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cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Giant photostriction in lead-free ferroelectric stemming from photo-excited thermalized carriers

Gaëlle Vitali-Derrien, Oana Condurache, Antoine Ducournau +14

Ferroelectrics are polar materials whose polarization can be switched by applying electric fields; they offer unique opportunities to develop performant photostrictive materials, i…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Strain-induced polarization rotation in freestanding ferroelectric oxide membranes

Alban Degezelle, Razvan Burcea, Pascale Gemeiner +7

Freestanding ferroelectric membranes have emerged as a versatile tool for strain engineering, enabling the exploration of ferroelectric properties beyond traditional epitaxy. The r…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Ferroelectric texture of individual barium titanate nanocrystals

Athulya Muraleedharan, Kevin Co, Maxime Vallet +8

Ferroelectric materials display exotic polarization textures at the nanoscale that could be used to improve the energetic efficiency of electronic components. The vast majority of…

cond-mat.mes-hall2026

Optical properties of single CsPbBr3 perovskite quantum dots synthesized by a modified ligand-assisted reprecipitation method

Marina Cagnon Trouche, Ernest Ruby, Margaux Cartier +5

Colloidal perovskite quantum dots (pQDs) are promising quantum light emitters, and investigations at the single pQD scale have so far relied mostly on hot-injection synthesis, whic…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023

Features of a nano-twist phase in the nanolayered Ti3AlC2 MAX phase

Julien Guénolé, Vincent Taupin, Maxime Vallet +2

Complex intermetallic materials known as MAX phases exhibit exceptional properties from both metals and ceramics, largely thanks to their nanolayered structure. With high-resolutio…

physics.optics2024

Sub-millisecond electric field sensing with an individual rare-earth doped ferroelectric nanocrystal

Athulya Muraleedharan, Jingye Zou, Maxime Vallet +5

Understanding the dynamics of electrical signals within neuronal assemblies is crucial to unraveling complex brain function. Despite recent advances in employing optically active n…

physics.app-ph2023

Heterogeneity in tribologically transformed structure (TTS) of Ti-6Al-4V under fretting

Vivien Lefranc, Soha Baydoun, Camille Gandiolle +4

Fretting wear is a surface degradation process caused by oscillatory motion and contact slipping. During gross slip, high local stresses and plastic deformation in the surface and…