Unleashing the Electromechanical Response of Ferroelastic Domain Reorganization in Mixed‐Phase Tetragonal Ferroelectric Multilayers (Adv. Mater. 19/2026)
Large Strains from Small Materials In their Research Article (DOI: 10.1002/adma.202518417), Lane W. Martin and co-authors overcome substrate-induced limitations in the electromechanical response of thin films. By producing multilayer heterostructures based on domain-engineered ferroelectrics like PbZr0.2Ti0.8O3 it is possible to produce enhanced piezoelectric coefficients and maximum electromechanical strains that surpass the performance of bulk piezoceramics even in sub-100-nm films.
Authors
- James M. LeBeau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7726-3533)
- Michael Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7351-6671)
- Archana Raja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8906-549X)
- Lane Martin
- Piush Behera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7550-0208)
- Menglin Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6830-2636)
- Ching‐Che Lin
- Sreekeerthi Pamula
- Jieun Kim
- Thomas J. Lee
- Jaegyu Kim
- Zishen Tian
- Hao Pan
Institutions
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KR)
- Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute (US)
- Peking University Shenzhen Hospital (CN)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- Rice University (US)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Materials
- Published
- 2026-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.72898
- Primary Topic
- Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00