Co-Dominant Piezoelectric and Flexoelectric Effects in Twisted Double Bilayer Graphene
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
3. Conclusions
4. Methods
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Wei, Y.; Li, Y.; Zhang, H.; Lin, S.; Taniguchi, T.; Watanabe, K.; Gao, C.-F.; Shi, Y. Co-Dominant Piezoelectric and Flexoelectric Effects in Twisted Double Bilayer Graphene. Symmetry 2024, 16, 1524. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym16111524
Wei Y, Li Y, Zhang H, Lin S, Taniguchi T, Watanabe K, Gao C-F, Shi Y. Co-Dominant Piezoelectric and Flexoelectric Effects in Twisted Double Bilayer Graphene. Symmetry. 2024; 16(11):1524. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym16111524
Chicago/Turabian StyleWei, Yuanhao, Yuhao Li, Hanhao Zhang, Shengsheng Lin, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Cun-Fa Gao, and Yan Shi. 2024. "Co-Dominant Piezoelectric and Flexoelectric Effects in Twisted Double Bilayer Graphene" Symmetry 16, no. 11: 1524. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym16111524
APA StyleWei, Y., Li, Y., Zhang, H., Lin, S., Taniguchi, T., Watanabe, K., Gao, C.-F., & Shi, Y. (2024). Co-Dominant Piezoelectric and Flexoelectric Effects in Twisted Double Bilayer Graphene. Symmetry, 16(11), 1524. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym16111524