antiferroelectric
adjective
an·ti·fer·ro·elec·tric
¦an-ˌtī-ˌfer-ō-i-¦lek-trik
¦an-tē-
physics, of a substance
: having ordered sets of electric dipoles with alternating orientations
According to recent theoretical interpretations, one of these transitions involves a breaking of electronic symmetry in the proton pairs, a state of spontaneous polarization akin to that in an antiferroelectric material.—
Russell J. Hemley et al., Physics Today, August 1998
compare ferroelectric
antiferroelectric
noun
plural antiferroelectrics
Antiferroelectrics show a characteristic phase transition with temperature with dielectric anomaly similar to that observed in ferroelectrics.
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Dinker B. Sirdeshmukh et al., Atomistic Properties of Solids, 2011
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