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Spontelectrics
Production of electric fields by thin films of various materials From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In solid state physics, spontelectrics is the study and phenomenon of thin films of various materials producing strong electric fields.
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When laid down as thin films tens to hundreds of molecular layers thick, a range of materials spontaneously generate large electric fields. The electric fields can be greater than 108 V/m.[1]
Spontelectric behaviour is intrinsic to the dipolar nature of the constituent molecules.
The detection (in ~2009) of spontaneous electric fields in numerous solid films prepared by vapour deposition raises fundamental questions about the nature of disordered materials.[2][3][4][5][6]
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