Large reversible shear strain has been achieved by electric-field-driven bipolar switching in a hybrid ferroelectric, facilitating development of shape-memory-type actuators with outstanding figures of merit.
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Guerin, S., Thompson, D. Restriction boosts piezoelectricity. Nat. Mater. 20, 574–575 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-020-00890-4
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