High strain piezoelectric ceramics are the state-of-the-art materials for high precision,
positioning devices. A comprehensive review of the latest developments of the various types …

Since its inception more than 25 years ago, Piezoresponse Force Microscopy (PFM) has
become one of the mainstream techniques in the field of nanoferroic materials. This review …

Inorganic semiconductor ferroelectrics such as BiFeO3 have shown great potential in
photovoltaic and other applications. Currently, semiconducting properties and the …

Single-atom catalysts show excellent catalytic performance because of their coordination
environments and electronic configurations. However, controllable regulation of single-atom …

Ferroelectric materials have remained one of the major focal points of condensed matter
physics and materials science for over 50 years. In the last 20 years, the development of …

To further reduce the power dissipation in nanoscale transistors, the fundamental limit posed
by the Boltzmann distribution of electrons has to be overcome. Stabilization of negative …

Grain size effects on the physical properties of polycrystalline ferroelectrics have been
extensively studied for decades; however there are still major controversies regarding the …

We report on the thickness scaling behavior of ferroelectric Sc 0.3 Al 0.7 N (ScAlN) films
grown on Mo substrates by molecular beam epitaxy. Switchable ferroelectricity is confirmed …

Piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) detects the local piezoelectric deformation of a
sample caused by an applied electric field from the tip of a scanning force microscope. PFM …

Ferroelectric materials are the best dielectric and piezoelectric materials known today. Since
the discovery of barium titanate in the 1940s, lead zirconate titanate ceramics in the 1950s …