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Material · material:pzt

Lead zirconate titanate (PZT)

The workhorse piezoelectric and pyroelectric ceramic.

Atlas record: 3 claims reference this material — 3 established.

Explorerelations · sources · cite

conditions: solid · ferroelectric required · non-centrosymmetric crystal required
3claims0enumerated routes0routes with complete-composition evidence0candidate routes not searched3cited sources

Relations

requires · 1
Direct piezoelectric effect—requires→Lead zirconate titanate (PZT)established
  • any non-centrosymmetric material; PZT is the reference
observed in · 2
Direct piezoelectric effect—observed in→Lead zirconate titanate (PZT)established
Pyroelectric effect—observed in→Lead zirconate titanate (PZT)established

Cited sources · 3

  1. [1]
    A. Erturk, D. J. Inman. Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting (2011)
    Wiley · doi:10.1002/9781119991151 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record
  2. [2]
    J. F. Nye. Physical Properties of Crystals: Their Representation by Tensors and Matrices (1985)
    Oxford University Press · book, no DOI · record
  3. [3]
    R. W. Whatmore. Pyroelectric devices and materials (1986)
    Reports on Progress in Physics 49, 1335 · doi:10.1088/0034-4885/49/12/002 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record

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