Non-180° ferroelectric domains are also ferroelastic domains; their existence in polycrystalline materials is to relieve internal stresses generated during solid-solid phase transitions and minimize the elastic distortion energy. Therefore, grains with random orientations in polycrystalline ceramics are always occupied by many domains, especially in the regions close to grain boundaries. In thi...

Al alloy foams of composition Al-3wt.%Si-2%Cu-2%Mg was produced using powder metallurgical method. Mechanical properties of foams having different density were measured using uni-axial compression test and the measured properties such as elastic modulus and strength were compared with those of other existing commercial foams. The newly produced (Al-3%Si-2%Cu-2%Mg alloy) foams showed comparable ...

We report a new type of instability in a substrate-bonded elastic polymer subject to an ultrahigh electric field. Once the electric field reaches a critical value, the initially flat surface of the polymer locally folds against itself to form a pattern of creases. As the electric field further rises, the creases increase in size and decrease in density, and strikingly evolve into craters in the...

Creasing and wrinkling are different types of instabilities on material surfaces characterized by localized singular folds and continuously smooth undulation, respectively. While it is known that electric fields can induce both types of instabilities in elastomer films bonded on substrates, the relation and transition between the field-induced instabilities have not been analyzed or understood....

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