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Nature Materials 4, 727 - 728 (2005)
doi:10.1038/nmat1506

Ferroelectrics: The strain limits on switching

Wenwu Cao1

  1. Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802, USA. e-mail: cao@math.psu.edu


The ability to change their dimensions in an applied electric field makes ferroelectric materials important for piezoelectric applications. The crystal symmetry and related strains of these materials are a strong influence on their switching behaviour.

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