Piezoelectric Devices and System in Micromachines
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "A：Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 May 2024 | Viewed by 216
Special Issue Editor
Interests: piezoelectric actuator; ultrasonic motor; piezo-transformer; high power piezoelectrics; loss mechanism; Pb-free piezoelectrics; piezoelectric composite; multilayer actuator; relaxor piezoelectric single crystal; piezoelectric energy harvesting; piezoelectric driver
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Application fields of piezoelectric actuators are classified into three categories: positioners, motors, and vibration suppressors. The manufacturing of optical instruments (such as lasers and cameras) must be precise and the positioning accuracy for fabricating semiconductor chips must be adjusted using solid-state actuators (at an order of 0.1 m). With regards to conventional electromagnetic motors, tiny motors smaller than 1 cm are often required in office or factory automation equipment and are rather difficult to produce with sufficient energy efficiency. Ultrasonic motors (whose efficiency is insensitive to size) are superior in the mini-motor area. Vibration suppression in space structures and military vehicles using piezoelectric actuators is also a promising technology.
The so-called “Micromachine Competition” was organized worldwide in the late 1980s by collecting self-propelling machines with the size less than 1cm3; however, this competition was terminated due to the economic recession in the 1990s. This Special Issue, “Piezoelectric Devices and Systems in Micromachines”, will collect articles on the recent developments of piezoelectric and related actuators in terms of new actuator materials, device designs, and drive/control techniques, aiming at self-propelling micromachines with a size of less than 1 cm3. Part of the developments of self-propelling micromachines can be accepted, as long as the content is related to our target.
Prof. Dr. Kenji Uchino
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- self-propelling micromachine
- piezoelectric actuator
- piezoelectric motor
- MEMS
- micro ultrasonic motor
- drive/control technique
