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20222025
most citedProgress in Computational Understanding of Ferroelectric Mechanisms in HfO

65 citations · 126 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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7 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025★ 1 cited

Origin of Anomalous Size Effects in Ferroelectric Hafnia Thin Films

Tianyuan Zhu, Jingxuan Li, Zuhuang Chen +1

The persistence of ferroelectricity in ultrathin HfO films challenges conventional theories, particularly given the paradoxical observation that the out-of-plane lattice spacin…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Unexpected Density Functional Dependence of the Antipolar Phase in HfO

Di Fan, Tianyuan Zhu, Shi Liu

The antipolar phase of HfO has been suggested to play an important role in the phase transition and polarization switching mechanisms in ferroelectric hafnia. In this st…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 17 cited

Origin of Interstitial Doping Induced Coercive Field Reduction in Ferroelectric Hafnia

Tianyuan Zhu, Liyang Ma, Xu Duan +1

Hafnia-based ferroelectrics hold promise for nonvolatile ferroelectric memory devices. However, the high coercive field required for polarization switching remains a prime obstacle…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 65 cited

Progress in Computational Understanding of Ferroelectric Mechanisms in HfO

Tianyuan Zhu, Liyang Ma, Shiqing Deng +1

Since the first report of ferroelectricity in nanoscale HfO-based thin films in 2011, this silicon-compatible binary oxide has quickly garnered intense interest in academia and…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 1 cited

Intrinsic ferroelectric switching in two-dimension -InSe

Liyi Bai, Changming Ke, Zhongshen Luo +3

Two-dimensional (2D) ferroelectric semiconductors present opportunities for integrating ferroelectrics into high-density ultrathin nanoelectronics. Among the few synthesized 2D fer…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 26 cited

Epitaxial ferroelectric hafnia stabilized by symmetry constraints

Tianyuan Zhu, Shiqing Deng, Shi Liu

Ferroelectric memories experienced a revival in the last decade due to the discovery of ferroelectricity in HfO-based nanometer-thick thin films. These films exhibit exceptiona…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 16 cited

Onsite and intersite electronic correlations in the Hubbard model for halide perovskites

Jiyuan Yang, Tianyuan Zhu, Shi Liu

Halide perovskites (HPs) are widely viewed as promising photovoltaic and light-emitting materials for their suitable band gaps in the visible spectrum. Density functional theory (D…