The ability to measure subtle changes in arterial pressure using devices mounted on the skin can be valuable for monitoring vital signs in emergency care, detecting the early onset of cardiovascular ...

ULVAC is shipping PZT piezoelectric thin-film sputtering equipment which advances the development of MEMS devices. It used to be impossible to fabricate PZT piezoelectric thin films, which constitute ...

A large number of materials, man made and naturally occurring, possess polarity, meaning there is no center of symmetry in their crystal structures and therefore, the centers of positive and negative ...

Piezoelectric effect is when certain solid material is compressed under mechanical stress, and it develops a voltage potential by accumulating electrical charges. French physicists Jacques and Pierre ...

Since the EU enacted the Restriction of Hazardous Substances directive (RoHS) several years ago, which bans several substances in electronics that are deemed hazardous, lead has become a material non ...