This review covers important advances in recent years in the physics of thin-film ferroelectric
oxides, the strongest emphasis being on those aspects particular to ferroelectrics in thin-film …

This review paper summarizes recent advances in the quickly developing field of nanoscale
ferroelectrics, analyses its current status and considers potential future developments. The …

Here we demonstrate that efficient piezoelectric nanoparticle–polymer composite materials
can be optically printed into three-dimensional (3D) microstructures using digital projection …

Ferroelectric nanostructures are attracting tremendous interest because they offer a
promising route to novel integrated electronic devices such as non-volatile memories and …

In order to determine the origin of image contrast in piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM),
analytical descriptions of the complex interactions between a small tip and ferroelectric …

In this paper, we review recent advances in piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) with
respect to nanoscale ferroelectric research, summarize the basic principles of PFM, illustrate …

The ability to probe a material's electromechanical functionality on the nanoscale is critical to
applications from energy storage and computing to biology and medicine. Voltage …

Nanostructured surfaces can be broadly defined as substrates in which the typical features
have dimensions in the range 1–100 nm (although the upper limit of 100 nm may be relaxed …

Among the main trends in our daily society is a drive for smaller, faster, cheaper, smarter
computers with ever-increasing memories. To sustain this drive the com puter industry is …

To achieve quantitative interpretation of piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM), including
resolution limits, tip bias-and strain-induced phenomena and spectroscopy, analytical …