Fundamentals of flexoelectricity in solids
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Fundamentals of flexoelectricity in solids.
The flexoelectric effect is the response of electric polarization to a mechanical strain gradient. It can be viewed as a higher-order effect with respect to piezoelectricity, which is the response of polarization to strain itself. However, at the nanoscale, where large strain gradients are expected, the flexoelectric effect becomes appreciable. Besides, in contrast to the piezoelectric effect, ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nanotechnology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0957-4484,1361-6528
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/43/432001