Insights into strain engineering: from ferroelectrics to related functional materials and beyond

T Li, S Deng, H Liu, J Chen - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Ferroelectrics have become indispensable components in various application fields,
including information processing, energy harvesting, and electromechanical conversion …

Review on recent developments in 2D ferroelectrics: theories and applications

L Qi, S Ruan, YJ Zeng - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Although only a few 2D materials have been predicted to possess ferroelectricity, 2D
ferroelectrics are expected to play a dominant role in the upcoming nano era as important …

Colossal permittivity materials as superior dielectrics for diverse applications

Y Wang, W Jie, C Yang, X Wei… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Ever since the beginning of this century, many kinds of materials have been reported to
demonstrate colossal permittivity (CP) or a colossal dielectric constant exceeding 103 …

Multiferroics: a magnetic twist for ferroelectricity

SW Cheong, M Mostovoy - Nature materials, 2007 - nature.com
Magnetism and ferroelectricity are essential to many forms of current technology, and the
quest for multiferroic materials, where these two phenomena are intimately coupled, is of …

Terahertz-driven phonon upconversion in SrTiO3

M Kozina, M Fechner, P Marsik, T van Driel… - Nature Physics, 2019 - nature.com
Direct manipulation of the atomic lattice using intense long-wavelength laser pulses has
become a viable approach to create new states of matter in complex materials …

Strain tuning of ferroelectric thin films

DG Schlom, LQ Chen, CB Eom, KM Rabe… - Annu. Rev. Mater …, 2007 - annualreviews.org
Predictions and measurements of the effect of biaxial strain on the properties of epitaxial
ferroelectric thin films and superlattices are reviewed. Results for single-layer ferroelectric …

Softening of the optical phonon by reduced interatomic bonding strength without depolarization

R Cao, QL Yang, HX Deng, SH Wei, J Robertson… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Softening of the transverse optical (TO) phonon, which could trigger ferroelectric phase
transition, can usually be achieved by enhancing the long-range Coulomb interaction over …

Origin of the dielectric dead layer in nanoscale capacitors

M Stengel, NA Spaldin - Nature, 2006 - nature.com
Capacitors are a mainstay of electronic integrated circuits and devices, where they perform
essential functions such as storing electrical charge, and blocking direct current while …

Modern physics of ferroelectrics: Essential background

KM Rabe, M Dawber, C Lichtensteiger, CH Ahn… - Physics of Ferroelectrics …, 2007 - Springer
Principles of ferroelectricity and information about ferroelectric materials and their
applications are reviewed. The characterization of ferroelectric behavior through …

Surface-screening mechanisms in ferroelectric thin films and their effect on polarization dynamics and domain structures

SV Kalinin, Y Kim, DD Fong… - Reports on Progress in …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
For over 70 years, ferroelectric materials have been one of the central research topics for
condensed matter physics and material science, an interest driven both by fundamental …