Select Publications
Journal articles
2016, 'A multiferroic on the brink: Uncovering the nuances of strain-induced transitions in BiFeO
2016, 'Dual strain mechanisms in a lead-free morphotropic phase boundary ferroelectric', Scientific Reports, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep19630
,2016, 'A glimpse at topological structures in multiferroic materials', Advanced Electronic Materials, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aelm.201500447
,2016, 'Chemical route derived bismuth ferrite thin films and nanomaterials', Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 4, pp. 4092 - 4124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6tc00243a
,2016, 'Positive Effect of an Internal Depolarization Field in Ultrathin Epitaxial Ferroelectric Films', Advanced Electronic Materials, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aelm.201500288
,2016, 'Temperature dependent piezoelectric response and strain-electric-field hysteresis of rare-earth modified bismuth ferrite ceramics', Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 4, pp. 7859 - 7868, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6tc02000c
,2016, 'Topological Structures in Multiferroics – Domain Walls, Skyrmions and Vortices', Advanced Electronic Materials, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aelm.201500292
,2016, 'Special Issue: Topological Structures in Ferroic Materials: Positive Effect of an Internal Depolarization Field in Ultrathin Epitaxial Ferroelectric Films (Adv. Electron. Mater. 1/2016)', Advanced Electronic Materials, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aelm.201670004
,2015, 'Self-Assembled Epitaxial Core-Shell Nanocrystals with Tunable Magnetic Anisotropy', Small, 11, pp. 4117 - 4122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.201500627
,2015, 'Epitaxial PbZr
2015, 'Strain-induced magnetic phase transition in SrCoO
2015, 'Understanding growth mechanisms of epitaxial manganese oxide (Mn3O4) nanostructures on strontium titanate (STO) oxide substrates', MRS Communications, 5, pp. 1 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/mrc.2015.12
,2015, 'Mapping strain modulated electronic structure perturbations in mixed phase bismuth ferrite thin films', Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 3, pp. 1835 - 1845, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4tc02064b
,2015, 'Epitaxial (001) BiFeO
2015, 'Synthesis-phase-composition relationship and high electric-field-induced electromechanical behavior of samarium-modified BiFeO
2015, 'Robust polarization and strain behavior of sm-modified BiFeO
2015, 'Role of Interface Structure and Chemistry in Resistive Switching of NiO Nanocrystals on SrTiO3', Microscopy and Microanalysis, 21, pp. 781 - 782, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1431927615004705
,2014, 'Interface control of a morphotropic phase boundary in epitaxial samarium modified bismuth ferrite superlattices', Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.90.245131
,2014, 'In-situ investigation of thermal instabilities and solid state dewetting in polycrystalline platinum thin films via confocal laser microscopy', Journal of Applied Physics, 116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4898691
,2014, 'Sub-critical field domain reversal in epitaxial ferroelectric films', Journal of Applied Physics, 116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4896730
,2014, 'Chemical solution deposition derived (001)-oriented epitaxial BiFeO
2014, 'Clamping-induced changes of domain morphology in 88%Pb(Zn
2014, 'Preface to special topic: Piezoresponse force microscopy and nanoscale phenomena in polar materials', Journal of Applied Physics, 116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4891444
,2014, 'Element-specific depth profile of magnetism and stoichiometry at the La0.67 Sr0.33 MnO3/ BiFeO3 interface', Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 90, pp. 041113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.90.041113
,2014, 'Scaling behavior of resistive switching in epitaxial bismuth ferrite heterostructures', Advanced Functional Materials, 24, pp. 3962 - 3969, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201400110
,2014, 'Interface-dependent electrochemical behavior of nanostructured manganese (IV) oxide (Mn3O4)', Electrochimica Acta, 130, pp. 810 - 817, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2014.03.103
,2014, 'Erratum: Stability and dewetting kinetics of thin gold films on Ti, TiO
2014, 'Defect thermodynamics and kinetics in thin strained ferroelectric films: The interplay of possible mechanisms', Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.89.054102
,2014, 'Misfit strain driven cation inter-diffusion across an epitaxial multiferroic thin film interface', Journal of Applied Physics, 115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4862556
,2014, 'Deterministic arbitrary switching of polarization in a ferroelectric thin film', Nature Communications, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5971
,2014, 'Role of interface structure and chemistry in resistive switching of NiO nanocrystals on SrTiO
2013, 'Epitaxial BiTiFeO-CoFe O Pillar-matrix multiferroic nanostructures', ACS Nano, 7, pp. 11079 - 11086, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nn404779x
,2013, 'Higher order harmonic detection for exploring nonlinear interactions with nanoscale resolution', Scientific Reports, 3, pp. 2677, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep02677
,2013, 'Unraveling the origins of electromechanical response in mixed-phase bismuth ferrite', PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.88.020402
,2013, 'Phase field simulations of ferroelectrics domain structures in PbZrxTi1-xO3 bilayers', ACTA MATERIALIA, 61, pp. 2909 - 2918, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2013.01.038
,2013, 'Epitaxial NiO nanocrystals: a dimensional analysis', MRS Communications, 3, pp. 107 - 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/mrc.2013.16
,2013, 'Self-similar nested flux closure structures in a tetragonal ferroelectric', Nano Letters, 13, pp. 2553 - 2557, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl400629m
,2013, 'Stability and dewetting kinetics of thin gold films on Ti, TiO and ZnO adhesion layers', Acta Materialia, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2013.09.022
,2012, 'Atomic-scale evolution of modulated phases at the ferroelectric-antiferroelectric morphotropic phase boundary controlled by flexoelectric interaction', Nature communications, 3, pp. Art. No. 1778, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1778
,2012, 'Controlling magnetoelectric coupling by nanoscale phase transformation in strain engineered bismuth ferrite', Nanoscale, 4, pp. 3175 - 3183, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c2nr00039c
,2012, 'Domain Wall Geometry Controls Conduction in Ferroelectrics', Nano Letters, 12, pp. 5524 - 5531
,2012, 'Electrical Control of Multiferroic Orderings in Mixed-Phase BiFeO3 Films', , 24, pp. 3070 - 3075, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.201200463
,2012, 'Electrical domain morphologies in compositionally graded ferroelectric films', Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 24, pp. 024215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/24/2/024215
,2012, 'Interface mediated resistive switching in epitaxial NiO nanostructures', Applied Physics Letters, 100, pp. Art. No. 203115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4714888
,2012, 'TiO2-Au plasmonic nanocomposite for enhanced dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) performance', Solar Energy, 86, pp. 1428 - 1434, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2012.02.002
,2011, 'Temperature and frequency dependencies of ferroelectric properties in rhombohedral epitaxial Pb(Zr,Ti)O
2011, 'Charge Transfer in Magnetic Heterostructures from Atomic Resolution EELS', Microscopy and Microanalysis, 17, pp. 1404 - 1405, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1431927611007896
,2011, 'Chemistry of Ruddlesden–Popper planar faults at a ferroelectric–ferromagnet perovskite interface', Journal of Applied Physics, 109, pp. 84101 - 084109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3569858
,2011, 'Comment on "Theory of Giant Electromechanical Response from Ferroelectric Bilayers with Polydomain Structures due to Interlayer and Interdomain Coupling'' Reply', Physical Review Letters, 107, pp. 139702 - 139702, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.139702
,2011, 'Composition and temperature-induced structural evolution in La, Sm, and Dy substituted BiFeO3 epitaxial thin films at morphotropic phase boundaries', Journal of Applied Physics, 110, pp. 14106 - 014113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3605492
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