A team of researchers is exploring novel materials that have potential to make microelectronics more energy efficient. Their recent work explores recently discovered wurtzite ferroelectrics, which are ...

Materials called relaxor ferroelectrics have been used for decades in technologies like ultrasounds, microphones, and sonar systems. Their unique properties come from their atomic structure, but that ...

Engineers have shown that it is possible to reduce the minimum voltage necessary to store charge in a capacitor, an achievement that could reduce the power draw and heat generation of today's ...

A new family of materials that could result in improved digital information storage and uses less energy may be possible thanks to a team of Penn State researchers who demonstrated ferroelectricity in ...

Ferroelectrics have already impacted scientific research and commercial applications over the century since their discovery. In this Focus issue we overview some new directions that ferroelectric ...

Inorganic ferroelectrics have promised to change the face of semiconductor electronics for almost a century, but high processing costs have so far limited development. Now, researchers at Southeast ...

Ferroelectric materials do something unique under an applied electric field: They exhibit spontaneous polarization, meaning positive and negative charges quickly separate within the crystal. That ...

New organic ferroelectric materials that operate at room temperature made their debut at the American Chemical Society national meeting in Philadelphia last week. Scientists have in the past ...

When we communicate with others over wireless networks, information is sent to data centers where it is collected, stored, processed, and distributed. As computational energy usage continues to grow, ...