Crystal-Orientation-Dependent Flexoelectricity of Strontium Titanate Single Crystals
摘要
Determining the flexoelectric coefficient components is a fundamental challenge in the community of flexoelectric materials. In this work, the strain-gradient-induced polarization in macroscopic bent strontium titanate single crystals is utilized to elucidate the crystal orientation-dependent flexoelectric coefficient of this material. The effective flexoelectric coefficient along the cubic crystallographic axes can be used to derive theoretical expressions. A three-dimensional coordinate transformation is then applied to derive the flexoelectric coefficients for (001), (110), and (111) orientations in global coordinates. A relationship between the effective flexoelectric coefficients for these orientations is obtained, which is validated using a three-point bending test. Our work provides valuable theoretical and experimental insights into the evaluation of flexoelectric coefficients in dielectric materials, contributing to a deeper understanding of their crystal-orientation dependence.