Towards understanding flexoelectricity at the nanoscale

2023/04/02 by David Codony, Codony, David, Phanish Suryanarayana +3
Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Nonlocal and gradient elasticity in micro/nano structures #Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications #Microstructure and mechanical properties

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2304.00628

Abstract

We review the authors' recent works on flexoelectricity at the nanoscale [arXiv:2010.01747, arXiv:2010.13899], while emphasizing the role of continuum mechanics in interpreting the electromechanical response of quantum mechanical systems under bending.

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