The flexoelectricity describes the contribution of the linear couplings between the electric
polarization and strain gradient and between polarization gradient and strain to the …

Health, infrastructure, and environmental monitoring as well as networking and defense
technologies are only some of the potential areas of application of micro‐/nanosystems …

Flexoelectricity—the coupling between polarization and strain gradients—is a universal
effect allowed by symmetry in all materials. Following its discovery several decades ago …

Harvesting environmental energy to generate electricity is a key scientific and technological
endeavour of our time. Photovoltaic conversion and electromechanical transduction are two …

Nanogenerators capable of converting energy from mechanical sources to electricity with
high effective efficiency using low-cost, nonsemiconducting, organic nanomaterials are …

Polymer composites have established an excellent position among the technologically
essential materials because of their wide range of applications. An enormous research …

Electromechanical effects are ubiquitous in biological and materials systems. Understanding
the fundamentals of these coupling phenomena is critical to devising next‐generation …

Piezoelectric nanogenerator (PENG) was first introduced by using piezoelectric nanowires
for converting tiny mechanical energy into electric power. 1 Research in nanogenerators has …

Nanofiber-based piezoelectric energy generators could be scalable power sources
applicable in various electrical devices and systems by scavenging mechanical energy from …

One of the most tantalizing applications of piezoelectricity is to harvest energy from ambient
mechanical vibrations for powering micro and nano devices. However, piezoelectricity is …