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A common material does something strange when made ultra-thin
['Amit Malewar']
Tech Explorist
Ferroelectric materials exhibit a spontaneous internal electrical alignment (polarization) that can be reversed with an external electric field.
Thickness‐dependent transition in titanium dioxide films: dielectric to ferroelectric phase for thin (>3 nm) systems.
Cross-sectional electron microscopy image showing one-nanometer-thick titanium dioxide film grown on a silicon substrate and capped with platinum metal.
Ferroelectric titanium dioxide holds enormous promise for next-generation electronics.
This work shows that even a ubiquitous dielectric like titanium dioxide can reveal extraordinary properties when pushed to atomic-scale thickness.