Ferroelectric materials, because of their robust spontaneous electrical polarization, are
widely used in various applications. Recent advances in modelling, synthesis and …

Ferroelectrics, with their spontaneous switchable electric polarization and strong coupling
between their electrical, mechanical, thermal, and optical responses, provide functionalities …

We explore the effect of growth conditions on the cation and anion chemistry, electrical
leakage, conduction mechanisms, and ferroelectric and dielectric behavior of BiFeO3 …

Next-generation devices will rely on exotic functional properties not found in traditional
systems. One class of materials of particular interest for applications are those possessing …

Advancements in nanoscale engineering of oxide interfaces and heterostructures have led
to discoveries of emergent phenomena and new artificial materials. Combining the strengths …

Under the sponsorship of the US National Science Foundation, a workshop on emerging
research opportunities in ceramic and glass science was held in September 2016. Reported …

In pursuit of scientific discovery, vast collections of unstructured structural and functional
images are acquired; however, only an infinitesimally small fraction of this data is rigorously …

Output from multidimensional datasets obtained from spectroscopic imaging techniques
provides large data suitable for machine learning techniques to elucidate physical and …

Highly mobile 2-dimensional electron gases (2DEGs) at the (001),(011) and (111)-oriented
LaAlO 3/SrTiO 3 (LAO/STO) interfaces are obtained using spin coating chemical method …

Hetero-interfaces between epitaxial LaAlO 3 films and SrTiO 3 substrates can exhibit an
insulator-metal transition at a critical film thickness above which a quasi-two-dimensional …