Unconventional piezoelectricity in ferroelectric hafnia (IMAGE)

Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie

Unconventional piezoelectricity in ferroelectric hafnia

Caption

The effect: polarisation and electric field are pointing in the same direction. With positive d33, the sample expands,  whereas the material is contracting when d33 is negative.

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Laura Canil

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