunction the piezoelectric discs seem to have no effect on the circuit, when previously they had been contributing 5 or more...
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    Exploring Vibration Modes of Cantilever Under Piezoelectric Driving Force

    A computer model has found geometries and frequencies associated with various vibration modes of my cantilever (see pictures). The model only accounts for an anchor at the far end and material properties of each layer. In reality the bottom layer is piezoelectric, it is glued to the glass top...
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    Analytic calculations for piezoelectric materials

    Lets assume that all properties of a piece of piezoelectrical material are known, how should the analytical calculations be performed if the goal is to convert a vibration into electrical energy? What I'm looking for is the theoretical output voltage one can achieve for a known vibration. To...
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    Piezo electricity generation using piezoelectric disk(buzzer).

    I am going to use piezoelectric disks to generate energy from pedestrial movement on footpath please help me which circuit i have to prefer for my project?
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    Piezoelectric generator wiring question

    Hello, I am working on science fair project in which I am harvesting kinetic energy and converting it into electrical energy to charge an electrical device. However, i would appreciate another opinion on the setup of my circuit. Currently, my setup is as follows: I am using a piezoelectric...
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    Piezoelectric element in contact with a metal

    Hi all, I'm using ABAQUS to do a bit of material modelling. I don't have concrete understanding of this but I'll explain what I am trying to do: Essentially a piezoelectric and a metal in contact under strain. The piezoelectric produces an electric potential which I hope can be...
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    How to measure signal from a piezoelectric sensor?

    Hello, I'm not an electrical engineering student so please bare with me... anyways if let's say you swallow a pill containing a piezoelectric sensor to measure adsorption of a molecule in the stomach how can you detect the changes in frequency? if there is no "physical" electrical connections...
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    How to get C0 of a piezoelectric material.

    I'm trying to get a value of the C0 capacitor of some piezoelectric material I'm working with right now. My only problem is: I don't get electronics at all ^^'. So far I have asked some other people who do get it, but there were going way to fast and are really busy...So I was hoping you could...
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    Calculating electric field produced by micro crystalline piezoelectric grains

    Hi, I'm researching a potential masters project involving incorporating piezoelectric crystals into a ceramic so that when a load is experienced the electric field generated encourages the electroplastic effect in the bulk phase so that it becomes more plastic and inhibits crack formation...
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    Re: Piezoelectric dimensions problem in energy harvesting

    hi I am doing project on piezoelectric energy harvesting which is a cantilever structure using COMSOL. I have some doubts related to my project. I designed cantilever structure having three layers substrate (SiC), piezo (ZnO) and electrode (Al). My doubt is that when piezoelectric layer...
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    Harnessing Energy with Piezoelectric Flooring: Materials and Setup Guide

    Hi! I'm trying to find a way to use piezoelectric materials, and put them under floors or roads so that people's footsteps or a cars wheel will apply pressure on them, therefore creating an electric current. I need to find the materials to create a small square of piezoelectric flooring...
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    To generate electricity from piezoelectric load cell

    i want to generate electricity from piezoelectric load cell by application of load on it, but i don't know which type of cell to use and from where to get it? i want good efficiency, please help me out.
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    Can effective piezoelectric transformer be implemented for this application?

    Is it possible to use a piezoelectric transformer to step up voltages of 3 to 12 volts to as much as 5 kilovolts? Below are more details of what I would like to do: Input into transformer: square waves, 0 to 12-volt amplitude with frequency range of 100 Hz to 100 KHz Output from transformer...
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    What Is the Bandwidth and Diameter of Quartz and PZT Piezoelectric Filters?

    Homework Statement Consider a quartz crystal and a PZT ceramic filter both designed with resonant frequency equal to 1 MHz. What is the bandwith of each? Given Young's modulus (Y) and density (ρ) for each, and that the filter is a disk with electrodes and is oscillating radially, what is the...
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    What do uniaxial and biaxial mean in relation to piezoelectric film development?

