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most citedCoexistence of ferroelectric and ferrielectric phases in ultrathin antiferroelectric PbZrO3 thin films

5 citations · 16 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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11 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Depth-Resolved Evolution of Buried Polar Topologies in a PbTiO3/SrTiO3 Superlattice

Xinxin Hu, Penghan Lu, Noa Varela-Dominguez +9

Polar topologies in complex oxides gives rise to a rich spectrum of emergent functionalities and are fundamentally governed by three-dimensional (3D) atomic structures. However, di…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Tilt-driven ferrielectricity in PbZrO

Huazhang Zhang, Ying Liu, Carson Carroll +6

We reveal a tilt-driven mechanism for ferrielectricity in prototypical antiferroelectric PbZrO. Specifically, introducing an additional octahedral tilt into the antiferroelectr…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Domain-induced control of latent heat in freestanding BaTiO membranes

Tapas Bar, David Pesquera, Arnau Villalobos-Martin +11

Thin ferroelectric BaTiO films often exhibit continuous transitions instead of the first-order behavior of bulk crystals, a discrepancy usually attributed to epitaxial strain o…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Direct spatiotemporal imaging of carriers reveals a long-lived bulk photovoltaic mechanism

Saptam Ganguly, Sebin Varghese, Aaron M. Schankler +6

The bulk photovoltaic effect (BPVE), a manifestation of broken centrosymmetry, has attracted interest as a probe of the symmetry and quantum geometry of materials, and for use in p…

cond-mat.stat-mech2025

Disorder-aided Early Warning Signals: Predicting Catastrophic Shifts in Athermal Systems

Tapas Bar, Anurag Banerjee, Blai Casals +2

The early prediction of tipping points, distinguished by sudden and catastrophic shifts from stable states, poses a challenging task that would enable us to assess the impending th…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025★ 1 cited

Beware of the water: Hidden hydrogenation of perovskite membranes made by the water-soluble sacrificial layer method

Umair Saeed, Felip Sandiumenge, Kumara Cordero-Edwards +5

The fabrication of perovskite oxide free-standing films (membranes) by lift-off methods using water-soluble sacrificial layers is appealing because of the new mechanical degrees of…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025★ 1 cited

Polarization Vortices in a Ferromagnetic Metal via Twistronics

Yingzhuo Lun, Xinxin Hu, Qi Ren +15

Recent advances in moire engineering provide new pathways for manipulating lattice distortions and electronic properties in low-dimensional materials. Here, we demonstrate that twi…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025★ 1 cited

Vortices and antivortices in antiferroelectric PbZrO3

Ying Liu, Huazhang Zhang, Konstantin Shapovalov +8

Although ferroelectric materials are characterised by their parallel arrangement of electric dipoles, in the right boundary conditions these dipoles can reorganize themselves into…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 5 cited

Hierarchical domain structures in buckled ferroelectric free sheets

David Pesquera, Kumara Cordero-Edwards, Marti Checa +11

Flat elastic sheets tend to display wrinkles and folds. From pieces of clothing down to two-dimensional crystals, these corrugations appear in response to strain generated by sheet…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 5 cited

Coexistence of ferroelectric and ferrielectric phases in ultrathin antiferroelectric PbZrO3 thin films

Ying Liu, Ranming Niu, Roger Uriach +7

Whereas ferroelectricity may vanish in ultra-thin ferroelectric films, it is expected to emerge in ultra-thin anti-ferroelectric films, sparking people's interest in using antiferr…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 3 cited

Switching dynamics and improved efficiency of free-standing antiferroelectric capacitors

Umair Saeed, David Pesquera, Ying Liu +7

We report the switching dynamics of antiferroelectric Lead Zirconate (PbZrO3) free standing capacitors compared to their epitaxial counterparts. Frequency dependence of hysteresis…