Flexoelectric fracture-filter effect in ferroelectrics.
2018
The propagation front of a crack generates large strain gradients and it is therefore a strong source of gradient-induced polarization (flexoelectricity). Herein, we demonstrate that, in piezoelectric materials, a consequence of flexoelectricity is that crack propagation will be helped or hindered depending on whether it is parallel or antiparallel to the piezoelectric polar axis. This means that the theory of fracture physics can no longer assume mechanical symmetry in polar materials. The discovery of fracture asymmetry also has practical repercussions for the electromechanical fatigue of ferroelectrics and piezoelectric transducers, as well enabling a new degree of freedom for crack-based nanopatterning.
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