Nature Communications (Aug 2022)
Enhanced polarization and abnormal flexural deformation in bent freestanding perovskite oxides
- 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
Affiliations
- Songhua Cai
- Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Yingzhuo Lun
- School of Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology
- Dianxiang Ji
- Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Peng Lv
- School of Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology
- Lu Han
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University
- Changqing Guo
- School of Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology
- Yipeng Zang
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University
- Si Gao
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University
- Yifan Wei
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University
- Min Gu
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University
- Chunchen Zhang
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University
- Zhengbin Gu
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University
- Xueyun Wang
- School of Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology
- Christopher Addiego
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California
- Daining Fang
- Institute of Advanced Structure Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology
- Yuefeng Nie
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University
- Jiawang Hong
- School of Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology
- Peng Wang
- Department of Physics, University of Warwick
- Xiaoqing Pan
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32519-2
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
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.