TY - JOUR KW - Photovoltaics (PV) KW - Electric fields KW - Domain walls KW - Ferroelectric materials KW - Nanotechnology KW - Ferroelectric domains KW - Nanoscale KW - Optics KW - Scanning probes KW - Degree of flexibility KW - Domain boundary KW - Functional elements KW - Nanoscale characterization AU - J Seidel AU - G Singh-Bhalla AU - Q He AU - S.-Y Yang AU - Y.-H Chu AU - Ramamoorthy Ramesh AB - In this article we provide an overview of phenomena involving domain walls in BiFe03 as nanoscale functional elements. Because ferroelectric domain walls can be routinely modified using electric fields, our results suggest a new degree of flexibility for domain boundary engineering and oxide-based nanoelectronics. © 2013 Taylor & Francis. BT - Phase Transitions DO - 10.1080/01411594.2012.695371 LA - eng M1 - 1 N1 - cited By 45 N2 - In this article we provide an overview of phenomena involving domain walls in BiFe03 as nanoscale functional elements. Because ferroelectric domain walls can be routinely modified using electric fields, our results suggest a new degree of flexibility for domain boundary engineering and oxide-based nanoelectronics. © 2013 Taylor & Francis. PY - 2013 SP - 53 EP - 66 T2 - Phase Transitions TI - Domain wall functionality in BiFeO3 VL - 86 SN - 01411594 ER -