Since the positive influences of defects on the performance of electroceramics were
discovered, investigations concerning on defects and aliovalent doping routes have grown …

A comprehensive review of aging and fatigue phenomena in bulk polycrystalline
ferroelectrics is presented. Three material classes are covered, namely the most widely used …

Ferroelectric domain walls are interfaces between areas of a material that exhibits different
directions of spontaneous polarization. The properties of domain walls can be very different …

Many functional and quantum materials derive their functionality from the responses of both
their electronic and lattice subsystems to thermal, electric, and mechanical stimuli or light …

Low-temperature electrostatic force microscopy (EFM) is used to probe unconventional
domain walls in the improper ferroelectric semiconductor Er0. 99Ca0. 01MnO3 down to …

Ultradense domain walls are increasingly important for many devices but their microscopic
properties are so far not fully understood. Here we use molecular dynamic simulations to …

Evolution of a stripe array of polarization domains triggered by the oxygen vacancy
migration in an acceptor doped ferroelectric is investigated in a self-consistent manner. A …

Polycrystalline BiFeO 3 (BFO) thin films with a mixed crystallinity of c-oriented crystallinity
and a-oriented crystallinity were deposited on a (200) Pt/TiO 2/SiO 2/Si substrate to have a …

Ferroelectric domain walls have been promised for some potential applications due to their
unique properties. In particular, the electrical conductivity of charged domain walls (DWs) …

Conducting domain walls (CDWs) in ferroelectric materials are promising candidates for
applications in a manifold of nanoscale, optoelectronic devices. Characterization of their …