The rapid increase in information in the big-data era calls for changes to information-
processing paradigms, which, in turn, demand new circuit-building blocks to overcome the …

Ferroelectric domain walls have emerged as a new type of interface in which the dynamic
characteristics of ferroelectricity introduce the element of spatial mobility, allowing real-time …

Abstract Topological domains in ferroelectrics,,,–have received much attention recently
owing to their novel functionalities and potential applications, in electronic devices. So far …

The manipulation of magnetic properties by an electric field in magnetoelectric multiferroic
materials has driven significant research activity, with the goal of realizing their …

Scanning probe microscopy (SPM), a key invention in nanoscience, has by now been
extended to a wide spectrum of basic and applied fields. Its application to basic science led …

Topological spin textures in magnetic materials and arrangements of electric dipoles in
ferroelectrics are considered to be promising candidates for next-generation information …

Ferroelectric and ferroelastic domain walls are 2D topological defects with thicknesses
approaching the unit cell level. When this spatial confinement is combined with observations …

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 …

Ferroelectric domain wall memories have been proposed as a promising candidate for
nonvolatile memories, given their intriguing advantages including low energy consumption …

Materials with a coexistence of magnetic and ferroelectric order—multiferroics—provide an
efficient route for the control of magnetism by electric fields. The study of multiferroics dates …