Bioelectricity provides electrostimulation to regulate cell/tissue behaviors and functions. In
the human body, bioelectricity can be generated in electromechanically responsive tissues …

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

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 …

Recent realizations of ultrathin freestanding perovskite oxides offer a unique platform to
probe novel properties in two-dimensional oxides. Here, we observe a giant flexoelectric …

The piezoelectric effect, discovered in 1880 by Jacques and Pierre Curie, effectively allows
to transduce signals from the mechanical domain to the electrical domain and vice versa …

It is well recognized that nanocomposites formed by adding nanoparticles to polymers can
have significantly enhanced properties relative to the native polymer. This review focuses on …

Crystalline piezoelectric dielectrics electrically polarize upon application of uniform
mechanical strain. Inhomogeneous strain, however, locally breaks inversion symmetry and …

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 …