The fuses in some rocket propelled grenades make use of this effect, while sensors utilizing it can be used to measure vibrations.
The fuses in some rocket propelled grenades make use of this effect, while sensors utilizing it can be used to measure vibrations. Like Ferromagnetism, dipoles in materials exhibiting this effect are often  aligned in Weiss domains. One of the most common uses of it is in cigarette lighters where a material with this property is struck by a spring-loaded hammer. The converse of this effect, electrostriction, allows bones to slightly change their structure in the presence of an electric field. Discovered by Jacques and Pierre Curie in 1880, FTP, is this effect which is most prominently displayed in compounds like barium  titanate, berlinite, Rochelle salts, and quartz.
The fuses in some rocket propelled grenades make use of this effect, while sensors utilizing it can be used to measure vibrations.
piezoelectric effect or piezoelectricity