Many perovskite oxide ferroelectrics (eg PbZr 1-x Ti x O 3, BaTiO 3, LiNbO 3) are born with
multitudinous robust performances and have been widely used in sensors, actuators …

Photocatalytic CO2 reduction has attracted widespread attention in recent years, due its
potential to reduce anthropogenic CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion whilst also …

The broad spectrum of electronic and optical properties exhibited by oxides offers
tremendous opportunities for microelectronic devices, especially when a combination of …

Theoretical predictions—motivated by recent advances in epitaxial engineering—indicate a
wealth of complex behaviour arising in superlattices of perovskite-type metal oxides. These …

In this study, we fabricated and tested electronic and memory properties of field-effect
transistors (FETs) based on monolayer or few-layer molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) on a lead …

Device applications of ferroelectrics have not only utilized the switchable polarization but
also adopted myriads of emerging physical properties. In particular, ferroelectrics in ultra …

Fabricating complex transition metal oxides with a tunable bandgap without compromising
their intriguing physical properties is a longstanding challenge. Here we examine the …

A variety of nanostructured Bi4Ti3O12 materials with diverse morphologies were
synthesized by a novel hydrothermal method using layered titanate Na2Ti3O7 as a synthetic …

Piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) has been used extensively for exploring nanoscale
ferro/piezoelectric phenomena over the past two decades. The imaging mechanism of PFM …

According to the EU-Directives 2002/95/EC, 2002/96/EC, lead-based piezoceramics must
be substituted in the future with more environmentally friendly alternatives, only when a …