with quartz being one of the main crystals they focused on. Piezoelectricity first proved its utility in World War I, with submarine warfare and the need for ultrasonic transducers for sonar.

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 ...

Recent research has focused on the piezoelectric properties of single crystals and solid solutions ... demonstrating that they can form a stable α-quartz structure when combined in varying ...

Piezoelectric crystals are a class of materials that exhibit a unique property called piezoelectricity ... resulting in mechanical deformation. Quartz is a naturally occurring piezoelectric crystal ...

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

To test their piezoelectricity theory, Voisey and his team submerged quartz crystals in fluids containing dissolved gold.

These crystals exhibit interesting characteristics such as optical activity, piezoelectricity, and the ability to manipulate light, which are influenced by their structural features. Recent ...