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the first piezoelectric effects were discovered in the late nineteenth century, when it was found that deforming certain materials, e.g. crystals and ceramics, would generate a voltage. soon after, the reverse effects were seen: applying electrical current to certain materials caused them to deform.

this became known as the inverse or converse piezoelectric effect, where the application of an electric field creates mechanical deformation. 

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