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 …

Entangled polarizations in ferroelectrics: A focused review of polar topologies

YJ Wang, YL Tang, YL Zhu, XL Ma - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Ferroelectric crystals feature asymmetric or polar structures that are switchable under an
external electric field, holding promise for information storage. Nanoscale ferroelectrics …

Local chemical origin of ferroelectric behavior in wurtzite nitrides

K Yazawa, JS Mangum, P Gorai… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Ferroelectricity enables key modern technologies from non-volatile memory to precision
ultrasound. The first known wurtzite ferroelectric Al1− xScxN has recently attracted attention …

Non-equilibrium pathways to emergent polar supertextures

VA Stoica, T Yang, S Das, Y Cao, H Wang, Y Kubota… - Nature materials, 2024 - nature.com
Ultrafast stimuli can stabilize metastable states of matter inaccessible by equilibrium means.
Establishing the spatiotemporal link between ultrafast excitation and metastability is crucial …

Room temperature electrocaloric effect in PTO/STO superlattice induced by topological domain transition

X Hou, C Bin, S Zheng, Z Gao, P Chen, J Wang… - Acta Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
Environmentally friendly and highly efficient solid-state refrigeration devices based on
electrocaloric effect (ECE) are promising substitutes for traditional vapor compression …

Theoretical understanding of polar topological phase transitions in functional oxide heterostructures: A review

X Guo, L Zhou, B Roul, Y Wu, Y Huang, S Das… - Small …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The exotic topological phase is attracting considerable attention in condensed matter
physics and materials science over the past few decades due to intriguing physical insights …

Polarity effects on wake‐up behavior of Al0.94B0.06N ferroelectrics

K Yazawa, D Drury, J Hayden, JP Maria… - Journal of the …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Wurtzite ferroelectric materials are promising candidates for energy‐efficient memory
technologies, particularly for applications requiring high operating temperatures. Asymmetric …

Atomic‐Scale Tracking Topological Phase Transition Dynamics of Polar Vortex‐Antivortex Pairs

R Zhu, S Zheng, X Li, T Wang, C Tan, T Yu… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐trivial topological structures, such as vortex‐antivortex (V‐AV) pairs, have garnered
significant attention in the field of condensed matter physics. However, the detailed …

Stability of chiral polarization vortex in strained ferroelectric superlattices

Z Jiang, J Wang - Journal of Applied Physics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
As a geometric property that cannot overlap with its mirror image, chirality is becoming more
and more common in electronic structures. The recent discovery of chiral topological polar …

[PDF][PDF] Phase-field simulations of topological conservation in multi-vortex induced by surface charge in BiFeO3 thin films.

M Wang, D Liu, J Wang, D Liang… - Journal of Advanced …, 2024 - researching.cn
The creations and manipulations of vortexes in ferroelectric materials with external stimuli
are expected to be used in the design and fabrication of sensing materials and …