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Pyroelectricity in poled all-organic polar polynorbornene/polydimethylsiloxane-based stretchable electrets

Pyroelectricity in a recently developed all-organic composite electret with a polar polynorbornene-based filler and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) matrix has been studied with the help of thermal and dielectric techniques. Measurement of the pyroelectric p co ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2024

Tailor-made Piezoelectric Elastomer Materials

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Recent advancements in miniature devices with higher computational capabilities and ultralow power consumption have accelerated the development of wearable sensors, actuators, and energy harvesters everywhere. The ultimate aim of such a technological revol ...

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Domain Imaging and Switching Dynamics in BaTiO3-Based Photonic Integrated Devices

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Ferroelectric device or structure and a method for producing ferroelectric devices or structures

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2023

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Wiley2023

Dataset for "Low-temperature processing of screen-printed piezoelectric KNbO3 with integration onto biodegradable paper substrates"

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Zenodo2023

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EPFL2023

Nonlinear electro-mechanical coupling and thermally stimulated currents in relaxor ferroelectrics

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EPFL2022

Ferroelectric Effects Probed by in situ Transmission Electron Microscopy

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American Association for the Advancement of Science2022

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Field-induced ultrafast modulation of Rashba coupling at room temperature in ferroelectric alpha-GeTe(111)

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Nature Portfolio2022

Negative Capacitance in HfO2 Gate Stack Structures With and Without Metal Interlayer

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In this work, we experimentally explore and compare FET gate stacks with and without an inner metal plane between a linear dielectric (SiO2) and a ferroelectric layer (Si-doped HfO2) operating in the negative capacitance (NC) regime. The use of nanosecond- ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2022

Gate energy efficiency and negative capacitance in ferroelectric 2D/2D TFET from cryogenic to high temperatures

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Intrinsic switching in Si-doped HfO2: A study of Curie-Weiss law and its implications for negative capacitance field-effect transistor

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AMER INST PHYSICS2021

Interface-Dominated Time-Dependent Behavior of Poled Poly(Vinylidene Fluoride–Trifluoroethylene)/Barium Titanate Composites

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