Flexoelectricity in soft materials and biological membranes

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 209-227

  Deng, Qian ^a   Liu, Liping ^b,c   Sharma, Pradeep ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

biological membrane; Flexoelectricity; nanoscale; size effect; soft materials

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; FLEXOELECTRICITY; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NANO SCALE; NONLINEAR INTERPLAY; SIZE EFFECTS; SOFT MATERIAL; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

AUDITION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES;

EID: 84888292970     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2013.09.021     Document Type: Article

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