Theory of piezoelectricity, electrostriction, and pyroelectricity in molecular crystals.
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.
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School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom. bob.munn@manchester.ac.uk