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 …

A thermodynamic potential for barium zirconate titanate solid solutions

J Peng, D Shan, Y Liu, K Pan, C Lei, N He… - npj Computational …, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Barium zirconate titanate [Ba (Zr x Ti1− x) O3] solid solutions are promising lead-
free ferroelectric materials that have received substantial interest. Thermodynamic analysis …

A Novel Multiple Interface Structure with the Segregation of Dopants in Lead‐Free Ferroelectric (K0.5Na0.5)NbO3 Thin Films

C Li, L Wang, W Chen, L Lu, H Nan… - Advanced materials …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Interfaces in oxides are found to possess different properties and can be engineered for
modifying local structure and properties of nearby area. In this work, it is reported that the …

Phase transitions in BaTiO3 thin films and BaTiO3/BaZrO3 superlattices

YI Yuzyuk, RA Sakhovoy, OA Maslova… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Using pulsed laser deposition, we grew a ferroelectric [BaTiO 3] Λ/2/[BaZrO 3] Λ/2 (BT/BZ)
superlattice with a stacking periodicity of Λ= 256 Å and a BT single film on a La 1/2 Sr 1/2 …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancement of ferroelectric polarization in layered BaZrO3/BaTiO3 superlattices

MPK Sahoo, Y Zhang, J Wang - Physics Letters A, 2016 - Elsevier
The influence of stacking periodicity on the ferroelectric properties of layered (BaZrO 3)
m/(BaTiO 3) n (BZO/BTO) superlattices is investigated by first-principles calculations. It is …

Phenomenological thermodynamic potentials for bulk and thin-film Ba (Zr0. 08Ti0. 92) O3 single crystals

JL Peng, Q Li, DL Shan, K Pan, GS Yu… - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Phenomenological thermodynamic analysis is an important theoretical investigation method
for ferroelectric materials, however, it cannot be implemented for Ba (Zr x Ti 1− x) O 3 due to …

Highly constrained ferroelectric [BaTiO3](1− x) Λ/[BaZrO3] xΛ superlattices: X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy

J Belhadi, M El Marssi, Y Gagou, YI Yuzyuk… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We report an x-ray diffraction (XRD) and a Raman-scattering investigation of ferroelectric/
paraelectric superlattices [BaTiO 3](1− x) Λ/[BaZrO 3] x Λ for which the composition varied …

Giant increase of ferroelectric phase transition temperature in highly strained ferroelectric [BaTiO3] 0.7 Λ/[BaZrO3] 0.3 Λ superlattice

J Belhadi, M El Marssi, Y Gagou, YI Yuzyuk… - Europhysics …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
We report epitaxial strain effects in the lead-free ferroelectric/paraelectric superlattice (SL)
$[{\text {BaTiO}} _ {3}] _ {0.7\Lambda}/[{\text {BaZrO}} _ {3}] _ {0.3\Lambda} $ for a …

Misfit strain-induced changes in the Fe-sublattice of multiferroic Pb (Fe1/2Nb1/2) O3 epitaxial nanofilm seen via Raman spectroscopy

YI Yuzyuk, IP Raevski, SI Raevskaya, N Lemee… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Magnetic phase transition temperature of the PbFe 1/2 Nb 1/2 O 3 (PFN) nanofilm on the
SrTiO 3 substrate was reported to be about 50 K higher than that in the bulk samples. We …

Phase transition in ferroelectric BaTiO3/SrTiO3 superlattice: Raman spectroscopy studies

AG Razumnaya, YI Yuzyuk, IN Zakharchenko… - …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
BaTiO3/SrTiO3 superlattice has been grown on (001) MgO substrate by pulsed laser
deposition. The unit cell parameters of BaTiO3 and SrTiO3 layers and modulation period …