Piezoelectric Ceramic-Polymer Composites as Smart Materials: An Overview of Preparation Methods

Discrete types of compounds were involved in preparing smart materials. This study exclusively implicates only piezoelectric compounds owing to their innate piezoelectric effect. The ferroelectric natured materials: ceramic and polymer has been employed to fabricate efficient piezoelectric composites. In this study, efforts were taken to elucidate the methods involved in preparation of heterogeneous composites applied in the field of constructing transducers, sensors, actuators, etc.,. Their methods of preparation and applications vary from one another depending upon their connectivity and each of the methods successfully described with felicitous figures.