Browsing by Author "Catalan, Gustau"

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    • A flexoelectric microelectromechanical system on silicon 

      Bhaskar, Umesh Kumar; Banerjee, Nirupam; Abdollahi Hosnijeh, Amir; Wang, Zhen; Scholm, Darrell G.; Rijnders, Guus; Catalan, Gustau (2016)
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      Flexoelectricity allows a dielectric material to polarize in response to a mechanical bending moment and, conversely, to bend in response to an electric field. Compared with piezoelectricity, flexoelectricity is a weak ...

    • Converse flexoelectricity yields large piezoresponse force microscopy signals in non-piezoelectric materials 

      Abdollahi Hosnijeh, Amir; Domingo, Neus; Arias Vicente, Irene; Catalan, Gustau (2019-03-20)
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      Converse flexoelectricity is a mechanical stress induced by an electric polarization gradient. It can appear in any material, irrespective of symmetry, whenever there is an inhomogeneous electric field distribution. This ...

    • Ferroelectrics as smart mechanical materials 

      Cordero Edwards, Kumara; Domingo Marimon, Neus; Abdollahi Hosnijeh, Amir; Sort Viñas, Jordi; Catalan, Gustau (2017-07-21)
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      The mechanical properties of materials are insensitive to space inversion, even when they are crystallographically asymmetric. In practice, this means that turning a piezoelectric crystal upside down or switching the ...

    • Flexoelectric MEMS: towards an electromechanical strain diode 

      Bhaskar, Umesh Kumar; Banerjee, Nirupam; Abdollahi Hosnijeh, Amir; Solanas, E.; Rijnders, Guus; Catalan, Gustau (2016)
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      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 ...

    • Flexoelectricity in bones 

      Vazquez Sancho, Fabian; Abdollahi Hosnijeh, Amir; Damjanovic, Dragan; Catalan, Gustau (2018-01-18)
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      ones generate electricity under pressure, and this electromechanical behavior is thought to be essential for bone's self-repair and remodeling properties. The origin of this response is attributed to the piezoelectricity ...

    • Fracture toughening and toughness asymmetry induced by flexoelectricity 

      Abdollahi Hosnijeh, Amir; Peco, Christian; Millán, Daniel; Arroyo Balaguer, Marino; Catalan, Gustau; Arias Vicente, Irene (2015-09-08)
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      Cracks generate the largest strain gradients that any material can withstand. Flexoelectricity (coupling between strain gradient and polarization) must therefore play an important role in fracture physics. Here we use a ...

    • Piezoelectric mimicry of flexoelectricity 

      Abdollahi Hosnijeh, Amir; Vazquez Sancho, Fabian; Catalan, Gustau (American Institute of Physics (AIP), 2018-11-15)
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      The origin of “giant” flexoelectricity, orders of magnitude larger than theoretically predicted, yet frequently observed, is under intense scrutiny. There is mounting evidence correlating giant flexoelectriclike effects ...

    • Switchable tribology of ferroelectrics 

      Cho, Seongwoo; Gaponenko, Iaroslav; Cordero Edwards, Kumara; Barceló Mercader, Jordi; Arias Vicente, Irene; Kim, Daeho; Lichtensteiger, Céline; Yeom, Jiwon; Musy, Loïc; Kim, Hyunji; Han, Seung Min; Catalan, Gustau; Paruch, Patrycja; Hong, Seungbum (2024-01-09)
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      Switchable tribological properties of ferroelectrics offer an alternative route to visualize and control ferroelectric domains. Here, we observe the switchable friction and wear behavior of ferroelectrics using a nanoscale ...