The flexoelectric effect, as a novel form of the electromechanical coupling phenomenon, has
attracted significant attention in the fields of materials science and electronic devices. It …

With the rapid development of wearable devices, healthcare technologies that enable an
accurate monitoring of electrophysiological signals and provide electrical stimulation for …

Flexoelectricity is the electromechanical coupling between mechanical strain gradient and
electric polarization or vice versa. This unique effect becomes considerable as the material …

Non-conductive materials like rubbers, plastics, ceramics, and even semiconductors have
the property of flexoelectricity, which means that they can generate electricity when bent and …

A collocation mixed finite element method (MFEM) for direct and converse flexoelectricity in
piezoelectric materials is developed for 2D problems. The size-effect phenomenon in …

A new model for circular cylindrical Kirchhoff–Love shells of flexoelectric–elastic materials
with the centrosymmetric cubic symmetry is developed by considering both microstructure …

Flexoelectric materials, which could generate polarization in response to a strain gradient,
could be utilized in a wide range of devices such as actuators and sensors. However, the …

A new model for thermal buckling of an anisotropic elastic composite beam consisting of a
dielectric core and two thin semiconductor surface layers is developed. The field equations …

Fluoropolymers, including polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE, Teflon), polyvinylidene difluoride
(PVDF), and fluorine kautschuk materials (FKMs, Viton) are critical polymers for applications …

Due to the stress concentration and large strain gradient around the crack tip, strong
flexoelectric effect would be produced there. Meanwhile, the flexoelectric effect could …