压电换能器瞬态接收特性的有限元模拟研究

接收信号在压电换能器压电层中的多次反射及波形转换对超声检测的灵敏度和分辨率有重要影响,如何优化阻尼结构与材料参数是提高压电换能器接收性能的关键之一。本文用ANSYS有限元软件中的力-电耦合瞬态模拟方法,研究了压电直探头中阻尼结构的几何尺寸及声阻抗对其瞬态响应的影响,得到了压电换能器中不同时刻的弹性波场、电场分布以及输出电压响应曲线,揭示了换能器瞬态响应产生的多次反射波对其检测灵敏度和分辨率的影响。研究结果表明：通过改进的阻尼结构与材料参数对消减接收信号的多次反射,缩短余振时间具有明显的作用,也可以大大降低换能器的研发周期和成本。     

蛋白质在硅烷膜表面吸附特性的压电传感监测

在压电石英晶片表面自组装修饰末端为胺基的硅烷膜,该膜在酸性和中性pH条件下带正电荷,可通过静电引力吸附带负电荷的牛血清白蛋白(BSA),吸附过程中的质量变化可通过石英晶片的谐振频率变化实时监测。结果表明:该吸附过程虽然为部分不可逆,但吸附等温线符合Langmuir方程,吸附速率常数为0.0117 L.g-1.s-1,吸附平衡常数为2.87 L.g-1,表观饱和吸附量Γ∞=0.954μg.cm-2。     

压电发电器建模研究

压电发电器的优化设计必须以模型为基础。提出了一种新的压电发电器模型建立方法,运用该方法分别推导出2种结构的压电发电器的性能参数表达式,实验数据与表达式计算结果比较吻合,证明表达式可以用于压电发电器的性能预测。通过对输出参数表达式进行深入讨论,得出压电发电器的一般特性和相关参数与发电器性能参数之间的关系,可指导压电发电器的优化设计。     

GaN压电半导体杆的非线性动态响应研究

利用有限元分析方法,研究了p型GaN压电半导体杆在简谐力作用下的拉伸振动问题,得到了位移、电势和空穴浓度非线性动态响应的数值解,并分析了简谐力对p型GaN压电半导体杆力电耦合性能的调控作用。研究结果表明,简谐力显著地影响压电半导体杆内力电场的分布情况:由于电流密度中的电非线性项,电场和空穴浓度的分布失去对称性或反对称性;力电场在简谐力驱动下表现为周期性变化,但空穴浓度的动态响应表现为明显的非对称波动。     

Piezoelectric Nanostructured Surface for Ultrasound-Driven Immunoregulation to Rescue Titanium Implant Infection

Treating bacterial biofilm infections on implanted materials remains challenging in clinical practice, as bacteria can be resistant by weakening the host defense from immune cells like macrophages. Herein, a metal-piezoelectric hetero-nanostructure with mechanical energy-driven antimicrobial property is in situ constructed on the Ti implant. Under ultrasonic irradiation, the formed piezotronic Ti (piezoTi) can promote the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by facilitating local charge transfer at the surface, thus leading to piezodynamic killing of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) while downregulating biofilm-forming genes. In addition, the stimulated macrophages on piezoTi display potent phagocytosis and anti-bacterial activity through the activation of PI3K-AKT and MAPK pathway. As a demonstration, one-time ultrasound irradiation of piezoTi pillar implanted in an osteomyelitis model efficiently eliminates the S. aureus biofilm infection and rescues the implant with enhanced osteointegration. By the synergistic effect of ultrasound-driven piezodynamic therapy and immuno-regulation, the proposed piezoelectric nanostructured surface can endow Ti implants with highly efficient antibacterial performance in an antibiotic-free, noninvasive, and on-demand manner.     

Piezoelectric Sensors Operating at Very High Temperatures and in Extreme Environments Made of Flexible Ultrawide-Bandgap Single-Crystalline AlN Thin Films

Extreme environments are often faced in energy, transportation, aerospace, and defense applications and pose a technical challenge in sensing. Piezoelectric sensor based on single-crystalline AlN transducers is developed to address this challenge. The pressure sensor shows high sensitivities of 0.4–0.5 mV per psi up to 900 °C and output voltages from 73.3 to 143.2 mV for input gas pressure range of 50 to 200 psi at 800 °C. The sensitivity and output voltage also exhibit the dependence on temperature due to two origins. A decrease in elastic modulus (Young's modulus) of the diaphragm slightly enhances the sensitivity and the generation of free carriers degrades the voltage output beyond 800 °C, which also matches with theoretical estimation. The performance characteristics of the sensor are also compared with polycrystalline AlN and single-crystalline GaN thin films to investigate the importance of single crystallinity on the piezoelectric effect and bandgap energy-related free carrier generation in piezoelectric devices for high-temperature operation. The operation of the sensor at 900 °C is amongst the highest for pressure sensors and the inherent properties of AlN including chemical and thermal stability and radiation resistance indicate this approach offers a new solution for sensing in extreme environments.     

