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    P. E. Dunn (Graduate student) & S. H. Carr (Professor, director)

  2. Oxford University, Oxford, UK

    P. E. Dunn (Graduate student)

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Dunn, P.E., Carr, S.H. A Historical Perspective on the Occurrence of Piezoelectricity in Materials. MRS Bulletin 14, 22–31 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1557/S0883769400063405

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