Perspectives on recent advancements in energy harvesting, sensing and bio-medical applications of piezoelectric gels

T Vijayakanth, S Shankar, G Finkelstein-Zuta… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of next-generation bioelectronics, as well as the powering of consumer
and medical devices, require power sources that are soft, flexible, extensible, and even …

Recent advances in organic and organic–inorganic hybrid materials for piezoelectric mechanical energy harvesting

T Vijayakanth, DJ Liptrot, E Gazit… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This article provides a comprehensive overview of piezo‐and ferro‐electric materials based
on organic molecules and organic–inorganic hybrids for mechanical energy harvesting …

Two-dimensional ferroelectricity in a single-element bismuth monolayer

J Gou, H Bai, X Zhang, YL Huang, S Duan, A Ariando… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Ferroelectric materials are fascinating for their non-volatile switchable electric polarizations
induced by the spontaneous inversion-symmetry breaking. However, in all of the …

Highly enhanced ferroelectricity in HfO2-based ferroelectric thin film by light ion bombardment

S Kang, WS Jang, AN Morozovska, O Kwon, Y **… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Continuous advancement in nonvolatile and morphotropic beyond-Moore electronic devices
requires integration of ferroelectric and semiconductor materials. The emergence of hafnium …

Chiral-perovskite optoelectronics

G Long, R Sabatini, MI Saidaminov… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Hybrid organic–inorganic perovskites (HOIPs) offer long carrier-diffusion lengths, high
absorption coefficients, tunable band gaps and long spin lifetimes. The flexible crystal …

Superior ferroelectricity and nonlinear optical response in a hybrid germanium iodide hexagonal perovskite

K Ding, H Ye, C Su, YA **ong, G Du, YM You… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abundant chemical diversity and structural tunability make organic–inorganic hybrid
perovskites (OIHPs) a rich ore for ferroelectrics. However, compared with their inorganic …

Progress on emerging ferroelectric materials for energy harvesting, storage and conversion

XK Wei, N Domingo, Y Sun, N Balke… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Since the discovery of Rochelle salt a century ago, ferroelectric materials have been
investigated extensively due to their robust responses to electric, mechanical, thermal …

Recent progress on phase engineering of nanomaterials

Q Yun, Y Ge, Z Shi, J Liu, X Wang, A Zhang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
As a key structural parameter, phase depicts the arrangement of atoms in materials.
Normally, a nanomaterial exists in its thermodynamically stable crystal phase. With the …

Ferroelectric switching of a two-dimensional metal

Z Fei, W Zhao, TA Palomaki, B Sun, MK Miller, Z Zhao… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
A ferroelectric is a material with a polar structure whose polarity can be reversed (switched)
by applying an electric field,. In metals, itinerant electrons screen electrostatic forces …

Progress in high-strain perovskite piezoelectric ceramics

J Hao, W Li, J Zhai, H Chen - Materials Science and Engineering: R …, 2019 - Elsevier
High strain piezoelectric ceramics are the state-of-the-art materials for high precision,
positioning devices. A comprehensive review of the latest developments of the various types …