PVDF ultrasonic sensors for in-air applications: a review

SA Pullano, CD Critello, MG Bianco… - IEEE transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), a material with ferroelectric characteristics, is still extremely
topical for the manufacturing of transducers, and different examples, some of which have …

Synthesis of co-doped metal dichalcogenides (MoS2: WS2) on carbon felt electrode by hydrothermal method and supercapacitor application

Ö Yağci, MB Arvas, S Yazar - Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2025 - Elsevier
Transition metal chalcogenides (TMC)(MoS 2 and WS 2) in 2D structure were synthesized
by hydrothermal method on carbon felt (CF) electrodes. Here, we investigated the synthesis …

Quasi-spherical PVDF ultrasonic transducer with double-cylindrical PVDF structure

J Chen, J Zhao, L Lin, X Sun - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a quasi-spherical PVDF airborne ultrasonic transducer for three-dimensional
(3D) ultrasonic location systems is designed and fabricated using two strips of cylindrical …

Spiral-shaped biologically-inspired ultrasonic sensor

AS Fiorillo, SA Pullano… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Up to now, low-frequency ultrasonic transducers have been manufactured using different
materials and technologies and have been inspired by the biological world, mainly by the …

Truncated conical PVDF film transducer for air ultrasound

J Chen, J Zhao, L Lin, X Sun - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a truncated conical polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) film transducer for air
ultrasound is investigated. The transducer was designed and fabricated using two identical …

Simulation and measurement of air-coupled semi-circular and conical PVDF sensors

K Gürkan, A Akan - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For airborne sound navigation and ranging (SONAR) applications, low frequency and
broadband transducers are required for the detection of obstacles with high axial resolution …

VibroCap: A mobility supporting hat for blind

K Gürkan, A Akan - 2013 8th International Conference on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present the VibroCap, a mobility aiding hat which is designed to detect
obstacles and alert the visually impaired user. By using low cost PVDF (Polyvinylidene …

Fractional bandwidth improvement of ultrasonic airborne transducers using acoustic block

BH Park, BK Kim, KK Park - Journal of Mechanical Science and …, 2021 - Springer
In this paper, we propose an acoustic block for widening the bandwidth and modulating
center frequency of airborne transducers to improve the ultrasound imaging or metrology …

On the modeling of an emitting cylindrical transducer with a piezoelectric polymer membrane

T Lavergne, Z Škvor, L Husník… - Acta Acustica United …, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
This work aims at providing a theoretical description of an ultrasonic emitting transducer,
which consists of a cylindrical Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane coupled to an air …