Piezoelectricity—a crystal can generate a tiny electric charge when its atomic structure is squeezed strong enough—occurs in many minerals but is particularly strong in quartz. What if this ...

Piezoelectricity ... electric charge in response to applied mechanical stress. Solid solution: A homogeneous mixture of two or more substances where the solute is incorporated into the crystal ...

Piezoelectric crystals are a class of materials that exhibit a unique property called piezoelectricity ... electric field interacts with the dipole moments within the crystal, causing it to expand or ...

Researchers have developed a technique for growing piezoelectric biomolecular crystals that could eliminate the use of toxic ...

Piezoelectric materials are solids that produce an electric current ... To test their piezoelectricity theory, Voisey and his ...