Laurent Bellaiche

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University of Arkansas

Also affiliated: Tel Aviv University (2024–2025)

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2 h-index 8 pubs 587 cited

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Laurent Bellaiche's research focuses on the physics of materials, particularly in the areas of ferroelectricity, multiferroics, and topological phases in nanostructures. His work involves theoretical and computational investigations into the behavior of polar materials at the nanoscale, including the study of skyrmions, polar nanodomains, and antiferroelectric switching mechanisms.

Bellaiche has published research on topics such as the epitaxial stabilization of ferroelectric materials with enhanced electromechanical properties, the formation of topological phases in polar oxide nanostructures, and the deterministic control of ferroelectric polarization using ultrafast laser pulses. His investigations also extend to theoretical models for multiferroic materials like NiI2 and the behavior of polar-skyrmion lattices in ultrathin ferroelectric films. He has also explored ferroelectric phase-transition frustration near tricritical points.

His scholarly contributions are reflected in an h-index of 2, with 8 total publications and 579 citations. Bellaiche is an ARA Academy member (ARA Fellow) and his research area is designated as Computational Physics. He maintains active collaborations with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including L. Bellaiche, L. Bellaïche, Sergei Prokhorenko, and Yousra Nahas, with whom he has co-authored a significant number of publications.

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h-index: 2
Publications: 8
Citations: 587

Selected Publications

Phonon dynamics of <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>NaNbO</mml:mi> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:msub> </mml:math> as a function of temperature: An atomistic effective Hamiltonian study (2026)

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Hidden Chiral Ferroelectricity in <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>AgNbO</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> Perovskite (2026)

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Signatures of Altermagnetism 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> (2026)

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Light-Driven Ferroic Switching Enables Reversible Control of Hydrogen Adsorption Thermodynamics (2026)

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Robust control over polar skyrmion bubble density with a combined optical and electrical approach (2026)

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Simulations of light-matter interaction in ferroelectrics and related materials (2026)

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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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Domain-Wall-Mediated Polarization Switching in Ferroelectric AlScN: Strain Relief and Field-Dependent Dynamics (2026)

Physical Review Letters 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Magnon confinement in epitaxial antiferromagnetic oxide heterostructures (2026)

Nature Materials 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
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)

Physical Review Letters 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
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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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.