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- Title
Investigation of Electromechanical Properties on 3-D Printed Piezoelectric Composite Scaffold Structures.
- Authors
Sebastian, Tutu; Bach, Miriam; Geiger, Andreas; Lusiola, Tony; Kozielski, Lucjan; Clemens, Frank
- Abstract
Piezoelectric composites with 3-3 connectivity gathered attraction due to their potential application as an acoustic transducer in medical imaging, non-destructive testing, etc. In this contribution, piezoelectric composites were fabricated with a material extrusion-based additive manufacturing process (MEX), also well-known under the names fused deposition modeling (FDM), fused filament fabrication (FFF) or fused deposition ceramics (FDC). Thermoplastic filaments were used to achieve open and offset printed piezoelectric scaffold structures. Both scaffold structures were printed, debinded and sintered successfully using commercial PZT and BaTiO3 powder. For the first time, it could be demonstrated, that using the MEX processing method, closed pore ferroelectric structure can be achieved without pore-former additive. After ceramic processing, the PZT scaffold structures were impregnated with epoxy resin to convert them into composites with 3-3 connectivity. A series of composites with varying ceramic content were achieved by changing the infill parameter during the 3D printing process systematically, and their electromechanical properties were investigated using the electromechanical aix PES device. Also, the Figure of merit (FOM) of these composites was calculated to assess the potential of this material as a candidate for transducer applications. A maximum for the FOM at 25 vol.% of PZT could be observed in this study.
- Subjects
COMPOSITE structures; MANUFACTURING processes; ACOUSTIC transducers; PIEZOELECTRIC composites; POROSITY; NONDESTRUCTIVE testing
- Publication
Materials (1996-1944), 2021, Vol 14, Issue 20, p5927
- ISSN
1996-1944
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ma14205927