# SAM #DARPA-SN-27-10

DARPA RFI on flexoelectric materials and sensing and transduction technologies

**Buyer:** DEF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGCY
**Posted:** November 04, 2026
**Respond By:** December 04, 2026
**Identifier:** DARPA-SN-27-10
**NAICS:** 541715, 541330, 334519, 334513

DARPA’s Multi X Office is conducting market research on flexoelectric materials to inform possible future research.
- **Information sought:** Foundational materials, interfaces, measurement methods (metrology), design rules, and device elements using strain-gradient-driven electromechanical responses to encode or distinguish local mechanical conditions.
- **Potential relevance:** Department of War sensing and transduction needs, including constraints on size, weight, power, communications, and operating environments.
- **Opportunity status:** This is a Request for Information, not a request for offers or a current procurement. No vendors, OEMs, products, quantities, part numbers, or contract schedule are specified.

### Description

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Multi X Office (MXO) seeks information to inform possible future research on flexoelectric materials.<br/>The Department of War (DoW) requires sensing and transduction technologies that operate under size, weight, power, communications, and environmental constraints. The intended scope of this RFI is foundational materials, interfaces, metrology, design rules, and device elements that may encode or discriminate local mechanical state through strain-gradient-driven electromechanical response.

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