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Bias-field-regulated phase evolution and pyroelectric energy harvesting in antiferroelectric Pb(Mg0.9W0.9Sc0.1Ta0.1)0.5O3 multilayer ceramic capacitors

Journal article reporting on bias-field-regulated phase evolution and pyroelectric energy harvesting in antiferroelectric Pb(Mg0.9W0.9Sc0.1Ta0.1)0.5O3 multilayer ceramic capacitors. Published by AIP Publishing on 2026-09-28.

" a , A motional wavepacket is initially displaced to the minimum of the potential energy surface, after which it begins to encircle the conical intersection, denoted CI. b , Initial wavepacket density in 2D (left), and integrated over Q1 (right). c , After sufficient time evolution, the two components of the wavepacket destructively interfere due to geometric phase, giving a nodal line along Q2 = 0 (dotted line). d , Motional wavepacket density at the maximum interference time T . e , If the ge
Illustrative image: " a , A motional wavepacket is initially displaced to the minimum of the potential energy surface, after which it begins to encircle the conical intersection, denoted CI. b , Initial wavepacket density in 2D (left), and integrated over Q1 (right). c , After sufficient time evolution, the two components of the wavepacket destructively interfere due to geometric phase, giving a nodal line along Q2 = 0 (dotted line). d , Motional wavepacket density at the maximum interference time T . e , If the ge — Authors of the study: Christophe H. Valahu, Vanessa C. Olaya-Agudelo, Ryan J. MacDonell, Tomas Navickas, Arjun D. Rao, Maverick J. Millican, Juan B. Pérez-Sánchez, Joel Yuen-Zhou, Michael J. Biercuk, Cornelius Hempel, Ting Rei Tan, Ivan Kassal/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0

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Global importance
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Positivity
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The paper presents research on pyroelectric energy harvesting in antiferroelectric multilayer ceramic capacitors.

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