We report a complete investigation of the structural, electronic, vibrational, elastic and piezoelectric properties P 2 1 orthorhombic phase in cadmium diiodate (δ-Cd(IO 3 ) by combining experiments first-principles based calculations.

The piezoelectricity law is a constitutive model that describes how mechanical andelectric fields are coupled within material. In its linear formulation this comprises threeconstitutive tensors of increasing order: the second order permittivity tensor S, third orderpiezoelectricity P and fourth-order elasticity C. first part paper,the symmetry classes alone investigated. Using new approachbased...

Metal halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have been considered to be one of the most promising next-generation energy harvesters over past decades due remarkably rapid improvement power conversion efficiency in photovoltaics. However, based on source an intrinsic environment limitation for indoor applications. A feasible solution is add non-solar harvesting functions harvesters. Here, piezoele...

Abstract Developing nano‐ferroelectric materials with excellent piezoelectric performance for piezocatalysts used in water splitting is highly desired but also challenging, especially respect to reaching large piezo‐potentials that fully align required redox levels. Herein, heteroepitaxial strain BaTiO 3 nanoparticles a designed porous structure successfully induced by engineering their surface...

Two new findings, that crystals located in the inner ear gravity receptors of mammals have the internal organization requisite for the piezoelectric property, and that sensory hair cells of these same receptors possess contractile-appearing striated organelles, have prompted the author to model mammalian gravity receptors in the ear on the principles of piezoelectricity and bioenergetics. This ...