Recent progress in machine learning methods and the emerging availability of
programmable interfaces for scanning probe microscopes (SPMs) have propelled …

Ferroelectrics and multiferroics have recently emerged as perspective materials for
information technology and data storage applications. The combination of extremely narrow …

A new generation of solid-state photovoltaics is being made possible by the use of
organometal-trihalide perovskite materials. While some of these materials are expected to …

For over 70 years, ferroelectric materials have been one of the central research topics for
condensed matter physics and material science, an interest driven both by fundamental …

Piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) has emerged as a powerful and versatile tool for
probing nanoscale phenomena in ferroelectric materials on the nanometer and micrometer …

Piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) has been used extensively for exploring nanoscale
ferro/piezoelectric phenomena over the past two decades. The imaging mechanism of PFM …

Ferroelectricity in binary oxides including hafnia and zirconia has riveted the attention of the
scientific community due to the highly unconventional physical mechanisms and the …

The ability to probe a material's electromechanical functionality on the nanoscale is critical to
applications from energy storage and computing to biology and medicine. Voltage …

A novel approach for nanoscale imaging and characterization of the orientation dependence
of electromechanical properties—vector piezoresponse force microscopy (Vector PFM)—is …

The application of ferroelectric materials for nonvolatile memory and ferroelectric data
storage necessitates quantitative studies of local switching characteristics and their …