Scientists discover that self-assembling vitamin crystals convert physical force into electricity, creating safe, ...

Thus, piezoelectricity may be a universal property of living tissue, and may play a significant part in several physiological phenomena ...

Abstract: This paper is a review of the properties of the more important piezoelectric materials. Section I discusses the basic principles of the phenomena of piezoelectricity and elasticity from the ...

Centre for Opto-electronic Materials and Sensors, RMIT University, Melbourne 3000, Australia ...

Researchers at the University of Limerick in Ireland have developed a new method to grow organic crystals that can harvest energy. This energy is generated by applying pressure to amino acid molecules ...

WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6102, Australia Nanomaterials Centre, School of Chemical Engineering, Australian Institute for ...

Crystal Palace ended their recent good form with a 2-1 defeat at home to Brentford.

Liquid crystals are substances that flow like a liquid but maintain some of the ordered structure of crystals. Liquid-crystal molecules tend to be elongated and to orient in specific directions.