Scanning probe microscopy (SPM) has revolutionized our ability to explore the nanoscale world, enabling the imaging, manipulation, and characterization of materials at the atomic …
Electronic symmetry breaking by charge disproportionation results in multifaceted changes in the electronic, magnetic and optical properties of a material, triggering ferroelectricity …
A great number of chemical and mechanical phenomena, ranging from catalysis to friction, are dictated by the atomic-scale structure and properties of material surfaces. Yet, the …
Numerous efforts have been undertaken to develop rectifying antennas operating at high frequencies, especially dedicated to light harvesting and photodetection applications …
The invention of scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), rapidly followed by atomic force microscopy (AFM), occurred at the time when extensive research on sub-µm metal oxide …
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A great improvement in valence change memory performance has been recently achieved by adding another metallic layer to the simple metal–insulator–metal (MIM) structure. This …
The electrochemical reactions triggering resistive switching in conductive-bridge resistive random access memory (CBRAM) are spatially confined in few tens of nm3. The formation …
Ferroelectric HfO 2 devices are potential candidates for non-volatile memory applications. However, they often exhibit a pinched hysteresis, which requires the application of cycles to …
The ever-increasing complexity in the structure and design of functional materials systems and devices necessitates new imaging approaches with 3D characterization capabilities …