Domain walls and specifically ferroelastic twin boundaries are depositaries and fast diffusion
pathways for chemical dopants and intrinsic lattice defects. Ferroelastic domain patterns act …

Enabling on-demand control of heat flow is key for the development of next-generation
electronic devices, solid-state heat pumps, and thermal logic. However, precise and agile …

Ferroelectrics, due to their polar nature and reversible switching, can be used to dynamically
control surface chemistry for catalysis, chemical switching, and other applications such as …

The mechanism of domain nucleation during ferroelastic domain switching is revealed by
utilizing phase-field simulations. A complete compression-tension hysteresis loop is …

The elastic interaction between kinks (and antikinks) within domain walls plays a pivotal role
in shaping the domain structure, and their dynamics. In bulk materials, kinks interact as …

Advances in analytical scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) with
microelectronic mechanical systems (MEMS) based microheaters have enabled in-situ …

We investigate perovskite oxides from different perspectives, namely their pseudo-harmonic
dynamical properties, their dynamical properties when strong anharmonicity exists, and the …

Thin disordered ferromagnetic systems driven by varying magnetic field represent a
challenge from theoretical, experimental and technological perspective. Understanding their …