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  • 2012 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the development of advanced piezoelectrics for ultrasound transducers

Overview

Thomas R. Shrout is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering, Materials Science, and Medicine, with specific contributions in Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Mechanics of Materials.

Their work concentrates on several key topics in applied physics and engineering, including:

  • Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials
  • Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography
  • Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging
  • Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies
  • Dielectric materials and actuators
  • Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications
  • Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation

The scientist has published research in multiple scholarly venues, notably:

  • Nature
  • Physical Review B
  • IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Thomas R. Shrout are:

  • Transparent ferroelectric crystals with ultrahigh piezoelectricity, 2020, Nature
  • Atomic-scale origin of ultrahigh piezoelectricity in samarium-doped PMN-PT ceramics, 2020, Physical Review B
  • New Sm-PMN-PT Ceramic-Based 2-D Array for Low-Intensity Ultrasound Therapy Application, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control

Their frequent collaborators include Shujun Zhang, Fei Li, Chaorui Qiu, Bo Wang, and Nan Zhang, with multiple joint publications occurring particularly with the first two colleagues.

Thomas R. Shrout was recognized as an IEEE Fellow in 2012 for their contributions to the development of advanced piezoelectrics for ultrasound transducers.

Best Publications

  • Ultrahigh strain and piezoelectric behavior in relaxor based ferroelectric single crystals

    Seung Eek Park;Thomas R. Shrout

  • Lead-free piezoelectric ceramics: Alternatives for PZT?

    Thomas R. Shrout;Shujun J. Zhang

  • Fabrication of perovskite lead magnesium niobate

    S. L. Swartz;Thomas R. Shrout

  • Ultrahigh piezoelectricity in ferroelectric ceramics by design

    Fei Li;Fei Li;Dabin Lin;Zi-Bin Chen;Zhenxiang Cheng

  • Intrinsic and Extrinsic Size Effects in Fine-Grained Morphotropic-Phase-Boundary Lead Zirconate Titanate Ceramics

    Clive A. Randall;Namchul Kim;John Paul Kucera;Wenwu Cao

  • New High Temperature Morphotropic Phase Boundary Piezoelectrics Based on Bi(Me)O3?PbTiO3 Ceramics

    Richard E. Eitel;Clive A. Randall;Thomas R. Shrout;Paul W. Rehrig

  • Piezoelectric properties in perovskite 0.948(K0.5Na0.5)NbO3–0.052LiSbO3 lead-free ceramics

    Shujun Zhang;Ru Xia;Thomas R. Shrout;Guozhong Zang

  • Giant piezoelectricity of Sm-doped Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 single crystals.

    Fei Li;Fei Li;Matthew J. Cabral;Bin Xu;Bin Xu;Zhenxiang Cheng

  • Materials for high temperature acoustic and vibration sensors: A review

    R.C. Turner;P.A. Fuierer;R.E. Newnham;T.R. Shrout

  • Characteristics of relaxor-based piezoelectric single crystals for ultrasonic transducers

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  • Erratum: Lead-free piezoelectric ceramics: Alternatives for PZT? (Journal of Electroceramics (2007) 19 (183))

    Thomas R. Shrout;Shujun Zhang

  • Dielectric behavior of single crystals near the (1−X) Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-(x) PbTiO3 morphotropic phase boundary

    Thomas R. Shrout;Zung P. Chang;Namchul Kim;Steven Markgraf

  • Dielectric and pyroelectric properties in the Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 system

    S. W. Choi;Thomas R. Shrout;S. J. Jang;A. S. Bhalla

  • Dielectric properties of lead-magnesium niobate ceramics

    S. L. Swartz;T. R. Shrout;W. A. Schulze;L. E. Cross

  • The origin of ultrahigh piezoelectricity in relaxor-ferroelectric solid solution crystals

    Fei Li;Fei Li;Shujun Zhang;Shujun Zhang;Tiannan Yang;Zhuo Xu

  • Preparation and Characterization of High Temperature Perovskite Ferroelectrics in the Solid-Solution (1-x)BiScO3–xPbTiO3

    Richard E. Eitel;Clive A. Randall;Thomas R. Shrout;Seung Eek Park

  • Transparent ferroelectric crystals with ultrahigh piezoelectricity

    Chaorui Qiu;Bo Wang;Nan Zhang;Shujun Zhang;Shujun Zhang

  • Perovskite (Na0.5K0.5)1−x(LiSb)xNb1−xO3 lead-free piezoceramics

    Guo Zhong Zang;Jin Feng Wang;Hong Cun Chen;Wen Bin Su

  • Lead-free piezoelectric ceramics vs. PZT?

    Shujun Zhang;Ru Xia;Thomas R. Shrout

  • Relaxor based ferroelectric single crystals for electro-mechanical actuators

    Seung-Eek Park;Thomas R. Shrout

  • Classification and consequences of complex lead perovskite ferroelectrics with regard to B-site cation order

    C. A. Randall;A. S. Bhalla;T. R. Shrout;L. E. Cross

Frequent Co-Authors

Shujun Zhang
Shujun Zhang City University of Hong Kong
Clive A. Randall
Clive A. Randall Pennsylvania State University
Fei Li
Fei Li Xi'an Jiaotong University
Wenwu Cao
Wenwu Cao Pennsylvania State University
K. Kirk Shung
K. Kirk Shung University of Southern California
Michael T. Lanagan
Michael T. Lanagan Pennsylvania State University
Xiaoning Jiang
Xiaoning Jiang North Carolina State University
L. E. Cross
L. E. Cross Pennsylvania State University
Zhuo Xu
Zhuo Xu Xi'an Jiaotong University
Satoshi Wada
Satoshi Wada University of Yamanashi

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