Over the past approximately 10 years, it has become routine to use piezoelectric actuators to apply large anisotropic stresses to correlated electron materials. Elastic strains exceeding 1% can often be achieved, which is sufficient to qualitatively alter the magnetic and/or electronic structures of a wide range of correlated electron materials. Experiments fall into two broad groups. In one, explicit use is made of the capacity of anisotropic stress to reduce the point group symmetry of the lattice, for example, from tetragonal to orthorhombic. In the other, anisotropic stress is used as a more general, powerful tuning method that, within the elastic limit of the material under test, does not introduce disorder. In this review, we provide a brief recent history of strain tuning, describe current methodology, provide selected examples of the types of experiment that have been done, and discuss the thermodynamics of uniaxial stress.

Clifford W. Hicks

Fabian Jerzembeck

Hilary M.L. Noad

Mark E. Barber

Andrew P. Mackenzie

Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics

自 2010 年出版的凝聚态物理年度回顾描述了凝聚态物理和相关学科最重要的进展。该杂志通过确定最近的发展并提出对该领域各个部分的批判性评估，为正在进行的研究做出贡献。

The Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics has been published since 2010 and aims to describe the significant advancements in condensed matter physics and related fields. The journal contributes to ongoing research by identifying recent developments and providing critical assessments of various aspects of the field.

《Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics》自2010年起出版，旨在描述凝聚态物理及相关学科的重要进展。该杂志通过识别最新的发展，并对该领域的各个部分进行批判性评估，为持续的研究提供贡献。

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Probing Quantum Materials with Uniaxial Stress

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