The natural breaking of inversion symmetry at surfaces and interfaces provides a way of stabilizing electronic structures that are distinct from those of the bulk 4,5.A notable example is found in ...

As we witness the detrimental effects of climate change, the need for a rapid shift to renewable energy is only becoming more ...

Microscopic aspects of ferroelectricity are canonically related to polar atomic displacements that break inversion symmetry of the crystal, leading to a non-zero net electric dipole moment.

However, owing to high rotation symmetry, the polarization field is nearly linear in most PhC slabs. In our recent research, we reported that by breaking in-plane inversion symmetry of PhC slabs ...

For instance, many materials that exhibit efficient optoelectronic properties are constrained by inversion symmetry, a physical property that limits engineers' control of electrons in the material ...

Yet, most metals maintain a geometric arrangement that preserves inversion symmetry — a property where reversing the positions of all atoms wouldn't be discernible. As such, one of the most ...