Objective
This project will use the latest techniques developed for making micro-electromechanical systems in combination with advanced ferroelectric materials to make a new generation of acoustic imaging arrays for medical and NDT ultrasound applications. The project exploits a synthesis of advanced sol gel processes for making thick PZT films at low temperatures, silicon MST technologies (microlithography, wet & dry etching, wafer bonding), design and simulation using finite element and acoustic modelling and advanced optical and electrical test methods. The thick piezoelectric films will be used to actuate a silicon membrane in flexure mode, giving high electromechanical conversion efficiency at resonance and good acoustic matching to water. The all-important problem of piezoelectric film fabrication at low temperature will be addressed using photo-patternable sols and composite powder/sol processing.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- natural sciences chemical sciences inorganic chemistry metalloids
- engineering and technology medical engineering diagnostic imaging
- natural sciences physical sciences acoustics ultrasound
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91404 ORSAY
France
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