Flexoelectric MEMS

Piezoelectricity and flexoelectricity are two independent but not incompatible forms of electromechanical response exhibited by nanoscale ferroelectrics. Here, we show that flexoelectricity can either enhance or suppress the piezoelectric response of the cantilever depending on the ferroelectric pol...

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Autores: Bhaskar, Umesh K., Banerjee, N., Abdollahi, Amir|||0000-0003-0363-4984, Solanas, E., Rijnders, G., Catalan, Gustau|||0000-0003-0214-4828
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:211656
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/211656
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1039/c5nr06514c
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Electromechanical response
Electromechanical strain
Flexoelectric
Flexoelectricity
Nano scale
Piezoelectric response
Two-state
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Sumario:Piezoelectricity and flexoelectricity are two independent but not incompatible forms of electromechanical response exhibited by nanoscale ferroelectrics. Here, we show that flexoelectricity can either enhance or suppress the piezoelectric response of the cantilever depending on the ferroelectric polarity and lead to a diode-like asymmetric (two-state) electromechanical response.