Functional materials: Properties, processing and applications

abstract

"On September 7, 2001, doctors in the United States performed the first long distance operation, with surgeons in New York performing a laparoscopic cholecystectomy on a patient in Strasbourg, France. The surgery was successful, and the patient was discharged from the hospital with no complications 48 hours later. The ability to perform complex surgical manipulations from remote locations will eliminate geographical constraints and make surgical expertise available throughout the world, improving patient treatment and surgical training. Needless to say, the potential uses of such remote, robotic technology are boundless, not only in medical settings but in search and rescue missions, scientific discovery missions, and countless other arenas..." - in http://www.stanford.edu/telemedicine [1].

keywords

FERROELECTRIC THIN-FILMS; LEAD-ZIRCONATE-TITANATE; MORPHOTROPIC PHASE-BOUNDARY; TEMPLATED GRAIN-GROWTH; SOFT PHONON MODES; OF-THE-ART; ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITION; SOL-GEL; PIEZOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; STRONTIUM-TITANATE

subject category

Materials Science; Microscopy

authors

Vilarinho, PM

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