Electromechanical coupling mechanisms at a plasma–liquid interface

Electromechanical coupling I. Introduction.

In skeletal muscle fibres contraction is initiated by the action potential which travels inward along the transverse tubular system and causes in some way the release of Ca from the terminal cisternae of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). Ca-release is probably controlled by a potential-sensor (intram em brane charge movement) in the wall of the T-system which in a triad is about 10 20 nm apart f...

Magnetoelectric coupling at the EuO/BaTiO3 interface

Large electron-phonon coupling at an interface.

The strength of electron-phonon coupling in atomically uniform films of Ag on Fe is determined by angle-resolved photoemission from quantum well states in these films over a wide temperature range. As the film thickness is reduced, contributions from the surface and interface should become more important, and, experimentally, a large enhancement with superimposed quantum oscillations is observe...

Refraction at the Interface of a Lossy Metamaterial

The refraction phenomenon at the interface of an ordinary material and a lossy metamaterial has been investigated. For oblique incidence on the lossy metamaterial, the planes of constant amplitude of the refracted wave are parallel to the interface and the plane of constant phases make a real angle with the interface (real refraction angle). The real refraction angle and hence, the real refract...

Electromechanical Coupling Correction for Piezoelectric Layered Beams

This paper deals with the bending of layered piezoelectric beams (multimorphs) subjected to arbitrary electrical and mechanical loading. Weinberg [1] obtaind a closed-form solution to this problem using Euler–Bernoulli beam theory and integrated equilibrium equations. In his analysis, Weinberg assumes that the electric field is constant through the thickness of the piezoelectric layers. This ap...