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EPFL researchers have made a major discovery about the structure of barium titanate — a material used in day-to-day objects. The researchers’ findings now question the prevailing concepts on the displacement of the material’s atoms.

Emad Oveisi in front of the “Titan-Themis” microscope © Alain Herzog / 2021 EPFL EPFL scientists have made an important discovery about the structure of barium titanate, a material used in everyday objects. Their findings refute existing theories on the displacement of the material’s atoms. Barium titanate is a ferroelectric material used in nearly all electronic devices – computers, smartphones and even electric cars. It’s used to make the sensors and capacitors they run on, for exa...