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ArticleScience advances2025

Flexoelectric manipulation of ferroelectric polarization in self-strained tellurium.

Yan Yan, Xiongyi Liang, Liqiang Wang, Yuxuan Zhang, Jiaming Zhou, Weijun Wang, Zhibo Zhang, Yu Zhou, Irum Firdous, Zhengxun Lai and 11 more

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Polarization-Enabled Piezoelectric Tellurium-Selenium (TeAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors.

Yan YanDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, P.R. China.ORCID 0009-0007-4867-904X
Xiongyi LiangDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, P.R. China.ORCID 0000-0001-6182-6189
Liqiang WangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, P.R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-3998-7004
Yuxuan ZhangDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, P.R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-5240-6606
Jiaming ZhouDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, P.R. China.
Weijun WangDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, P.R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-2796-5844
Zhibo ZhangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, P.R. China.
Yu ZhouDepartment of Electronic & Computer Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, P.R. China.ORCID 0000-0001-7233-4649
Irum FirdousDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, P.R. China.ORCID 0000-0001-6298-5384
Zhengxun LaiChangsha Semiconductor Technology and Application Innovation Research Institute, College of Semiconductors (College of Integrated Circuits), Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China.
Wei WangDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, P.R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-3137-3825
Pengshan XieDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, P.R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-5949-3458
Yuecheng XiongDepartment of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, P.R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-6256-6152
Walid A DaoudDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, P.R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-5807-5043
Zhiyong FanDepartment of Electronic & Computer Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, P.R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-5397-0129
Dong-Myeong ShinDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, P.R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-5402-9947
Yong YangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, P.R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-0491-8295
Yang LuDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, P.R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-9280-2718
Xiao Cheng ZengDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, P.R. China.ORCID 0000-0003-4672-8585
You MengChangsha Semiconductor Technology and Application Innovation Research Institute, College of Semiconductors (College of Integrated Circuits), Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5385-4080
Johnny C HoDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, P.R. China.ORCID 0000-0003-3000-8794

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Beyond conventional ferroelectric compounds, the realization of single-element ferroelectricity expands the scope of ferroelectric materials and diversifies polarization mechanisms. However, strategies for manipulating ferroelectric dipoles in elemental ferroelectrics remain underexplored, limiting their broader applications. Here, we introduce a universal flexoelectric manipulation strategy to tune the ferroelectric and piezoelectric polarization of one-dimensional self-strained tellurium (Te) ferroelectrics. A substantial flexoelectric field of 9.55 microcoulombs per square centimeter was observed in self-strained Te, inducing a polarization rotation of 18°, comparable to the typical 15° rotation in ferroelectric PbTiO

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