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Ultra-dense domain walls are increasingly important for many devices but their microscopic properties are so far not fully understood. Here we use molecular dynamic simulations to study the domain wall stability in the prototypical…
Flat elastic sheets tend to display wrinkles and folds. From pieces of clothing down to two-dimensional crystals, these corrugations appear in response to strain generated by sheet compression or stretching, thermal or mechanical mismatch…
In this study, we explore the ferroelectric domain structure and mechanical properties of PbTiO$_3$-based membranes, which develops a well-ordered and crystallographic-oriented ripple pattern upon release from their growth substrate. The…
We present a spatial and wave-vector resolved study of the electronic structure of micron sized ferroelectric domains at the surface of a BaTiO3(001) single crystal. The n-type doping of the BaTiO3 is controlled by in-situ vacuum and oxygen…
Domain boundaries in ferroelectric materials exhibit rich and diverse physical properties distinct from their parent materials and have been proposed for novel applications in nanoelectronics and quantum information technology. Due to their…
Extraordinary physical properties arise at polar interfaces in oxide materials, including the emergence of two-dimensional electron gases, sheet-superconductivity, and multiferroicity. A special type of polar interface are ferroelectric…
Previous experiments with BaTiO$_3$ single crystals have shown that application of the electric field in the vicinity of the ferroelectric phase transition can be used to introduce peculiar persisting ferroelectric domain walls, accompanied…
It has been recently demonstrated that the magnetic state of FeRh can be controlled by electric fields in FeRh/BaTiO$_{\text{3}}$ heterostructures [R.O. Cherifi et al. Nature Mater. 13, 345 (2014)]. Voltage-controlled changes in the…
Using a combination of computational simulations, atomic-scale resolution imaging and phenomenological modelling, we examine the underlying mechanism for nanodomain restructuring in lead zirconate titanate (PZT) nanodisks driven by electron…
Complex oxides offer a wide range of functional properties, and recent advances in fabrication of freestanding membranes of these oxides are adding new mechanical degrees of freedom to this already rich functional ecosystem. Here, we…
First-principles calculations for pristine neutral ferroelectric domain walls in BiFeO$_3$ reveal that excess electrons are selectively trapped by the domain walls, while holes are only weakly attracted. Such trapped excess electrons may be…
Ferroelectric domains in PbTiO$_3$/SrTiO$_3$ superlattices were studied using synchrotron X-ray diffraction. Macroscopic measurements revealed a change in the domain wall orientation from $\left\lbrace 100 \right\rbrace $ to $\left\lbrace…
We use molecular dynamics simulations to understand the mechanisms of polarization switching in ferroelectric BaTiO$_3$ achieved with external electric field. For tetragonal and orthorhombic ferroelectric phases, we determine the switching…
We report two series of structures representing two types of $180^\circ$ ferroelectric domain walls in $\mathrm{HfO_2}$ and $\mathrm{ZrO_2}$. We model the domain structures with different width by density functional theory calculations. The…
The newly-discovered ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal exhibits a variety of unique defect phenomena. The depolarization field in the material favors spontaneous spatial variations in polarization, manifesting in diverse forms such as…
Ferroelectric nanostructures can be formed by local switching of domains using techniques such as piezo-force microscopy (PFM). Understanding lateral size effects is important to determine the minimum feature size for writing ferroelectric…
Ferroelectric random access memory cells (FeRAMs) have reached 450 x 400 nm production (0.18 micron^2) at Samsung with lead zirconate-titanate (PZT), 0.13 micron^2 at Matsushita with strontium bismuth tantalate (SBT), and comparable sizes…
The electrical generation and detection of elastic waves are the foundation for acousto-electronic and acousto-optic systems. For surface-acoustic-wave devices, micro-/nano-electromechanical systems, and phononic crystals, tailoring the…
Domain walls in ferroelectrics exhibit a plethora of phases and functionalities not found in the bulk. The interplay of electrostatic, chemical, topological, and distortive inhomogeneities at the walls can be so complex, however, that this…
A first-principles-derived method is used to study the morphology and electric-field-induced evolution of stripe nanodomains in (001) BaTiO3 (BTO) ultrathin films, and to compare them with those in (001) Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 (PZT) ultrathin films.…