Electromechanical coupling devices have been playing an indispensable role in modern
engineering. Particularly, flexoelectricity, an electromechanical coupling effect that involves …

The localization of elastic wave at defect in phononic crystals (PnCs) has been applied to
design piezoelectric energy harvesting (PEH) devices. However, the earlier researches …

We present a deep learning method to investigate the effect of flexoelectricity in
nanostructures. For this purpose, deep neural network (DNN) algorithm is employed to map …

Flexoelectricity is a fundamental property found in all nano/micro-scale dielectric materials,
even those with centrosymmetry. It describes coupling between electric field and nonuniform …

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 …

This paper develops the equilibrium equations describing the flexoelectric effect in soft
dielectrics under large deformations. Previous works have developed related theories using …

Flexoelectricity is a universal and size-dependent electromechanical phenomenon coupling
the electric field with strain gradient in dielectric materials. we establishe a mixed variational …

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 …

This paper develops a computational framework with unfitted meshes to solve linear
piezoelectricity and flexoelectricity electromechanical boundary value problems including …

We first revisit the mathematical modeling of the flexoelectric effect in the context of
continuum mechanics at infinitesimal deformations. We establish and clarify the relation …