Fabrication and characterisation of lead zirconate titanate thin films for microactuators

Micro & nano letters

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Wenhao Wang¹  Jingning Han¹  Lisha Zhi¹  Wencai Xu¹  Yongli Liu¹  Helin Zou¹ 

[1] Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Technology and Systems of Liaoning Province, Dalian University of Technology

关键词: lead compounds;    dielectric thin films;    liquid phase deposition;    microactuators;    X-ray diffraction;    field emission electron microscopy;    scanning electron microscopy;    annealing;    grain boundaries;    deformation;    lead zirconate titanate thin films;    microactuators;    heat treatment;    PZT thin films;    chemical solution deposition method;    X-ray diffractometry;    field-emission scanning electron microscope;    pyrolytic layer thickness;    annealing;    (100)-oriented structures;    grain boundaries;    membranes structures;    deformation;    dielectric properties;    PZT;   

DOI  :  10.1049/mnl.2014.0696

学科分类：计算机科学（综合）

来源: Wiley

【 摘 要 】

Calcific tendonitis is a common painful syndrome of the shoulder region that affects mainly women of 40 to 60 years of age. It usually remains asympatomatic at the early stages and in some patients, but produces severe and sometimes protracted pain during the resolution phase. Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and the “frozen shoulder” syndrome are the main entities that need to be considered in the differential diagnosis of the syndrome.  Although there are specific criteria to diagnose any of these painful syndromes but occasionally some of these may co-exist and make diagnosis and appropriate treatment quite a challenging task. We present a case with bilateral calcific tendonitis of the shoulders, complicated with causalgia and reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) syndrome that make the two arms of the CRPS. After failure of the conservative treatment (e.g., non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications, opioids, physiotherapy, intra-articular steroids) to treat both pain and causalgia, we applied repetitive trials of electroacupuncture together with auricular acupuncture and one trial of intravenous regional anesthesia. The patient gradually responded to treatment and regained normal, painless mobility of the shoulders. She returned to normal life activities after five years of debilitating pain in both of her shoulders. We believe that electroacupuncture deserves further clinical research in painful musculoskeletal disorders like calcific tendonitis.

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