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    • Concomitant light-reversible magnetic response in multiferroic oxide heterostructures for multiphysics applications 

      López Sánchez, Jesús; Del Campo Garcia, Angel Adolfo; Quesada, Adrián; Rivelles, Alejandro; Abuín, Manuel; Sainz, Raquel; Sebastiani-Tofano, Eugenia; Rubio Zuazo, Juan; Ochoa Guerrero, Diego A.; Fernández Lozano, José Francisco; García García, José Eduardo; Rubio Marcos, Fernando (2024-04-17)
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      The concept of multiphysics, where materials respond to diverse external stimuli, such as magnetic fields, electric fields, light irradiation, stress, heat, and chemical reactions, plays a fundamental role in the development ...
    • Effect of lanthanide doping on structural, microstructural and functional properties of K0.5Na0.5NbO3 lead-free piezoceramics 

      Vendrell Villafruella, Xavier; García García, José Eduardo; Cerdeiras Montero, Elena; Ochoa Guerrero, Diego A.; Rubio-Marcos, Fernando; Fernández Lozano, José Francisco; Mestres Vila, Lourdes (2016-11-15)
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      Lanthanides-doped K0.5Na0.5NbO3(KNN) lead-free piezoelectric ceramics are prepared by conventional solid-state reaction. The effects of lanthanum concentration and the lanthanide type on the structure, microstructure and ...
    • Extensive domain wall contribution to strain in a (K,Na)NbO3-based lead-free piezoceramics quantified from high energy X-ray diffraction 

      Ochoa Guerrero, Diego A.; Esteves, Giovanni; Iamsasri, Thanakorn; Rubio-Marcos, Fernando; Fernández Lozano, José Francisco; García García, José Eduardo; Jones, Jacob L. (Elsevier, 2016-08)
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      The origins of high piezoelectric properties in the lead-free (K,Na)NbO3-based tetragonal composition (K0.44Na0.52Li0.04)(Nb0.86Ta0.10Sb0.04)O3 (KNL-NTS) is investigated by quantifying the intrinsic and extrinsic contributions ...
    • Extrinsic response enhancement at the polymorphic phase boundary in piezoelectric materials 

      Ochoa Guerrero, Diego A.; Esteves, Giovanni; Jones, Jacob L.; Rubio-Marcos, Fernando; Fernández Lozano, José Francisco; García García, José Eduardo (2016-04-04)
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      Polymorphic phase boundaries (PPBs) in piezoelectric materials have attracted significant interest in recent years, in particular because of the unique properties that can be found in their vicinity. However, to fully ...
    • Light-driven motion of charged domain walls in isolated ferroelectrics 

      Ordóñez Pimentel, Jonathan; Venet, Michel; Ochoa Guerrero, Diego A.; Rubio Marcos, Fernando; Fernández Lozano, José Francisco; García García, José Eduardo (American Physical Society (APS), 2022-12-26)
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      Light-induced ferroelectric domain wall motion turns out to be a promising phenomenon to de- velop new photo-controlled devices. However, the physical origin of this ligh-matter coupling when material is irradiated with ...
    • Light-induced capacitance tunability in ferroelectric crystals 

      Páez Margarit, David; Rubio Marcos, Fernando; Ochoa Guerrero, Diego A.; Del Campo Garcia, Angel Adolfo; Fernández Lozano, José Francisco; García García, José Eduardo (2018-07-05)
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      The remote controlling of ferroic properties with light is nowadays a hot and highly appealing topic in materials science. Here, we shed light on some of the unresolved issues surrounding light–matter coupling in ferroelectrics. ...
    • Light-induced strain and its correlation with the optical absorption at charged domain walls in polycrystalline ferroelectrics 

      Rubio Marcos, Fernando; Pamies, Paula; Del Campo Garcia, Angel Adolfo; Tiana, Jordi; Ordóñez Pimentel, Jonathan; Venet, Michel; Rojas Hernández, Rocio E.; Ochoa Guerrero, Diego A.; Fernández Lozano, José Francisco; García García, José Eduardo (Elsevier, 2023-06)
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      Photostrictive materials have a growing interest because of their great potential as light-driven actuators, among other optomechanical applications. In this context, the optical control of macroscopic strain in ferroelectrics ...
    • Photo-controlled ferroelectric-based nanoactuators 

      Rubio Marcos, Fernando; Páez Margarit, David; Ochoa Guerrero, Diego A.; Del Campo Garcia, Angel Adolfo; Fernández Lozano, José Francisco; García García, José Eduardo (2019-04-02)
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      Finding a feasible principle for a future generation of nano-optomechanical systems is a matter of intensive research, because it may provide new device prospects for optoelectronics and nanomanipulation techniques. Here ...
    • Photocontrolled strain in polycrystalline ferroelectrics via domain engineering strategy 

      Rubio Marcos, Fernando; Del Campo Garcia, Angel Adolfo; Ordoñez Pimentel, Jonathan; Venet, Michel; Rojas Hernández, Rocio E.; Páez Margarit, David; Ochoa Guerrero, Diego A.; Fernández Lozano, José Francisco; García García, José Eduardo (2021-05-05)
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      The use of photonic concepts to achieve nanoactuation based on light triggering requires complex architectures to obtain the desired effect.In thiscontext, the recent discoveryof reversible optical control of the domain ...
    • Reversible optical control of magnetism in engineered artificial multiferroics 

      Ochoa Guerrero, Diego A.; Menéndez, Enric; López Sánchez, Jesús; Del Campo Garcia, Angel Adolfo; Ma, Zheng; Spasojevic, Irena; Fina, Ignasi; Fernández Lozano, José Francisco; Rubio Marcos, Fernando; Sort Viñas, Jordi; García García, José Eduardo (2024)
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      Optical means instead of electric fields may offer a new pathway for low-power and wireless control of magnetism, holding great potential to design next-generation memory and spintronic devices. Artificial multiferroic ...
    • Understanding the piezoelectric properties in potassium-sodium niobate-based lead-free piezoceramics: interrelationship between intrinsic and extrinsic factors 

      Rubio-Marcos, Fernando; Fernández Lozano, José Francisco; Ochoa Guerrero, Diego A.; García García, José Eduardo; Rojas-Hernandez, Rocio E.; Castro, Miriam; Ramajo, Leandro (Elsevier, 2017-09)
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      Lead zirconate titanate (PZT) based ceramics are currently enjoying a wide use in piezoelectric devices despite lead toxicity. Due to growing environmental concerns, the attention on piezoelectric ceramics has been moving ...