The piezoelectric effect is simple in its rules: Apply mechanical stress to a material and you generate an electric charge. The inverse is also true: Apply a voltage to a material, and it changes ...

This interconversion between mechanical and electrical energy makes piezoelectric crystals highly useful for various sensing and actuation applications. The piezoelectric effect arises from the ...

To explain this phenomenon, the researchers introduced the concept of the "chemopiezoelectric effect," which describes the interplay between piezoelectric effects, ferroelectric domain switching ...

A new material that generates electricity has been made by scientists The material was synthesized at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute It could be used in shoes, keyboard, and building to generate ...

screening charge effects, and displacement current theory, providing new insights into how the piezoelectric effect influences the redox processes during catalytic reactions. "The multifaceted ...