1 Introduction
L.E. Cross and W. Heywang
Part I Basics and Materials
2 Basic Material Quartz and Related Innovations
A. Ballato
3 The Role of Ferroelectricity for Piezoelectric Materials
W. Wersing, W. Heywang, H. Beige, and H. Thomann
4 Piezoelectric PZT Ceramics
G. Helke and K. Lubitz
5 Relaxor Ferroelectrics
L.E. Cross
6 Piezoelectric Polymers and Their Applications
S. Bauer and F. Bauer
Part II Applications and Innovations
7 Electromechanical Frequency Filters
W. Wersing and K. Lubitz
8 Ultrasonic Imaging
W. Wersing and R. Lerch
9 High Effective Lead Perovskite Ceramics and Single
Crystals for Ultrasonic Imaging
Y. (J.) Yamashita and Y. Hosono
10 High-Power Ultrasound Transducers for Therapeutic
Applications
D. Cathignol
11 Piezoelectric Motors and Transformers
K. Uehino
12 Piezoelectric Positioning
S. Arnold, P. Pertsch, and K. Spanner
13 Piezoelectric Injection Systems
R. Mock and K. Lubitz
14 Advanced RF Signal Processing with Surface Acoustic
Waves on Piezoelectric Single Crystal Substrates
R. Veith, K. Wagner, and F. Seifert
15 Piezoelectric Films for Innovations in the Field of MEMS
and Biosensors
P. Muralt
16 Piezoelectric Composites by Solid Freeform Fabrication:
A Nature-Inspired Approach
A. Safari and E.K. Akdo~an
Part III Characterisation Methods
17 Microstructural Analysis Based on Microscopy and X-Ray
Diffraction
M.J. Hoffmann, H. Kungl, R. Theissmann, and S. Wagner
18 Small Signal Resonance Methods
W. Wersing
19 Large Signal Resonance and Laser Dilatometer Methods
A. Wolff
20 Ferroelastic Characterization of Piezoelectrics
T. Fett
Part IV Multiscale Modelling
21 First-Principles Theories of Piezoelectric Materials
R.E. Cohen
22 Thermodynamic Theory
G.A. Rossetti, Jr
23 Effective Medium Theories
W. Kreher
24 Finite-Element Modelling of Piezoelectric Actuators:
Linear and Nonlinear Analyses
T. Steinkopff
Part V The Future
25 Trends in Ferroelectric/Piezoelectric Ceramics
N. Setter.
Index
