A brief review on strain engineering of ferroelectric KxNa1− xNbO3 epitaxial thin films: Insights from phase-field simulations

B Wang, M Zhou, T Yang, LQ Chen - Journal of Materials Research, 2024 - Springer
Strains play a pivotal role in determining the phase equilibrium, domain configuration, and
functional properties of the low-dimensional ferroelectrics. There is growing interest in the …

Origin of Superior Energy Storage Performance in Antiferroelectric Relaxors

P Ge, B Tian, Z Hong, M Liu, S Yang, X Ke - Acta Materialia, 2025 - Elsevier
Antiferroelectric relaxors (AFR) have attracted increasing attention for their potential to
achieve large energy storage density and high efficiency simultaneously. However, the …

Dipoles disordered by design to increase capacity of energy-storage devices

P Behera, SS Cheema - 2025 - nature.com
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Emerging Piezoelectric Metamaterials for Biomedical Applications

Z Yan, H Tran, D Ma, J **e - Materials and Interfaces, 2024 - sciltp.com
Emerging piezoelectric metamaterials hold immense promise for biomedical applications by
merging the intrinsic electrical properties of piezoelectricity with the precise architecture of …

Next-generation hybrid nanogenerators using giant piezoelectric lead-free KNNS composites for sustainable self-powered electronics

R Sumang, T Charoonsuk, T Bongkarn, TW Chiu… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2025 - Elsevier
This study presents a flexible hybrid nanogenerator that utilizes lead-free KNNS-BF-xBNZ
materials integrated with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) to enhance energy harvesting …

Transverse Bending Mimicry of Longitudinal Piezoelectricity

Z Tan, X Lv, J **ng, S **e, H Zhang, J Zhu - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
The origin of frequently observed ultrahigh electric-induced longitudinal strain, ranging from
1% to 26%, remains an open question. Recent evidence suggests that this phenomenon is …

Phase Coexistence Induced Giant Dielectric Tunability and Electromechanical Response in PbZrO3 Epitaxial Thin Films

W Zhang, X Mou, Y Ma, Y Zheng, S Wang, L Shu, Z Du… - Small - Wiley Online Library
Abstract PbZrO3 (PZO) thin films, as a classic antiferroelectric material, have attracted
tremendous attention for their excellent dielectric, electromechanical, and thermal switching …

Mn-Atomic-Layered Antiphase Boundary Induced Robust Ferroelectricity in Transparent KNN-Based Lead-Free Film

K Wang, L Xu, Z Kong, B Zhu, X Wang, K Han, P Chen… - 2025 - researchsquare.com
One preferred lead-free ferroelectric,(K, Na) NbO 3 (KNN), is gifted with the prominent
features of environmentally benign and excellent piezoelectricity in both its ceramic and film …

Superior Energy-Storage Performance in a Novel BaTiO3-AgNbO3 Binary Ferroelectrics via the Competition of Multiple Polar Orders

M Liu, H Liu, Z Liu, Z Hu, K Dai, S Yan, Z Hu… - Available at SSRN … - papers.ssrn.com
In the field of dielectric energy storage, ferroelectric ceramics commonly have low electric
storage efficiency due to high remanent polarization. Thus, they are usually transformed into …