Ferroelectrics and multiferroics have recently emerged as perspective materials for
information technology and data storage applications. The combination of extremely narrow …

Nanorods, nanowires, and nanotubes of ferroelectric perovskites have recently been studied
with increasing intensity due to their potential use in non‐volatile ferroelectric random …

Out-of-plane polar domain structures have recently been discovered in strained and twisted
bilayers of inversion symmetry broken systems such as hexagonal boron nitride. Here we …

In the 1990s, nanoparticles and quantum dots began to be used in optical, electronic, and
biological applications. Now they are being studied for use in solid-state quantum …

Within the Landau-Ginsburg-Devonshire phenomenological approach we study the ferroic
nanosystem properties changes caused by the flexoeffect (flexoelectric and flexomagnetic) …

Nanostructured materials are central to the evolution of future electronics and information
technologies. Ferroelectrics have already been established as a dominant branch in the …

This contribution begins with a discussion of the homogeneous Landau theory for bulk
ferroelectrics with spatially uniform polarizations, reviewing firstand second-order transitions …

Handbook of Nanophysics: Functional Nanomaterials illustrates the importance of tailoring
nanomaterials to achieve desired functions in applications. Each peer-reviewed chapter …

Ferroelectric nanoparticles of different shapes and their nanocomposites are actively studied
by modern physics. Because of their applications in many fields of nanotechnology, the size …

Driven by environmental concerns and governmental directives, a sustained research effort
in the last decade and half has led to the development of lead-free alternatives which can …