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British Ceramic Transactions Volume 103, 2004 - Issue 2: 55 Years of ferroelectrics - papers in honour of Eric Cross
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A 2400 year history of pyroelectricity: from Ancient Greece to exploration of the solar system

S.B. Lang
Pages 65-70 | Published online: 18 Jul 2013

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Jieya Wen, Lili Ling, Yao Chen & Zhenfeng Bian. (2020) Pyroelectricity effect on photoactivating palladium nanoparticles in PbTiO3 for Suzuki coupling reaction. Chinese Journal of Catalysis 41:10, pages 1674-1681.
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Kairen Chen, Xinghui Gai, Guojun Zhou, You Shan, Changchun Zhao, Kun Shen & Zhenjun Fan. (2019) Study on a new type of pyroelectric materials with structure of tourmaline. Ceramics International 45:8, pages 10684-10690.
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You Shan, Guojun Zhou, Kairen Chen, Changchun Zhao, Kun Shen, Hao Liu, Zhenjun Fan & Munan Hao. (2019) More superior pyroelectric performance of synthesized dravite by high-pressure solid-state method. AIP Advances 9:3.
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Takayuki Nagai, Shinichiro Asai, Ryuji Okazaki, Ichiro Terasaki & Hiroki Taniguchi. (2015) Effects of element substitution on the pyroelectric phase transition of stuffed-tridymite-type BaZnGeO4. Solid State Communications 219, pages 12-15.
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