Physics and applications of bismuth ferrite

G Catalan, JF Scott - Advanced materials, 2009‏ - Wiley Online Library
BiFeO3 is perhaps the only material that is both magnetic and a strong ferroelectric at room
temperature. As a result, it has had an impact on the field of multiferroics that is comparable …

First-principles approaches to magnetoelectric multiferroics

C Xu, H Yu, J Wang, H **ang - Annual Review of Condensed …, 2024‏ - annualreviews.org
Magnetoelectric multiferroics, which display both ferroelectric and magnetic orders, are
appealing because of their rich fundamental physics and promising technological …

Learning through ferroelectric domain dynamics in solid-state synapses

S Boyn, J Grollier, G Lecerf, B Xu, N Locatelli… - Nature …, 2017‏ - nature.com
In the brain, learning is achieved through the ability of synapses to reconfigure the strength
by which they connect neurons (synaptic plasticity). In promising solid-state synapses called …

Designing lead-free antiferroelectrics for energy storage

B Xu, J Íñiguez, L Bellaiche - Nature communications, 2017‏ - nature.com
Dielectric capacitors, although presenting faster charging/discharging rates and better
stability compared with supercapacitors or batteries, are limited in applications due to their …

phase and metal-insulator transition in multiferroic

R Palai, RS Katiyar, H Schmid, P Tissot, SJ Clark… - Physical Review B …, 2008‏ - APS
We report on extensive experimental studies on thin film, single crystal, and ceramics of
multiferroic bismuth ferrite Bi Fe O 3 using differential thermal analysis, high-temperature …

Enhanced electric conductivity at ferroelectric vortex cores in BiFeO3

N Balke, B Winchester, W Ren, YH Chu… - Nature Physics, 2012‏ - nature.com
Topological defects in ferroic materials are attracting much attention both as a playground of
unique physical phenomena and for potential applications in reconfigurable electronic …

Mode crystallography of distorted structures

JM Perez-Mato, D Orobengoa… - Foundations of …, 2010‏ - journals.iucr.org
The description of displacive distorted structures in terms of symmetry-adapted modes is
reviewed. A specific parameterization of the symmetry-mode decomposition of these …

Evidence for room-temperature multiferroicity in a compound with a giant axial ratio

H Béa, B Dupé, S Fusil, R Mattana, E Jacquet… - Physical review …, 2009‏ - APS
In the search for multiferroic materials magnetic compounds with a strongly elongated unit-
cell (large axial ratio c/a) have been scrutinized intensely. However, none was hitherto …

Ferroelectric-Paraelectric Transition in : Crystal Structure of the Orthorhombic Phase

DC Arnold, KS Knight, FD Morrison, P Lightfoot - Physical Review Letters, 2009‏ - APS
A detailed investigation using variable temperature powder neutron diffraction demonstrates
that BiFeO 3 undergoes a phase transition from the ferroelectric α phase (rhombohedral, R 3 …

Inverse transition of labyrinthine domain patterns in ferroelectric thin films

Y Nahas, S Prokhorenko, J Fischer, B Xu, C Carrétéro… - Nature, 2020‏ - nature.com
Phase separation is a cooperative process, the kinetics of which underpin the orderly
morphogenesis of domain patterns on mesoscopic scales,. Systems of highly degenerate …