{"id":242154,"date":"2026-08-04T01:22:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T06:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/light-controls-nanoscale-bubble-domains-in-a-ferroelectric-crystal"},"modified":"2026-08-04T01:22:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T06:22:18","slug":"light-controls-nanoscale-bubble-domains-in-a-ferroelectric-crystal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/light-controls-nanoscale-bubble-domains-in-a-ferroelectric-crystal","title":{"rendered":"Light controls nanoscale \u2018bubble\u2019 domains in a ferroelectric crystal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/light-controls-nanoscale-bubble-domains-in-a-ferroelectric-crystal.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers at Flinders University have discovered an unexpected way light can control tiny electronic structures inside advanced materials, a development that could help pave the way for more energy-efficient memory devices, sensors and future computing technologies.<\/p>\n<p>The new study, involving experts from around the world, explores electronic properties and optical science to uncover new energy and material capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe discovered that light can control nanoscale \u2018bubble\u2019 domains (about the size of just a few billionths of a meter across) inside a special ferroelectric crystal,\u201d says Dr. Pankaj Sharma, senior lecturer in experimental condensed matter physics at Flinders University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at Flinders University have discovered an unexpected way light can control tiny electronic structures inside advanced materials, a development that could help pave the way for more energy-efficient memory devices, sensors and future computing technologies. The new study, involving experts from around the world, explores electronic properties and optical science to uncover new energy [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,4,219],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-nanotechnology","category-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242154\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}