Affiliation:
1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204
Abstract
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 materials are broad—ranging from energy harvesting to self-powered sensors. In this perspective, written in the form of question-answers, we highlight a relatively understudied electromechanical coupling called flexoelectricity that appears to have tantalizing implications in topics ranging from biophysics to the design of next-generation multifunctional nanomaterials.
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,Condensed Matter Physics
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