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ArticleNature communications2026

Direct observation of cation-dependent polarisation switching dynamics in fluorite ferroelectrics.

Kousuke Ooe, Yufan Shen, Kazuki Shitara, Rintaro Maki, Shunsuke Kobayashi, Yuichi Shimakawa, Daisuke Kan, Joanne Etheridge

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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8 authors.

Kousuke OoeSchool of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia. kousuke.ooe@monash.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9632-3821
Yufan ShenInstitute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-2097-6911
Kazuki ShitaraNanostructures Research Laboratory, Japan Fine Ceramics Center, Nagoya, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9744-8578
Rintaro MakiInstitute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, Japan.
Shunsuke KobayashiNanostructures Research Laboratory, Japan Fine Ceramics Center, Nagoya, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4933-8817
Yuichi ShimakawaInstitute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1019-2512
Daisuke KanInstitute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7505-0059
Joanne EtheridgeSchool of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3199-3936

Funding

Department of Education and Training | Australian Research Council (ARC) FL220100202MEXT | Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) JPMJAP2314MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 21H01810MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 22KJ3209MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 23H05457MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 23K13553MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 23KJ1239MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 24H01190MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP23H00241MEXT | JST | Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO) JPMJPR24H3Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) JPMXP1020230325Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) JPMXP1020230327Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) JPMXP1122683430
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fluorite ferroelectrics are exciting candidates for next-generation non-volatile memory devices because their unique ferroelectric mechanism, which arises from unconventional oxygen displacements, permits ferroelectricity with minimal thickness constraints. However, the polarisation switching mechanism remains the subject of intense debate due to a limited understanding of the atomic-scale dynamics which are extremely challenging to detect and measure. Here, we observe directly the polarisation switching pathways by visualising oxygen site dynamics in ZrO

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