Flexoelectricity in solids: Progress, challenges, and perspectives

B Wang, Y Gu, S Zhang, LQ Chen - Progress in Materials Science, 2019 - Elsevier
The flexoelectricity describes the contribution of the linear couplings between the electric
polarization and strain gradient and between polarization gradient and strain to the …

Physics of SrTiO3-based heterostructures and nanostructures: a review

YY Pai, A Tylan-Tyler, P Irvin… - Reports on Progress in …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
This review provides a summary of the rich physics expressed within SrTiO 3-based
heterostructures and nanostructures. The intended audience is researchers who are …

Roadmap for ferroelectric domain wall nanoelectronics

P Sharma, TS Moise, L Colombo… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ferroelectric domain walls naturally form at nanoscale interfaces of polar order leading to
electronic properties distinct from the bulk that can also be electrically programmed. These …

Ultrathin Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 Ferroelectric Films on Si

A Chernikova, M Kozodaev, A Markeev… - … applied materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Because of their immense scalability and manufacturability potential, the HfO2-based
ferroelectric films attract significant attention as strong candidates for application in …

Mechanically Driven Reversible Polarization Switching in Imprinted BiFeO3 Thin Films

Y Wang, C Guo, M Chen, Y Liang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Mechanically driven polarization switching via scanning probe microscopy provides a
valuable voltage‐free strategy for designing ferroelectric nanodomain structures. However, it …

Controlled manipulation of oxygen vacancies using nanoscale flexoelectricity

S Das, B Wang, Y Cao, M Rae Cho, Y Jae Shin… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Oxygen vacancies, especially their distribution, are directly coupled to the electromagnetic
properties of oxides and related emergent functionalities that have implications for device …

Wake-Up in a Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 Film: A Cycle-by-Cycle Emergence of the Remnant Polarization via the Domain Depinning and the Vanishing of the Anomalous …

A Chouprik, M Spiridonov, S Zarubin… - ACS Applied …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The mechanism of the remnant polarization (P r) growth during the first stage of ferroelectric
HfO2-based memory cell operation (the wake-up effect) is still unclear. In this work, we …

Modulating the Electrical Transport in the Two-Dimensional Electron Gas at Heterostructures by Interfacial Flexoelectricity

F Zhang, P Lv, Y Zhang, S Huang, CM Wong, HM Yau… - Physical review …, 2019 - APS
Thin film flexoelectricity is attracting more attention because of its enhanced effect and
potential application in electronic devices. Here we find that a mechanical bending induced …

Stimulating Oxide Heterostructures: A Review on Controlling SrTiO3‐Based Heterointerfaces with External Stimuli

DV Christensen, F Trier, W Niu, Y Gan… - Advanced Materials …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Numerous of the greatest inventions in modern society, such as solar cells, display panels,
and transistors, rely on a simple concept: An external stimulus is applied to a material and …

Imaging and tuning polarity at SrTiO3 domain walls

Y Frenkel, N Haham, Y Shperber, C Bell, Y **e… - Nature materials, 2017 - nature.com
Electrostatic fields tune the ground state of interfaces between complex oxide materials.
Electronic properties, such as conductivity and superconductivity, can be tuned and then …