Piezoelectric Transducers and Applications

Front Matter....Pages I-XIX
Fundamentals on Piezoelectricity....Pages 1-37
Overview of Acoustic-Wave Microsensors....Pages 39-54
Models for Piezoelectric Transducers Used in Broadband Ultrasonic Applications....Pages 55-67
Models for Resonant Sensors....Pages 69-99
Interface Electronic Systems for Broadband Ultrasonic Applications....Pages 101-110
Interface Electronic Systems for AT Quartz Crystal Microbalance Sensors....Pages 111-140
Modified Piezoelectric Surfaces....Pages 141-151
Sonoelectrochemistry....Pages 153-160
Chemical Sensors....Pages 161-172
Biosensors. Natural Systems and Machines....Pages 173-183
Fundamentals of Electrochemistry....Pages 185-194
Viscoelastic Properties of Macromolecules....Pages 195-211
Combination of Quartz Crystal Microbalance with other Techniques....Pages 213-223
Ultrasonic Systems for Non-Destructive Testing Using Piezoelectric Transducers....Pages 225-239
Ultrasonic Hyperthermia....Pages 241-254
Data analysis and Interpretation in Bulk Acoustic Wave — Thickness Shear Mode Sensors....Pages 255-286
Back Matter....Pages 287-319