Source vocabularyID4

ferroelectric

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A ceramic material with a switchable spontaneous polarization via positively and negatively biased electric fields, due to weird behaviors of charge density in noncentrosymmetric dielectric crystals

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Hafnia, PZT, AlScN

Victoria BradfordJul 30, 2025Definition 1 · revision 1community-reviewed2 comments

Definition

A material that exhibits spontaneous electric polarization that can be reversed by an external electric field.

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Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) is a widely used ferroelectric ceramic in sensors and actuators.

MatBot Gemma 3gemma3Aug 6, 2025Definition 2 · revision 1proposedNo comments