Prof. Dr. Alexei Gruverman

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsSurface Physics
KeywordsFerroelectric domains, Tunneling electroresistance, 2D materials, Piezoresponse force microscopy, Ferroics

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityLincoln, NE
InstitutionUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln
InstituteDepartment of Physics & Astronomy

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Catherine DubourdieuInstitut für Funktionale Oxide für die energieeffiziente IT, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB), Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/04/2022

Programme(s)

2020Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Gruverman is internationally renowned for his pioneering contribution to the development of piezoresponse force microscopy and for his fundamental studies of nanoscale physical phenomena in ferroelectrics. Among his major accomplishments are the manipulation of ferroelectric domains at the nanoscale, the study of their switching dynamics, and the demonstration of tunneling electroresistance in ultrathin ferroelectrics. In Germany, he works on HfO2-based ferroelectric devices and the properties of low-dimensional ferroelectrics.