From classical thermodynamics to phase-field method

LQ Chen, Y Zhao - Progress in Materials Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Phase-field method is a density-based computational method at the mesoscale for modeling
and predicting the temporal microstructure and property evolution during materials …

Recent advances in multilayer‐structure dielectrics for energy storage application

M Feng, Y Feng, T Zhang, J Li, Q Chen… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
An electrostatic capacitor has been widely used in many fields (such as high pulsed power
technology, new energy vehicles, etc.) due to its ultrahigh discharge power density …

Ultrathin ferroic HfO2–ZrO2 superlattice gate stack for advanced transistors

SS Cheema, N Shanker, LC Wang, CH Hsu, SL Hsu… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
With the scaling of lateral dimensions in advanced transistors, an increased gate
capacitance is desirable both to retain the control of the gate electrode over the channel and …

High-density switchable skyrmion-like polar nanodomains integrated on silicon

L Han, C Addiego, S Prokhorenko, M Wang, H Fu… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Topological domains in ferroelectrics,,,–have received much attention recently
owing to their novel functionalities and potential applications, in electronic devices. So far …

Four-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy (4D-STEM): From scanning nanodiffraction to ptychography and beyond

C Ophus - Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2019 - cambridge.org
Scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) is widely used for imaging, diffraction,
and spectroscopy of materials down to atomic resolution. Recent advances in detector …

[HTML][HTML] Siesta: Recent developments and applications

A García, N Papior, A Akhtar, E Artacho… - The Journal of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
A review of the present status, recent enhancements, and applicability of the S iesta program
is presented. Since its debut in the mid-1990s, S iesta's flexibility, efficiency, and free …

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 …

Topological phases in polar oxide nanostructures

J Junquera, Y Nahas, S Prokhorenko, L Bellaiche… - Reviews of Modern …, 2023 - APS
The past decade has witnessed dramatic progress related to various aspects of emergent
topological polar textures in oxide nanostructures displaying vortices, skyrmions, merons …

Local negative permittivity and topological phase transition in polar skyrmions

S Das, Z Hong, VA Stoica, MAP Gonçalves, YT Shao… - Nature materials, 2021 - nature.com
Topological solitons such as magnetic skyrmions have drawn attention as stable quasi-
particle-like objects. The recent discovery of polar vortices and skyrmions in ferroelectric …

Roadmap on ferroelectric hafnia-and zirconia-based materials and devices

JPB Silva, R Alcala, UE Avci, N Barrett, L Bégon-Lours… - APL Materials, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Ferroelectric hafnium and zirconium oxides have undergone rapid scientific development
over the last decade, pushing them to the forefront of ultralow-power electronic systems …