Ferroelectric materials
- Submission status
- Open
- Submission deadline
Ferroelectric materials are dielectric materials characterised by a spontaneous polarisation: they show an electric dipole moment even in absence of an external electric field. Such polarisation can be switched by applying an electric field. Examples of ferroelectric crystals include KDP type (e.g. KH₂PO₄), TGS type (e.g. Tri-glycine sulfate), HfO₂, and Perovskites (e.g. BaTiO₃, LiNbO₃). In the ferroelectric state, the centre of positive charge of the structure does not coincide with the centre of negative charge. Such characteristics of ferroelectric materials have attracted a lot of interest among the scientific community for their exploitation in a variety of applications including energy harvesting, storage, sensing, and catalysis.
This Collection invites original research articles on ferroelectric materials, spanning from their growth and characterisation to their use in exciting applications in engineering, biomedical, physical, and chemical sciences.
Editors
-
Zhongyang Cheng, PhD
Auburn University, USA
-
Sakar Mohan, PhD
Centre for Nano and Material Sciences, Jain (Deemed-to-be University), India
-
Abhronil Sengupta, PhD
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Penn State University, USA
Collections articles undergo Scientific Reports' standard peer review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. This includes the journal’s policy on competing interests. The Guest Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Guest Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests. For more information, refer to our Collections guidelines.
This Collection has not been supported by sponsorship.
