Researchers discover ferroelectricity at the atomic scale
As electronic devices become progressively smaller, the technology that powers them needs to get smaller and thinner.
As electronic devices become progressively smaller, the technology that powers them needs to get smaller and thinner.
Nanophysics
Apr 23, 2020
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If new and promising semiconductor materials are to make it into our phones, computers, and other increasingly capable electronics, researchers must obtain greater control over how those materials function.
Condensed Matter
Feb 28, 2020
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Ferroelectric materials possessing high photoelectric, piezoelectric and dielectric response are widely applied in industrial products, such as transducers, capacitors and memory devices. However, as the development of technology, ...
Nanomaterials
Feb 6, 2020
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A UNSW study published today in Nature Communications presents an exciting step towards domain-wall nanoelectronics: a novel form of future electronics based on nano-scale conduction paths, and which could allow for extremely ...
Nanophysics
Jan 20, 2020
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Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, along with their colleagues from Germany and the U.S., have achieved a breakthrough in nonvolatile memory devices. The team came up with a unique method for ...
Nanomaterials
Dec 17, 2019
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A scientific team from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Vanderbilt University has made the first experimental observation of a material phase that had been predicted but never seen. The newly discovered ...
General Physics
Nov 18, 2019
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Solar cells based on perovskites have reached enormously high efficiencies within only a few years. Those with hybrid halide perovskite, i.e. materials containing inorganic and organic components, achieve particularly high ...
Materials Science
Nov 13, 2019
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Toyohashi University of Technology has developed a novel liquid process for fabrication of an affordable multiferroic nanocomposite film in collaboration with Japan Fine Ceramics Center, National Institute of Technology Ibaraki ...
Nanomaterials
Sep 3, 2019
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Multiferroics are defined as materials that simultaneously exhibit ferromagnetism and ferroelectricity. Such properties make those materials promising building blocks of novel multifunctional materials for a variety of applications. ...
General Physics
Aug 30, 2019
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Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P) led by Dr. Kamal Asadi have solved a four-decade-long challenge of producing very thin nylon films that can be used in electronic memory components, for ...
Polymers
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