Preface <p>1. Piezoelectric Medium and Piezoelectric Sensitivity</p> <p>1.1. Piezoelectric Effect and Electromechanical Coupling </p> 1.2. Piezoelectric Coefficients and Sensitivity <p></p> <p>1.3. Figures of Merit and Sensitivity </p> <p>1.4. Effective Electromechanical Properties in Heterogeneous Piezoelectric Materials </p> 1.4.1. Polydomain Ferroelectric Single Crystals<p></p> <p>1.4.2. Domain-engineered Relaxor-Ferroelectric Single Crystals </p> <p>1.4.3. Poled Ferroelectric Ceramics</p> <p>1.4.4. Piezo-active Composites</p> <p>1.5. Conclusion</p> <p>1.6. References </p> <p>2. Effective Piezoelectric Coefficients d<sub>ij</sub>*: From Microgeometry to Anisotropy </p> <p>2.1. 2–2-type Composites </p> <p>2.1.1. Ceramic / Polymer </p> <p>2.1.2. Single Crystal / Polymer </p> <p>2.2. 1–3-type Composites </p> <p>2.2.1. Ceramic / Polymer </p> <p>2.2.2. Single Crystal / Polymer </p> <p>2.2.3. 1–3–0 Composites Based on Single Crystals </p> <p>2.2.4. 1–0–3 Composites Based on Single Crystals </p> 2.3. 1–1-type Composites <p></p> <p>2.3.1. Ceramic / Polymer </p> <p>2.3.2. 1–1–0 Ceramic / Porous Polymer Composites </p> <p>2.4. 0–3-type Composites</p> <p>2.5. 3–3-type Composites </p> <p>2.6. Electromechanical Coupling Factors and Their Relations to d<sub>ij</sub>*</p> <p>2.7. Hydrostatic Piezoelectric Response and Its Relation to d<sub>ij</sub>* </p> 2.8. Conclusion<p></p> <p>2.9. References </p> <p>3. Microgeometry of Composites and Their Piezoelectric Coefficients g<sub>ij</sub>* </p> <p>3.1. 2–2-type Composites</p> <p>3.2. 1–3-type Composites </p> <p>3.3. 1–1-type Composites</p> 3.4. 0–3-type Composites<p></p> <p>3.5. 3–3-type Composites </p> <p>3.6. Piezoelectric Sensitivity, Figures of Merit and Anisotropy </p> <p>3.7. Hydrostatic Piezoelectric Sensitivity and Figures of Merit </p> <p>3.8. Conclusion</p> <p>3.9. References </p> <p>4. Piezoelectric Coefficients e<sub>ij</sub>* and d<sub>ij</sub>*: Combination of Properties at Specific Microgeometry <br>4.1. 2–2-type Composites</p> <p>4.2. 1–3-type Composites </p> <p>4.3. 0–3-type Composites </p> <p>4.4. Conclusion</p> <p>4.5. References </p> <p>5. Piezoelectric Coefficients e<sub>ij</sub>* and h<sub>ij</sub>*: Other Combination of Properties </p> <p>5.1. 2–2-type Composites</p> <p>5.2. 1–3-type Composites </p> <p>5.3. 0–3-type Composites </p> <p>5.5. Conclusion</p> <p>5.6. References </p> <p>6. Ways to Improve Piezoelectric Sensitivity of Modern Piezo-active Composites </p> <p>References </p> <p>Acknowledgements</p> <p>Appendix A. List of Abbreviations </p> <p>Appendix B. About the Authors </p> <p>Index </p>
