The influence of the flexoelectric effect on materials properties with the emphasis on photovoltaic and related applications: A review

RA Surmenev, MA Surmeneva - Materials Today, 2023 - Elsevier
The research community is in permanent search of novel materials and exploitation of
already elaborated phenomena to reveal yet unknown materials characteristics …

A new model for circular cylindrical Kirchhoff–Love shells incorporating microstructure and flexoelectric effects

YL Qu, ZW Guo, GY Zhang… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
A new model for circular cylindrical Kirchhoff–Love shells of flexoelectric–elastic materials
with the centrosymmetric cubic symmetry is developed by considering both microstructure …

Adjusting the electromechanical coupling behaviors of piezoelectric semiconductor nanowires via strain gradient and flexoelectric effects

C Ren, KF Wang, BL Wang - Journal of Applied Physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, the strain gradient is introduced to tune the semiconducting performance of
piezoelectric semiconductor (PSC) nanowires by changing their cross sections. A one …

Effect of flexoelectricity on piezotronic responses of a piezoelectric semiconductor bilayer

L Sun, Z Zhang, C Gao, C Zhang - Journal of Applied Physics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Based on three-dimensional equations of piezoelectric semiconductors, we take
flexoelectricity into consideration to develop a deformation–polarization–carrier coupling …

Magnetically induced charge redistribution in the bending of a composite beam with flexoelectric semiconductor and piezomagnetic dielectric layers

Y Qu, F Jin, J Yang - Journal of Applied Physics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
We study electromechanical fields in a thin composite beam of a flexoelectric semiconductor
layer sandwiched between two piezomagnetic dielectric layers induced by an applied …

Torsion of a flexoelectric semiconductor rod with a rectangular cross section

Y Qu, F Jin, J Yang - Archive of Applied Mechanics, 2021 - Springer
We study the torsion of a flexoelectric semiconductor rod with a rectangular cross section.
The macroscopic theory of flexoelectric semiconductors is used. A one-dimensional model is …

A new model for thermal buckling of an anisotropic elastic composite beam incorporating piezoelectric, flexoelectric and semiconducting effects

GY Zhang, ZW Guo, YL Qu, XL Gao, F Jin - Acta Mechanica, 2022 - Springer
A new model for thermal buckling of an anisotropic elastic composite beam consisting of a
dielectric core and two thin semiconductor surface layers is developed. The field equations …

Effect of flexoelectricity on a bilayer molybdenum disulfide Schottky contact

L Sun, B Javvaji, C Zhang, X Zhuang, W Chen - Nano Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Molybdenum disulfide (MoS 2), as a representative two-dimensional material, has
distinctive physical and mechanical properties, especially in a bilayer form. Here, we …

Static and dynamic analysis of a piezoelectric semiconductor cantilever under consideration of flexoelectricity and strain gradient elasticity

K Fang, P Li, Z Qian - Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica, 2021 - Springer
In this work, the static and dynamic response of a piezoelectric semiconductor cantilever
under the transverse end force with consideration of flexoelectricity and strain gradient …

Study on PN heterojunctions associated bending coupling in flexoelectric semiconductor composites considering the effects of size-dependent and symmetry …

H Li, L Chu, Y Li, G Dui, Q Deng - Journal of Applied Physics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Under bending deformation, size-dependent and structure-associated strain gradients can
occur at the interface of a flexoelectric semiconductor (FS) PN heterojunction …