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Demonstration of Direct Piezoelectric Effect
- When
- 1880
- Where
- Paris
Pierre and Jacques Curie demonstrated that compressing crystals generated an electric potential, establishing the direct piezoelectric effect.
In 1880, the brothers Pierre and Jacques Curie demonstrated that an electric potential was generated when crystals were compressed. This was the first demonstration of the direct piezoelectric effect, resulting from linear electromechanical interactions in crystalline materials with no inversion symmetry.
Sources
- Piezoelectricity Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-05
- Pierre Curie Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-28
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