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most citedQuasi-one-dimensional metallic conduction channels in exotic ferroelectric topological defects

72 citations · 334 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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13 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Symmetry-designed BiFeO3 single domain spin cycloid for efficient spintronics

Pratap Pal, Jonathon L. Schad, Anuradha M. Vibhakar +16

Deterministic control of coupled ferroelectric and antiferromagnetic orders remains a central challenge in multiferroics, limiting their integration into functional magnetoelectric…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022

Confinement-driven inverse domain scaling in polycrystalline ErMnO3

Jan Schultheiß, Fei Xue, Erik Roede +5

The research on topological phenomena in ferroelectric materials has revolutionized the way we understand polar order. Intriguing examples are polar skyrmions, vortex/anti-vortex s…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 5 cited

Stability and low-energy orientations of interphase boundaries in multiaxial ferroelectrics: Phase-field simulations

Yang Zhang, Fei Xue, Bo Wang +4

The coexistence of different ferroelectric phases enables the tunability of the macroscopic properties and extensive applications from piezoelectric transducers to nonvolatile memo…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 5 cited

Nonvolatile Electric-Field Control of Inversion Symmetry

Lucas Caretta, Yu-Tsun Shao, Jia Yu +20

In condensed-matter systems, competition between ground states at phase boundaries can lead to significant changes in material properties under external stimuli, particularly when…

cond-mat.other2021★ 6 cited

Evolution of topological defects at two sequential phase transitions of Nd2SrFe2O7

Fei-Ting Huang, Yanbin Li, Fei Xue +5

How topological defects, unavoidable at symmetry-breaking phase transitions in a wide range of systems, evolve through consecutive phase transitions with different broken symmetrie…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 72 cited

Quasi-one-dimensional metallic conduction channels in exotic ferroelectric topological defects

Wenda Yang, Guo Tian, Yang Zhang +14

Ferroelectric topological objects (e.g. vortices, skyrmions) provide a fertile ground for exploring emerging physical properties that could potentially be utilized in future config…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 10 cited

Theory and phase-field simulations on electrical control of spin cycloids in a multiferroic

Fei Xue, Tiannan Yang, Long-Qing Chen

Cycloidal spin orders are common in multiferroics. One of the prototypical examples is BiFeO3 (BFO) which shows a large polarization and a cycloidal antiferromagnetic order at room…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 60 cited

A high-energy density antiferroelectric made by interfacial electrostatic engineering

Julia A. Mundy, Colin A. Heikes, Bastien F. Grosso +11

Dielectric capacitors hold a tremendous advantage for energy storage due to their fast charge/discharge times and stability in comparison to batteries and supercapacitors. A key li…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 48 cited

Mechanical Switching of Nanoscale Multiferroic Phase Boundaries

Yong-Jun Li, Jian-Jun Wang, Jian-Chao Ye +13

Tuning the lattice degree of freedom in nanoscale functional crystals is critical to exploit the emerging functionalities such as piezoelectricity, shape-memory effect, or piezomag…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 13 cited

Three-dimensional vortex structures and dynamics in hexagonal manganites

Fei Xue, Nan Wang, Xueyun Wang +3

Hexagonal manganites REMnO3 (RE, rare earths) have attracted significant attention due to their potential applications as multiferroic materials and the intriguing physics associat…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 18 cited

Strain induced incommensurate phases in hexagonal manganites

Fei Xue, Xueyun Wang, Sang-Wook Cheong +1

An incommensurate phase refers to a solid state in which the period of a superstructure is incommensurable with the primitive unit cell. Recently the incommensurate phase is induce…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2016★ 35 cited

Domain and Phase De-strain - Formation of Ferroelastic Domain Structures

Fei Xue, Yongjun Li, Yijia Gu +2

Phase decomposition is a well-known process leading to the formation of two-phase mixtures. Here we show that a strain imposed on a ferroelastic crystal promotes the formation of m…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2016★ 62 cited

Domain Topology and Domain Switching Kinetics in a Hybrid Improper Ferroelectric

F. -T. Huang, F. Xue, B. Gao +7

Charged polar interfaces such as charged ferroelectric domain walls or heterostructured interfaces of ZnO/(Zn,Mg)O and LaAlO3/SrTiO3, across which the normal component of electric…