Ultra-Damping Composites Enhanced by Yolk–Shell Piezoelectric Damping Mechanism

High-performance damping materials are significant toward reducing vibration and maintaining stability for industrial applications. Herein, a yolk–shell piezoelectric damping mechanism is reported, which can enhance mechanical energy dissipation and improve damping capability. With the addition of yolk–shell particles and carbon nanotube (CNT) conductive network, damping properties of various resin matrices are enhanced with the energy dissipation path of mechanical to electrical to heat energy. Particularly, the peak loss factor of epoxy composites reaches 1.91 and tan δ area increases by 25.72% at 20 °C. The results prove the general applicability of yolk–shell piezoelectric damping mechanism. Besides, the novel damping materials also exhibit excellent flexibility, stretchability, and resilience, offering a promising application toward damping coating, indicating broad scope of application in transportation and sophisticated electronics, etc.     

The transient response of a functionally graded piezoelectric rod subjected to a moving heat source under fractional order theory of thermoelasticity

The transient thermo-piezoelectric response of a functionally graded piezoelectric rod subjected to a moving heat source is investigated in the context of fractional order theory of thermoelasticity proposed by Sherief. The material properties of the functionally graded piezoelectric rod are assumed to vary exponentially along the length, except for the thermal relaxation time and the specific heat, which are taken to be constant. To solve the governing equations of the problem, Laplace transform is applied, eliminating the time effect; the analytical solutions of the displacement, stress, temperature, and electric field in Laplace domain are obtained. Subsequently, the solutions of the considered variables in time domain are obtained by numerical Laplace inversion and illustrated graphically. In calculation, the effect of the fractional order parameter on the variations of the considered variables is presented.     

High‐Performance Piezoelectric Nanogenerators with Imprinted P(VDF‐TrFE)/BaTiO3 Nanocomposite Micropillars for Self‐Powered Flexible Sensors

Piezoelectric nanogenerators with large output, high sensitivity, and good flexibility have attracted extensive interest in wearable electronics and personal healthcare. In this paper, the authors propose a high‐performance flexible piezoelectric nanogenerator based on piezoelectrically enhanced nanocomposite micropillar array of polyvinylidene fluoride‐trifluoroethylene (P(VDF‐TrFE))/barium titanate (BaTiO₃) for energy harvesting and highly sensitive self‐powered sensing. By a reliable and scalable nanoimprinting process, the piezoelectrically enhanced vertically aligned P(VDF‐TrFE)/BaTiO₃ nanocomposite micropillar arrays are fabricated. The piezoelectric device exhibits enhanced voltage of 13.2 V and a current density of 0.33 µA cm^?2, which an enhancement by a factor of 7.3 relatives to the pristine P(VDF‐TrFE) bulk film. The mechanisms of high performance are mainly attributed to the enhanced piezoelectricity of the P(VDF‐TrFE)/BaTiO₃ nanocomposite materials and the improved mechanical flexibility of the micropillar array. Under mechanical impact, stable electricity is stably generated from the nanogenerator and used to drive various electronic devices to work continuously, implying its significance in the field of consumer electronic devices. Furthermore, it can be applied as self‐powered flexible sensor work in a noncontact mode for detecting air pressure and wearable sensors for detecting some human vital signs including different modes of breath and heartbeat pulse, which shows its potential applications in flexible electronics and medical sciences.     

力加载点对压电式多分量测力平台测量结果的影响

随着多分量测力技术的广泛应用,其准确度要求越来越高。本文通过实验的方式验证在压电式多分量测力平台的使用过程中,要确保加载力作用点在测力平台有效作用区域之内,从而保证测量准确度。本文对于多分量测力平台的规范使用具有指导作用,对提高多分量测力平台的测量准确度具有重要意义。