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<Font color="blue"> Piezoélectricité </Font> (''Fr''). <Font color="red"> Piezoelectrizität </Font> (''Ge'').  <font color="green">Piezoelectricidad </Font> (''Sp''). <Font color="black"> Piezoelettricità </Font>(''It''). <Font color="purple"> 圧電効果</Font> (''Ja'')  
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<Font color="blue"> Piezoélectricité </Font> (''Fr''). <Font color="red"> Piezoelectrizität </Font> (''Ge'').  <font color="green">Piezoelectricidad </Font> (''Sp''). <Font color="black"> Piezoelettricità </Font>(''It''). <Font color="purple"> 圧電効果</Font> (''Ja'').
  
 
== Definition ==
 
== Definition ==
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Piezoelectricity is the property presented by certain materials that exhibit an electric polarization when submitted to an applied mechanical stress such as a uniaxial compression. Conversely, their shape changes when they are submitted to an external electric field; this is the converse piezoelectric effect. The piezoelectric effect and the converse effect are described by third-rank tensors:  
 
Piezoelectricity is the property presented by certain materials that exhibit an electric polarization when submitted to an applied mechanical stress such as a uniaxial compression. Conversely, their shape changes when they are submitted to an external electric field; this is the converse piezoelectric effect. The piezoelectric effect and the converse effect are described by third-rank tensors:  
  
* For a small stress, represented by a second-rank tensor, ''T<sub>ij</sub>'', the resulting polarization, of components P''<sub>k</sub>'' , is given by:
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* For a small stress, represented by a second-rank tensor, ''T<sub>ij</sub>'', the resulting polarization, of components ''P''<sub>''k''</sub>, is given by
  
 
<center>''P<sub>k</sub>'' = ''d<sub>kij</sub>T<sub>ij</sub>''
 
<center>''P<sub>k</sub>'' = ''d<sub>kij</sub>T<sub>ij</sub>''
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where the first-order term, ''d<sub>ijk</sub>'', represents the inverse piezoelectric effect and the second-order term, ''Q<sub>ijkl</sub>'', a symmetric fourth-rank tensor, the electrostriction effect. The sense of the strain due to the piezoelectric effect changes when the sign of the applied electric field changes , while that due to electrostriction, a quadratic effect, does not.
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where the first-order term, ''d<sub>ijk</sub>'', represents the inverse piezoelectric effect and the second-order term, ''Q<sub>ijkl</sub>'', a symmetric fourth-rank tensor, the electrostriction effect. The sense of the strain due to the piezoelectric effect changes when the sign of the applied electric field changes, while that due to electrostriction, a quadratic effect, does not.
  
The matrices associated to the coefficients ''d<sub>kij</sub>'' and ''d<sub>kij</sub>'' of the direct and converse piezoelectric effects, respectively, are transpose of one another.
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The matrices associated with the coefficients ''d<sub>kij</sub>'' and ''d<sub>ijk</sub>'' of the direct and converse piezoelectric effects, respectively, are transpose of one another.
  
 
== Piezoelectric point groups ==
 
== Piezoelectric point groups ==
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== History ==
 
