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 …

Controllable electrical, magnetoelectric and optical properties of BiFeO3 via domain engineering

Y Liu, Y Wang, J Ma, S Li, H Pan, CW Nan… - Progress in Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Bismuth ferrite (BiFeO 3, BFO) as one of the few single-phase room-temperature
multiferroics, has aroused ever-increasing enthusiasm in research communities during the …

Multiferroic bismuth ferrite-based materials for multifunctional applications: Ceramic bulks, thin films and nanostructures

J Wu, Z Fan, D Xiao, J Zhu, J Wang - Progress in Materials Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Among the different types of multiferroic compounds, bismuth ferrite (BiFeO 3; BFO) stands
out because it is perhaps the only one being simultaneously magnetic and strongly …

Elastic strain engineering of ferroic oxides

DG Schlom, LQ Chen, CJ Fennie, V Gopalan… - Mrs Bulletin, 2014 - cambridge.org
Using epitaxy and the misfit strain imposed by an underlying substrate, it is possible to
elastically strain oxide thin films to percent levels—far beyond where they would crack in …

BiFeO3 epitaxial thin films and devices: past, present and future

D Sando, A Barthélémy, M Bibes - Journal of Physics …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The celebrated renaissance of the multiferroics family over the past ten years has also been
that of its most paradigmatic member, bismuth ferrite (BiFeO 3). Known since the 1960s to be …

Designing lead-free antiferroelectrics for energy storage

B Xu, J Íñiguez, L Bellaiche - Nature communications, 2017 - nature.com
Dielectric capacitors, although presenting faster charging/discharging rates and better
stability compared with supercapacitors or batteries, are limited in applications due to their …

Electric field control of magnetism in multiferroic heterostructures

CAF Vaz - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We review the recent developments in the electric field control of magnetism in multiferroic
heterostructures, which consist of heterogeneous materials systems where a …

[HTML][HTML] Photoferroelectric perovskite solar cells: Principles, advances and insights

H Li, F Li, Z Shen, ST Han, J Chen, C Dong, C Chen… - Nano Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Increasing environmental crises caused by exploring and using fossil fuels have compelled
human being to develop innovative technologies to utilize renewable and sustainable …

The Experimentalist's Guide to the Cycloid, or Noncollinear Antiferromagnetism in Epitaxial BiFeO3

SR Burns, O Paull, J Juraszek, V Nagarajan… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Bismuth ferrite (BiFeO3) is one of the most widely studied multiferroics. The coexistence of
ferroelectricity and antiferromagnetism in this compound has driven an intense search for …

Multiferroic and magnetoelectric heterostructures

LW Martin, R Ramesh - Acta Materialia, 2012 - Elsevier
We review recent developments and advances in multiferroic and magnetoelectric
heterostructures. Driven by the promise of new materials functionality (ie electric field control …