Ferroelectric oxides do the twist
Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 04:30
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org) -- Some materials, by their nature, do what we want them to do -- notably, the ubiquitous, semiconducting silicon found in almost every electronic device. But sometimes, naturally occurring materials need a little nudge -- or in the case of recent Cornell research, a twist -- to make them useful.