Beams,plates,and shells,as the fundamental mechanical structures,are widely used in microelectromechanical systems(MEMS)and nanoelectromechanical systems(NEMS)as sensors,actuators,energy harvesters,and among others.De...Beams,plates,and shells,as the fundamental mechanical structures,are widely used in microelectromechanical systems(MEMS)and nanoelectromechanical systems(NEMS)as sensors,actuators,energy harvesters,and among others.Deeply understand the electromechanical coupling of these dielectric structures is of crucial for designing,fabricating,and optimizing practice devices in these systems.Herein we demonstrate the electromechanical coupling in flexoelectric circular plate,in which higher-order strain gradients were considered to extend the classical electromechanical properties to isotropic materials,in which the non-uniform distribution of the electric potential along the radial direction was considered.Analytical solutions for the vibration modes of the flexoelectric circular plates showed that the dynamic modes were totally different from the piezoelectric circular plates owing to the inversion symmetry breaking by the strain gradient.The electromechanical coupling dynamic modes are sensitive to bending,twisting modes owing to the sensitivity of the flexoelectric effect to bending.This work provides a fundamental understanding of the electromechanical coupling in flexoelectric circular plate,which is helpful in designing novel flexoelectric circular plate-based devices,such as flexoelectric mirrors.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11902243 and 51903124)the Young Elite Scientist Sponsorship Program by CAST(2019QNRC001)+2 种基金the“1000-Plan Program”of Shaanxi Provincethe“Young Talent Support Plan”of Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityInitiative Funds of Scientific Research for Metasequoia Talent(163105049)。
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12122209,12072251,and 12102153)the Project B18040.
文摘Beams,plates,and shells,as the fundamental mechanical structures,are widely used in microelectromechanical systems(MEMS)and nanoelectromechanical systems(NEMS)as sensors,actuators,energy harvesters,and among others.Deeply understand the electromechanical coupling of these dielectric structures is of crucial for designing,fabricating,and optimizing practice devices in these systems.Herein we demonstrate the electromechanical coupling in flexoelectric circular plate,in which higher-order strain gradients were considered to extend the classical electromechanical properties to isotropic materials,in which the non-uniform distribution of the electric potential along the radial direction was considered.Analytical solutions for the vibration modes of the flexoelectric circular plates showed that the dynamic modes were totally different from the piezoelectric circular plates owing to the inversion symmetry breaking by the strain gradient.The electromechanical coupling dynamic modes are sensitive to bending,twisting modes owing to the sensitivity of the flexoelectric effect to bending.This work provides a fundamental understanding of the electromechanical coupling in flexoelectric circular plate,which is helpful in designing novel flexoelectric circular plate-based devices,such as flexoelectric mirrors.
