PIEZO 1 (IMAGE)

Rice University

PIEZO 1

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A charge redistribution model shows how charge flows across the phase interfaces in a 2D piezoelectric material of molybdenum (blue) and tellurium (yellow). The red areas are electro-deficient, the green is electron rich. Voltage from a microscope tip distorts the lattice and creates dipoles at the boundary between the atoms.

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Ajayan Research Group/Rice University

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