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The document discusses the piezoelectric effect in ceramic materials like PZT. It begins by explaining that below the Curie point, the crystal structure changes in a way that gives each unit cell a permanent electric dipole. Neighboring dipoles align in domains, giving a net polarization. The material exhibits hysteresis in polarization and strain in response to an electric field. Poling aligns the domains to induce a remanent polarization and make the material piezoelectric. The polarization-field and stra
- Author
- Alejandro del Paso
- Language
- EN