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The influence of temperature on mode coupling effect in piezoelectric vibrators remains unclear. In this work, we discuss the influence of temperature on two-dimensional (2D) mode coupling effect and electromechanical coupling coefficient of cylindrical [001]c-poled Mn-doped 0.24PIN–0.46PMN–0.30PT piezoelectric single-crystal vibrator with an arbitrary configuration ratio. The electromechanical coupling coefficient kt decreases with temperature increasing, whereas k33 is largely invariant in a temperature range of 25 °C–55 °C. With the increase of temperature, the shift in the 'mode dividing point' increases the scale of the poling direction of the piezoelectric vibrator. The temperature has little effect on coupling constant Γ. At a given temperature, the coupling constant Γ of the cylindrical vibrator is slightly greater than that of the rectangular vibrator. When the temperature changes, the applicability index (M) values of the two piezoelectric vibrators are close to 1, indicating that the coupling theory can be applied to piezoelectric vibrators made of late-model piezoelectric single crystals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Here we report the 0.94(BiNa)TiO-0.06Ba(ZrTi)O (0.94BNT-0.06BZT) lead-free ceramics was synthesized by two-step solid state reaction route. The structural, dielectric, ferroelectric, piezoelectric and electromechanical properties of the ceramics were studied, and showed excellent electric properties ( P = 39.9 μC/cm, P = 33.7 μC/cm, E = 2.79 kV/mm, S = 0.20%, d = 174 pC/N, k = 0.33). The depolarization temperature ( T ) of the ceramics is about 65 °C, which is determined from the first hump of relative dielectric constant. The electromechanical factor k disappears at 65 °C, is consistent with the depolarization temperature ( T ) and the ferroelectric-antiferroelectric phase transition temperature ( T ) determined from the temperature-dependent P- E and bipolar S- E curves. These results indicate the 0.94BNT-0.06BZT ceramics has a good thermal stability in range of − 60-60 °C, and meets the actual demand. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We have derived a general formula for sensitivity optimization of gravimetric sensors and have used it to design a high sensitivity gravimetric sensor using unidirectional carbon fiber epoxy composite (CFEC) waveguide layer on (1 − x)Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3-xPbTiO3 (PZN-xPT) single crystal substrate with the carbon fibers parallel to the x1 and x2 axes, respectively. The normalized maximum sensitivity (|Smf|λ)max exhibits an increasing tendency with the decrease of (h/λ)opt and the maximum sensitivity (|Smf|λ)max increases with the elastic constant c66E of the piezoelectric substrate material. For the CFEC/[011]c poled PZN-7%PT single crystal sensor configuration, with the carbon fibers parallel to the x1 axis at λ = 24 μm, the maximum sensitivity (|Smf|λ)max can reach as high as 1156 cm2/g, which is about three times that of a traditional SiO2/ST quartz structure gravimetric sensor. The better design selection is to have the carbon fibers parallel to the direction of propagation of Love wave in order to obtain the best sensitivity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Dispersion relations of Love mode acoustic guided waves propagation in Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3−33%PbTiO3 (PMN-0.33 PT) single crystal with a gold electrode film are calculated. There is no cross coupling among Love wave modes, which is conducive to eliminating the cross interference between modes. The general formula is derived to precisely measure the thickness of the electrode. More acoustic energy would be concentrated inside the electrode with the increase of film thickness for a given frequency. Compared with the PZT-5 ceramic, [001]c poled PMN-33%PT single crystal has a slower attenuation of the amplitude of the acoustic guided wave. Therefore, single crystal is extremely suitable for making low loss acoustic wave devices with a high operating frequency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]