Abstract: The ability of certain materials to convert electrical stimuli into mechanical deformation, and vice versa, is a prized property. Not surprisingly, applications of such socalled piezoelectric materials are broad—ranging ...

Abstract: Soft materials, such as liquids, polymers, foams, gels, colloids, granular materials, and most soft biological materials, play an important role in our daily lives. From a mechanical viewpoint, soft materials can easily ...

Abstract: Development of soft electromechanical materials is critical for several tantalizing applications such as human-like robots, stretchable electronics, actuators, energy harvesting, among others. Soft dielectrics can be easily ...

Abstract: Flexoelectricity is a universal phenomenon present in all dielectrics that couples electrical polarization to strain gradients and vice-versa. Thus, structures and configurations that permit large strain gradients facilitate ...

Abstract: The process of charging and discharging of lithium-ion batteries results in the periodic intercalation and ejection of lithium ions in the anode material. High-capacity anode materials that are of significant interest for ...