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Piezoelectric Composite Materials

Theory, Design and Applications

  • 1st Edition - August 1, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Satyaranjan Bairagi, Shakeel Ahmed, S. Wazed Ali
  • Language: English

Piezoelectric Composite Materials: Theory, Design and Applications provides a detailed overview of the latest advances in this important research field. Comprehensive in its covera… Read more

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Description

Piezoelectric Composite Materials: Theory, Design and Applications provides a detailed overview of the latest advances in this important research field. Comprehensive in its coverage, the book offers a detailed review of the theoretical foundations, practical design considerations, and wide-ranging applications of these materials. This book will be an essential reference resource for academic and industrial researchers, materials scientists and engineers, manufacturers, industrial R&D, and other professionals who are working on the development and use of piezoelectric composite materials for a broad range of different applications.

Key features

  • Covers, in detail, the fundamentals, properties, performance, and current and future potential applications of piezoelectric composite materials
  • Discusses design and fabrication methods
  • Contains practical case study examples of applications in sensors, actuators, health monitoring and energy harvesting devices
  • Analyzes environmental impacts, economic benefits, challenges, limitations, future perspectives, and the circular economy

Readership

Academic and industrial researchers, materials scientists and engineers, manufacturers, textile engineers, mechanical and electrical engineers, industrial R&D, and other professionals working on the development and use of piezoelectric composite materials for a broad range of applications

Table of contents

Section 1: Fabrication, Characterisation, and Modelling

1. Introduction to Piezoelectric Composite Materials.

2. Design and Fabrication of Piezoelectric Composites.

3. Characterization of Piezoelectric Composites.

4. Theoretical Models of Piezoelectric Composite Materials.

Section 2: Types of Piezoelectric Composite Materials

5. Piezoelectricity in Single Crystals and Ceramics.

6. Lead-free-based Piezoelectric Composite Materials.

7. Piezoelectric Composite Materials based on Electrospun Fibres.

8. Piezoelectric Composite Materials based on Thin Films.

9. Piezoelectric Composite Materials based on Biomaterials.

Section 3: Applications of Piezoelectric Composite Materials

10. Piezoelectric Composite Materials in Energy Harvesting.

11. Piezoelectric Composite Materials in Acoustic Devices.

12. Piezoelectric Composite Materials in Actuators and Sensors.

13. Piezoelectric Composite Materials in Biomedical Engineering.

14. Piezoelectric Composite Materials in Structural Health Monitoring.

15. Piezoelectric Composite Materials in Aerospace.

16. Piezoelectric Composite Materials in Wastewater Treatment.

17. Composite Materials in Piezoelectric Transformers.

18. Piezoelectric Composite Materials in Magnetoelectric Sensors.

Section 4: Environmental Impact and Future Scope

19. Environmental and Societal Impact of Piezoelectric Composites.

20. Challenges and Future Scope in Piezoelectric Composite Materials.

21. Circular Economy of Piezoelectric Composite Materials.

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: August 1, 2026
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Satyaranjan Bairagi

Satyaranjan Bairagi is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Glasgow, United Kingdom. His research interests include development of nanotechnology-based piezoelectric and triboelectric materials for nanogenerators, as well as textile-based flexible advanced materials for renewable energy harvesting.

Affiliations and expertise
Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

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Shakeel Ahmed

Shakeel Ahmed is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry in the Higher Education Department, for the Government of Jammu and Kashmir, in India. He is also an Assistant Professor in the Postgraduate Department of Chemistry, at the Government Postgraduate College Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, India. He obtained his master’s and doctoral degrees in chemistry from Jamia Millia Islamia, a central university, situated in New Delhi, India. He gained his post-doctoral experience in biocomposite materials from the Indian Institute of Technology. He has published several research papers in the field of green nanomaterials and biopolymers for various applications including biomedical, packaging, and water treatment.

Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Government Postgraduate College Rajouri, India

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S. Wazed Ali

Wazed Ali is an Associate Professor in the Department of Textile and Fiber Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India. His research areas broadly include nanofibrous web for energy, nanocomposite-based flexible triboelectric materials, and green chemistry in textiles.

Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India