Piezoelectric ceramic-glass composites for high temperature ultrasound applications

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Piezoelectric materials are used to produce and sense ultrasound in instrumentation used to monitor structuralintegrity, monitor flows and measure distance variations in a rnage of industrial environments. Ionix AdvancedTechnologies specializes in piezoelectric materials and ultrasound devices for the high temperature applicationsin this field. The project will develop a new form of piezoelectric material, a composite comprising apiezoelectric ceramic and a porous glass which will exhibit advantageous properties for ultrasound use at hightemperatures. The resulting instruments will have high sensitivity, improved spatial resolution and muchimproved signal to noise ratio, enabling new applications for these systems in safety critical applications inpower generation, the oil & gas industry, plus the automotive and aerospace sectors.