charge density

American  

noun

Physics.

1. the measure of electrical charge per unit area of a surface or per unit volume of a body or medium.

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charge density British  

noun

1. the electric charge per unit volume of a medium or body or per unit area of a surface

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charge density Scientific  

1. The electric charge per unit area or per unit volume of a body or of a region of space.

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charge density

Scientists already knew that erbium tritelluride can support two different charge density waves.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

"Just like superconductivty, charge density waves are a collective phenomena where electrons move together in certain ways," explains lead author Yifan Su.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

"Excitons are very sensitive to the charge density in the material, and therefore we can change the refractive index of the material by applying a voltage," says Van de Groep.

From Science Daily ● May 30, 2024

"By enhancing the charge density at the surface of the nanopores that make up the membrane, we achieved a power density of 15 W/m2," says senior author Tomoji Kawai.

From Science Daily ● May 30, 2024

It also shows the charge density of the two electrons in each molecule, averaged over many snapshots.

From Nature ● Sep. 24, 2019

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