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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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Victoria BradfordAdded Jul 30, 2025Definition 1 · revision 1 · currentcommunity-reviewedPublished Jul 30, 2025

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Colton GerberDefinition 1 · revision 1 · imported

Is it possible for something to be both ferroelectric *and* ferromagnetic?

Nguyen ThiDefinition 1 · revision 1 · imported

yes something can be both ferroelectric and ferromagnetic, it's a subset of both classes material