Theory of piezoelectricity, electrostriction, and pyroelectricity in molecular crystals

R. W. Munn
2010 Journal of Chemical Physics  
A microscopic theory is presented for piezoelectricity, electrostriction, and pyroelectricity in molecular crystals. The required coefficients are derived by combining a theoretical treatment of the dependence of molecular dipole moments on molecular displacement and a generalized elastic theory for internal strain.
doi:10.1063/1.3340405 pmid:20232976 fatcat:5s5coff3ybfxfoqnwnk7olax6y