    Ok. I know this may sound like a stupid question but for the life of me i can't find definitions for these terms. I am working on developing a PVDF polymer based piezoelectric film and need to know what the terms Uniaxial and biaxial mean. I am using an electrospining method to make the fibers...
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    How to make a Piezoelectric Generator?

    Recently I have learned of the Piezoelectric effect. I have seen several videos where people have made small generators using this effect. Can anyone give me step-by-step inscutions o point me in the right direction?
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    How to amplify voltage signal resulted by piezoelectric?

    Hi, I am not very good at electronic circuit,, I just want to ask: How to amplify voltage signal resulted by piezoelectric? Since the voltage resulted by this material is very small,, thank you for any help
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    Reviving Old Cup Warmer: Harnessing Piezoelectric Energy from Heat

    I bought an old cup warmer from a thrift store that uses a piezoelectric plate and was wondering if I could reverse it somehow to generate electricity from heat. This doesn't need to be practical, I just wanted to know if it would generate a few mV on my multimeter. I got the idea from...
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    Help need for piezoelectric analysis using ansys

    Hi,i'm working on project called active vibration control using piezoelectric patches through ANSYS. But I'm finding difficulties in piezoelectric analysis(application of voltage and stimulation part). Hoping someone would have solved it ,please guide me its very urgent. thanking you
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    Reverse Piezoelectric Effect - how much?

    Hello Everyone, Thank you for the help! I'm trying to better understand the reverse piezoelectric effect. More specifically what the reaction of the material would be with an applied energy. Is there deformation or just vibration? Is it controllable? Is it repeatable? Does it diminish over...
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    Are my lithium niobate simulation results accurate?

    My professor is having me look into lithium niobate and run some tests on it in comsol to do a pretest on an experiment. I do not know much about them, but the results I am getting from the analysis seems off from what it should be. I feel like I am missing a parameter or boundary condition...
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    Can piezoelectric concept be used to generate electricity on a large scale

    I was going through few books and i found out that piezoelectric concept generates good amount of current but not enough power(wattage) ... As I was thinking of making a project on this concept can somebody tell me how can huge amount of voltage as well as current be generated from piezoelectric...
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    Polymers with piezoelectric effect

    I am looking for a polymer that can be manipulated and that expands after applying pressure between the fingers, as a result of piezoelectric effect.
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    Piezoelectric Energy Harvester Project

    I am undertaking a project to design a piezoelectric ramp (small scale model) to generate power when force is exerted upon it. The project is simply proof of concept but in principle I thought a piezoelectric ceramic (PZT) aligned vertically with a hinged ramp exerting the force on the...
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    Modeling Piezoelectric sensor in ABAQUS

    Hi, Well i have tried modeling a PZT actuator in d33 mode in abaqus and the model worked as desired. But, when i m trying to model a piezoelectric sensor in d33 mode the results are not as desired. Just to check the modeling procedure, i gave same properties of the actuator to the sensor. For...
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    What is the difference between ferroelectric and piezoelectric?

    Hey All, This is a question I have faced many times, but I never fully grasp the difference. All ferroelectrics are piezoelectric, but not all piezoelectrics are ferroelectric... I understand that ferroeletrics are due to their noncentrosymetric crystal structure and they can therefore...
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    Bonding PVDF Piezoelectric Material on Glass/Teflon

    Hi, Would somebody know if it is possible to bond pvdf piezoelectric material on glasse or teflon without making it losing its piezoelectric properties? Thank you! Damien
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    Piezoelectric Strips - Where to Buy for Experiments

    I'm wanting to do some experiments with creating electricity from piezoelectric materials but I'm not sure where I can buy some. I'm looking for some materials that are easily bendable like paper and preferably cheap as I have several experiments I'd like to try. If anyone knows a good...
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    Design of a piezoelectric liquid pump

    Hey guys im in the process of designing a piezoelectric liquid pump, i am looking to make the structure out of RP printer for now and use a PDMS diagrphram for the piezo device to be mounted apon. Have any of you guys worked with piezo materials before as i am in need of a strong high...
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    How Can Piezoelectric Materials Generate Electricity from Walking?

