A piezoelectric composite material is based on a polymeric matrix and on piezoelectric inorganic fillers, characterized in that the material additionally comprises at least one ionic liquid of general formula Q+ A−, in which Q+ represents a cation chosen from quaternary ammonium cations and quaternary phosphonium cations and A− represents any anion capable of forming a liquid salt at a temperature of less than 100° C. A device comprising at least one layer based at least one piezoelectric composite material defined above and at least two electrodes positioned on either side of the layer and a tire comprising at least one piezoelectric device defined above are also set forth.

A film bulk acoustic resonator includes: a first electrode disposed on a substrate; a piezoelectric body disposed on the first electrode and including AlN to which a dopant is added; and a second electrode disposed on the piezoelectric body and facing the first electrode such that the piezoelectric body is interposed between the second electrode and the first electrode, wherein the dopant includes either one of 0.1 to 24 at % of Ta and 0.1 to 23 at % of Nb.

There is provided a laminated substrate having a piezoelectric film, including: a substrate; and a piezoelectric film provided on the substrate interposing a base film, wherein the piezoelectric film has an alkali niobium oxide based perovskite structure represented by a composition formula of (K.sub.1-xNa.sub.x)NbO.sub.3 (0<x<1) and preferentially oriented in (001) plane direction, and a sound speed of the piezoelectric film is 5100 m/s or more.

A power generation device manufacturing method and a power generation device are proposed. In one embodiment, the method includes (a) forming a halide perovskite active layer on a flexible substrate bent by a stress applied thereto and (b) releasing the stress applied to the substrate on which the halide perovskite active layer is formed, thereby unfolding the bent substrate. By applying a strain to the active layer of the power generation device and controlling the same, using the method described above, it is possible to improve the performance of the power generation device without changing the composition of the active layer or the configuration of the device.

A method of manufacturing ceramic composite material comprises forming a combination of flowable metal oxide precursor (102), which is water-insoluble, and electroceramic powder (104) for covering surfaces of the electroceramic particles (500) with the metal oxide precursor (102), the electroceramic powder (104). A major fraction of the particles (500) has particle diameters within a range 50 μm to 200 μm, and a minor fraction of the particles has diameters smaller than the lower limit of said range, the major fraction having a variety of particle diameters. Then pressure 100 MPa to 500 MPa is applied to said combination, and said combination is exposed, under the pressure, to a heat treatment, which has a maximum temperature within 100° C. to 500° C. for a predefined period for forming the ceramic composite material.

A solid-state quantum memory includes a vibrator supported in a displaceable (vibratable) manner on a substrate and a vibration exciter configured to excite the vibrator to vibrate. A rare-earth element is introduced into the vibrator and the introduced rare-earth element forms an electronic two-level system in the vibrator. The vibrator is supported on the substrate by a support. The substrate including a piezoelectric element formed from a piezoelectric material, as well as a first electrode and a second electrode formed by sandwiching the piezoelectric element, serves as the vibration exciter.

A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit. This method includes forming an epitaxial material comprising single crystal piezo material overlying a surface region of a substrate to a desired thickness and forming a trench region to form an exposed portion of the surface region through a pattern provided in the epitaxial material. Also, the method includes forming a topside landing pad metal and a first electrode member overlying a portion of the epitaxial material and a second electrode member overlying the topside landing pad metal. Furthermore, the method can include processing the backside of the substrate to form a backside trench region exposing a backside of the epitaxial material and the landing pad metal and forming a backside resonator metal material overlying the backside of the epitaxial material to couple to the second electrode member overlying the topside landing pad metal.

A method for producing a stacked structure comprises: a) providing a carrier substrate and an initial substrate, each having a front face and a back face, b) forming a buried weakened plane in the carrier substrate or in the initial substrate, by implanting light ions through the front face of either of the substrates, c) joining the carrier substrate and the initial substrate via their respective front faces, d) thinning the initial substrate via its back face to form a donor substrate e) providing a receiver substrate having a front face and a back face, f) joining the donor substrate and the receiver substrate via their respective front faces, and g) separating along the buried weakened plane, so as to form the stacked structure comprising the receiver substrate and a surface film including all or part of a donor layer originating from the initial substrate.

A method for producing a stacked structure comprises: a) providing a carrier substrate and an initial substrate, each having a front face and a back face, b) forming a buried weakened plane in the carrier substrate or in the initial substrate, by implanting light ions through the front face of either of the substrates, c) joining the carrier substrate and the initial substrate via their respective front faces, d) thinning the initial substrate via its back face to form a donor substrate e) providing a receiver substrate having a front face and a back face, f) joining the donor substrate and the receiver substrate via their respective front faces, and g) separating along the buried weakened plane, so as to form the stacked structure comprising the receiver substrate and a surface film including all or part of a donor layer originating from the initial substrate.

Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems, methods, and structures that scavenge mechanical energy to provide electrical energy to a wearable, where the mechanical energy is scavenged by a bending-strain-based transducer that includes a non-resonant energy harvester. By employing a non-resonant energy harvester that operates in bending mode, more electrical energy can be generated that possible with prior-art energy harvesters. In some embodiments, the output of a bending-strain-based transducer element is used for both energy scavenging and as a sensor signal indicative of a user parameter, such as a step, respiration rate, heart rate, weight and the like. In some embodiments, a transducer element includes a plurality of piezoelectric layers that are electrically connected in parallel to increase the energy and/or power provided by the transducer element.