Domain-wall engineering and topological defects in ferroelectric and ferroelastic materials

GF Nataf, M Guennou, JM Gregg, D Meier… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Ferroelectric and ferroelastic domain walls are 2D topological defects with thicknesses
approaching the unit cell level. When this spatial confinement is combined with observations …

Physics and applications of charged domain walls

PS Bednyakov, BI Sturman, T Sluka… - npj Computational …, 2018 - nature.com
The charged domain wall is an ultrathin (typically nanosized) interface between two
domains; it carries bound charge owing to a change of normal component of spontaneous …

Nonvolatile ferroelectric domain wall memory

P Sharma, Q Zhang, D Sando, CH Lei, Y Liu, J Li… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Ferroelectric domain walls are atomically sharp topological defects that separate regions of
uniform polarization. The discovery of electrical conductivity in specific types of walls gave …

Sub‐Nanosecond Reconfiguration of Ferroelectric Domains in Bismuth Ferrite

B Guzelturk, T Yang, YC Liu, CC Wei… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Domain switching is crucial for achieving desired functions in ferroic materials that
are used in various applications. Fast control of domains at sub‐nanosecond timescales …

Polarization charge as a reconfigurable quasi-dopant in ferroelectric thin films

A Crassous, T Sluka, AK Tagantsev, N Setter - Nature nanotechnology, 2015 - nature.com
Impurity elements used as dopants are essential to semiconductor technology for controlling
the concentration of charge carriers. Their location in the semiconductor crystal is …

Non-Ising and chiral ferroelectric domain walls revealed by nonlinear optical microscopy

S Cherifi-Hertel, H Bulou, R Hertel, G Taupier… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The properties of ferroelectric domain walls can significantly differ from those of their parent
material. Elucidating their internal structure is essential for the design of advanced devices …

Large and accessible conductivity of charged domain walls in lithium niobate

CS Werner, SJ Herr, K Buse, B Sturman, E Soergel… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Ferroelectric domain walls are interfaces between areas of a material that exhibits different
directions of spontaneous polarization. The properties of domain walls can be very different …

Direct observation of room-temperature out-of-plane ferroelectricity and tunneling electroresistance at the two-dimensional limit

H Wang, ZR Liu, HY Yoong, TR Paudel, JX Xiao… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Out-of-plane ferroelectricity with a high transition temperature in nanometer-scale films is
required to miniaturize electronic devices. Direct visualization of stable ferroelectric …

Real-time studies of ferroelectric domain switching: a review

L Li, L Xie, X Pan - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Ferroelectric materials have been utilized in a broad range of electronic, optical, and
electromechanical applications and hold the promise for the design of future high-density …

[PDF][PDF] Giant resistive switching via control of ferroelectric charged domain walls

L Li, J Britson, JR Jokisaari, Y Zhang, C Adamo… - 2016 - deepblue.lib.umich.edu
DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201600160 conductivity is thermally activated and the current is
therefore very low. On the other hand, charged domain walls (CDWs) that break polarization …