Prof. René Wasserman Award 2012 - Jin Wang

Ferroelectric Nanowires : an Investigation in Synthesis, Characterization, Functionality, and Modeling of Finite Size Effects. Thèse EPFL, no 4914 (2010). Dir. Nava Setter. " For a wide scope and original research on the synthesis and characterization of piezoelectric nano-wires of the perovskite family and the theoretical and experimental study of their functionality" Ferroelectric perovskites exhibit superior dielectric, piezoelectric and ferroelectric properties. Architecting ferroelectrics in the small scale holds interest in both application and fundamental research. The thesis focused on central issues in the synthesis, characterization and functionality of ferroelectric perovskite nanowires and on modeling of finite size effects.