Flexoelectricity in dielectrics: Materials, structures and characterizations

S Huang, L Qi, W Huang, L Shu, S Zhou… - Journal of Advanced …, 2018 - World Scientific
Flexoelectricity in dielectrics suggests promising smart structures for sensors, actuators and
transducers. In this review, dielectric materials, structures and the associated flexoelectric …

Scaling effects in perovskite ferroelectrics: fundamental limits and process‐structure‐property relations

JF Ihlefeld, DT Harris, R Keech… - Journal of the …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Ferroelectric materials are well‐suited for a variety of applications because they can offer a
combination of high performance and scaled integration. Examples of note include …

Atomic scale symmetry and polar nanoclusters in the paraelectric phase of ferroelectric materials

A Bencan, E Oveisi, S Hashemizadeh… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The nature of the “forbidden” local-and long-range polar order in nominally non-polar
paraelectric phases of ferroelectric materials has been an open question since the discovery …

Effect of thermal annealing on dielectric and ferroelectric properties of aerosol-deposited 0.65 Pb (Mg1/3Nb2/3) O3-0.35 PbTiO3 thick films

K Nadaud, M Sadl, M Bah, F Levassort… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, the effects of thermal annealing at 500 C on aerosol-deposited 0.65 Pb (Mg 1/3
Nb 2/3) O 3-0.35 PbTiO 3 thick films on stainless-steel substrates are investigated using two …

Enhanced flexoelectricity through residual ferroelectricity in barium strontium titanate

LM Garten, S Trolier-McKinstry - Journal of Applied Physics, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Residual ferroelectricity is observed in barium strontium titanate ceramics over 30 C above
the global phase transition temperature, in the same temperature range in which …

Stabilization of polar nanoregions in Pb-free ferroelectrics

A Pramanick, W Dmowski, T Egami, AS Budisuharto… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
The formation of polar nanoregions through solid-solution additions is known to enhance
significantly the functional properties of ferroelectric materials. Despite considerable …

High magnetic-dielectric tunability in Ni nanocrystals embedded BaTiO3 films

Z Xiong, L Cao - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract A large lattice mismatch (> 10%) system was designed, consisting of epitaxial
BaTiO 3 matrix and Ni nanocrystals (NCs). The interfacial stress was fully released by the …

An experimental analysis of strontium titanate ceramic substrates polished by magnetorheological finishing with dynamic magnetic fields formed by rotating magnetic …

J Pan, P Yu, Q Yan, W Li - Smart Materials and Structures, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Strontium titanate (SrTiO 3, STO) ceramic substrate is an incipient ferroelectric
material with a perovskite structure and which has a wide range of applications in the fields …

Relaxor ferroelectric behavior in barium strontium titanate

LM Garten, M Burch, AS Gupta… - Journal of the …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The development of barium strontium titanate‐based tunable dielectrics is currently
hindered by high losses in the paraelectric phase. Barium strontium titanate (BST) thin films …

Microdomain dynamics in single-crystal during paraelectric-ferroelectric phase transition measured with time-of-flight neutron scattering

A Pramanick, XP Wang, C Hoffmann, SO Diallo… - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
Microscopic polar clusters can play an important role in the phase transition of ferroelectric
perovskite oxides such as BaTi O 3, which have shown coexistence of both displacive and …