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Mechanism for enhanced electromechanical response and anomalous thickness scaling in antiferroelectric PbZrO3 thin films. Credit: Materials of Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41563-024-01907-y Lighting a gas grill, taking an ultrasound, using an ultrasonic toothbrush, these actions involve the use of materials that can translate an electrical voltage into a change in shape and vice versa. Known as … Read more

Rendering of the topological photonic insulator developed in the study. Credit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have fabricated a device no wider than a human hair that will help physicists probe the fundamental nature of matter and light. Their findings, published in the journal Nanotechnology of natureit could also support the development … Read more