Bio-inspired 3D-printed piezoelectric device for acoustic frequency selection
Domingo-Roca, Roger and Tiller, Benjamin and Jackson, Joseph Curt and Windmill, James Frederick Charles (2018) Bio-inspired 3D-printed piezoelectric device for acoustic frequency selection. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 271. pp. 1-8. ISSN 0924-4247
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Abstract
Development of 3D-printed devices, sensors, and actuators has become increasingly popular in recent years due to low cost, rapid production, and device personalization. This personalization process allows the development of devices with unique physical properties and phenomena that enhance the desired properties of the 3D-printed part. Biomimetics is a technique used to develop engineered devices, as organisms present in nature can provide smart and simple solutions to complex problems across a wide range of applications. Locust ears have a simple tympanic membrane with varying thicknesses that allows acoustic frequency selection, as well as presenting nonlinear phenomena. This acoustic frequency selection assists the insect in predation and swarming. This work presents the development of a piezoelectric polymeric material that has been used to 3D-print a new frequency selective piezoelectric sensor inspired by the locust’s tympanic membrane. Such 3D-printing of functional sensors and actuators provides an insight into the development and enhancement of polymer-based science, with exciting and promising potential for the near future.
ORCID iDs
Domingo-Roca, Roger
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6080-0083, Tiller, Benjamin, Jackson, Joseph Curt and Windmill, James Frederick Charles ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4878-349X;
Item type: Article ID code: 62783 Dates: DateEvent1 March 2018Published28 December 2017Published Online26 December 2017AcceptedKeywords: locust, biomimesis, piezoelectric, polymer, 3D-printing, Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering Subjects: Technology > Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Department: Faculty of Engineering > Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Technology and Innovation Centre > Sensors and Asset ManagementDepositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 09 Jan 2018 15:46 Last modified: 27 Mar 2021 01:45 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/62783
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