Fifty Years of Ferroelectricity

1 November 1971

journal article
Published by Acoustical Society of America (ASA) in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Vol. 50 (5B) , 1281-1298
https://doi.org/10.1121/1.1912765

Abstract

Developments in the field of ferroelectricity are traced from the discovery of the ferroelectric effect by Joseph Valasek in 1921 to its use in a variety of modern applications. Its appearance and utilization in different substances is discussed.