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Fluorite ferroelectrics are exciting candidates for next-generation non-volatile memory devices because their unique ferroelectric mechanism, which arises from unconventional oxygen displacements, permits ferroelectricity with minimal…

The discovery of two-dimensional (2D) ferroelectrics with switchable out-of-plane polarization such as monolayer $\alpha$-In$_2$Se$_3$ offers a new avenue for ultrathin high-density ferroelectric-based nanoelectronics such as ferroelectric…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-12-01 Jing Wu , Liyi Bai , Jiawei Huang , Liyang Ma , Jian Liu , Shi Liu

Although ferroelectric systems inherently exhibit binary switching behavior, recent advances in analog memory device have spurred growing interest in achieving continuous memory states. In this work, we demonstrate ferroelectric amplitude…

With the recent experimental verification that ferroelectric lattice distortions survive in the metallic phase of some materials, there is a desire to create devices that are both switchable and take advantage of the novel functionalities…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-02-10 Kelsey S. Chapman , W. A. Atkinson

We have proposed the phenomenological description of dielectric hysteresis loops in ferroelectric semiconductors with charged defects and prevailing extrinsic conductivity. Exactly we have modified Landau-Ginsburg approach and shown that…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-10 Anna N. Morozovska , Eugene A. Eliseev

Ferroelectrics and antiferroelectrics are the electric counterparts of ferromagnets and antiferromagnets. These materials undergo temperature- and electric-field-induced phase transitions that give rise to their characteristic hysteresis…

Recent advances in the synthesis of polar molecular materials have produced practical alternatives to ferroelectric ceramics, opening up exciting new avenues for their incorporation into modern electronic devices. However, in order to…

Ferroelectric materials with switchable spontaneous polarization underpin non-volatile memories, transistors, sensors, and emerging neuromorphic chips. Their performance and stability are governed by polarization dynamics and domain…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-20 Dongyu Bai , Ri He , Junxian Liu , Liangzhi Kou

Ferroelectric materials are established candidates for beyond complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor technology, owing to their non-volatile spontaneous electrical polarization. The recent boom in electric dipole texture engineering and…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-01-29 Bixin Yan , Valentine Gillioz , Ipek Efe , Morgan Trassin

Ferroelectric materials are characterized by the presence of an electric dipole that can be reversed by application of an external electric field, a feature that is exploited in ferroelectric memories. All ferroelectrics are piezoelectric,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-10-07 H. Lu , C. -W. Bark , D. Esque de los Ojos , J. Alcala , C. -B. Eom , G. Catalan , A. Gruverman

Ferroelectricity and metallicity are usually believed not to coexist because conducting electrons would screen out static internal electric fields. In 1965, Anderson and Blount proposed the concept of 'ferroelectric metal', however, it is…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-09-22 Xing-Yu Ma , Hou-Yi Lyu , Kuan-Rong Hao , Yi-Ming Zhao , Xiaofeng Qian , Qing-Bo Yan , Gang Su

We propose a hysteretic model for electromechanical coupling in piezoelectric materials, with the strain and the electric field as inputs and the stress and the polarization as outputs. This constitutive law satisfies the thermodynamic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-12-16 Barbara Kaltenbacher , Pavel Krejci

Recent results in electric-field control of magnetism have paved the way for the design of alternative magnetic and spintronic devices with enhanced functionalities and low power consumption. Among the diversity of reported magnetoelectric…

Interfacial ferroelectricity offers a promising platform for ultrafast, low-power memory devices. While previous studies have demonstrated the importance of domain wall in polarization switching, the coexistence of various domain wall types…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-12-24 Hao-Wen Xu , Wen-Cheng Fan , Jun-Ding Zheng , Cheng-Shi Yao , Ni Zhong , Wen-Yi Tong , Chun-Gang Duan

We have proposed the phenomenological description of polarization switching peculiarities in ferroelectric semiconductors with charged defects and prevailing extrinsic conductivity. Exactly we have modified Landau-Ginsburg approach shown…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-10 Anna N. Morozovska , Eugeny A. Eliseev

We report the development and implementation of a hypothesis learning based automated experiment, in which the microscope operating in the autonomous mode identifies the physical laws behind the material's response. Specifically, we explore…

This paper combines experimental and modelling studies to provide a detailed examination of the influence of porosity volume fraction and morphology on the polarisation-electric field response of ferroelectric materials. The broadening of…

Electrical measurements of ferroelectric switching kinetics are widely used to probe the dynamics of polarization reversal, yet the influence of the measurement circuit is often underappreciated. In this paper, we show that the interplay…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-04-08 Yi Liang , Pat Kezer , John T. Heron

Recently, coexisting ferroelectricity and superconductivity were reported in bilayer T$_{\textrm{d}}$-MoTe$_2$ and twisted bilayer graphene. Importantly, it was observed that an applied displacement field switches the superconductivity with…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-12-05 Yanfang Li , Xin-Zhi Li , Wen-Yu He

Two-dimensional ferroelectrics are important quantum materials which have found novel application in nonvolatile memories, however, the effects of reversible polarization on chemical reactions and interaction with environments are rarely…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-03-17 Xiao Tang , Jing Shang , Yuantong Gu , Aijun Du , Liangzhi Kou