Piezoelectric semiconductors can be polarized and used in mechanoredox systems and in
photoredox catalysis. Conventional non-piezoelectric semiconductors have limitations when …

Although only a few 2D materials have been predicted to possess ferroelectricity, 2D
ferroelectrics are expected to play a dominant role in the upcoming nano era as important …

Ultrathin ferroelectric materials could potentially enable low-power logic and nonvolatile
memories,. As ferroelectric materials are made thinner, however, the ferroelectricity is …

The investigation of two‐dimensional (2D) ferroelectrics has attracted significant interest in
recent years for applications in functional electronics. Without the limitation of a finite size …

Since the first successful synthesis of graphene just over a decade ago, a variety of two-
dimensional (2D) materials (eg, transition metal-dichalcogenides, hexagonal boron-nitride …

The wealth of complex polar topologies,,,,,,,,–recently found in nanoscale ferroelectrics
results from a delicate balance between the intrinsic tendency of the materials to develop a …

Ferroelectric materials, because of their robust spontaneous electrical polarization, are
widely used in various applications. Recent advances in modelling, synthesis and …

Interfaces in heterostructures have been a key point of interest in condensed-matter physics
for decades owing to a plethora of distinctive phenomena—such as rectification, the …

Piezoelectric materials are known to mankind for more than a century, with numerous
advancements made in both scientific understandings and practical applications. In the last …

Since its inception more than 25 years ago, Piezoresponse Force Microscopy (PFM) has
become one of the mainstream techniques in the field of nanoferroic materials. This review …