Publications by Konstantin Shapovalov

Thick domain walls in non-magnetic ferroics

Alexander Tagantsev, Petr Yudin, Konstantin Shapovalov

Recent developments in the physics of non-magnetic ferroics identified possible functionality of domain walls in these materials, which specifies the current interest to the internal structure of the walls. In this context, the wall thickness itself can be ...

Taylor & Francis Ltd2016

Thin-film-specific elastic effects in ferroelectric domain structures

Konstantin Shapovalov

An essential feature of ferroelectric thin films is the presence in them of domain structures. In order to efficiently implement ferroelectric films into potential new ferroelectrics-based devices, it is of high interest to understand the behaviour of doma ...

EPFL2016

Room temperature concurrent formation of ultra-dense arrays of ferroelectric domain walls

Nava Setter, Alexander Tagantsev, Mahamudu Mtebwa, Petr Yudin, Ludwig Feigl, Konstantin Shapovalov

Properties of ferroelectric domain walls are attractive for future nano- and optoelectronics. An important element is the potential to electrically erase/rewrite domain walls inside working devices. Dense domain wall patterns, formed upon cooling through t ...

American Institute of Physics2015

Bent Ferroelectric Domain Walls as Reconfigurable Metallic-Like Channels

Nava Setter, Alexander Tagantsev, Enrico Colla, Igor Stolichnov, Tomas Sluka, Petr Yudin, Ludwig Feigl, Xiankui Wei, Arnaud Robert André Crassous, Konstantin Shapovalov

Use of ferroelectric domain-walls in future electronics requires that they are stable, rewritable conducting channels. Here we demonstrate nontherrnally activated metallic-like conduction in nominally uncharged, bent, rewritable ferroelectric-ferroelastic ...

Amer Chemical Soc2015

Moving antiphase boundaries using an external electric field

Nava Setter, Alexander Tagantsev, Kaushik Vaideeswaran, Petr Yudin, Konstantin Shapovalov

Antiphase boundaries (APBs) are unique domain walls that may demonstrate switchable polarization in otherwise non-ferroelectric materials such as SrTiO3 and PbZrO3. The current study explores the possibility of displacing such domain walls at the nanoscale ...

Amer Inst Physics2015

Elastic Coupling between Nonferroelastic Domain Walls

Nava Setter, Alexander Tagantsev, Petr Yudin, Konstantin Shapovalov

We reveal a strong elastic interaction between nonferroelastic domain walls in ferroelectric thin films. This interaction, having no analogue in bulk materials, is governed by elastic fields that are associated with the domain walls and extends to distance ...

American Physical Society2014

Controlled stripes of ultrafine ferroelectric domains

Nava Setter, Alexander Tagantsev, Igor Stolichnov, Silviu Cosmin Sandu, Tomas Sluka, Mahamudu Mtebwa, Petr Yudin, Ludwig Feigl, Xiankui Wei, Konstantin Shapovalov

In the pursuit of ferroic-based (nano) electronics, it is essential to minutely control domain patterns and domain switching. The ability to control domain width, orientation and position is a prerequisite for circuitry based on fine domains. Here, we deve ...

Nature Publishing Group2014