articleJournal of Physics Condensed MatterDec 13, 2007Closed access

Ferroelectrics go bananas

University of Cambridge

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Abstract

We show that ordinary bananas exhibit closed loops of switched charge versus applied voltage
\nthat are nearly identical to those misinterpreted as ferroelectric hysteresis loops in crystals. The
\n‘ferroelectric’ properties of bananas are contrasted with those of the real ferroelectric material
\nBa2NaNb5O15, often nicknamed ‘bananas’.

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Keywords
  • Ferroelectricity
  • Hysteresis
  • Materials science
  • Condensed matter physics
  • Optoelectronics
  • Chemistry
  • Physics
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