A. Brunius “Research and development of piezoelectric composite material for biomedical application” doctoral thesis defence

Author, Institution: Alfredas Brunius, Kaunas University of Technology

Science area, field of science: Technological Sciences, Mechanical Engineering, T 009

Summary of Doctoral Thesis: Summary

Scientific Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Habil. Arvydas Palevičius (Kaunas University of Technology, Technological Sciences, Mechanical Engineering – T 009).

Scientific Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Asta Guobienė (Kaunas University of Technology, Institute of material science, Technological Sciences, Material Engineering – T 008).

Dissertation Defence Board of Mechanical Engineering Science Field:

Prof. Dr. Habil. Vytautas Ostaševičius (Kaunas University of Technology, Technological Sciences, Mechanical Engineering, T 009) – chairman;
prof. dr. Vytautas Bučinskas (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Technological Sciences, Mechanical Engineering, T 009);
prof. dr. Vytautas Jūrėnas (Kaunas University of Technology, Technological Sciences, Mechanical Engineering, T 009),
prof. dr. Arkadiusz Mystkowski (Bialystok University of Technology, Technological Sciences, Mechanical Engineering, T 009).

The doctoral dissertation is available on the internet and at the libraries of Kaunas University of Technology (K. Donelaičio St. 20, 44239 Kaunas, Lithuania) and Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy (Studentų St. 11, Akademija, 53361 Kauno raj., Lithuania).

Annotation:

Nowadays the traditional single materials are not able to perform the necessary functions and satisfy all requirements for producing high-tech microsystems. An innovative and interesting field of designing microsystems is related with the creation of novel active elements based on novel materials with exclusive properties, the so-called composite (nanocomposite) materials. Properties of composite materials can be adjusted to system requirements by changing the shape, thickness, imprinting various periodical microstructures. This research encounters many problems including high sensitivity, accuracy of measurements and a huge number of analytes to monitor. The main motivation of this research is to create a composite material for an active element with a piezoelectric effect on a micrometric level for biomedical application.