Piezoelectricity

The author has been teaching three graduate courses, “Ferroelectric Devices” (Materials science and engineering-oriented), “Micromechatronics” (Electrical and mechanical engineering-oriented), and “Application of Finite Element Method” (Design engineering with computer simulation) regularly over 46 years.

After World War II, piezoelectric phenomena became extremely important in communications media and were the subject of extensive scientific investigation. This two-volume treatise, written by a major contributor to the field, offers a complete, systematic survey of the physical properties and the practical applications of piezoelectric crystals.

A complete and systematic treatise on the physical properties and the practical applications of piezoelectrical crystals, this two-volume survey was prepared by an expert in the field for researchers and students of physics. Volume One examines the fundamental properties of crystals and various formulations of piezoelectric theory, including production and measurement. Volume Two begins with discussions of the properties and techniques of quartz, the quartz resonator, and the piezo oscillator.