Ferroelectrics have become indispensable components in various application fields,
including information processing, energy harvesting, and electromechanical conversion …

Perovskite manganites exhibit a broad range of structural, electronic, and magnetic
properties, which are widely investigated since the discovery of the colossal …

High energy and high power density rechargeable micro‐batteries are a necessity for
powering the next generation of flexible electronics, internet of things, and medical …

Integrating oxide thin films on flexible substrates is a critical step toward future applications
of multifunctional oxides for flexible electronics and spintronic devices. As a demonstration …

Self-assembled oxide–metal nanocomposite thin films have aroused great research interest
owing to their wide range of functionalities, including metamaterials with plasmonic and …

Self-assembled nanocomposite thin films couple two materials into a single film, typically, in
the form of vertically aligned nanopillars embedded in a matrix film. High-density vertical …

The emerging field of self-assembled vertically aligned nanocomposite (VAN) thin films
effectively enables strain, interface, and microstructure engineering as well as (multi) …

Hyperbolic metamaterials demonstrate exotic optical properties that are poised to find
applications in subdiffraction imaging and hyperlenses. Key challenges remain for practical …

Applying functional oxide thin films to flexible devices is of great interests within the rapid
development of information technology. The challenges involve the contradiction between …

Magnetoresistance (MR) is highly exploitable to future spintronics devices, such as random-
access memory, magnetic sensors, and spin-based neuromorphic electronics …