Recent progress on topological structures in ferroic thin films and heterostructures

S Chen, S Yuan, Z Hou, Y Tang, J Zhang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Topological spin/polarization structures in ferroic materials continue to draw great attention
as a result of their fascinating physical behaviors and promising applications in the field of …

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 …

Ferroelectricity in layered bismuth oxide down to 1 nanometer

Q Yang, J Hu, YW Fang, Y Jia, R Yang, S Deng, Y Lu… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Atomic-scale ferroelectrics are of great interest for high-density electronics, particularly field-
effect transistors, low-power logic, and nonvolatile memories. We devised a film with a …

Realizing super‐high piezoelectricity and excellent fatigue resistance in domain‐engineered bismuth titanate ferroelectrics

S **e, Q Xu, Q Chen, J Zhu… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Bismuth titanate (BIT) is widely known as one of the most prospective lead‐free ferroelectric
and piezoelectric materials in advanced high‐temperature sensing applications. Despite …

Reporting excellent transverse piezoelectric and electro‐optic effects in transparent rhombohedral PMN‐PT single crystal by engineered domains

C Deng, L Ye, C He, G Xu, Q Zhai, H Luo… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Transparent ferroelectric crystals with high piezoelectricity are challenging to build because
of their complex structure and disordered domains in rhombohedral relaxor ferroelectrics …

Giant tunnelling electroresistance in atomic-scale ferroelectric tunnel junctions

Y Jia, Q Yang, YW Fang, Y Lu, M **e, J Wei… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Ferroelectric tunnel junctions are promising towards high-reliability and low-power non-
volatile memories and computing devices. Yet it is challenging to maintain a high tunnelling …

Direct observation of room-temperature out-of-plane ferroelectricity and tunneling electroresistance at the two-dimensional limit

H Wang, ZR Liu, HY Yoong, TR Paudel, JX **ao… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Out-of-plane ferroelectricity with a high transition temperature in nanometer-scale films is
required to miniaturize electronic devices. Direct visualization of stable ferroelectric …

Domain Wall Evolution in Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 Ferroelectrics under Field-Cycling Behavior

S Zhang, Q Zhang, F Meng, T Lin, B Zeng, L Gu, M Liao… - Research, 2023 - spj.science.org
HfO2-based ferroelectrics have evoked considerable interest owing to the complementary
metal–oxide semiconductor compatibility and robust ferroelectricity down to a few unit cells …

Thickness scaling of ferroelectricity in BiFeO3 by tomographic atomic force microscopy

JJ Steffes, RA Ristau, R Ramesh, BD Huey - Proceedings of the National …, 2019 - pnas.org
Nanometer-scale 3D imaging of materials properties is critical for understanding equilibrium
states in electronic materials, as well as for optimization of device performance and …

Highly stable performance of flexible Hf 0.6 Zr 0.4 O 2 ferroelectric thin films under multi-service conditions

WY Liu, JJ Liao, J Jiang, YC Zhou, Q Chen… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The rapid development of the flexible electronics industry places higher demands on the
performance of flexible ferroelectric memories. In practical work, environmental factors such …