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Coupling family · coupling:thermopolarization

Thermopolarization

Direct polarization response of an insulating dielectric to a spatial temperature gradient. Distinct from pyroelectricity, which responds to temperature change, and from thermally generated flexoelectricity, in which thermal expansion first creates a strain gradient.

Condensed matteralso: thermal polarization, temperature-gradient-induced polarization

Atlas record: 1 claim references this coupling family — 1 established.

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Matrix context

D = disequilibrium row · C = coupling family column. A cell reads the state of the atlas for that pair.

D.01 Temperature gradientD.02 Pressure gradientD.03 Concentration gradientD.04 Salinity gradientD.05 Chemical potential differenceD.06 Electric potential differenceD.07 Changing magnetic fluxD.08 Mechanical stress or strainD.09 Mechanical vibrationD.10 Bulk fluid flowD.11 Incident radiation fluxD.12 Radiative imbalance with the skyD.13 Spin accumulationD.14 Metastable phaseD.15 Surface energy differenceD.16 Capillary pressureD.17 Humidity gradientD.18 Osmotic pressure differenceD.19 Gravitational potential differenceD.20 Nuclear binding-energy differenceD.21 Thermal energy at uniform temperatureD.22 Quantum vacuum fluctuationsD.23 Acoustic fieldD.24 Temporal temperature changeD.25 Changing electric field

Cited sources · 1

  1. [1]
    A. K. Tagantsev. Pyroelectric, piezoelectric, flexoelectric, and thermal polarization effects in ionic crystals (1987)
    Soviet Physics Uspekhi 30, 588–603 · doi:10.1070/PU1987v030n07ABEH002926 · record

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