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ferroelectric

ferroelectric

8.3
A material that keeps its electric charge direction after an electric field is removed
  • adjective
  • /ˌfɛroʊɪˈlɛktrɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : ferroelectrico
  • Ferroelectric materials can maintain their ferroelectric polarization even when the external field is turned off.
  • ferroelectric material
  • ferroelectric crystals

Examples

  • The researchers found that the best ferroelectric candidates include barium titanate and lead zirconate titanate.

  • Under sufficiently favorable conditions, it is predicted to give rise to a ferroelectric or antiferroelectric phase transition.

    Academic text (1994)

  • FLAP: Phase Transitions and Domains in Ferroelectric Nanostructures II. Gregg.

    Academic text (2006)

  • It can measure local current-voltage or current-force spectra and provide polarization measurements of small ferroelectric capacitors and single grains.

    Academic text (2006)

  • In advanced electronics, a ferroelectric component is essential for applications requiring stable memory storage.

Compounds

ferroelectric material
  • Specialized
8.3

A material with a built-in direction of electric charge that switches with an electric field

Surface Forms

ferroelectric positive

Morphology

ferroelectric = electric (semi-transparent) = ferro + electric

The combining form 'ferro-' (iron-related) plus 'electric' are visible, but the technical property (spontaneous polarization) is specialized and not fully predictable for average learners.

Etymology

Ferroelectric comes from ferro- meaning 'iron' and electric meaning 'electricity'. Scientists used ferro- because these materials keep an electric direction the way iron magnets keep a magnetic one, so a ferroelectric material can keep its electric direction even when an outside field is removed.