Domains and domain walls in ferroic materials.

10.1063/5.0044758 82 M. Makarovic, M. Ç. Bayir, H. Ursic, A. Bradesko, and T. Rojac, "Domain wall conductivity as the origin of enhanced domain wall dynamics in polycrystalline BiFeO3", J. Appl. Phys. 10.1063/5.0029582 79 D. Zhang, D. Sando, Y. Pan, P. Sharma, and J. Seidel, "Robust ferroelectric polarization retention in harsh environments through engineered domain wall pinning", J. Appl. Phys. Today, it is established that ferroic domain walls represent outstanding functional nano-entities with unique physical properties, which are exploited in the rapidly expanding field of domain-wall nanoelectronics.[[16], [23]] Due to their low local symmetry and the distinct structural, electric, or magnetic environment, ferroic domain walls can behave substantially differently than the surrounding domains. Ferroic materials exhibit long-range order with respect to their elastic, electric, or magnetic properties, giving rise to fascinating physics and functional properties that are used in, e.g., state-of-the-art sensor technology, energy harvesting, and medical diagnosis. [Extracted from the article]