Energetic materials in the form of molecular crystals constructed by the C–N, N–N, and N–O bonds store chemical energy, while their strong electron–phonon coupling interactions promise high-energy ...

A research team reviews the emerging field of 2D ferroelectric materials with layered van-der-Waals crystal structures, a novel class of materials that is highly interesting for future nanoelectronics ...

Scientists are helping to answer long-held questions about a technologically important class of materials called relaxor ferroelectrics. The properties of a solid depend on the arrangement of its ...

Ferroelectrics have already impacted scientific research and commercial applications over the century since their discovery. In this Focus issue we overview some new directions that ferroelectric ...

A new family of materials that could result in improved digital information storage and uses less energy may be possible thanks to a team of Penn State researchers who demonstrated ferroelectricity in ...

Inorganic ferroelectrics have promised to change the face of semiconductor electronics for almost a century, but high processing costs have so far limited development. Now, researchers at Southeast ...

This study is led by Professor Guifu Zou from College of Energy, Soochow Institute for Energy and Materials Innovations, Soochow University. Two-dimensional (2D) perovskite thin films possess diverse ...

A technical paper titled “Domain-dependent strain and stacking in two-dimensional van der Waals ferroelectrics” was published by researchers at Rice University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ...

“Bilayers of two-dimensional van der Waals materials that lack an inversion center can show a novel form of ferroelectricity, where certain stacking arrangements of the two layers lead to an ...

Research by a group of scientists at the U.S. DoE's Brookhaven National Laboratory (Upton, NY) may lead to using relaxor ferroelectrics�known for their ability as insulators, as sustainers of large ...

Future applications include ultra-low energy electronics, high-performance, non-volatile data-storage, high-response optoelectronics, and flexible (energy-harvesting or wearable) electronics.