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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Biologically Compatible Lead-Free Piezoelectric Composite for Acoustophoresis Based Particle Manipulation Techniques.

Tomas Janusas, Sigita Urbaite, Arvydas Palevicius, Sohrab Nasiri, Giedrius Janusas

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tomas JanusasFaculty of Mechanical Engineering and Design, Kaunas University of Technology, Studentu str. 56, LT-51424 Kaunas, Lithuania.
Sigita UrbaiteFaculty of Mechanical Engineering and Design, Kaunas University of Technology, Studentu str. 56, LT-51424 Kaunas, Lithuania.ORCID 0000-0002-0707-2539
Arvydas PaleviciusFaculty of Mechanical Engineering and Design, Kaunas University of Technology, Studentu str. 56, LT-51424 Kaunas, Lithuania.ORCID 0000-0003-1226-062X
Sohrab NasiriFaculty of Mechanical Engineering and Design, Kaunas University of Technology, Studentu str. 56, LT-51424 Kaunas, Lithuania.
Giedrius JanusasFaculty of Mechanical Engineering and Design, Kaunas University of Technology, Studentu str. 56, LT-51424 Kaunas, Lithuania.ORCID 0000-0002-1055-2568
Kaunas University of Technology · LT

Funding

Lietuvos Mokslo Taryba S-MIP-19-43
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This research paper is concentrated on the design of biologically compatible lead-free piezoelectric composites which may eventually replace traditional lead zirconium titanate (PZT) in micromechanical fluidics, the predominantly used ferroelectric material today. Thus, a lead-free barium-calcium zirconate titanate (BCZT) composite was synthesized, its crystalline structure and size, surface morphology, chemical, and piezoelectric properties were analyzed, together with the investigations done in variation of composite thin film thickness and its effect on the element properties. Four elements with different thicknesses of BCZT layers were fabricated and investigated in order to design a functional acoustophoresis micromechanical fluidic element, based on bulk acoustic generation for particle control technologies. Main methods used in this research were as follows: FTIR and XRD for evaluation of chemical and phase composition; SEM-for surface morphology; wettability measurements were used for surface free energy evaluation; a laser triangular sensing system-for evaluation of piezoelectric properties. XRD results allowed calculating the average crystallite size, which was 65.68 Å

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AcousticsBariumBiocompatible MaterialsCeramicsElectrophoresisEquipment DesignGlycerolLeadMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningOlive OilSpectrometry, X-Ray EmissionSpectroscopy, Fourier Transform InfraredX-Ray DiffractionZirconiumBariumBiocompatible MaterialsGlycerolLeadOlive OilZirconiumBCZTbulk acoustic waveslead-freemicrochannelparticle manipulation

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PMID33445501
PMCPMC7826690
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