From classical thermodynamics to phase-field method

LQ Chen, Y Zhao - Progress in Materials Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Phase-field method is a density-based computational method at the mesoscale for modeling
and predicting the temporal microstructure and property evolution during materials …

Recent advances in multilayer‐structure dielectrics for energy storage application

M Feng, Y Feng, T Zhang, J Li, Q Chen… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
An electrostatic capacitor has been widely used in many fields (such as high pulsed power
technology, new energy vehicles, etc.) due to its ultrahigh discharge power density …

Topological phases in polar oxide nanostructures

J Junquera, Y Nahas, S Prokhorenko, L Bellaiche… - Reviews of Modern …, 2023 - APS
The past decade has witnessed dramatic progress related to various aspects of emergent
topological polar textures in oxide nanostructures displaying vortices, skyrmions, merons …

Spatially resolved steady-state negative capacitance

AK Yadav, KX Nguyen, Z Hong, P García-Fernández… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Negative capacitance is a newly discovered state of ferroelectric materials that holds
promise for electronics applications by exploiting a region of thermodynamic space that is …

Creating emergent phenomena in oxide superlattices

R Ramesh, DG Schlom - Nature Reviews Materials, 2019 - nature.com
Complex oxides are record holder materials for many phenomena, including ferroelectricity,
piezoelectricity, superconductivity and multiferroicity. Complex oxides often have competing …

Observation of room-temperature polar skyrmions

S Das, YL Tang, Z Hong, MAP Gonçalves… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Complex topological configurations are fertile ground for exploring emergent phenomena
and exotic phases in condensed-matter physics. For example, the recent discovery of …

Thin‐film ferroelectrics

A Fernandez, M Acharya, HG Lee, J Schimpf… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last 30 years, the study of ferroelectric oxides has been revolutionized by the
implementation of epitaxial‐thin‐film‐based studies, which have driven many advances in …

Recent progress on topological structures in ferroic thin films and heterostructures

S Chen, S Yuan, Z Hou, Y Tang, J Zhang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Topological spin/polarization structures in ferroic materials continue to draw great attention
as a result of their fascinating physical behaviors and promising applications in the field of …

Ferroelectric incommensurate spin crystals

D Rusu, JJP Peters, TPA Hase, JA Gott, GAA Nisbet… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Ferroics, especially ferromagnets, can form complex topological spin structures such as
vortices and skyrmions, when subjected to particular electrical and mechanical boundary …

Phase coexistence and electric-field control of toroidal order in oxide superlattices

AR Damodaran, JD Clarkson, Z Hong, H Liu… - Nature materials, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract Systems that exhibit phase competition, order parameter coexistence, and
emergent order parameter topologies constitute a major part of modern condensed-matter …