Piezoelectric single crystal ultrasonic transducers for biomedical applications

Qifa Zhou; Kwok Ho Lam; Hairong Zheng; Weibao Qiu; K. Kirk Shung

doi:10.1016/j.pmatsci.2014.06.001

Piezoelectric single crystal ultrasonic transducers for biomedical applications

Qifa Zhou, Kwok Ho Lam, Hairong Zheng, Weibao Qiu, K. Kirk Shung

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Abstract

Piezoelectric single crystals, which have excellent piezoelectric properties, have extensively been employed for various sensors and actuators applications. In this paper, the state-of-art in piezoelectric single crystals for ultrasonic transducer applications is reviewed. Firstly, the basic principles and design considerations of piezoelectric ultrasonic transducers will be addressed. Then, the popular piezoelectric single crystals used for ultrasonic transducer applications, including LiNbO3(LN), PMN-PT and PIN-PMN-PT, will be introduced. After describing the preparation and performance of the single crystals, the recent development of both the single-element and array transducers fabricated using the single crystals will be presented. Finally, various biomedical applications including eye imaging, intravascular imaging, blood flow measurement, photoacoustic imaging and microbeam applications of the single crystal transducers will be discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	87-111
Number of pages	25
Journal	Progress in Materials Science
Volume	66
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmatsci.2014.06.001
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2014

Keywords

Biomedical applications
Single crystal
Ultrasonic transducer

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General Materials Science

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