Paruch Group

We are investigating interfaces and domain walls

Exciting new possibilities beyond standard electronics are provided by novel materials where electronic correlations allow collective phenomena. We study such behavior with nanoscale resolution in low dimensional systems where effects of correlations and disorder play a proeminent role.

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Our laboratory uses various atomic force microscopy and sample growth techniques.

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January 21, 2022

Driving ferroelectric domain walls towards greater roughness

May 3, 2021

A physics perspective on wound healing

March 30, 2021

Philippe Tückmantel received the Springer Theses prize

March 29, 2021

Ferroelectric nanodomains shed light on universal systems

September 22, 2017

Patrycja Paruch receives the iWOE-24 Oxide Electronics Prize for Excellency in Research

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Interplay between Point and Extended Defects and Their Effects on Jerky Domain-Wall Motion in Ferroelectric Thin Films

Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, 106801 (2024)

Defects have a significant influence on the polarization and electromechanical properties of ferroelectric materials. Statistically, they can be seen as random pinning centers acting on an elastic manifold,…

Roughness and dynamics of proliferating cell fronts as a probe of cell–cell interactions

Scientific Reports volume 11, 8869 (2021)

Juxtacellular interactions play an essential but still not fully understood role in both normal tissue development and tumour invasion. Using proliferating cell fronts as a model system, we explore the…

Local Probe Comparison of Ferroelectric Switching Event Statistics in the Creep and Depinning Regimes in Pb(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3 Thin Films

Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 117601

Ferroelectric materials provide a useful model system to explore the jerky, highly nonlinear dynamics of elastic interfaces in disordered media. The distribution of nanoscale switching event sizes is studied…

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