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 …

Thin‐film ferroelectrics

A Fernandez, M Acharya, HG Lee, J Schimpf… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last 30 years, the study of ferroelectric oxides has been revolutionized by the
implementation of epitaxial‐thin‐film‐based studies, which have driven many advances in …

Super-elastic ferroelectric single-crystal membrane with continuous electric dipole rotation

G Dong, S Li, M Yao, Z Zhou, YQ Zhang, X Han, Z Luo… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Ferroelectrics are usually inflexible oxides that undergo brittle deformation. We synthesized
freestanding single-crystalline ferroelectric barium titanate (BaTiO3) membranes with a …

Highly Air-Stable Carbon-Based α-CsPbI3 Perovskite Solar Cells with a Broadened Optical Spectrum

S **ang, Z Fu, W Li, Y Wei, J Liu, H Liu, L Zhu… - ACS Energy …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Inorganic cesium lead halide perovskites with superb thermal stability show promise to
fabricate long-term operational photovoltaic devices. However, the cubic phase (α) of …

Elastic strain engineering of ferroic oxides

DG Schlom, LQ Chen, CJ Fennie, V Gopalan… - Mrs Bulletin, 2014 - cambridge.org
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 …

Phase-field models in materials science

I Steinbach - Modelling and simulation in materials science and …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
The phase-field method is reviewed against its historical and theoretical background.
Starting from Van der Waals considerations on the structure of interfaces in materials the …

Inorganic perovskite solar cells: a rapidly growing field

H Chen, S **ang, W Li, H Liu, L Zhu, S Yang - Solar Rrl, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Since the first report in 2009, organic‐inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells (OIH‐PSCs)
which have achieved the power conversion efficiencies (PCEs) over 22% have gathered …

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 …

Advances in the growth and characterization of magnetic, ferroelectric, and multiferroic oxide thin films

LW Martin, YH Chu, R Ramesh - Materials Science and Engineering: R …, 2010 - Elsevier
The growth and characterization of functional oxide thin films that are ferroelectric, magnetic,
or both at the same time are reviewed. The evolution of synthesis techniques and how …

A thin film approach to engineering functionality into oxides

DG Schlom, LQ Chen, X Pan, A Schmehl… - Journal of the …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The broad spectrum of electronic and optical properties exhibited by oxides offers
tremendous opportunities for microelectronic devices, especially when a combination of …