Flexoelectricity in Biological Materials and Its Potential Applications in Biomedical Research [PDF]
BioengineeringFlexoelectricity arises in materials under strain gradients, which can be particularly significant for situations in which the existence of other electromechanical properties is absent or generating large flexoelectric properties is achievable.
Melika Mohammadkhah +2 more
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Influence of flexoelectric effect on the bending rigidity of a Timoshenko graphene-reinforced nanorod [PDF]
Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials, 2023 The focus of this work is to study the influence of flexoelectric phenomenon on the electromechanical response of graphene-reinforced nanocomposite (GNC) nanorods.
Nevhal Subhash K. +2 more
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Flexoelectricity Modulated Electron Transport of 2D Indium Oxide [PDF]
Advanced ScienceThe phenomenon of flexoelectricity, wherein mechanical deformation induces alterations in the electron configuration of metal oxides, has emerged as a promising avenue for regulating electron transport.
Xinyi Hu +12 more
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Engineering of atomic-scale flexoelectricity at grain boundaries [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2022 Large strain gradient is crucial for flexoelectricity. Here, the authors reveal the generality and tunability of large strain gradients at grain boundaries in oxides, explaining the possible effects on the electrical activities of ceramics.
Mei Wu +12 more
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Flexoelectricity in ferroelectric materials
IET Nanodielectrics, 2019 Flexoelectricity is a gradient electromechanical effect that exists in all solid dielectrics. The effect was first predicted in the late 1950s, but received little interest because it was expected to be small.
Wanfeng Zhou, Pan Chen, Baojin Chu
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Schottky Diode Leakage Current Fluctuations: Electrostatically Induced Flexoelectricity in Silicon [PDF]
Advanced ScienceNearly four decades have passed since IBM scientists pioneered atomic force microscopy (AFM) by merging the principles of a scanning tunneling microscope with the features of a stylus profilometer.
Carlos Hurtado +3 more
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Vibration Analysis of a Unimorph Nanobeam with a Dielectric Layer of Both Flexoelectricity and Piezoelectricity. [PDF]
Materials (Basel), 2023 Naderi A +3 more
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Antiferroelectric Order in Nematic Liquids: Flexoelectricity Versus Electrostatics [PDF]
Advanced ScienceThe recent discovery of ferroelectric nematic liquid crystalline phases marks a major breakthrough in soft matter research. An intermediate phase, often observed between the nonpolar and the ferroelectric nematic phase, shows a distinct antiferroelectric
Peter Medle Rupnik +7 more
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Small StructuresPhosphatase‐mimicking nanozymes provide highly stable enzyme‐like activity but remain limited by their static catalytic nature. Herein, this study achieves flexoelectricity‐driven dynamic modulation of nanozyme activity by employing gadolinium‐based ...
Linjing Su +7 more
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Flexoelectric Elastomer Enabled by Miscibility‐Driven Succinonitrile Molecular Rotation [PDF]
Advanced SciencePlastic crystals exhibit long‐range positional order alongside orientational disorder, positioning them between crystalline solids and liquids. Although their centrosymmetric structure suppresses intrinsic piezoelectric and ferroelectric effects, they ...
Moonseok Jang +2 more
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