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Piezoelectricity, ferroelectricity, and crystal structure

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Zeitschrift für Physik A Hadrons and nuclei

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By visualizing polar crystals as a network of permanent dipole moments, the piezo- and ferroelectric properties of dielectrics may be derived from the standpoint of molecular symmetry. This approach is used to clarify the relation between the sphalerite and wurtzite structures, the ferroelectric feedback effect in barium titanate, aspects of domain formation, and the interrelationship between ferro and piezoelectricity.

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  1. Laboratory for Insulation Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

    A. von Hippel

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Sponsored by the ONR, the Army Signal Corps, and the Air Force under ONR Contracts N5ori-07801 and N5ori-07858. Die Übertragung ins Deutsche konnte aus äußeren Gründen nicht mehr ausgeführt werden.

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von Hippel, A. Piezoelectricity, ferroelectricity, and crystal structure. Z. Physik 133, 158–173 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01948692

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