Dawn of nitride ferroelectric semiconductors: from materials to devices

P Wang, D Wang, S Mondal, M Hu… - Semiconductor Science …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
III-nitride semiconductors are promising optoelectronic and electronic materials and have
been extensively investigated in the past decades. New functionalities, such as …

An epitaxial ferroelectric ScAlN/GaN heterostructure memory

D Wang, P Wang, S Mondal, S Mohanty… - Advanced Electronic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Electrically switchable bistable conductance that occurs in ferroelectric materials has
attracted growing interest due to its promising applications in data storage and in‐memory …

Thermal Stability of the Ferroelectric Properties in 100 nm-Thick Al0.72Sc0.28N

R Guido, PD Lomenzo, MR Islam, N Wolff… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The discovery of ferroelectricity in aluminum scandium nitride (Al1–x Sc x N) opens
technological perspectives for harsh environments and space-related memory applications …

Perspectives on nitride ferroelectric semiconductors: Challenges and opportunities

D Wang, S Yang, J Liu, D Wang, Z Mi - Applied Physics Letters, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The recent demonstration of ferroelectricity in nitride materials has enabled a broad
spectrum of applications across electronics, optoelectronics, photovoltaics, photonics …

Lower ferroelectric coercive field of ScGaN with equivalent remanent polarization as ScAlN

M Uehara, R Mizutani, S Yasuoka… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The ferroelectricity of wurtzite, Sc x Ga 1− x N (x= 0.35–0.44), was demonstrated in a metal–
ferroelectric–metal capacitor. The remanent polarization (P r) obtained from positive-up …

Reactive sputtering of ferroelectric AlScN films with H2 gas flow for endurance improvement

SM Chen, T Hoshii, H Wakabayashi… - Japanese Journal of …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The impact of H 2 gas flow in the reactive sputtering process to 60 nm-thick ferroelectric Al
1− x Sc x N films is investigated with x of 0.26 (high-Sc) and 0.12 (low-Sc). Al 1− x Sc x N …

Discovery of wurtzite solid solutions with enhanced piezoelectric response using machine learning

D Behrendt, S Banerjee, J Zhang, AM Rappe - Physical Review Materials, 2024 - APS
While many piezoelectric materials are known, there is still great potential to improve on the
figures of merit of existing materials through compositional doping and forming solid …

Computational understanding role of vacancies and distortions in wurtzite ferroelectric memory materials: implications for device miniaturization

Q Wang, SX Go, C Liu, M Li, Y Zhu, L Li, TH Lee… - Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The ever-increasing importance of applications based on machine-learning has driven the
need to develop delicate energy-efficient electronic hardware. Compared to traditional von …

Realization of ferroelectricity in sputtered Al1-xScxN films with a wide range of Sc content

J Xi, D Zhou, T Lv, Y Tong, Q Kou, Y Zhao - Materials Today …, 2024 - Elsevier
The ferroelectric properties of wurtzite-structured Al 1-x Sc x N thin films are affected
simultaneously by the Sc concentration and in-plane stress state, however, the interaction …

Full polarization reversal at room temperature in unsubstituted AlN

K Hasegawa, T Shimizu, T Ohsawa, I Sakaguchi… - Applied Physics …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Room temperature ferroelectricity in unsubstituted AlN films is studied to examine the role of
cation substitution into wurtzite materials. AlN and (Al 0.7 Sc 0.3) N films deposited on (111) …