The formation and effect of defect dipoles in lead-free piezoelectric ceramics: a review

ZH Zhao, Y Dai, F Huang - Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 2019 - Elsevier
As one of the most crucial intrinsic contributions, defect dipoles show unique and prominent
influence on the responsive behavior of piezoelectric ceramics. Here, we present the …

Depolarization as driving force in antiferroelectric hafnia and ferroelectric wake-up

PD Lomenzo, C Richter, T Mikolajick… - ACS Applied …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Antiferroelectricity and wake-up observed in thin hafnium-oxide-based ferroelectrics are
examined from the viewpoint of a macroscopic, quantitative model incorporating …

Discovery of Nanoscale Electric Field‐Induced Phase Transitions in ZrO2

PD Lomenzo, L Collins, R Ganser, B Xu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of ferroelectric and antiferroelectric properties in the semiconductor
industry's most prominent high‐k dielectrics, HfO2 and ZrO2, is leading to technology …

Influence of the Ozone Dose Time during Atomic Layer Deposition on the Ferroelectric and Pyroelectric Properties of 45 nm-Thick ZrO2 Films

B Xu, L Collins, KM Holsgrove… - ACS Applied …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Over a decade ago, ferroelectricity was discovered in doped HfO2 thin films. The HfO2-
based thin films have attracted much attention due to their remarkable scalability and CMOS …

Influence of Si-Doping on 45 nm Thick Ferroelectric ZrO2 Films

B Xu, PD Lomenzo, A Kersch, T Mikolajick… - ACS Applied …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In the last decades, ferroelectricity has been discovered in Si-doped HfO2 and Hf1–x Zr x O2
thin films, and the origin of ferroelectricity is considered to be the presence of the polar Pca …

Harnessing Phase Transitions in Antiferroelectric ZrO2 Using the Size Effect

PD Lomenzo, M Materano, T Mittmann… - Advanced Electronic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The unique nonlinear dielectric properties of antiferroelectric (AFE) oxides are promising for
advancements in solid state supercapacitor, actuator, and memory technologies. AFE …

Ferroelectric ZrO 2 phases from infrared spectroscopy

A El Boutaybi, R Cervasio, A Degezelle… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
We investigate ferroelectric thin films of ZrO2 experimentally and theoretically using infrared
(IR) absorption spectroscopy coupled with density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The …

[HTML][HTML] Ferroelectric (hf, zr, la) o2 films

T Song, S Estandía, I Fina, F Sánchez - Applied Materials Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The impact of La, Zr and Hf content on the crystal phases and ferroelectric and
dielectric properties of (Hf, Zr, La) O 2 has been determined by investigating epitaxial films …

Modulation of ferroelectricity and antiferroelectricity of nanoscale ZrO2 thin films using ultrathin interfacial layers

SH Yi, BT Lin, TY Hsu, J Shieh, MJ Chen - Journal of the European Ceramic …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, tailoring the microstructures and ferroelectric (FE)/antiferroelectric (AFE)
properties of nanoscale ZrO 2 thin films is demonstrated with an intentional introduction of …

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 …