Piezoelectric Materials

This teaching and learning package (TLP) provides an introduction to piezoelectric materials.

Aims Before you start Introduction The piezoelectric dipole moment Polarisation Atomic basis of non-spontaneously polarised piezoelectrics Spontaneously polarised piezoelectrics (on the atomic scale) Spontaneously polarised piezoelectrics (on the macro scale) Depolarisation Applications of piezoelectric materials PZT Summary Questions Going further

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First created: August 2006. Last updated: November 2007.