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Constructive and destructive interplay between piezoelectricity and flexoelectricity in flexural sensors and actuators
dc.contributor.author | Abdollahi Hosnijeh, Amir |
dc.contributor.author | Arias Vicente, Irene |
dc.contributor.other | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Civil i Ambiental |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-02T12:12:55Z |
dc.date.available | 2017-08-31T00:30:48Z |
dc.date.issued | 2015 |
dc.identifier.citation | Abdollahi, A., Arias, I. Constructive and destructive interplay between piezoelectricity and flexoelectricity in flexural sensors and actuators. "Journal of applied mechanics. Transactions of the ASME", 2015, vol. 82, núm. 12, p. 121003-1-121003-4. |
dc.identifier.issn | 0021-8936 |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2117/86474 |
dc.description.abstract | Flexoelectricity is an electromechanical effect coupling polarization to strain gradients. It fundamentally differs from piezoelectricity because of its size-dependence and symmetry. Flexoelectricity is generally perceived as a small effect noticeable only at the nanoscale. Since ferroelectric ceramics have a particularly high flexoelectric coefficient, however, it may play a significant role as piezoelectric transducers shrink to the submicrometer scale. We examine this issue with a continuum model self-consistently treating piezo- and flexoelectricity. We show that in piezoelectric device configurations that induce strain gradients and at small but technologically relevant scales, the electromechanical coupling may be dominated by flexoelectricity. More importantly, depending on the device design flexoelectricity may enhance or reduce the effective piezoelectric effect. Focusing on bimorph configurations, we show that configurations that are equivalent at large scales exhibit dramatically different behavior for thicknesses below 100¿nm for typical piezoelectric materials. Our results suggest flexoelectric-aware designs for small-scale piezoelectric bimorph transducers. |
dc.language.iso | eng |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ |
dc.subject | Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Anàlisi numèrica::Modelització matemàtica |
dc.subject.lcsh | Numerical analysis |
dc.title | Constructive and destructive interplay between piezoelectricity and flexoelectricity in flexural sensors and actuators |
dc.type | Article |
dc.subject.lemac | Anàlisi numèrica |
dc.contributor.group | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. LACÀN - Mètodes Numèrics en Ciències Aplicades i Enginyeria |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1115/1.4031333 |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed |
dc.subject.ams | Classificació AMS::65 Numerical analysis::65K Mathematical programming, optimization and variational techniques |
dc.rights.access | Open Access |
local.identifier.drac | 17551673 |
dc.description.version | Postprint (author's final draft) |
local.citation.author | Abdollahi, A.; Arias, I. |
local.citation.publicationName | Journal of applied mechanics. Transactions of the ASME |
local.citation.volume | 82 |
local.citation.number | 12 |
local.citation.startingPage | 121003-1 |
local.citation.endingPage | 121003-4 |
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