Enabling nanoscale flexoelectricity at extreme temperature by tuning cation diffusion

The limited number of materials with a switchable electrical polarization available for applications can be increased by exploiting the flexoelectric effect. Here, switchable polarization in nanoparticles induced by an elemental distribution dependent strain gradient up to 800 °C is demonstrated.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Leopoldo Molina-Luna, Shuai Wang, Yevheniy Pivak, Alexander Zintler, Héctor H. Pérez-Garza, Ronald G. Spruit, Qiang Xu, Min Yi, Bai-Xiang Xu, Matias Acosta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06959-8