Pyroelectricity and Induced Pyroelectric Polarization in Leaves of the Palmlike Plant Encephalartos villosus
- 27 May 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 196 (4293) , 985-986
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.196.4293.985
Abstract
Quantitative pyroelectric measurements were made on the leaves of the palmlike plant Encephalartos. A pyroelectric response almost 50 times higher than the normal one could be induced by a small bias electric field, offering a means for highly increasing the efficiency of conversion of thermal to electrical energy. No evidence of ferroelectricity was found.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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