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  • noun physics The change in dimension of a ferromagnetic material in the presence of an electric field; the piezoelectric effect

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piezo- +‎ response

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  • While theoretical calculations and spectroscopic data demonstrated that the distorted crystal behaved like a ferroelectric, proof of the ferroelectric functionality waited on the new work led by Cornell University professor Darrell Schlom, whose team used a technique called piezoresponse force microscopy to write, read and erase polarized domains in the strontium titanate film.

    Nano Tech Wire 2009

  • Asylum's product line offers imaging and measurement capabilities for a wide range of samples, including advanced techniques such as electrical characterization (CAFM, KFM, EFM), high voltage piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM), magnetic force microscopy (MFM) with our unique variable field module, quantitative nanoindenting, and a wide range of environmental accessories and application-ready modules.

    unknown title 2009

  • SPM techniques (including piezoresponse force microscopy -

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2010

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