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Interferometry for Piezoelectric Materials and Thin Films

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Characterisation of Ferroelectric Bulk Materials and Thin Films

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Piezoelectricity is the coupling between the mechanical and electric property of materials, which manifests itself by the generation of electric charge upon a pressure or conversely the produce of strain under an electric field.

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Huang, Z., Leighton, G. (2014). Interferometry for Piezoelectric Materials and Thin Films. In: Cain, M. (eds) Characterisation of Ferroelectric Bulk Materials and Thin Films. Springer Series in Measurement Science and Technology, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9311-1_5

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