Alkali-deficiency driven charged out-of-phase boundaries for giant electromechanical response

Phase boundary engineering through chemical alloying and phase control is a traditional approach to enhancing piezoelectric properties. Here, the authors design a strategy in alkali niobate films, utilizing alkali vacancies without alloying to form nanopillars enclosed.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Haijun Wu, Shoucong Ning, Moaz Waqar, Huajun Liu, Yang Zhang, Hong-Hui Wu, Ning Li, Yuan Wu, Kui Yao, Turab Lookman, Xiangdong Ding, Jun Sun, John Wang, Stephen J. Pennycook
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23107-x