Ferroelectric materials
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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
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Zhongyang Cheng, PhD
Auburn University, USA
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Sakar Mohan, PhD
Centre for Nano and Material Sciences, Jain (Deemed-to-be University), India
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Abhronil Sengupta, PhD
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Penn State University, USA
Zhongyang Cheng, PhD, Auburn University, USA
Zhongyang Cheng is a McWane Professor in Materials Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at Auburn University, USA. His research has been focused on functional/smart materials and their applications in smart structure such as sensors and actuators. Dr Cheng has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2021.
Sakar Mohan, PhD, Centre for Nano and Material Sciences, 
Jain (Deemed-to-be University), India
Sakar Mohan is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Nano and Material Sciences, Jain (Deemed-to-be University), India. His research group develops and investigates a wide range of materials, including multiferroics and ferroelectrics, for energy and environmental applications involving photo/electrocatalysis, membranes, and sensing. Dr Mohan has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2019.
Abhronil Sengupta, PhD, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 
Penn State University, USA
Abhronil Sengupta is an Assistant Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Penn State University and holds the Joseph R. and Janice M. Monkowski Career Development Professorship. The ultimate goal of Dr Sengupta’s research is to bridge the gap between Nanoelectronics, Neuroscience and Machine Learning. He is pursuing an inter-disciplinary research agenda at the intersection of hardware and software across the stack of sensors, devices, circuits, systems and algorithms for enabling low-power event-driven cognitive intelligence. Dr Sengupta has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2023.
