The Piezo Institute is the hub of European expertise and experience in piezoelectric materials and devices. It was launched in 2008 by the multidisciplinary EC-funded MIND consortium of academic researchers and leading European companies. In the exciting field of piezoelectric materials and devices, the Piezo Institute is an independent source of:
- Advice and expertise
- Education and training
- Research
- Project management
Piezoelectric materials are effective as sensors, actuators and transducers used in industries including:
- Healthcare
- Transport
- Environmental monitoring
The institute’s expertise includes ferroelectricity, electrostriction and pyroelectricity in materials including ceramics, single crystals, polymers and composites. Founding members have skills in:
- Chemistry and process engineering
- Solid-state physics
- Materials characterisation and measurement science
- Micro and nano technology
- MEMS
- Numerical and finite element modelling
- Design and manufacture of devices
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