Thin-film ferroelectric materials and their applications

LW Martin, AM Rappe - Nature Reviews Materials, 2016 - nature.com
Ferroelectric materials, because of their robust spontaneous electrical polarization, are
widely used in various applications. Recent advances in modelling, synthesis and …

Recent progress in voltage control of magnetism: Materials, mechanisms, and performance

C Song, B Cui, F Li, X Zhou, F Pan - Progress in Materials Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Voltage control of magnetism (VCM) is attracting increasing interest and exciting significant
research activity driven by its profound physics and enormous potential for application. This …

Domain-wall conduction in ferroelectric BiFeO3 controlled by accumulation of charged defects

T Rojac, A Bencan, G Drazic, N Sakamoto, H Ursic… - Nature materials, 2017 - nature.com
Mobile charged defects, accumulated in the domain-wall region to screen polarization
charges, have been proposed as the origin of the electrical conductivity at domain walls in …

Metal oxide nanocomposites: a perspective from strain, defect, and interface

A Chen, Q Su, H Han, E Enriquez, Q Jia - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Vertically aligned nanocomposite thin films with ordered two phases, grown epitaxially on
substrates, have attracted tremendous interest in the past decade. These unique …

Direct detection electron energy-loss spectroscopy: a method to push the limits of resolution and sensitivity

JL Hart, AC Lang, AC Leff, P Longo, C Trevor… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
In many cases, electron counting with direct detection sensors offers improved resolution,
lower noise, and higher pixel density compared to conventional, indirect detection sensors …

Reversible Control of Physical Properties via an Oxygen‐Vacancy‐Driven Topotactic Transition in Epitaxial La0.7Sr0.3MnO3−δ Thin Films

L Cao, O Petracic, P Zakalek, A Weber… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The vacancy distribution of oxygen and its dynamics directly affect the functional response of
complex oxides and their potential applications. Dynamic control of the oxygen composition …

Magnetoelectric coupling in ferromagnetic/ferroelectric heterostructures: A survey and perspective

G Channagoudra, V Dayal - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2022 - Elsevier
The material realization with significant coupling between magnetic and electric order
named “magnetoelectric effect” would be a major turning point for the modern electronic …

Epitaxial ferroelectric interfacial devices

CAF Vaz, YJ Shin, M Bibes, KM Rabe… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Ferroelectric interfacial devices consist of materials systems whose interfacial electronic
properties (such as a 2D electron gas or an interfacial magnetic spin configuration) are …

[HTML][HTML] Voltage control of magnetism with magneto-ionic approaches: Beyond voltage-driven oxygen ion migration

J de Rojas, A Quintana, G Rius, C Stefani… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Magneto-ionics is an emerging field in materials science where voltage is used as an
energy-efficient means to tune magnetic properties, such as magnetization, coercive field, or …

Universal geometric frustration in pyrochlores

BA Trump, SM Koohpayeh, KJT Livi, JJ Wen… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Materials with the pyrochlore/fluorite structure have diverse technological applications, from
magnetism to nuclear waste disposal. Here we report the observation of structural instability …