The future of ferroelectric field-effect transistor technology

AI Khan, A Keshavarzi, S Datta - Nature Electronics, 2020 - nature.com
The discovery of ferroelectricity in oxides that are compatible with modern semiconductor
manufacturing processes, such as hafnium oxide, has led to a re-emergence of the …

Emergent ferroelectricity in subnanometer binary oxide films on silicon

SS Cheema, N Shanker, SL Hsu, Y Rho, CH Hsu… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The critical size limit of voltage-switchable electric dipoles has extensive implications for
energy-efficient electronics, underlying the importance of ferroelectric order stabilized at …

Compact artificial neuron based on anti-ferroelectric transistor

R Cao, X Zhang, S Liu, J Lu, Y Wang, H Jiang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Neuromorphic machines are intriguing for building energy-efficient intelligent systems,
where spiking neurons are pivotal components. Recently, memristive neurons with …

Electrical investigation of wake-up in high endurance fatigue-free La and Y doped HZO metal–ferroelectric–metal capacitors

AM Walke, MI Popovici, K Banerjee… - … on Electron Devices, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High endurance of 10 11 cycles is demonstrated in~ 9–10-nm stoichiometric Hafnium
Zirconate (HZO) metal–ferroelectric–metal (MFM) capacitors deposited using Cl precursors …

Antiferroelectric negative capacitance from a structural phase transition in zirconia

M Hoffmann, Z Wang, N Tasneem, A Zubair… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Crystalline materials with broken inversion symmetry can exhibit a spontaneous electric
polarization, which originates from a microscopic electric dipole moment. Long-range polar …

Intrinsic 90 charged domain wall and its effects on ferroelectric properties

P Zhou, B Zeng, W Yang, J Liao, F Meng, Q Zhang… - Acta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
The domain is an important characteristic of ferroelectric materials, and the type of domain
can have significant effects on the performance of ferroelectric materials. In particular, the …

Emerging fluorite-structured antiferroelectrics and their semiconductor applications

GH Park, DH Lee, H Choi, T Kwon… - ACS Applied …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The ferroelectric properties of fluorite-structured oxides have attracted significant attention
from researchers because of their potential applications in nonvolatile memory devices …

Local epitaxial-like templating effects and grain size distribution in atomic layer deposited Hf0. 5Zr0. 5O2 thin film ferroelectric capacitors

SF Lombardo, M Tian, K Chae, J Hur… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The microstructure in fluorite-structure oxide-based ferroelectric thin films, especially when
on standard semiconductor manufacturing platforms, is poly-/nano-crystalline, which …

Phase Transitions and Anti-Ferroelectric Behaviors in Hf1-xZrxO2 Films

Z Weng, L Zhao, CH Lee, Y Zhao - IEEE Electron Device …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, we systematically studied the relationship between ferroelectricity/anti-
ferroelectricity and the corresponding phase structures in Hf1-xZrxO2 (HZO) films. Our …

Giant energy storage and power density negative capacitance superlattices

SS Cheema, N Shanker, SL Hsu, J Schaadt, NM Ellis… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Dielectric electrostatic capacitors1, due to their ultrafast charge-discharge capability, are
attractive for high power energy storage applications. Along with ultrafast operation, on-chip …