Ferroelectric thin films are dielectric materials that exhibit a spontaneous and reversible electric polarisation when subjected to an external field. These materials, often based on doped hafnium ...

Nevertheless, single-domain thin films can be achieved through precise control of interfacial atomic layers or strain gradients. The quest for a simple method to obtain a single-domain state and its ...

Ferroelectric Non-Volatile Photonic-Electronic Memory. (a) Schematic of memory structure based on micro-ring resonator. (b) Cross-sectional schematic of the memory. (c) Microscopic photo of the memory ...

RIKEN physicists have created the first thin films featuring a special combination of electrical and topological properties. This demonstration could help to realize new forms of electronics that are ...

Aluminum scandium nitride thin films could pave the way for the next generation of ferroelectric memory devices, according to a new study. Compared to existing ferroelectric materials, these films ...

A new technical paper titled “An efficient device model for ferroelectric thin-film transistors” was published by researchers at University of Florida.

Dendritic structures that emerge during the growth of thin films are a major obstacle in large-area fabrication, a key step towards commercialization. However, current methods of studying dendrites ...

Spiral scanning creates six distinguishable polarization patterns in ferroelectric films, enabling data storage beyond binary and more than doubling information density per storage element. (Nanowerk ...

Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) provides new insights into oxygen vacancy oscillation modes in amorphous zirconia films. Researchers ...

As system designers seek to manipulate larger data sets while reducing power consumption, ferroelectric memory may be part of the solution. It offers an intermediate step between the speed of DRAM and ...