Fundamentals of Piezoelectric Sensorics

Presents the fundamental physics of piezoelectric sensors.Only book with this scope Targeted to those engineers, phycisists and chemists who are involved in materials processing, device design and manufacturing. Understanding of basic phenomena connected with electromechanical properties of solid materials. Overview of electromechanical (piezoelectric, ferroelectric, electrostrictive) properties of materials representing different classes of solids (pure piezoelectrics, ferroelectrics, ferroelastics and higher order ferroics, crystals, ceramics, composites, thin films, and so on) and macroscopic description of how their electromechanical features relate to other macroscopic properties.