Piezo Institute research into piezoelectric materials and devices is applied to the design of new and improved devices, and in critical industries such as healthcare and transport.

• Devices which use piezoelectric technology include:
  Sensors to measure force, motion, acceleration, pressure and temperature
• Sensors to detect radiation (pyroelectric security surveillance devices) or chemical and biological elements
• Transducers for medical imaging, blood flow measurements, non-destructive evaluation and testing, industrial flow meters, underwater acoustics - sonar, airborne acoustics, filters and resonators for telecommunications including mobile phones
• Active devices such as actuators, micro-motors and micro-pumps
• Energy harvesting – the production of energy from motion
• A new generation of hearing aids
• Fuel injectors for diesel engines
• Ink jet printer heads
• High dielectric constant capacitors
• Stereo tweeters, buzzers, gas ignitors
• PTC sensors and switches
• Solid state ultrasonic motors
• Electro-optic light valves
• Thin-film capacitors
• Ferroelectric thin-film memories – FRAM
• Integrated MEMS devices – such as airbag sensors, accelerometers, force sensors etc.