Piezoelectric microelectromechanical system-based optical metasurfaces
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Piezoelectricity

Piezoelectricity is the electric charge that accumulates in certain solid materials in response to applied mechanical stress. The word piezoelectricity means electricity resulting from pressure and latent heat.Wikipedia