Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Polar crystals, which display pyroelectricity and piezoelectricity, can serve as a ...

Physicists have created a new and long-lasting magnetic state in a material, using only light. The results provide a new way to control and switch antiferromagnetic materials, which are of ...

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Technology Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, N-1433 AS, Norway ...

Piezoelectricity is simply the conversion of mechanical energy into electrical energy or the reverse process 1. In piezoelectricity, the generation of electric charges by a material is proportional to ...