== History ==
  
It is considerations of symmetry that led the brothers Jacques (1855-1941) and Pierre Curie (1859-1906) to the discovery of piezoelectricity in materials such as tourmaline, quartz, boracite, sodium chlorate, Rochelle salt [Curie J. and Curie P. (1880), ''C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris'', '''91''', 294-295, ''Développement, par pression, de l'électricité polaire dans les cristaux hémièdres à faces inclinées'']. The inverse piezoelectric effect was predicted by Lippmann G. [(1881), ''Ann. Chim. Phy.'' '''24''', 145-178, ''Principe de conservation de l'électricité'']  and discovered by Curie J. and P.    [(1881), ''C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris'', '''93''', 1137-1140, ''Contractions et dilatations produites par des tensions électriques dans les cristaux hémièdres à faces inclinées''].
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It was considerations of symmetry that led the brothers Jacques (1855-1941) and Pierre Curie (1859-1906) to the discovery of piezoelectricity in materials such as tourmaline, quartz, boracite, sodium chlorate, Rochelle salt [Curie J. and Curie P. (1880), ''C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris'', '''91''', 294-295, ''Développement, par pression, de l'électricité polaire dans les cristaux hémièdres à faces inclinées'']. The inverse piezoelectric effect was predicted by Lippmann G. [(1881), ''Ann. Chim. Phy.'' '''24''', 145-178, ''Principe de conservation de l'électricité'']  and discovered by Curie J. and P.    [(1881), ''C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris'', '''93''', 1137-1140, ''Contractions et dilatations produites par des tensions électriques dans les cristaux hémièdres à faces inclinées''].
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
*[http://www.iucr.org/iucr-top/comm/cteach/pamphlets/18/ An introduction to crystal physics]  (Teaching Pamphlet of the ''International Union of Crystallography'')
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*[http://www.iucr.org/iucr-top/comm/cteach/pamphlets/18/ An introduction to crystal physics]  (Teaching Pamphlet No. 18 of the International Union of Crystallography)
*Section 3.2.2.6 of ''International Tables of Crystallography, Volume A'', 6<sup>th</sup> edition
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*Chapter 3.2.2.6 of ''International Tables for Crystallography, Volume A'', 6th edition
*Section 1.1.4 of ''International Tables of Crystallography, Volume D''
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*Chapter 1.1.4 of ''International Tables for Crystallography, Volume D''
  
[[Category:Physical properties of crystals]]<br>
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[[Category:Physical properties of crystals]]

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Piezoélectricité (Fr). Piezoelectrizität (Ge). Piezoelectricidad (Sp). Piezoelettricità (It). 圧電効果 (Ja).

Definition

Piezoelectricity is the property presented by certain materials that exhibit an electric polarization when submitted to an applied mechanical stress such as a uniaxial compression. Conversely, their shape changes when they are submitted to an external electric field; this is the converse piezoelectric effect. The piezoelectric effect and the converse effect are described by third-rank tensors:

  • For a small stress, represented by a second-rank tensor, Tij, the resulting polarization, of components Pk, is given by
Pk = dkijTij

where dkij is a third-rank tensor representing the direct piezoelectric effect.

  • For a small applied electric field, of components Ek, the resulting strain, represented by a second-rank tensor, Sij, is given by:
Sij = dijkEk + QijklEkEl

where the first-order term, dijk, represents the inverse piezoelectric effect and the second-order term, Qijkl, a symmetric fourth-rank tensor, the electrostriction effect. The sense of the strain due to the piezoelectric effect changes when the sign of the applied electric field changes, while that due to electrostriction, a quadratic effect, does not.

The matrices associated with the coefficients dkij and dijk of the direct and converse piezoelectric effects, respectively, are transpose of one another.

Piezoelectric point groups

The geometric crystal classes for which the piezoelectric effect is possible are determined by symmetry considerations (see Curie laws). They are the non-centrosymmetric classes, with the exception of 432. The 20 piezoelectric crystal classes are therefore:

1, 2, m, 222, 2mm, 3, 32, 3m, 4, [math]{\bar 4}[/math],422, 4mm, [math]{\bar 4}[/math]2m, 6, [math]{\bar 6}[/math], 622, 6mm, [math]{\bar 6}[/math]2m, 23, [math]{\bar 4}[/math]3m.

Quartz, belonging to geometric crystal class 32, is the most widely used piezoelectric crystal.

History

It was considerations of symmetry that led the brothers Jacques (1855-1941) and Pierre Curie (1859-1906) to the discovery of piezoelectricity in materials such as tourmaline, quartz, boracite, sodium chlorate, Rochelle salt [Curie J. and Curie P. (1880), C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 91, 294-295, Développement, par pression, de l'électricité polaire dans les cristaux hémièdres à faces inclinées]. The inverse piezoelectric effect was predicted by Lippmann G. [(1881), Ann. Chim. Phy. 24, 145-178, Principe de conservation de l'électricité] and discovered by Curie J. and P. [(1881), C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 93, 1137-1140, Contractions et dilatations produites par des tensions électriques dans les cristaux hémièdres à faces inclinées].

See also

  • An introduction to crystal physics (Teaching Pamphlet No. 18 of the International Union of Crystallography)
  • Chapter 3.2.2.6 of International Tables for Crystallography, Volume A, 6th edition
  • Chapter 1.1.4 of International Tables for Crystallography, Volume D