Title : 
Microstructural and electromechanical comparison of different piezoelectric PZT based single fibers and their 1–3 composites
         
        
            Author : 
Clemens, F.J. ; Heiber, J. ; Graule, T. ; Piechowiak, M. ; Kozielski, L. ; Czekaj, D.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Lab. for High Performance Ceramics, Empa, Dübendorf, Switzerland
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In this work, single PbZrTiO3 fibers were produced by a thermoplastic extrusion process. Afterwards, green fibers were sintered under PbO and PbZrO3+ZrO2 atmosphere and revealed single fibers and their 1-3 composites were analyzed and compared regarding electromechanical properties. The 1-3 composites show a higher coercive field. Microstructure of the sintered fibers and phase compositions across their diameter were investigated as well.
         
        
            Keywords : 
composite materials; crystal microstructure; extrusion; ferroelectric coercive field; lead compounds; piezoceramics; piezoelectricity; plasticity; sintering; PZT; coercive field; electromechanical properties; microstructure; phase composition; piezoelectric based single fibers; piezoelectric ceramics; piezoelectric composites; sintered fibers; thermoplastic extrusion process; Materials; PbZrTiO3; piezoelectric fibers; single fiber properties;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Applications of Ferroelectrics (ISAF), 2010 IEEE International Symposium on the
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Edinburgh
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-8190-3
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
1099-4734
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ISAF.2010.5712231