Now, a new study shows that ferroelectricity can be imparted on a non-ferroelectric material if its stacked together—a concept known as proximity ferroelectricity. This could help make data ...

“This work shows we can generate ferroelectricity in a material that does not have those properties just by stacking it with a material that is ferroelectric,” said Jon-Paul Maria, professor ...

Published in Nature Communications, this research marks the first experimental evidence of ferroelectricity in Te nanowires, a single-element material, which was previously predicted only in ...

a, AFM image of 2D vermiculite. b, PFM amplitude map of 2D vermiculite. c, PFM phase map of 2D vermiculite. d. Comparison of electric field responsivity of 2D vermiculite LC and other media.

Ferroic orders include ferromagnetism (spontaneous magnetic ordering), ferroelectricity (spontaneous electric polarization), ferroelasticity (spontaneous strain), and ferrotoroidicity (spontaneous ...

“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 ...