Stable and switchable electric polarization in two dimensions

Turan Birol

doi:10.1038/d41586-018-05807-5

Stable and switchable electric polarization in two dimensions

Turan Birol

Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

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Abstract

The electric polarization of materials called ferroelectrics is often suppressed by an internal electric field, limiting uses for these materials. The discovery of a thin-film ferroelectric that is resistant to this field represents a major advance.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	174-175
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature
Volume	560
Issue number	7717
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05807-5
State	Published - Aug 9 2018

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Condensed-matter physics
Materials science

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