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Ferroelectric Effects Probed by in situ Transmission Electron Microscopy

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American Institute of Physics2016

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Charged domain walls in ferroelectric materials are of high interest due to their potential use in nanoelectronic devices. While previous approaches have utilized complex scanning probe techniques or frustrative poling here we show the creation of charged ...

Nature Publishing Group2016

Piezoelectric enhancement under negative pressure

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Enhancement of ferroelectric properties, both spontaneous polarization and Curie temperature under negative pressure had been predicted in the past from first principles and recently confirmed experimentally. In contrast, piezoelectric properties are expec ...

Nature Publishing Group2016

Current status and future directions for in situ transmission electron microscopy

This review article discusses the current and future possibilities for the application of in situ transmission electron microscopy to reveal synthesis pathways and functional mechanisms in complex and nanoscale materials. The findings of a group of scienti ...

Elsevier Science Bv2016

Towards room-temperature deterministic ferroelectric control of ferromagnetic thin films

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EPFL2015

Despite the technological importance of hard and soft PZT, Pb(Zr,Ti)O3, ceramics, the mechanisms of ferroelectric hardening and softening remain widely discussed in the literature. The hardening and softening phenomena have traditionally been investigated ...

American Institute of Physics2015

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Ferroelectrics are widespread in technology(1), being used in electronics and communications(2), medical diagnostics and industrial automation. However, extension of their operational temperature range and useful properties is desired(3-5). Recent developm ...

Nature Publishing Group2015