Dr. Somnath Kale, a postdoctoral researcher from LENSIS, recently attended and presented at the IEEE South Asian Ferroelectric Symposium (SAFS 2025) held in Bengaluru, India. As the first edition of the conference, it marked an important milestone for the regional research community in ferroelectrics. Somnath presented a poster titled “Investigating Polarization Switching and Retention in Hf₀.₆Zr₀.₄O₂ Thin Films Using Piezoresponse Force and Photoemission Electron Microscopy.” During the event, he engaged in valuable discussions with our project partners, including Dr. Uwe Schroeder from NamLab and Dr. Jordan Bouaziz from EC Lyon. Prof. Andrei Kholkin showed strong interest in the PFM results, while Dr. Sujit Das from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) was particularly enthusiastic about the PEEM-based findings.

This research is supported by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 101135656 (Ferro4EdgeAI).