Flexoelectricity, a universal electromechanical coupling phenomenon, has triggered new
feasibilities of advancements in functional materials, especially for nanoscale materials. The …

Over the past two decades, the field of two-dimensional (2D) layered materials has
witnessed a remarkable advancement, owing to the discovery of the exceptional properties …

With the rapid development of industry, agriculture, and urbanization, various organic
pollutants have accumulated in natural water, posing a potential threat to both the ecological …

The low bending stiffness of atomic membranes from van der Waals ferroelectrics such as α-
In2Se3 allow access to a regime of strong coupling between electrical polarization and …

Accurate examination of electricity generation stemming from higher‐order deformation
(flexoelectricity) in 2D layered materials is a highly challenging task to be investigated with …

Piezoelectric effect plays an important role in a variety of applications, such as sensors,
nanogenerators and piezotronics. The performance of piezoelectric device is normally …

Single‐crystalline inorganic semiconductor nanomembranes (NMs) have attracted great
attention over the last decade, which poses great advantages to complex device integration …

Micro-and nano-sized blisters can form spontaneously when two-dimensional (2D) crystals
are transferred onto substrates because liquid molecules that are initially adsorbed on 2D …

Abstract Molybdenum disulfide (MoS 2), as a representative two-dimensional material, has
distinctive physical and mechanical properties, especially in a bilayer form. Here, we …

We study the flexoelectric effect in fifty-four select atomic monolayers using ab initio Density
Functional Theory (DFT). Specifically, considering representative materials from each of the …