Predictions and measurements of the effect of biaxial strain on the properties of epitaxial
ferroelectric thin films and superlattices are reviewed. Results for single-layer ferroelectric …

Ferroelectrics, with their spontaneous switchable electric polarization and strong coupling
between their electrical, mechanical, thermal, and optical responses, provide functionalities …

Defects are essential to engineering the properties of functional materials ranging from
semiconductors and superconductors to ferroics. Whereas point defects have been widely …

Materials that exhibit simultaneous order in their electric and magnetic ground states hold
promise for use in next-generation memory devices in which electric fields control …

Using epitaxy and the misfit strain imposed by an underlying substrate, it is possible to
elastically strain oxide thin films to percent levels—far beyond where they would crack in …

Abstract Systems with a ferroelectric to paraelectric transition in the vicinity of room
temperature are useful for devices. Adjusting the ferroelectric transition temperature (T c) is …

Biaxial compressive strain has been used to markedly enhance the ferroelectric properties
of BaTiO3 thin films. This strain, imposed by coherent epitaxy, can result in a ferroelectric …

Ferroelectric ferromagnets are exceedingly rare, fundamentally interesting multiferroic
materials that could give rise to new technologies in which the low power and high speed of …

A central goal of electronics based on correlated materials or 'Mottronics' is the ability to
switch between distinct collective states with a control voltage. Small changes in structure …

Perovskite oxides with chemical formula ABO 3 are widely studied for their properties
including ferroelectricity, magnetism, strongly correlated physics, optical effects, and …