Insights into strain engineering: from ferroelectrics to related functional materials and beyond

T Li, S Deng, H Liu, J Chen - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Ferroelectrics have become indispensable components in various application fields,
including information processing, energy harvesting, and electromechanical conversion …

Flexoelectricity in solids: Progress, challenges, and perspectives

B Wang, Y Gu, S Zhang, LQ Chen - Progress in Materials Science, 2019 - Elsevier
The flexoelectricity describes the contribution of the linear couplings between the electric
polarization and strain gradient and between polarization gradient and strain to the …

Ultrahigh performance in lead-free piezoceramics utilizing a relaxor slush polar state with multiphase coexistence

H Tao, H Wu, Y Liu, Y Zhang, J Wu, F Li… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Owing to growing environmental concerns, the development of lead-free piezoelectrics with
comparable performance to the benchmark Pb (Zr, Ti) O3 (PZT) becomes of great urgency …

Enhanced polarization and abnormal flexural deformation in bent freestanding perovskite oxides

S Cai, Y Lun, D Ji, P Lv, L Han, C Guo, Y Zang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Recent realizations of ultrathin freestanding perovskite oxides offer a unique platform to
probe novel properties in two-dimensional oxides. Here, we observe a giant flexoelectric …

Tuning perovskite oxides by strain: Electronic structure, properties, and functions in (electro) catalysis and ferroelectricity

J Hwang, Z Feng, N Charles, XR Wang, D Lee… - Materials Today, 2019 - Elsevier
Complex oxides, such as ABO 3 perovskites, are an important class of functional materials
that exhibit a wide range of physical, chemical, and electrochemical properties, including …

Controllable conductive readout in self-assembled, topologically confined ferroelectric domain walls

J Ma, J Ma, Q Zhang, R Peng, J Wang, C Liu… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Charged domain walls in ferroelectrics exhibit a quasi-two-dimensional conduction path
coupled to the surrounding polarization. They have been proposed for use as non-volatile …

Recent progress on topological structures in ferroic thin films and heterostructures

S Chen, S Yuan, Z Hou, Y Tang, J Zhang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Topological spin/polarization structures in ferroic materials continue to draw great attention
as a result of their fascinating physical behaviors and promising applications in the field of …

The influence of the flexoelectric effect on materials properties with the emphasis on photovoltaic and related applications: A review

RA Surmenev, MA Surmeneva - Materials Today, 2023 - Elsevier
The research community is in permanent search of novel materials and exploitation of
already elaborated phenomena to reveal yet unknown materials characteristics …

Phase transition enhanced superior elasticity in freestanding single-crystalline multiferroic BiFeO3 membranes

B Peng, RC Peng, YQ Zhang, G Dong, Z Zhou… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
The integration of ferroic oxide thin films into advanced flexible electronics will bring
multifunctionality beyond organic and metallic materials. However, it is challenging to …

Progress in BiFeO 3-based heterostructures: materials, properties and applications

L Yin, W Mi - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
BiFeO3-based heterostructures have attracted much attention for potential applications due
to their room-temperature multiferroic properties, proper band gaps and ultrahigh …