Electro-elastic characteristics of KCsMoP2O9 crystal: Exploiting strong piezoelectricity for guided wave transducer applications
A new piezoelectric crystal, KCsMoP2O9 (KCMP), was successfully grown by the Kyropoulos method. The electro-elastic properties of KCMP crystal were characterized by the impedance method. The full set of elastic constants was determined by solving the Christoffel equation. Remarkably, the crystal exh...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2025-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Materiomics |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352847824000303 |
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| Summary: | A new piezoelectric crystal, KCsMoP2O9 (KCMP), was successfully grown by the Kyropoulos method. The electro-elastic properties of KCMP crystal were characterized by the impedance method. The full set of elastic constants was determined by solving the Christoffel equation. Remarkably, the crystal exhibits a large face-shear piezoelectric coefficient of d14 = 16.2 pC/N, surpassing that of the extensively studied ordered langasite crystal Ca3TaGa3Si2O14 (d14 = 10.4 pC/N). A fundamental shear horizontal (SH0) wave piezoelectric transducer was developed, leveraging the face-shear-mode of KCMP wafers. Finite element simulations have conclusively demonstrated the KCMP-based transducer's exceptional ability to efficiently excite and capture the pure SH0 wave, independently along two orthogonal main directions (0°/180° and 90°/270°). These results were subsequently corroborated through experimental validation at temperatures up to 300 °C, highlighting the considerable promise of KCMP crystals for utilization in non-destructive testing and structural health monitoring applications. |
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| ISSN: | 2352-8478 |