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Ultrasound: advanced materials, techniques, and devices
Focus On Ultrasound - Fall 2010
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Cover: A scanning electron microscope image of a piezoelectric ultrasound transducer array for a high resolution imaging system. (Colors added)
Credit: Flavio Griggio, Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State. (This image won Best in Show in the 2009 Materials Visualization Competition sponsored by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Materials Research Institute.)
In this issue..
Features
Improving the Response of Piezoelectric Materials
Thin films that make miniaturized devices possible
ICAT's High-Power Characterization System (HiPoCS™)
The first system that measures piezo materials under real world conditions.
Making Next Generation Devices from Advanced Electronic Materials
A revolution in materials for the electronics industry and national defense
Departments
Research Snapshots
Reports on a glass invisibility cloak, fly eyes on solar cells, and a thin film method to lift latent fingerprints.
