Enhanced polarization and abnormal flexural deformation in bent freestanding perovskite oxides

Freestanding perovskite oxides pave the way to novel flexural properties. Here, the authors observe the nanoscale strain gradient induced flexoelectric polarization with an unusual flexo-expansion/shrinkage effect in freestanding ferroelectric oxide.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Songhua Cai, Yingzhuo Lun, Dianxiang Ji, Peng Lv, Lu Han, Changqing Guo, Yipeng Zang, Si Gao, Yifan Wei, Min Gu, Chunchen Zhang, Zhengbin Gu, Xueyun Wang, Christopher Addiego, Daining Fang, Yuefeng Nie, Jiawang Hong, Peng Wang, Xiaoqing Pan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32519-2