Ferroelectrics
Alloys as electricity-generating allies
28 Apr 2021Mixing tin into germanium telluride creates a high-performance thermoelectric material that could make energy harvesting or cooling devices more effective.
Visible progress
9 Oct 2012A thin film made of graphene and a charge-inducing polymer shows promise as a replacement for transparent electrical conductors in displays
Adopting changes
17 Jul 2012New insights into the stable magnetism of phase-change semiconductors could enable the development of ultra-high-speed data storage
A ferroelectric boost
20 Dec 2011The introduction of a ferroelectric layer into an ultraviolet photodetector enhances its output signals
Carbon–ferroelectric memory
15 Feb 2011Nonvolatile memory based on ferroelectric–graphene field-effect transistors is now a step closer to reality
See the light
2 Mar 2010Thin-film ferroelectrics offer a fundamentally different route to photovoltaic devices
Useful imperfections
2 Feb 2010Nanoscale surface variations of ferroelectric films may be harnessed for the design of future memory applications