Microstructural Origins of High Piezoelectric Performance: A Pathway to Practical Lead‐Free Materials

Outstanding Piezoelectric Performance in Lead-Free 0.95(K,Na)(Sb,Nb)O3 -0.05(Bi,Na,K)ZrO3 Thick Films with Oriented Nanophase Coexistence

(2019) Yumei Wang et al.   Advanced Electronic Materials

Ultrahigh Piezoelectric Properties in Textured (K,Na)NbO3 -Based Lead-Free Ceramics

(2018) Peng Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Realizing high performance n-type PbTe by synergistically optimizing effective mass and carrier mobility and suppressing bipolar thermal conductivity

(2018) Yu Xiao et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Ultrahigh piezoelectricity in ferroelectric ceramics by design

(2018) Fei Li et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Recent Development in Lead-Free Perovskite Piezoelectric Bulk Materials

(2018) Ting Zheng et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

Local Structural Heterogeneity and Electromechanical Responses of Ferroelectrics: Learning from Relaxor Ferroelectrics

(2018) Fei Li et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Decoding the Structural Origin of Piezoelectric and Thermoelectric Materials with Aberration-Corrected STEM

(2018) Haijun Wu et al.   MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS

Thermoelectric SnTe with Band Convergence, Dense Dislocations, and Interstitials through Sn Self-Compensation and Mn Alloying

(2018) Fengkai Guo et al.   Small

Progress and prospects of aberration-corrected STEM for functional materials

(2018) Haijun Wu et al.   ULTRAMICROSCOPY

The Atomic Circus: Small Electron Beams Spotlight Advanced Materials Down to the Atomic Scale

(2018) Haijun Wu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Practical High Piezoelectricity in Barium Titanate Ceramics Utilizing Multiphase Convergence with Broad Structural Flexibility

(2018) Chunlin Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

The structural origin of enhanced piezoelectric performance and stability in lead free ceramics

(2017) Ting Zheng et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Remarkable Roles of Cu To Synergistically Optimize Phonon and Carrier Transport in n-Type PbTe-Cu2Te

(2017) Yu Xiao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Critical Role of Monoclinic Polarization Rotation in High-Performance Perovskite Piezoelectric Materials

(2017) Hui Liu et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

The impact of STEM aberration correction on materials science

(2017) Stephen J. Pennycook   ULTRAMICROSCOPY

Direct observation of vast off-stoichiometric defects in single crystalline SnSe

(2017) Di Wu et al.   Nano Energy

High Piezoelectric Performance and Phase Transition in Stressed Lead-Free (1 - x )(K, Na)(Sb, Nb)O3 -x (Bi, Na, K)ZrO3 Thin Films

(2017) Yumei Wang et al.   Advanced Electronic Materials

Enhanced Piezoelectric Response due to Polarization Rotation in Cobalt-Substituted BiFeO3Epitaxial Thin Films

(2016) Keisuke Shimizu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Superior Piezoelectric Properties in Potassium-Sodium Niobate Lead-Free Ceramics

(2016) Kai Xu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Single atom visibility in STEM optical depth sectioning

(2016) Ryo Ishikawa et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Lead-free Mn-doped (K0.5,Na0.5)NbO3 piezoelectric thin films for MEMS-based vibrational energy harvester applications

(2016) Sung Sik Won et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

3D polarization texture of a symmetric 4-fold flux closure domain in strained ferroelectric PbTiO3 films

(2016) Y.L. Tang et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

Effects and Mechanism of Combinational Chemical Agents on Solution-Derived K0.5Na0.5NbO3Piezoelectric Thin Films

(2016) Yumei Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY

Giant Piezoelectricity and High Curie Temperature in Nanostructured Alkali Niobate Lead-Free Piezoceramics through Phase Coexistence

(2016) Bo Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Multiferroic bismuth ferrite-based materials for multifunctional applications: Ceramic bulks, thin films and nanostructures

(2016) Jiagang Wu et al.   PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE

The origin of ultrahigh piezoelectricity in relaxor-ferroelectric solid solution crystals

(2016) Fei Li et al.   Nature Communications

Lead-Free Piezoceramics: Revealing the Role of the Rhombohedral–Tetragonal Phase Coexistence in Enhancement of the Piezoelectric Properties

(2015) Fernando Rubio-Marcos et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Watching Atoms Work: Nanocluster Structure and Dynamics

(2015) Stephen J. Pennycook et al.   ACS Nano

High-Performance Lead-Free Piezoceramics with High Curie Temperatures

(2015) Myang Hwan Lee et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Potassium–Sodium Niobate Lead-Free Piezoelectric Materials: Past, Present, and Future of Phase Boundaries

(2015) Jiagang Wu et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Fulfilling Feynman’s dream: “Make the electron microscope 100 times better”—Are we there yet?

