Negative poisson's ratio polyethylene matrix and 0.5Ba(Zr₀.₂ Ti₀.₈) O₃-0.5(Ba₀.₇ Ca₀.₃)TiO₃ based piezocomposite for sensing and energy harvesting applications

• Main Authors: Karmakar, Saptarshi, Kiran, Raj, Bowen, Chris, Vaish, Rahul, Chauhan, Vishal Singh, Elqahtani, Zainab Mufarreh, Ahmed, Samia Ben, Al-Buriahi, M. S., Kumar, Anuruddh, Sung, Tae Hyun
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering; Polyethylene; Titanium
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/169388
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Finite element studies were conducted on 0.5Ba(Zr0.2 Ti0.8) O3-0.5(Ba0.7 Ca0.3)TiO3 (BCZT) piezoelectric particles embedded in polyethylene matrix to create a piezocomposite having a positive and negative Poisson's ratio of -0.32 and 0.2. Polyethylene with a positive Poisson's ratio is ref...