A lot of it comes down to special materials called piezoelectrics. Now, imagine being able to 3D print these materials into ...

A piezo disk transducer is a handy part for reproducing beeps and boops, and can also function as a rudimentary microphone. Being a piezoelectric element, it can also generate usable power. Enough to ...

Rather than delivering large amounts of power, the real significance of piezoelectric technology lies in its ability to ...

A high-speed head positioner in a hard-disk track profiler; a sensitive tip/tilt planarization mechanism for a semiconductor wafer chuck; a dimensionally-stabilized laser cavity; an active ...

Piezoelectric actuators (benders, stacks, chips, etc.) are excellent fast and precise means for generation and control of micro, nano, and even atomic scale movement on millisecond and faster ...

Piezoceramic (PZT), or "piezo," actuators are known to be excellent position transducers in the nanometer or micrometer range. These actuators are widely used in many precision applications. PZTs, ...