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Two-dimensional (2D) ferroelectric semiconductors present opportunities for integrating ferroelectrics into high-density ultrathin nanoelectronics. Among the few synthesized 2D ferroelectrics, $\alpha$-In$_2$Se$_3$, known for its…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-02-29 Liyi Bai , Changming Ke , Zhongshen Luo , Tianyuan Zhu , Lu You , Shi Liu

We propose a tunneling heterostructure by replacing one of the metal electrodes in a metal/ferroelectric/metal ferroelectric tunnel junction with a heavily doped semiconductor. In this metal/ferroelectric/semiconductor tunnel diode, both…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-05-22 Zheng Wen , Chen Li , Di Wu , Aidong Li , Naiben Ming

We demonstrate the feasibility of multilevel recording in Pt/Bi(1-d)FeO3/SrRuO3 capacitors using the ferroelectric resistive switching phenomenon exhibited by the Pt/Bi(1-d)FeO3 interface. A tunable population of up and down ferroelectric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-02-05 David Jiménez , Enrique Miranda , Atsushi Tsurumaki-Fukuchi , Hiroyuki Yamada , Jordi Suñé , Akihito Sawa

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

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

Freestanding ferroelectric membranes are promising for flexible electronics, nonvolatile memory, photonics, and spintronics, but their synthesis is challenged by the need for reproducibility with precise stoichiometric control. Here, we…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-10-07 S. Choo , S. Varshney , J. Shah , A. K. Manjeshwar , D. K. Lee , K. A. Mkhoyan , R. D. James , B. Jalan

The magnetoelectric effects in multiferroics have a great potential in creating next-generation memory devices. We conceive a new concept of non-volatile memories based on a type of nonlinear magnetoelectric effects showing a…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-08-17 Jianxin Shen , Junzhuang Cong , Yisheng Chai , Dashan Shang , Shipeng Shen , Kun Zhai , Ying Tian , Young Sun

Ferroic transition metal oxides, which exhibit spontaneous elastic, electrical, magnetic or toroidal order, exhibit functional properties that find use in ultrastable solid-state memories to sensors and medical imaging technologies. To…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-03-20 Andrew T. Mulder , Nicole A. Benedek , James M. Rondinelli , Craig J. Fennie

Ferroelectrics are multifunctional smart materials finding applications in sensor technology, micromechanical actuation, digital information storage etc. Their most fundamental property is the ability of polarization switching under applied…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-06-27 Yuri A. Genenko , Sergey Zhukov , Maohua Zhang , Ke Wang , Jurij Koruza

General energy approaches have been applied to study the single-domain polarization reversal induced by the voltage-modulated Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) in ferroelectric single crystals and thin films. Topographic analysis of energy…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Yu. Emelyanov

Ferroelectrics offer a promising materials platform to realize energy-efficient non-volatile memory technology with the FeFET-based implementations being one of the most area-efficient ferroelectric memory architectures. However, the FeFET…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-30 Jaykumar Vaidya , R S Surya Kanthi , Shamiul Alam , Nazmul Amin , Ahmedullah Aziz , Nikhil Shukla

Ferroelectrics are essential in low-dimensional memory devices for multi-bit storage and high-density integration. A polar structure is a necessary premise for ferroelectricity, mainly existing in compounds. However, it is usually rare in…

Ultrafast switching of ferroic phases is an important research frontier, with significant technological potential. Yet, current efforts are meeting some key challenges, ranging from limited speeds in ferromagnets to intrinsic volatility of…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-06-13 Z. Zeng , M. Först , M. Fechner , D. Prabhakaran , P. G. Radaelli , A. Cavalleri

Proximity ferroelectricity is a novel paradigm for inducing ferroelectricity in a non-ferroelectric polar material such as AlN or ZnO that are typically unswitchable with an external field below their dielectric breakdown field. When placed…

BiFeO3 is a model multiferroic in which the ferroelectric polarization is coupled to ferroelastic lattice distortions, yet deterministic control of its domain structure remains limited by high switching fields and competing polarization…

My research is dedicated to the electronic properties of functional oxides. My activity specifically focuses on ferroelectric tunnel junctions in which an ultrathin layer of ferroelectric material is intercalated between two metallic…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-11-17 Vincent Garcia

A stochastic model of electric field-driven polarization reversal in orthorhombic ferroelectrics is advanced, providing a description of their temporal electromechanical response. The theory accounts for all possible parallel and sequential…

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

High-speed, non-volatile tunability is critical for advancing reconfigurable photonic devices used in neuromorphic information processing, sensing, and communication. Despite significant progress in developing phase change and ferroelectric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-04-24 Jing Liang , Yuan Xie , Dongyang Yang , Shangyi Guo , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Jerry I. Dadap , David Jones , Ziliang Ye

The discovery and precise manipulation of atomic-size conductive ferroelectric domain defects, such as geometrically confined walls, offer new opportunities for a wide range of prospective electronic devices, and the so-called walltronics…