Laurent Bellaiche Data-verified

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Researcher

University of Arkansas

Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

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laurent@uark.edu

77 h-index 588 pubs 22,664 cited

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Laurent Bellaiche's research investigates the physical properties and behaviors of materials, with a particular emphasis on ferroelectric and polar nanostructures. His work explores phenomena such as skyrmions, topological phases, and thermal switching in materials like lead zirconate and lead titanate thin films. Bellaiche also studies the anisotropic epitaxial stabilization of ferroelectric materials and realistic spin models for multiferroic compounds.

His recent publications demonstrate a focus on the integration of these materials onto silicon, the control of polarization using ultrafast laser pulses, and the phase transitions occurring in ferroelectric systems. Bellaiche's research network includes extensive collaboration with colleagues at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, such as L. Bellaiche and Sergei Prokhorenko, with whom he has co-authored numerous publications.

Bellaiche is a member of the ARA Academy and his research area is identified as Computational Physics. He maintains an active laboratory website to disseminate information about his work.

Metrics

h-index: 77
Publications: 588
Citations: 22,664

Selected Publications

Phase Boundary Enabled High Dielectric Tunability in Ba 1 − x Sr x TiO 3 Thin Films and their Integration on Silicon (2026)

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Magnon confinement in epitaxial antiferromagnetic oxide heterostructures (2026)

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Strain-induced gyrotropic effects in ferroelectric <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>BaTi</mml:mi> <mml:msub> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">S</mml:mi> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> (2026)

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Orientation-dependent strain tuning of magnetic compensation and anisotropy in <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>Gd</mml:mi> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>Fe</mml:mi> <mml:mn>5</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:msub> <mml:mi mathvariant="normal">O</mml:mi> <mml:mn>12</mml:mn> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> thin films: A first-principles study (2026)

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Universal dynamical features of complex ferroelectrics driven out of equilibrium (2026)

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Magnetoelectric properties at the Co/AlN(0001) interface (2026)

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Ferroelectrically Switchable Anomalous Hall Conductivity and Nonlinear Drude Conductivity in Multiferroics (2025)

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Antiferroelectricity in <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>BiFeO</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> Thin Films (2025)

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Understanding and controlling dipolar Moiré pattern in ferroelectric perovskite oxide nanolayers (2025)

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Morphogenesis of spin cycloids in a noncollinear antiferromagnet (2025)

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Electron ptychography reveals a ferroelectricity dominated by anion displacements (2025)

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Skyrmion nanodomains in ferroelectric–antiferroelectric solid solutions (2025)

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Revisiting Structural and Electromechanical Properties of the Lead-free (K,Na)NbO3 High-Piezoelectric Material (2025)

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Active learning of effective Hamiltonian for super-large-scale atomic structures (2025)

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Topological interfacial states at phase boundaries in two-dimensional ferroelectric bismuth (2025)

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ARA Academy 2017 ARA Fellow

Dr. Bellaiche's research group develops first-principles methods and computational techniques to calculate properties of ferroelectrics, magnetic compounds, multiferroics, semiconductors, nanostructures, and graphene. His work includes applications relevant to duplicating aspects of human brain function.

Policy Impact

Internationally recognized computational physics program advancing materials discovery for electronics and energy applications, enhancing Arkansas's competitiveness in high-tech research.