Fully Printed Flexible Ultrasound Transducer for Medical Applications
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Abstract The fabrication of a fully printed, lead‐free, polymer piezoelectric transducer is presented and the characterization of its structural, dielectric, and ferroelectric properties at different processing stages is demonstrated. The performance of poly(vinylidene fluoride‐trifluoroethylene) transducers with resonance frequency analyses, acoustic power measurements, and pulse‐echo experiments is evaluated. Notably, for the first time for a fully printed transducer, an optimal performance in the medical ultrasound range (<15 MHz) is demonstrated with acoustic power >1 W cm−2, which is promising for applications in epidermal and wearable electronics. Overall, the findings provide a strong foundation for future research in the area of flexible ultrasound transducers.
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OpenAlex topics: Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials · Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography · Dielectric materials and actuators
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Institute of Solid State Physics NAWI Graz Graz University of Technology Petersgasse 16 Graz 8010 Austria
Integrated Systems Laboratory ETH Zurich Gloriastrasse 35 Zurich 8090 Switzerland
Institute of Health Care Engineering with European Testing Center of Medical Devices Graz University of Technology Stremayrgasse 16 Graz 8010 Austria
Department of Electrical Electronic and Information Engineering “Guglielmo Marconi” University of Bologna Via Zamboni 33 Bologna 40126 Italy
The Biorobotics Institute Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies Viale R. Piaggio 34 Pontedera 56025 Italy
Department of Excellence in Robotics and AI Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies P.zza Martiri della Libertà Pisa 56127 Italy
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