From classical thermodynamics to phase-field method

LQ Chen, Y Zhao - Progress in Materials Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Phase-field method is a density-based computational method at the mesoscale for modeling
and predicting the temporal microstructure and property evolution during materials …

Recent advances in multilayer‐structure dielectrics for energy storage application

M Feng, Y Feng, T Zhang, J Li, Q Chen… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
An electrostatic capacitor has been widely used in many fields (such as high pulsed power
technology, new energy vehicles, etc.) due to its ultrahigh discharge power density …

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 …

Local structural heterogeneity and electromechanical responses of ferroelectrics: learning from relaxor ferroelectrics

F Li, S Zhang, D Damjanovic, LQ Chen… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Long‐range ordering of dipoles is a key microscopic signature of ferroelectrics. These
ordered dipoles form ferroelectric domains, which can be reoriented by electric fields …

Spatially resolved steady-state negative capacitance

AK Yadav, KX Nguyen, Z Hong, P García-Fernández… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Negative capacitance is a newly discovered state of ferroelectric materials that holds
promise for electronics applications by exploiting a region of thermodynamic space that is …

Electrocaloric cooling materials and devices for zero-global-warming-potential, high-efficiency refrigeration

J Shi, D Han, Z Li, L Yang, SG Lu, Z Zhong, J Chen… - Joule, 2019 - cell.com
Electrocaloric cooling technologies, enabled by the discovery of the giant electrocaloric
effect in dielectrics more than a decade ago, represents a zero-global-warming-potential …

Creating emergent phenomena in oxide superlattices

R Ramesh, DG Schlom - Nature Reviews Materials, 2019 - nature.com
Complex oxides are record holder materials for many phenomena, including ferroelectricity,
piezoelectricity, superconductivity and multiferroicity. Complex oxides often have competing …

Observation of room-temperature polar skyrmions

S Das, YL Tang, Z Hong, MAP Gonçalves… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Complex topological configurations are fertile ground for exploring emergent phenomena
and exotic phases in condensed-matter physics. For example, the recent discovery of …

Thin‐film ferroelectrics

A Fernandez, M Acharya, HG Lee, J Schimpf… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last 30 years, the study of ferroelectric oxides has been revolutionized by the
implementation of epitaxial‐thin‐film‐based studies, which have driven many advances in …

Toroidal polar topology in strained ferroelectric polymer

M Guo, C Guo, J Han, S Chen, S He, T Tang, Q Li… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Polar topological texture has become an emerging research field for exotic phenomena and
potential applications in reconfigurable electronic devices. We report toroidal topological …