US EditionScientists Find that Ice Generates Electricity when Bent
The international team found ice generates electric charge through bending, a property called flexoelectricity, which may explain cloud electrification and lightning origin, researchers said.
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Scientists find that ice generates electricity when bent
A study co-led by ICN2 reveals that ice is a flexoelectric material, meaning it can produce electricity when unevenly deformed. Published in Nature Physics, this discovery could have major technological implications while also shedding light on natural phenomena such as lightning.
Research has discovered that ice is a material that exhibits a flexoelectric effect, generating electricity when it deforms unevenly. This discovery could have important implications for the development of future technological devices and help explain natural phenomena such as the formation of lightning in thunderstorms.
Ice generates electricity by bending because its structure creates electric charge when it deforms, a phenomenon called flexoelectricity.
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