Disequilibrium · disequilibrium:electric-field-change

Changing electric field

An applied electric field changes between two values in time. The change can reversibly alter the entropy and temperature of an electrocaloric material; a static bias alone is not the caloric driving event.

symbol ΔEElectromagnetismenergy form electricalexergy positivealso: electric field change, changing electric field, electric-field switching, field application and removal

Atlas record: 1 claim references this disequilibrium — 1 replicated.

Explorerelations · matrix context · routes · sources · cite

conditions: electric field or bias required · transient only

1claims1enumerated routes0routes with complete-composition evidence0candidate routes not searched2cited sources

Relations

drives · 1

Changing electric field—drives→Electrocaloric effectreplicated

a large field applied to a thin polar dielectric near its transition

Matrix context

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

C.01 Thermoelectric C.02 Thermionic C.03 Thermoacoustic C.04 Pyroelectric C.05 Thermogalvanic C.06 Thermomagnetic C.07 Thermophotovoltaic C.08 Heat engine (thermomechanical)C.09 Caloric (magneto/electro/elasto)C.10 Piezoelectric C.11 Flexoelectric C.12 Triboelectric C.13 Electrostatic (variable capacitance)C.14 Electromagnetic induction C.15 Magnetostrictive C.16 Magnetoelectric C.17 Spin caloritronic C.18 Photovoltaic C.19 Photoelectrochemical C.20 Photothermal C.21 Electrochemical C.22 Osmotic / salinity-gradient C.23 Electrokinetic C.24 Turbomachinery C.25 Magnetohydrodynamic C.26 Radiovoltaic C.27 Nuclear heat C.28 Rectenna C.29 Thermochemical C.30 Biological C.31 Fluctuation / information-driven C.32 Photon momentum C.33 Thermodiffusive C.34 Marangoni C.35 Acoustoelectric C.36 Photodiffusive C.37 Thermo-osmotic C.38 Electrohydrodynamic C.39 Radioluminescent C.40 Thermopolarization

Enumerated routes through this · 1

Changing electric field → Electrocaloric effect → Temporal temperature change → Pyroelectric effect → Separated surface charge → Electrical work5/5 est · same energy form

Cited sources · 2

[1]
A. S. Mischenko et al.. Giant electrocaloric effect in thin-film PbZr0.95Ti0.05O3 (2006)
Science 311, 1270–1271 · doi:10.1126/science.1123811 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record
[2]
X. Moya, S. Kar-Narayan, N. D. Mathur. Caloric materials near ferroic phase transitions (2014)
Nature Materials 13, 439–450 · doi:10.1038/nmat3951 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record

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Physical Transformation Atlas (2026). entity disequilibrium:electric-field-change: Changing electric field. Dataset revision rbfbfcbb70e57 (hash of the canonical data). https://physical-transformation-atlas.wldud5192.workers.dev/e/disequilibrium/electric-field-change

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