Electromechanical material doesn’t get ‘clamped’ down
Lighting a gas grill, getting an ultrasound, using an ultrasonic toothbrush — these actions involve the use of materials that can translate an electric voltage into a change in shape and vice versa. Known as piezoelectricity, the ability to trade between mechanical stress and electric charge can be harnessed widely in capacitors, actuators, transducers and … Read more
