A theory of flexoelectric membranes and effective properties of heterogeneous membranes

Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mohammadi, P ^a   Liu, L P ^b   Sharma, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE PROPERTY; ELASTIC RESPONSE; ELECTROMECHANICAL PROPERTY; FLEXOELECTRIC; FLEXOELECTRICITY; HETEROGENEOUS MEMBRANES; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MICRO-STRUCTURAL;

AUDITION; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY;

PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 84887112323     PISSN: 00218936     EISSN: 15289036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4023978     Document Type: Article

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