• Evaluation of adhesive-free focused high-frequency PVDF copolymer transducers fabricated on spherical cavities 

      Habib, Anowarul; Wagle, Sanat; Decharat, Adit; Melandsø, Frank (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-16)
      A layer-by-layer deposition method for fabricating a focused ultrasonic transducer from piezoelectric copolymers has been developed. The fabrication process involves engraving a spherical cavity of 2 mm diameter on polyethyleneimines (PEI) polymer substrate. Surface roughness of the engraved spherical cavity is measured and compared with simulated line scan. Then, the transducer response was ...
    • High frequency copolymer ultrasonic transducer array of size-effective elements 

      Decharat, Adit; Wagle, Sanat; Habib, Anowarul; Jacobsen, Svein Ketil; Melandsø, Frank (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-01-05)
      A layer-by-layer deposition method for producing dual-layer ultrasonic transducers from piezoelectric copolymers has been developed. The method uses a combination of customized and standard processing to obtain 2D array transducers with electrical connection of the individual elements routed directly to the rear of the substrate. A numerical model was implemented to study basic parameters effecting ...
    • Numerical and experimental evaluation of high-frequency unfocused polymer transducer arrays 

      Habib, Anowarul; Wagle, Sanat; Decharat, Adit; Melandsø, Frank (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-12)
      High-frequency unfocused polymer array transducers are developed using an adhesive-free layer-by-layer assembly method. The current paper focuses on experimental and numerical methods for measuring the acoustic performance of these types of array transducers. Two different types of numerical approaches were used to simulate the transducer performance, including a finite element method (FEM) study ...
    • Ultrasonic properties of all-printed piezoelectric polymer transducers 

      Wagle, Sanat; Decharat, Adit; Melandsø, Frank (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      The ability of producing ultrasonic transducers from screen-printing has been explored experimentally, through printing and characterization of a large number of transducers. In an allprinted test design, 124 transducers with four different electrode sizes ranging from 1 to 4.9 mm2, were printed layer-by-layer on a high performance polyethyleneimine polymer. Inks from ferroelectric and conductive ...
    • Using Silver Nano-Particle Ink in Electrode Fabrication of High Frequency Copolymer Ultrasonic Transducers: Modeling and Experimental Investigation 

      Decharat, Adit; Wagle, Sanat; Jacobsen, Svein Ketil; Melandsø, Frank (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-04-20)
      High frequency polymer-based ultrasonic transducers are produced with electrodes thicknesses typical for printed electrodes obtained from silver (Ag) nano-particle inks. An analytical three-port network is used to study the acoustic effects imposed by a thick electrode in a typical layered transducer configuration. Results from the network model are compared to experimental findings for the implemented ...