Topological phases in polar oxide nanostructures

J Junquera, Y Nahas, S Prokhorenko, L Bellaiche… - Reviews of Modern …, 2023 - APS
The past decade has witnessed dramatic progress related to various aspects of emergent
topological polar textures in oxide nanostructures displaying vortices, skyrmions, merons …

Entangled polarizations in ferroelectrics: A focused review of polar topologies

YJ Wang, YL Tang, YL Zhu, XL Ma - Acta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Ferroelectric crystals feature asymmetric or polar structures that are switchable under an
external electric field, holding promise for information storage. Nanoscale ferroelectrics …

Inversion of Molecular Chirality Associated with Ferroelectric Switching in a High-Temperature Two-Dimensional Perovskite Ferroelectric

WF Deng, YX Li, YX Zhao, JS Hu… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Controlling molecular chirality by external stimuli is of great significance in both fundamental
research and technological applications. Herein, we report a high-temperature (384 K) …

Electrically switchable chiral nonlinear optics in an achiral ferroelectric 2D van der Waals halide perovskite

G Yumoto, F Harata, T Nakamura, A Wakamiya… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) semiconductors play a key role in develo**
nanoscale nonlinear optical devices. 2D Ruddlesden-Popper lead halide perovskites …

Dynamical control of topology in polar skyrmions via twisted light

L Gao, S Prokhorenko, Y Nahas, L Bellaiche - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Twisted light carries a nonzero orbital angular momentum, that can be transferred from light
to electrons and particles ranging from nanometers to micrometers. Up to now, the interplay …

Switchable topological polar states in epitaxial BaTiO3 nanoislands on silicon

I Olaniyan, I Tikhonov, VV Hevelke, S Wiesner… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
A fascinating aspect of nanoscale ferroelectric materials is the emergence of topological
polar textures, which include various complex and stable polarization configurations. The …

Spherical ferroelectric solitons

V Govinden, S Prokhorenko, Q Zhang, S Rijal… - Nature Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Spherical ferroelectric domains, such as electrical bubbles, polar skyrmion bubbles and
hopfions, share a single and unique feature—their homogeneously polarized cores are …

Modular development of deep potential for complex solid solutions

J Wu, J Yang, L Ma, L Zhang, S Liu - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
The multicomponent oxide solid solution is a versatile platform to tune the delicate balance
between competing spin, charge, orbital, and lattice degrees of freedom for materials design …

On-demand nanoengineering of in-plane ferroelectric topologies

M Checa, B Pant, A Puretzky, B Dryzhakov… - Nature …, 2025 - nature.com
Hierarchical assemblies of ferroelectric nanodomains, so-called super-domains, can exhibit
exotic morphologies that lead to distinct behaviours. Controlling these super-domains …

Electric Field‐Manipulated Optical Chirality in Ferroelectric Vortex Domains

H Han, W Li, Q Zhang, S Tang, Y Wang, Z Xu… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Manipulating optical chirality via electric fields has garnered considerable attention in the
realm of both fundamental physics and practical applications. Chiral ferroelectrics …