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

Nanostructured materials are central to the evolution of future electronics and information
technologies. Ferroelectrics have already been established as a dominant branch in the …

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

Nanotechnology, in combination with surface engineering focused on a fabrication of
various nanostructures and new materials, has recently attracted a vast amount of research …

The nanostructure dimensions and regularity of the hexagonal arrangement of nanopores
formed by self-organized anodization of aluminium in a 20wt.% sulphuric acid was …

Piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) is a powerful method widely used for nanoscale
studies of the electromechanical coupling effect in various materials systems. Here, we …

Functional perovskite materials gain increasing significance due to their wide spectrum of
attractive properties, including ferroelectric, ferromagnetic, conducting and multiferroic …

Free ferroelectric nanoparticles in the order of 10 nm undergo a size driven phase transition
into a paraelectric phase. However, in all applications, especially in ferroelectric random …

Nanostructured ferroelectric patterns are promising for a wide range of applications,
including sensing and actuation, data storage, photonics, spintronics, and energy …

With the continued demand for ultrahigh density ferroelectric data storage applications, it is
becoming increasingly important to scale the dimension of ferroelectrics down to the …