Flexoelectricity in two-dimensional crystalline and biological membranes

Nanoscale

Volumn 7, Issue 40, 2015, Pages 16555-16570

  Ahmadpoor, Fatemeh ^a   Sharma, Pradeep ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DEFORMATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENERGY HARVESTING; GRAPHENE NANORIBBON; LIPID BILAYERS; MAMMALS; NANORIBBONS;

FLEXOELECTRIC EFFECTS; FUNDAMENTAL MECHANISMS; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; LIPID BILAYER MEMBRANES; MECHANICAL DEFORMATION; NONUNIFORM ELECTRIC FIELD; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D); TWO-DIMENSIONAL MEMBRANES;

NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

GRAPHITE; LIPID BILAYER; NANOMATERIAL;

ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; HEARING; HUMAN; ION TRANSPORT; LIPID BILAYER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; GRAPHITE; HEARING; HUMANS; ION TRANSPORT; LIPID BILAYERS; NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 84944145115     PISSN: 20403364     EISSN: 20403372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c5nr04722f     Document Type: Review

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