Interferometric vector piezoresponse force microscopy is used to reconstruct crystallographic grain orientations in polycrystalline ferroelectrics directly from local electromechanical response. The ....

Micromagnetic simulations and magnetic force microscopy reveal how the lateral shape of a confined chiral magnet controls the orientation of its helical spin order. The propagation vector of the spin ...

This Perspective highlights atom probe tomography as a powerful tool for understanding the atomic-scale defect chemistry in HfO2-based ferroelectrics. 3D mapping of dopants, point defects, and interf....

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 15 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02139-8Hybrid antiferroelectric–ferroelectric domains and domain walls in K3[Nb3O6(BO3)2] are reported, enabled by noncollinear ordering of electric dipole moment.

Nature Materials - Antiferroelectrics possess an antipolar ground state, and can be electrically driven into a polar phase. This Perspective discusses the history of these systems, defines these...

Communications Materials - Magnetic refrigeration at cryogenic temperatures is crucial for technologies like hydrogen liquefaction and quantum computing. Here, the authors investigate multiferroic...