Fabrication and Characterization of Thickness Mode Piezoelectric Devices for Atomization and Acoustofluidics

These techniques can be used to answer questions about resonance frequency, vibrational mode excitement, vibration amplitude, and how transducers with these characteristics perform as atomizers. With information provided by these analyses, it's possible to rigorously quantify the effects of independent variables and experiments involving thickness mode transducers. This technique enables the development of devices that can be used to atomize drugs for the treatment of respiratory diseases such as pneumonia.

These methods are useful for characterizing atomization phenomena and can be applied to the study of capillary waves on the surface of a droplet. Because many competing factors must be balanced, it can be difficult to achieve continuous atomization. Adjust the power input, wick position and wick orientation and observe how the behavior changes.