• Progressive Weakening of Granite by Piezoelectric Excitation of Quartz with Alternating Current 

      Rubio Ruiz, Rafael Arturo; Pournoori, Nazanin; Isakov, Matti; Saksala, Timo; Bjørge, Ruben; Rack, Alexander; Lukic, Bratislav; Cohen, Amitay; Levi-Hevroni, David; Kane, Pascal-Alexandre Saidou; Hokka, Mikko (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      A promising solution to reduce energy usage and mitigate the wear of drilling and comminution tools during mining operations involves inducing vibrations within the piezoelectric phases dispersed in the structure of rocks ...