Special Issue "Multifunctionalities in Advanced Ferroelectric Materials"
A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352). This special issue belongs to the section "Inorganic Crystalline Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 1093
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ferroelectric; magnetism; multiferroic; crystal growth; crystallography
Interests: ferroelectrics; single crystal growth; ferroelectric domain; scanning probe microscope
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Representing a quantum leap in the semiconductor industry, ferroelectric materials have been widely used in applications such as memory devices, field-effect transistors, and micro-actuators due to their intrinsic hysteresis behaviour and electrically switchable nature, and researchers have recently been making progress in discovering new ferroelectric materials and new ferroelectricity mechanisms. Nevertheless, there are still open questions closely related to the application of ferroelectric materials, which are drawing great research interest. For instance, how do defects in real materials influence ferroelectric performance, and can we control the defect level by the choice of synthesis technique? In newly discovered ferroelectric materials, can the ferroelectricity be efficiently coupled with other controllable parameters? What happens if ferroelectrics are applied at low dimensions?
The present Special issue on “Multifunctionalities in Advanced Ferroelectric Materials” aims to publish papers providing a scientific illustration of the design and synthesis of (potential) ferroelectric materials; analyses of microscopic structure and texture; characterizations of phononic, photonic, and electronic phenomena; and demonstrations of prototypical devices and application perspectives. The Issue will summarize the recent progress on functional ferroelectric materials and provide insights into the future study of next-generation ferroelectric materials and ferroelectric-based devices.
Dr. Xianghan Xu
Dr. Xueyun Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ferroelectrics
- functional materials
- material synthesis
- dielectric property
- magnetoelectricity
- piezoelectricity
- pyroelectricity
- energy storage
- domain engineering
