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"Amaratunga says Piezoelectric materials – which can be made using lithium niobate, gallium nitride and gallium arsenide – are easy to create. “It’s actually a very simple thing, when you boil it down,” said Sinha. “We’ve achieved a real application breakthrough, having gained an understanding of how these devices work.”
Source: University of Cambridge "
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