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thumb|upright=1.1|Piezoelectric balance presented by Pierre Curie to [[Lord Kelvin, Hunterian Museum, Glasgow]]
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It is catalogued under topics including 1880s neologisms, Condensed matter physics and Electrical phenomena.
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- Piezoelectricity
- topic's main category
- Category:Piezoelectric materials
- discoverer or inventor
- Jacques Curie
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Encyclopedic overview
27 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Discovery and early research
- World War I and inter-war years
- World War II and post-war
- Mechanism
- Mathematical description
- Crystal classes
- Crystalline materials
- Ceramics
- Lead-free piezoceramics
- III–V and II–VI semiconductors
- Polymers
- Other materials
- Application
- High voltage and power sources
- Sensors
- Actuators
- Frequency standard
- Piezoelectric motors
- Reduction of vibrations and noise
- Surgery
- Piezoelectric metamaterials with electro-momentum couplings
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|upright=1.1|Piezoelectric balance presented by Pierre Curie to [[Lord Kelvin, Hunterian Museum, Glasgow]]
Piezoelectricity (, ) is the electric charge that accumulates in certain solid materials—such as crystals, certain ceramics, and biological matter such as bone, DNA, and various proteins—in response to applied mechanical stress.
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