Brookhaven Lab scientists find surprising locked charge
polarizations that impede performance in next-gen materials that could
otherwise revolutionize data-driven devices
Electronic devices with unprecedented efficiency and data
storage may someday run on ferroelectrics—remarkable materials that use
built-in electric polarizations to read and write digital information, outperforming
the magnets inside most popular data-driven technology. But ferroelectrics must
first overcome a few key stumbling blocks, including a curious habit of
"forgetting" stored data.