Deformation behavior of the composite “eggshell–polymer plomb” was examined under bending. Hen eggs were taken as a biological material for experiments. It shown that viscoelastic polymer coating does not change type deformation composite, given eggshell continued to be brittle despite its mechanical characteristics varying widely solid. Joint “polymer plomb–eggshell” never cracked bending and ...

A theory is developed to explain the spontaneous bending of polar 7 ð0001Þ faceted wurtzite nanoribbons, including the widely studied case of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoarcs and nanorings. A rigorous thermodynamic treatment shows that bending of these nanoribbons can be primarily attributed to the coupling between piezoelectric effects, electric polarization, and the motion of free charge originating...

Piezotronics is a new field integrating piezoelectric effect into nanoelectronics, which has attracted much attention for the fundamental research and potential applications. In this paper, the piezotronic effect of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires, including the response of the electrical transport and photoconducting behaviors on the nanowire bending, has been investigated by in situ transmission e...

The flow behavior of a semiflexible polymer in microchannels is studied using multiparticle collision dynamics, a particle-based hydrodynamic simulation technique. Conformations, distributions, and radial cross-streamline migration are investigated for various bending rigidities, with persistence lengths L(p) in the range 0.5 ≤ L(p)/L(r) ≤ 30. The flow behavior is governed by the competition be...