Ferroelectric functional materials are known for a wide range of applications including
sensors, actuators, energy harvesting devices. Very recent studies based on ferroelectric …

Ferro-, piezo-, and pyroelectric materials are emerging as potential candidates for
converting various forms of primary energy from the ambient environment (eg, sunlight …

The structure, chemistry, and charge of interfaces between materials and aqueous fluids
play a central role in determining properties and performance of numerous water systems …

Large oriented electric fields spontaneously arise at all solid–liquid interfaces via the
exchange of ions and/or electrons with the solution. Although intrinsic electric fields are …

It is generally accepted that chemically synthesized nanoparticles lose their ferroelectricity
(spontaneous polarization) as the particles become smaller. In contrast, ball-milled …

Despite fascinating experimental results, the influence of defects and elastic strains on the
physical state of nanosized ferroelectrics is still poorly explored theoretically. One of the …

The repeated slab approach has become a de facto standard to accurately describe surface
properties of materials by density functional theory calculations with periodic boundary …

The fundamental question whether the structure of curled topological states, such as
ferroelectric vortices, can be controlled by the application of an irrotational electric field is …

Ferroelectric polarization plays important roles in catalytic reactions, but the mechanism is
still under debate. In this work, 2D ferroelectric MIrSn2S6 is systematically investigated for …

Polymer dielectric composites have widespread applications in many fields ranging from
energy storage, microelectronic devices, and sensors to power driven systems, etc. and …