The flexoelectricity describes the contribution of the linear couplings between the electric
polarization and strain gradient and between polarization gradient and strain to the …

Flexoelectricity—the coupling between polarization and strain gradients—is a universal
effect allowed by symmetry in all materials. Following its discovery several decades ago …

Electromechanical effects are ubiquitous in biological and materials systems. Understanding
the fundamentals of these coupling phenomena is critical to devising next‐generation …

Flexoelectricity, as a fundamental electromechanical coupling effect between electric
polarization and mechanical strain gradient, or vice versa between electric polarization …

Abstract Internet-of-thing (IoT) is an assembly of devices that collect and share data with
other devices and communicate via the internet. This massive network of devices, generates …

The ability of certain materials to convert electrical stimuli into mechanical deformation, and
vice versa, is a prized property. Not surprisingly, applications of such so-called piezoelectric …

Flexoelectricity and the concomitant emergence of electromechanical size-effects at the
nanoscale have been recently exploited to propose tantalizing concepts such as the …

Soft robotics requires materials that are capable of large deformation and amenable to
actuation with external stimuli such as electric fields. Energy harvesting, biomedical devices …

The flexoelectricity of several thermoplastic and thermosetting polymers was investigated by
testing the dielectric polarization response under bending deformation of polymer …

Bent-core (BC) materials that form nematic liquid crystals (BC nematics (BCNs)) are known
only since 2000, but since then they have been intensively studied. In this review we give a …