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20232026
most citedPhotostrictive actuators based on freestanding ferroelectric membranes

30 citations · 35 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Uniaxial strain tuning of functional properties in antiferroelectric PbZrO3 membrane capacitors

Umair Saeed, Huazhang Zhang, David Pesquera +5

Lead zirconate (PbZrO3, PZO) is a prototypical antiferroelectric (AFE) system promising for applications such as energy storage and neuromorphic computing. However, in conventional…

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★ 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-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…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 30 cited

Photostrictive actuators based on freestanding ferroelectric membranes

Saptam Ganguly, David Pesquera, Daniel Moreno Garcia +9

Complex oxides offer a wide range of functional properties, and recent advances in fabrication of freestanding membranes of these oxides are adding new mechanical degrees of freedo…