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 …

All dielectric materials including ceramics, semiconductors, biomaterials, and polymers have
the property of flexoelectricity, which opens a fertile avenue to sensing, actuation, and …

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 …

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

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 …

Harvesting ambient mechanical energy at the nanometer scale holds great promises for
powering small electronics and achieving self-powered electronic devices. The self …

Bones generate electricity under pressure, and this electromechanical behavior is thought to
be essential for bone's self‐repair and remodeling properties. The origin of this response is …

Piezoelectricity is inherent only in noncentrosymmetric materials, but a piezoelectric
response can also be obtained in centrosymmetric crystals if subjected to inhomogeneous …

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 …