Nature Communications (Mar 2022)
The role of lattice dynamics in ferroelectric switching
- Qiwu Shi,
- Eric Parsonnet,
- Xiaoxing Cheng,
- Natalya Fedorova,
- Ren-Ci Peng,
- Abel Fernandez,
- Alexander Qualls,
- Xiaoxi Huang,
- Xue Chang,
- Hongrui Zhang,
- David Pesquera,
- Sujit Das,
- Dmitri Nikonov,
- Ian Young,
- Long-Qing Chen,
- Lane W. Martin,
- Yen-Lin Huang,
- Jorge Íñiguez,
- Ramamoorthy Ramesh
Affiliations
- Qiwu Shi
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
- Eric Parsonnet
- Department of Physics, University of California
- Xiaoxing Cheng
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State University, University Park
- Natalya Fedorova
- Materials Research and Technology Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
- Ren-Ci Peng
- Electronic Materials Research Laboratory, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education & International Center for Dielectric Research, School of Electronic Information and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University
- Abel Fernandez
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
- Alexander Qualls
- Department of Physics, University of California
- Xiaoxi Huang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
- Xue Chang
- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Sichuan University
- Hongrui Zhang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
- David Pesquera
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
- Sujit Das
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
- Dmitri Nikonov
- Components Research, Intel Corporation
- Ian Young
- Components Research, Intel Corporation
- Long-Qing Chen
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Penn State University, University Park
- Lane W. Martin
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
- Yen-Lin Huang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
- Jorge Íñiguez
- Materials Research and Technology Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
- Ramamoorthy Ramesh
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28622-z
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
Reducing the switching energy of ferroelectric films remains an important goal. Here, the authors elucidate the fundamental role of lattice dynamics in ferroelectric switching on both freestanding BiFeO3 membranes and films clamped to a substrate.
