Piezoelectric Materials Database

The Piezoelectric materials database, included in the Acoustics Module, MEMS Module, and Structural Mechanics Module, contains the following materials:

Material

Barium Sodium Niobate

Barium Titanate

Barium Titanate (poled)

Lithium Niobate

Lithium Tantalate

Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT-2), (PZT-4), (PZT-4D), (PZT-5A), (PZT-5H), (PZT-5J), (PZT-7A), and (PZT-8)

Quartz LH (1949 IRE), RH (1949 IRE), LH (1978 IEEE), RH (1978 IEEE)

Rochelle Salt

Bismuth Germanate

Cadmium Sulfide

Gallium Arsenide

Tellurium Dioxide

Zinc Oxide

Zinc Sulfide

Ammonium Dihydrogen Phosphate

Aluminum Nitride

All materials define the following material properties needed for piezoelectric modeling:

Material Property	Description
cE	Elasticity matrix
e	Coupling matrix, stress-charge
εrS	Relative permittivity, stress-charge
sE	Compliance matrix
d	Coupling matrix, strain-charge
εrT	Relative permittivity, strain-charge
ρ	Density