(2015) Stephen J. Pennycook   MRS BULLETIN

Observation of a periodic array of flux-closure quadrants in strained ferroelectric PbTiO3 films

(2015) Y. L. Tang et al.   SCIENCE

Large-angle illumination STEM: Toward three-dimensional atom-by-atom imaging

(2015) Ryo Ishikawa et al.   ULTRAMICROSCOPY

Advanced electron microscopy for thermoelectric materials

(2015) Haijun Wu et al.   Nano Energy

Adaptive ferroelectric state at morphotropic phase boundary: Coexisting tetragonal and rhombohedral phases

(2014) Yang Zhang et al.   ACTA MATERIALIA

Giant Piezoelectricity in Potassium–Sodium Niobate Lead-Free Ceramics

(2014) Xiaopeng Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Conformable amplified lead zirconate titanate sensors with enhanced piezoelectric response for cutaneous pressure monitoring

(2014) Canan Dagdeviren et al.   Nature Communications

A giant polarization value of Zn and Mn co-modified bismuth ferrite thin films

(2013) Jiagang Wu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Band Gap Engineering and Layer-by-Layer Mapping of Selenium-Doped Molybdenum Disulfide

(2013) Yongji Gong et al.   NANO LETTERS

Triple-point-type morphotropic phase boundary based large piezoelectric Pb-free material—Ba(Ti0.8Hf0.2)O3-(Ba0.7Ca0.3)TiO3

(2012) Chao Zhou et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Large piezoelectricity and dielectric permittivity in BaTiO3-xBaSnO3system: The role of phase coexisting

(2012) Yonggang Yao et al.   EPL

Microstructure at morphotropic phase boundary in Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 ceramic: Coexistence of nano-scaled {110}-type rhombohedral twin and {110}-type tetragonal twin

(2012) Haijun Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Thin-film piezoelectric MEMS

(2012) Chang-Beom Eom et al.   MRS BULLETIN

An oxygen reduction electrocatalyst based on carbon nanotube–graphene complexes

(2012) Yanguang Li et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Origin of a Tetragonal BiFeO3 Phase with a Giant c/a Ratio on SrTiO3 Substrates

(2011) Huajun Liu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Lithium diffusion in (Li, K, Na)NbO3 piezoeletric thin films and the resulting approach for enhanced performance properties

(2011) Phoi Chin Goh et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Large piezoelectric effect in Pb-free Ba(Ti,Sn)O3-x(Ba,Ca)TiO3 ceramics

(2011) Dezhen Xue et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Microstructure basis for strong piezoelectricity in Pb-free Ba(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3-(Ba0.7Ca0.3)TiO3 ceramics

(2011) Jinghui Gao et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Direct Observation of Continuous Electric Dipole Rotation in Flux-Closure Domains in Ferroelectric Pb(Zr,Ti)O3

(2011) C.-L. Jia et al.   SCIENCE

Lead-free piezoelectric (K0.5Na0.5)NbO3 thin films derived from chemical solution modified with stabilizing agents

(2010) Phoi Chin Goh et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Strain-driven phase transitions and associated dielectric/piezoelectric anomalies in BiFeO3 thin films

(2010) C. W. Huang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

A morphotropic phase boundary system based on polarization rotation and polarization extension

(2010) Dragan Damjanovic   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Ferroelectric solid solutions with morphotropic boundary: Rotational instability of polarization, metastable coexistence of phases and nanodomain adaptive states

(2010) A.G. Khachaturyan   PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE

Enhanced piezoelectric and ferroelectric properties in Mn-doped Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3–BaTiO3 single crystals

(2009) Qinhui Zhang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Tetragonal micro/nanotwins in 0.91Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3−0.09PbTiO3 revealed by reciprocal space mapping

(2009) W. S. Chang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Orientation dependence of ferroelectric behavior of BiFeO3 thin films

(2009) Jiagang Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Perspective on the Development of Lead-free Piezoceramics

(2009) Jürgen Rödel et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY

Thermodynamics of polar anisotropy in morphotropic ferroelectric solid solutions

(2009) A.A. Heitmann et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE

Evidence for Room-Temperature Multiferroicity in a Compound with a Giant Axial Ratio

(2009) H. Béa et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Large Piezoelectric Effect in Pb-Free Ceramics

(2009) Wenfeng Liu et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

A Strain-Driven Morphotropic Phase Boundary in BiFeO3

(2009) R. J. Zeches et al.   SCIENCE

Rhombohedral-to-tetragonal phase transformation and thermal depolarization in relaxor-based ferroelectric single crystal

(2008) W. S. Chang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Domain structure of adaptive orthorhombic phase in [110]-poled Pb(Mg1∕3Nb2∕3)O3–30.5%PbTiO3 single crystal

(2008) H. Wang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Phase transformations in annealed PZN-4.5%PT single crystals

(2008) L. C. Lim et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Phase transformations in poled PZN-4.5%PT single crystal revealed by combined property measurements and high-resolution diffraction technique

(2008) W. S. Chang et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Nanotwins and phases in high-strain Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)1−xTixO3 crystal

(2008) C.-S. Tu et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Ferroelectric solid solutions with morphotropic boundaries: Vanishing polarization anisotropy, adaptive, polar glass, and two-phase states

(2008) G. A. Rossetti et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Hierarchical Domain Structure of Adaptive MBPhase in Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-32%PbTiO3Single Crystal

(2008) Hui Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY

Origin of morphotropic phase boundaries in ferroelectrics

(2008) Muhtar Ahart et al.   NATURE