Piezoelectric-based apparatus for strain tuning
Abstract
We report the design and construction of piezoelectric-based apparatus for applying continuously tuneable compressive and tensile strains to test samples. It can be used across a wide temperature range, including cryogenic temperatures. The achievable strain is large, so far up to 0.23% at cryogenic temperatures. The apparatus is compact and compatible with a wide variety of experimental probes. In addition, we present a method for mounting high-aspect-ratio samples in order to achieve high strain homogeneity.
Citation
Hicks , C W , Barber , M E , Edkins , S D , Brodsky , D O & Mackenzie , A P 2014 , ' Piezoelectric-based apparatus for strain tuning ' Review of Scientific Instruments , vol. 85 , no. 6 , 065003 . DOI: 10.1063/1.4881611
Publication
Review of Scientific Instruments
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0034-6748Type
Journal article
Rights
© 2014 Author(s). All article content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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The authors thank the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the Max Planck Society for financial support.Items in the St Andrews Research Repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.