Piezoelectricity, pyroelectricity, and ferroelectricity in biomaterials and biomedical applications

X Yuan, J Shi, Y Kang, J Dong, Z Pei, X Ji - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Piezoelectric, pyroelectric, and ferroelectric materials are considered unique biomedical
materials due to their dielectric crystals and asymmetric centers that allow them to directly …

Ferroic phases in two-dimensional materials

P Man, L Huang, J Zhao, TH Ly - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Two-dimensional (2D) ferroics, namely ferroelectric, ferromagnetic, and ferroelastic
materials, are attracting rising interest due to their fascinating physical properties and …

Controllable CO2 electrocatalytic reduction via ferroelectric switching on single atom anchored In2Se3 monolayer

L Ju, X Tan, X Mao, Y Gu, S Smith, A Du, Z Chen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Efficient and selective CO2 electroreduction into chemical fuels promises to alleviate
environmental pollution and energy crisis, but it relies on catalysts with controllable product …

Thin-film ferroelectric materials and their applications

LW Martin, AM Rappe - Nature Reviews Materials, 2016 - nature.com
Ferroelectric materials, because of their robust spontaneous electrical polarization, are
widely used in various applications. Recent advances in modelling, synthesis and …

Recent advances of ferro-, piezo-, and pyroelectric nanomaterials for catalytic applications

S Li, Z Zhao, J Zhao, Z Zhang, X Li… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Ferro-, piezo-, and pyroelectric materials are emerging as potential candidates for
converting various forms of primary energy from the ambient environment (eg, sunlight …

Surface polarization matters: enhancing the hydrogen‐evolution reaction by shrinking Pt shells in Pt–Pd–graphene stack structures

S Bai, C Wang, M Deng, M Gong, Y Bai… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Surface charge state plays an important role in tuning the catalytic performance of
nanocrystals in various reactions. Herein, we report a synthetic approach to unique Pt–Pd …

Tunable Surface Chemistry in Heterogeneous Bilayer Single‐Atom Catalysts for Electrocatalytic NOx Reduction to Ammonia

X Lv, T Mou, J Li, L Kou… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Electrochemical NOx reduction reaction (NOxRR) holds promise for both nitrogen
pollution management and low‐temperature ammonia (NH3) synthesis; however, it relies on …

The catalytic mechanics of dynamic surfaces: stimulating methods for promoting catalytic resonance

M Shetty, A Walton, SR Gathmann, MA Ardagh… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Transformational catalytic performance in rate and selectivity is obtainable through catalysts
that change on the time scale of catalytic turnover frequency. In this work, dynamic catalysts …

Surface-screening mechanisms in ferroelectric thin films and their effect on polarization dynamics and domain structures

SV Kalinin, Y Kim, DD Fong… - Reports on Progress in …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

Reversible chemical switching of a ferroelectric film

RV Wang, DD Fong, F Jiang, MJ Highland, PH Fuoss… - Physical review …, 2009 - APS
According to recent experiments and predictions, the orientation of the polarization at the
surface of a ferroelectric material can affect its surface chemistry. Here we demonstrate the …