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Anion Ordering and Phase Stability Govern Optical Band Gaps in BaZr(S,Se)3
Erik Fransson, Michael Xu, Prakriti Kayastha +6
Chalcogenide perovskites have emerged as promising lead free materials for photovoltaic and thermoelectric applications. Among them, BaZrS3 has attracted particular attention due t…
Direct determination of antiferroelectric-to-ferroelectric phase transition pathways in PbZrO with Operando Electron Microscopy
Menglin Zhu, Michael Xu, Louis Alaerts +5
Under a sufficiently high applied electric field, a non-polar antiferroelectric material, such as \ce{PbZrO3}, can undergo a rapid transformation to a polar ferroelectric phase. Wh…
Operando Electron Microscopy of Nanoscale Electronic Devices on Non-Conductive Substrates
Menglin Zhu, Michael Xu, Zishen Tian +7
Achieving operating conditions comparable to ``bulk'' electronic devices, such as thin film capacitors, during \textit{operando} electron microscopy remains challenging, particular…
Sensitivity of Multislice Electron Ptychography to Point Defects: A Case Study in SiC
Aaditya Bhat, Colin Gilgenbach, Junghwa Kim +3
Here, we evaluate multislice electron ptychography as a tool to carry out depth-resolved atomic resolution characterization of point defects, using silicon carbide as a case study.…
Insights into Chemical and Structural Order at Planar Defects in a Functional Oxide Using Multislice Electron Ptychography
Menglin Zhu, Michael Xu, Yu Yun +7
Switchable order parameters in ferroic materials are essential for functional electronic devices, yet disruptions of the ordering can take the form of planar boundaries or defects…
Bridging experiment and theory of relaxor ferroelectrics at the atomic scale with multislice electron ptychography
Menglin Zhu, Michael Xu, Yubo Qi +7
Introducing structural and/or chemical heterogeneity into otherwise ordered crystals can dramatically alter material properties. Lead-based relaxor ferroelectrics are a prototypica…