TY  - JOUR
T1  - Manufacture and characterization of high activity piezoelectric fibres
A1  - Bowen,C.R.
A1  - Stevens,R.
A1  - Nelson,L.J.
A1  - Dent,A.C.
A1  - Dolman,G.
A1  - Su,B.
A1  - Button,T.W.
A1  - Cain,M.G.
A1  - Stewart,M.
Y1  - 2006///
KW  - AFC
KW  - Composite
KW  - Fibres
KW  - Lead Zirconate Titanate
KW  - Manufacture
KW  - Microstructure
KW  - PZT
KW  - VPP
SP  - 295
EP  - 301
JF  - Smart Materials and Structures
JA  - Smart Mater.Struct.
VL  - 15
IS  - 2
PB  - IOP Publishing
N2  - Piezoelectric fibres are finding increasing application in a variety of piezoelectric composites, including active fibre composites (AFCs). This paper describes the manufacture and characterization of lead zirconate titanate (PZT) fibres manufactured by viscous plastic processing (VPP). The manufacturing method will be described along with a systematic characterization of the macrostructure, microstructure, phase composition and low and high field piezoelectric properties. A comparison with other available PZT fibres will be made, which demonstrates that the VPP PZT fibres display high piezoelectric coefficients
SN  - 0964-1726
M3  - doi:10.1088/0964-1726/15/2/008
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0964-1726/15/2/008
L2  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0964-1726/15/2/008
ER  -