Controllable electrical, magnetoelectric and optical properties of BiFeO3 via domain engineering

Y Liu, Y Wang, J Ma, S Li, H Pan, CW Nan… - Progress in Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Bismuth ferrite (BiFeO 3, BFO) as one of the few single-phase room-temperature
multiferroics, has aroused ever-increasing enthusiasm in research communities during the …

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 …

Polarization-induced internal electric field to manipulate piezo-photocatalytic and ferro-photoelectrochemical performance in bismuth ferrite nanofibers

D You, L Liu, Z Yang, X ** lead-free ferroelectrics BiFeO 3 with polarized electric field for tuning charge-
transport properties in piezo-photocatalytic and ferro-photoelectrochemical (PEC) is highly …

Superior photopiezocatalytic performance by enhancing spontaneous polarization through post-synthesis structure distortion in ultrathin Bi2WO6 nanosheet polar …

H Ma, W Yang, S Gao, W Geng, Y Lu, C Zhou… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The internal polarizations of polar photocatalysts could be enhanced through unit cell
structure modulations to improve their photocatalytic performances. In this work, a simple …

Phase‐Field Simulations of Tunable Polar Topologies in Lead‐Free Ferroelectric/Paraelectric Multilayers with Ultrahigh Energy‐Storage Performance

Y Liu, J Liu, H Pan, X Cheng, Z Hong, B Xu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Dielectric capacitors are emerging energy‐storage components that require both high
energy‐storage density and high efficiency. The conventional approach to energy‐storage …

Phase-field simulations of vortex chirality manipulation in ferroelectric thin films

D Liu, J Wang, HM Jafri, X Wang, X Shi, D Liang… - npj Quantum …, 2022 - nature.com
The ferroelectric chiral vortex domains are highly desirable for the application of data
storage devices with low-energy consumption and high-density integration. However, the …

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 …

Surface Effect of Thickness-Dependent Polarization and Domain Evolution in BiFeO3 Epitaxial Ultrathin Films

J Ren, S Tang, C Guo, J Wang… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
With the trend of device miniaturization, ultrathin ferroelectric films are gaining more and
more attention. However, understanding ferroelectricity in this nanoscale context remains a …

Decoding the atomic-scale structural origin of large strain performance in BNT-6BT based relaxor ferroelectrics

C Liu, J Xu, T Zheng, H Qian, T Zhang… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The relationship between matter properties and their atomic-scale structures is a
challenging investigation. For relaxor ferroelectrics, correlating the relaxor mechanisms on …

Magneto–Electric–Optical Coupling in Multiferroic BiFeO3‐Based Films

WR Geng, YL Tang, YL Zhu, YJ Wang, B Wu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Manipulating ferroic orders and realizing their coupling in multiferroics at room temperature
are promising for designing future multifunctional devices. Single external stimulation has …