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Atomic-Scale Observation of Symmetry Breaking in Altermagnetic MnTe
Guodong Ren, Jonathan M. DeStefano, Xiao-Wei Zhang +20
The recent discovery of altermagnetism has sparked growing interest in compensated magnetic systems as promising platforms for highly scalable spintronics. Altermagnetism is a dist…
Twist-induced Out-of-plane Ferroelectricity in Bilayer Hafnia
Jian Huang, Gwan Yeong Jung, Pravan Omprakash +6
Ferroelectric HfO2 is a promising candidate for next-generation memory devices due to its CMOS compatibility and ability to retain polarization at nanometer scales. However, the po…
Hole-doping reduces the coercive field in ferroelectric hafnia
Pravan Omprakash, Gwan Yeong Jung, Guodong Ren +1
Ferroelectric hafnia (HfO2) holds promise for next-generation memory and logic applications because of its CMOS compatibility. However, the high coercive field required for polariz…
Sub-nm2 ferroelectric domains via charged 180 degree walls in ZrO2
Nashrah Afroze, Hamoon Fahrvandi, Guodong Ren +31
Flat phonon bands in fluorite ferroelectrics (HfO2 or ZrO2) shrink polar domains laterally to an irreducible half-unit-cell width (0.27 nm) within which the vertical arrangement of…
Emergent Atomic Scale Polarisation Vortices in BaTiS3
Boyang Zhao, Gwan Yeong Jung, Shantanu Singh +21
Topological defects, such as vortices and skyrmions in magnetic and dipolar systems, can give rise to properties that are not observed in typical magnets and dielectrics. Here, we…
Antiferroelectric Hafnia Down to the 2D Limit
Xin Li, Guodong Ren, Haidong Lu +16
Antiferroelectricity is a material property characterized by alternating electric dipoles spontaneously ordered in antiparallel directions. Antiferroelectrics are promising for ene…