SrRuO 3 is endowed with three remarkable features. First, it is a moderately correlated
material that exhibits several novel physical properties; second, it permits the epitaxial …

Ferroelectrics, with their spontaneous switchable electric polarization and strong coupling
between their electrical, mechanical, thermal, and optical responses, provide functionalities …

Using epitaxy and the misfit strain imposed by an underlying substrate, it is possible to
elastically strain oxide thin films to percent levels—far beyond where they would crack in …

The control of material interfaces at the atomic level has led to novel interfacial properties
and functionalities. In particular, the study of polar discontinuities at interfaces between …

We show that light drives large-amplitude structural changes in thin films of the prototypical
ferroelectric PbTiO 3 via direct coupling to its intrinsic photovoltaic response. Using time …

For perovskite oxides, ABO3, slight octahedral distortions have close links to functional
properties. While perovskite oxide heterostructures offer a good platform for controlling …

Topological structures based on controllable ferroelectric or ferromagnetic domain
configurations offer the opportunity to develop microelectronic devices such as high-density …

After the discovery of the perovskite high T c superconductors in 1986, a rare and almost
unknown deposition technique attracted attention. Pulsed laser deposition (PLD), or laser …

Understanding of metal insulator transitions in a strongly correlated system, driven by
Anderson localization (disorder) and/or Mott localization (correlation), is a long standing …

Scientific interest in atomically controlled layer-by-layer fabrication of transition metal oxide
thin films and heterostructures has increased intensely in recent decades for basic physics …