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

"In systems that are much more complex, like high-temperature superconductors, you see there are multiple phases -- magnetism, superconductivity, charge density waves, and they all exist together," Gedik says.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

The dominant charge density wave returned gradually and evenly, regardless of how strongly the researchers had initially disrupted the material.

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

The tunability comes from the ability to change the charge density in the material.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2023

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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