After Decades, MIT Researchers Capture the First 3D Atomic View of a Mysterious Material

A long-standing mystery in materials science is beginning to unravel as researchers directly probe the hidden atomic complexity of relaxor ferroelectrics. Relaxor ferroelectrics have been used for decades in technologies such as ultrasound equipment, microphones, and sonar systems. Their unusual behavior is rooted in their atomic structure, but researchers have long been unable to measure [...]