Asymmetry of the Ferroelectric Phase Transition in BaTiO <sub>3</sub> (Adv. Mater. 25/2026)
Ferroelectric Phase Transition in BaTiO3 Phase transitions are typically assumed to behave identically in forward and reverse. This work shows that in the ferroelectric material barium titanate this is not true: heating drives an abrupt, first-order jump, while cooling gives a smooth, continuous change. This surprising asymmetry challenges standard classifications of phase transitions and opens new strategies to design novel energy-storage devices. More details can be found in the Research Article by Yachin Ivry and co-workers (DOI: 10.1002/adma.202516507).
Authors
- Pravin Kavle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4066-7905)
- Rajesh Mandal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9863-1422)
- Yachin Ivry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3045-923X)
- Maya Barzilay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0789-1531)
- Neus Domingo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5229-6638)
- Ignacio J. Villar‐García (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5657-5212)
- Asaf Hershkovitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0064-5178)
- David Spirito
- Jamil Tanus
- Semen Gorfman
- Elangovan Hemaprabha
- Long‐Qing Chen
- Bo Wang
- Lane W. Martin
- Ching‐Che Lin
Institutions
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (US)
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (US)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
- Tel Aviv University (IL)
- Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (IL)
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IN)
- Wolfson Medical Center (IL)
- ALBA Synchrotron (Spain) (ES)
- Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ES)
- Rice University (US)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Materials
- Published
- 2026-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.73158
- Primary Topic
- Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00