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 …

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 …

Antiferromagnetic insulators are a prospective materials platform for magnonics, spin
superfluidity, THz spintronics, and non-volatile data storage. A magnetomechanical coupling …

The term'straintronics' refers to a new research area in condensed matter physics, in which
strain engineering methods and strain-induced physical effects in solids are used to develop …

One of the most tantalizing applications of piezoelectricity is to harvest energy from ambient
mechanical vibrations for powering micro and nano devices. However, piezoelectricity is …

The flexoelectric effect is very strong for nanosized dielectrics. Moreover, on the nanoscale,
surface effects and the electrostatic force cannot be ignored. In this paper, an electric …

We focus on the mechanical strength of piezomagnetic beam-like nanosize sensors during
post-buckling. An effective flexomagnetic property is also taken into account. The modelled …

Flexoelectricity is a size-dependent electromechanical mechanism coupling polarization
and strain gradient. It exists in a wide variety of materials, and is most noticeable for …

Upon application of a uniform strain, internal sublattice shifts within the unit cell of a
noncentrosymmetric dielectric crystal result in the appearance of a net dipole moment: a …