Flexoelectric Elastomer Enabled by Miscibility-Driven Succinonitrile Molecular Rotation.

ABSTRACT: Plastic crystals exhibit long-range positional order alongside orientational disorder, positioning them between crystalline solids and liquids. Although their centrosymmetric structure suppresses intrinsic piezoelectric and ferroelectric effects, they can exhibit flexoelectric behavior under strain gradient. Succinonitrile (SN), a highly polar plastic crystal, is a promising candidate for such applications due to its dynamic molecular nature. While previous studies focused on the rotational dynamics of pure and salt-doped SN, this study explores how covalently crosslinked polymer networks affect the rotational dynamics and resulting flexoelectric properties of SN. Systematic variation of polymer-SN miscibility demonstrates that the microstructure and SN molecular mobility critically influe

SUBMITTER: Jang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12849880 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature