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 …

Rare-earth nickelates RNiO3: thin films and heterostructures

S Catalano, M Gibert, J Fowlie, J Íñiguez… - Reports on Progress …, 2018‏ - iopscience.iop.org
This review stands in the larger framework of functional materials by focussing on
heterostructures of rare-earth nickelates, described by the chemical formula RNiO 3 where R …

Superconducting Nd1−xEuxNiO2 thin films using in situ synthesis

W Wei, D Vu, Z Zhang, FJ Walker, CH Ahn - Science Advances, 2023‏ - science.org
We report on superconductivity in Nd1− x Eu x NiO2 using Eu as a 4f dopant of the parent
NdNiO2 infinite-layer compound. We use an all–in situ molecular beam epitaxy reduction …

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 …

Epitaxial growth of an atom-thin layer on a LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 cathode for stable Li-ion battery cycling

X Zhu, TU Schülli, X Yang, T Lin, Y Hu, N Cheng… - nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Transition metal dissolution in cathode active material for Li-based batteries is a critical
aspect that limits the cycle life of these devices. Although several approaches have been …

Physics of ultrathin films and heterostructures of rare-earth nickelates

S Middey, J Chakhalian, P Mahadevan… - Annual Review of …, 2016‏ - annualreviews.org
The electronic structure of transition metal oxides featuring correlated electrons can be
rationalized within the Zaanen-Sawatzky-Allen framework. Following a brief description of …

Control of octahedral connectivity in perovskite oxide heterostructures: An emerging route to multifunctional materials discovery

JM Rondinelli, SJ May, JW Freeland - MRS bulletin, 2012‏ - cambridge.org
Research in ABO3 perovskite oxides ranges from fundamental scientific studies in
superconductivity and magnetism to technologies for advanced low-power electronics …

Metal oxide nanocomposites: a perspective from strain, defect, and interface

A Chen, Q Su, H Han, E Enriquez, Q Jia - Advanced Materials, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Vertically aligned nanocomposite thin films with ordered two phases, grown epitaxially on
substrates, have attracted tremendous interest in the past decade. These unique …

Structure and properties of functional oxide thin films: insights from electronic‐structure calculations

JM Rondinelli, NA Spaldin - Advanced materials, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
The confluence of state‐of‐the‐art electronic‐structure computations and modern synthetic
materials growth techniques is proving indispensable in the search for and discovery of new …

Colloquium: Emergent properties in plane view: Strong correlations at oxide interfaces

J Chakhalian, JW Freeland, AJ Millis… - Reviews of Modern …, 2014‏ - APS
Finding new collective electronic states in materials is one of the fundamental goals of
condensed matter physics. Atomic-scale superlattices formed from transition metal oxides …