For over 70 years, ferroelectric materials have been one of the central research topics for
condensed matter physics and material science, an interest driven both by fundamental …

Recently, various efforts have been made to implement synaptic characteristics with a
ferroelectric field-effect transistor (FeFET), but in-depth physical analyses have not been …

Ferroelectric thin films have recently received unprecedented attention due to the need to
miniaturize electronic circuit devices. Synthesis and deposition processes along with …

Abstract The nanocrystalline Ni 0.7 Cu 0.3 Al x Fe 2-x O 4 (x= 0.00: 0.02: 0.10) are prepared
through the sol–gel auto combustion route. The structural, surface morphology, magnetic …

Modifying the architecture of multilayer hard coatings allows to adjust the mechanical
properties of these materials for a given application. Within this work, the effect of the bilayer …

Piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) uses a cantilever arm to track the electromechanical
motion of the electric dipole moment to visualize the ferroelectric domain structure, which …

Abstract Ti (Al) SiN protective hard coatings are promising candidates for the metal cutting
industry, due to their favorable properties such as a high hardness and good oxidation …

CrTaN coatings were deposited by cathodic arc evaporation and the influence of the bias
voltage on the microstructure, mechanical properties and thermal stability was investigated …

The authors have investigated the polarization reversal on ferroelectric thin films caused by
a grounded tip on 50-nm-thick Pb (Zr, Ti) O 3 films. Backswitching occurred when the …

The advent of multiferroic-based materials has opened the plethora for high tunable
multifunctional materials and ultra-fast operation for future non-volatile memory technology …