Analytical methods for characterization of nanomaterial surfaces

HSN Jayawardena, SH Liyanage… - Analytical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The physicochemical parameters of nanomaterials, includ-ing the size, shape, core
structure, and surface ligands, govern the properties as well as the utilities of nanomaterials …

Synchrotron infrared nano-spectroscopy and-imaging

HA Bechtel, SC Johnson, O Khatib, EA Muller… - Surface Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Infrared (IR) spectroscopy has evolved into a powerful analytical technique to probe
molecular and lattice vibrations, low-energy electronic excitations and correlations, and …

Design of ferroelectric double perovskite oxides as photovoltaic materials

S Buvaneswaran, M Shaikh, R Gowsalya… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In ferroelectric-based photovoltaic materials, spontaneous polarization is expected to couple
with the electronic and optical properties of the materials, and such materials have drawn …

Switching of Hybrid Improper Ferroelectricity in Oxide Double Perovskites

P Gayathri, MJ Swamynathan, M Shaikh… - Chemistry of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In ABO3-type perovskite oxides with Pnma symmetry, rotation (QR+, a 0 a 0 c+) and tilt (QT,
a–a–c0) of BO6 octahedra are the two primary order parameters. These order parameters …

Review of experimental progress of hybrid improper ferroelectricity in layered perovskite oxides

BH Zhang, XQ Liu, XM Chen - Journal of Physics D: Applied …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The primary order parameter of hybrid improper ferroelectricity (HIF) is not spontaneous
polarisation but nonpolar modes such as oxygen octahedral rotations (OORs), antipolar, or …

Optical studies of ferroelectric and ferroelastic domain walls

GF Nataf, M Guennou - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent studies carried out with atomic force microscopy or high-resolution transmission
electron microscopy reveal that ferroic domain walls can exhibit different physical properties …

Symmetry crossover in layered complexes via near-field infrared spectroscopy

SN Neal, HS Kim, KR O'Neal, AV Haglund, KA Smith… - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
We employ synchrotron-based near-field infrared spectroscopy to reveal the vibrational
properties of bulk, few-sheet, and single-sheet members of the M PS 3 (M= Mn, Fe, Ni) family …

Robust Ferroelasticity and Carrier Dynamics Across the Domain Wall in Perovskite‐Like van der Waals WO2I2

J Fu, Z Deng, R Tan, Y Fang, Y Peng… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
As a new group of van der Waals (vdWs) ferroic materials, transition metal dioxydihalides
MO2X2 (M: Mo, W; X: halogen) with a perovskite‐like structure are theoretically predicted to …

Imaging Ferroelastic Domain Walls in Hybrid Improper Ferroelectric Sr3Sn2O7

AM Sargent, KA Smith, K Du, X Xu, SW Cheong… - Nano Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
We combined synchrotron-based near field infrared spectroscopy and atomic force
microscopy to image the properties of ferroelastic domain walls in Sr3Sn2O7. Although …

From first-to second-order phase transitions in hybrid improper ferroelectrics through entropy stabilization

F Pomiro, C Ablitt, NC Bristowe, AA Mostofi, C Won… - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
Hybrid improper ferroelectrics (HIFs) have been studied intensively over the past few years
to gain an understanding of their temperature-induced phase transitions and ferroelectric …