electrical field

A quantity proportional to the force that would be exerted on an electrical charge if it were located at a given point. Electrical fields are usually associated with the presence of other electrical charges.

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"These liquid crystals… we can rotate them with an electrical field," explains Mr Eiden.

They pumped this solution through a syringe into an electrical field, which stretched it into nanofibres.

Simpler than a battery, a capacitor stores energy in the electrical field between conductive plates.

The electrical field applied within the microchannel enables analyzing rotational behavior from a continuous flow of cells.

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