Graphene and beyond: recent advances in two-dimensional materials synthesis, properties, and devices

Y Lei, T Zhang, YC Lin, T Granzier-Nakajima… - ACS Nanoscience …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Since the isolation of graphene in 2004, two-dimensional (2D) materials research has
rapidly evolved into an entire subdiscipline in the physical sciences with a wide range of …

Thin‐film ferroelectrics

A Fernandez, M Acharya, HG Lee, J Schimpf… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last 30 years, the study of ferroelectric oxides has been revolutionized by the
implementation of epitaxial‐thin‐film‐based studies, which have driven many advances in …

A 2D ferroelectric vortex pattern in twisted BaTiO3 freestanding layers

G Sánchez-Santolino, V Rouco, S Puebla, H Aramberri… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The wealth of complex polar topologies,,,,,,,,–recently found in nanoscale ferroelectrics
results from a delicate balance between the intrinsic tendency of the materials to develop a …

Stacking and twisting of freestanding complex oxide thin films

Y Li, C Xiang, FM Chiabrera, S Yun, H Zhang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The integration of dissimilar materials in heterostructures has long been a cornerstone of
modern materials science—seminal examples are 2D materials and van der Waals …

Freestanding perovskite oxide films: Synthesis, challenges, and properties

FM Chiabrera, S Yun, Y Li, RT Dahm… - Annalen der …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In this review paper, recent progress in the fabrication, transfer, and fundamental physical
properties of freestanding oxide perovskite thin films is discussed. First, the main strategies …

Enabling ultra-low-voltage switching in BaTiO3

Y Jiang, E Parsonnet, A Qualls, W Zhao, S Susarla… - Nature materials, 2022 - nature.com
Single crystals of BaTiO3 exhibit small switching fields and energies, but thin-film
performance is considerably worse, thus precluding their use in next-generation devices …

Two-dimensional ferroelectrics from high throughput computational screening

M Kruse, U Petralanda, MN Gjerding… - npj Computational …, 2023 - nature.com
We report a high throughput computational search for two-dimensional ferroelectric
materials. The starting point is 252 pyroelectric materials from the computational 2D …

The role of lattice dynamics in ferroelectric switching

Q Shi, E Parsonnet, X Cheng, N Fedorova… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Reducing the switching energy of ferroelectric thin films remains an important goal in the
pursuit of ultralow-power ferroelectric memory and logic devices. Here, we elucidate the …

Recent progress in optical control of ferroelectric polarization

J Guo, W Chen, H Chen, Y Zhao, F Dong… - Advanced Optical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Manipulation of ferroelectric polarization and associated domain is at the heart of
ferroelectric‐based applications. Polarization switching is typically achieved by a static or …

Freestanding perovskite oxide membranes: a new playground for novel ferroic properties and applications

L Han, G Dong, M Liu, Y Nie - Advanced Functional Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Transition metal perovskite oxide membranes and their unique properties have attracted
great attention recently and have been developed into one of the research frontiers in …