The purpose of this work is to control the vibration of the plate with the help of neural network controller. Using augmented equations, a finite element model of a two-dimensional cantilever plate instrumented with a piezoelectric patch sensor-actuator pair is derived. The contribution of piezoelectric sensor and actuator layers on the mass and stiffness of the plate is considered. As mesh siz...

The purpose of this work is to control the vibration of the plate with the help of fuzzy logic controller. A finite element model of a two-dimensional cantilever plate instrumented with a piezoelectric patches sensor-actuator pair is derived. The contribution of piezoelectric sensor and actuator layers on the mass and stiffness of the plate is considered. Fuzzy logic optimal control scheme have...

We present an eight-band k ·p -model for the calculation of the electronic structure of wurtzite semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) and its application to indium gallium nitride (InxGa1−xN) QDs formed by composition fluctuations in InxGa1−xN layers. The eight-band k·p -model accounts for strain effects, piezoelectric and pyroelectricity, spin-orbit and crystal field splitting. Exciton binding ene...

The possibility to generate acoustic modes based on FPWs (Flexural Plate Waves) in a generic non-piezoelectric substrate for microfludic applications by means of piezoelectric actuators has been explored and described in this paper. The FPW acoustic modes are generated by means of actuators made of Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) layers with InterDigital Transducers (IDTs) screen-printed on alumi...

The active vibration control of smart plate equipped with patched piezoelectric sensors and actuators is presented in this study. An equivalent single layer third order shear deformation theory is employed to model the kinematics of the plate and to obtain the shear strains. The governing equations of motion are derived using extended Hamilton’s principle. Linear variation of electric potential...

This paper focuses on the design, fabrication and characterization of unimorph actuators for a microaerial flapping mechanism. PZT-5H and PZN-PT are investigated as piezoelectric layers in the unimorph actuators. Design issues for microaerial flapping actuators are discussed, and criteria for the optimal dimensions of actuators are determined. For low power consumption actuation, a square wave ...

Photoreflection and photoluminescence spectroscopies have been used to identify details of the electronic bandstructure in GaInN/GaN strained heterostructures and multiple quantum well structures. Franz-Keldysh oscillations in the ternary layers are identified in both systems revealing large piezoelectric fields of 240 kV/cm (x=0.079, thin film) and 0.65 MV/cm (x=0.187). From spatially resolved...

We have investigated the effects of different p-type polymer layers on the piezoelectric potential from ZnO nanowire (NWs) grown on silver (Ag) coated silicon (Si) substrate by the low temperature chemical synthesis method. Piezoelectric measurement was done by a conductive atomic force microscope (AFM). In the case of the poly(3,4ethylenedioxythiophene-Tosylate (PEDOT-Tos), the output voltage ...

We report on a novel microfabrication method to fabricate aluminum nitride (AlN) piezoelectric microstructures down to 2 microns size by a surface micromachining process. Highly c-axis oriented AlN thin films are deposited between thin Cr electrodes on polysilicon structural layers by rf reactive sputtering. The top Cr layer is used both as a mask to etch the AlN thin films and as an electrode ...