    Hey I am looking for an example problems that have piezoelectrics generating electricity. I would like to have and use a simple problem in which a piezoelectric is squeezed to generate electricity. Does anyone know where I can find such problems and solutions?
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    Output voltage calculation of vibrational piezoelectric beam

    Hi, I was asked to find the relationship of output voltage of a piezoelectric film or a beam with known dimensions when it is subjected to a known frequency vibration. I appreciate if someone can help me with that. Thanks,
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    COMSOL _ frequency response of piezoelectric device

    Hi, I'm trying to model the frequency response of a thin PZT disc using COMSOL, but I am not sure how to calculate the impedance Z vs frequency. I defined the current density at the top electrode as I=-imag(nJ_smpz3d) and then plotted V/I using the domain plot parameters in the postproc menu...
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    Full wave rectifier for piezoelectric stack

    Hi My project involves rectification of a voltage produced by a piezoelectric stack subjected to an impact. The voltage shall be rectified using a full wave bridge rectifier. I aim to use a capacitor (in position of the smoothing capacitor) to store the energy harvested from the impact...
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    The constitutive equation of Piezoelectric materials ?

    I'm studying about piezoelectric material. The electro - mechanical property of this material can be described by the following constitutive equation: Sij is the compliance matrix, and dmi is the piezoelectric constant for the materials The matrix form of the equation: Applying...
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    Question about stresses in material due to elastic and piezoelectric

    I'm learning piezoelectricity right now and got an equation I can't understand. It writes the Newton's sencond law for the stresses in materials due to elastic and piezoelectric contribution. The equation is in the attachment. In this equation I'd like to ask what is the partial derivative...
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    How do piezoelectric actuators work?

    Hi I have a question about piezoelectric actuators. I'm not an engineer and have no experience with actuators, but in looking over the first item in the data sheet http://motion-controls.globalspec.com/SpecSearch/ProductSpecs?Comp=3083&VID=96478" , I see that the maximum displacement is 5 µm...
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    Highly Efficient Piezoelectric Ceramics

    does anyone work with piezoelectric ceramics or polymers i need to know so real world numbers that i just can't seem to find i think this is due to the fact that i have no real clue as to what i am doing but i would like to 1 a base line number for efficiency as in one kilogram of...
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    Question on Piezoelectric effect

    I was reading about the piezoelectric effect in ultrasound and I am not sure how it works. Do you apply a voltage to the quartz crystal to achieve an alternating electric field or mechanical stress to the crystal? How does applying stress to the crystal create an alternating electric field?
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    Piezoelectric Materials Prototype

    Hello. I am currently working on a project to build a prototype concerning the topic of energy. My group has brought up the idea of developing a floor system made of piezoelectric materials with sensors to generate electricity for houses. I have been searching earnestly to find information...
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    Can a Piezoelectric Gong Generate an Electric Spark?

    If we made a very large Gong and coated it with Piezoelectric Crystals would the Gongs frequency when struck be sufficient to stress the Piezoelectric properties into giving up electrons to discharge an electric spark? If so, Would making the Gong from LiquidMetal lengthen the time the Gong...
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    Question on use of Piezoelectric sensor:

    Hi, I am aware that in the traditional sense Piezoelectric crystals/ceramics cannot be used to measure static/steady state forces. However, I was wondering how low their frequency response can go. That is, is it possible to measure a force of maximum strength 1mN that will develop...
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    How Do Quartz Crystals Vibrate When Electrified in Watches?

    I am interested in finding out some details concerning vibrations of quartz as it is used in quartz watches. How can I calculate the amount of vibration for a specific size of quartz crystal when an electrical charge is applied? Example: For a 1 cm cubic crystal of quartz, how fast would the...
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    Hillbilly Tutorial on Piezoelectric effect?

    "Hillbilly Tutorial" on Piezoelectric effect? What exactly is it about certain crystals like quartz, Rochelle salt, and certain ceramic materials, that causes the piezoelectric effect? How can just bending something produce a charge? How can putting a charge across it cause it to bend...
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