Nanomechanics of flexoelectric switching
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J. Očenášek,1 H. Lu,2 C. W. Bark,3 C. B. Eom,3 J. Alcalá,4 G. Catalan,5,6 and A. Gruverman2 1New Technologies Research Centre, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, 30614 Plzeň, Czech Republic 2Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, USA 3Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA 4Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering, GRICCA, EUETIB, and ETSEIB, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain 5Institut Catala de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Catalunya, Spain 6Institut Catala de Nanociencia i Nanotecnologia (ICN2), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain (Received 17 April 2015; published 14 July 2015)
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