Cheng, Zhenxiang

Top Publications

Year	Title
2019	Enhancing oxygen evolution efficiency of multiferroic oxides by spintronic and ferroelectric polarization regulation Published in Nature Communications
2019	Fatigue-Free and Bending-Endurable Flexible Mn-Doped Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3-BaTiO3-BiFeO3 Film Capacitor with an Ultrahigh Energy Storage Performance Published in Advanced Energy Materials
2019	Flexible piezoelectric energy harvester/sensor with high voltage output over wide temperature range Published in Nano Energy
2019	Giant piezoelectricity of Sm-doped Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O-3-PbTiO3 single crystals Published in Science
2017	Mechanical force involved multiple fields switching of both local ferroelectric and magnetic domain in a Bi5Ti3FeO15 thin film Published in NPG Asia Materials
2019	Optimized Electronic Configuration to Improve the Surface Absorption and Bulk Conductivity for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Reaction Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
2018	Recent advances in Dirac spin-gapless semiconductors Published in Applied Physics Reviews
2016	The origin of ultrahigh piezoelectricity in relaxor-ferroelectric solid solution crystals Published in Nature Communications
2018	Ultrahigh piezoelectricity in ferroelectric ceramics by design Published in Nature Materials

Research Areas

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	Coexistence of parabolic and linear band crossings and electron-doped spin-gapless properties in rhombohedral type YbBO3 Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds Volume 823 Altmetric
2020	Core-shell nanostructures introduce multiple potential barriers to enhance energy filtering for the improvement of the thermoelectric properties of SnTe Published In Nanoscale Volume 12 Pages 1904 - 1911 Altmetric
2020	Mechanically tuning magnetism and transport property in spin gapless semiconductor CoFeMnSi flexible thin film Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds Volume 813 Pages 152207-1 - 152207-5 ISSN 0925-8388 Altmetric
2020	Multiferroic behavior from synergetic response of multiple ordering parameters in BiFeO3 single crystal under high magnetic field up to 50 Tesla Published In Journal of Applied Physics Volume 127 Altmetric
2020	Na-doped ZnO UV filters with reduced photocatalytic activity for sunscreen applications Published In Journal of Materials Science Volume 55 Pages 2772 - 2786 ISSN 0022-2461 Altmetric
2020	Nanomagnetism variation with fluorine content in Co(OH)F Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds Volume 825 Altmetric
2020	Novel topological nodal lines and exotic drum-head-like surface states in synthesized CsCl-type binary alloy TiOs Published In Journal of Advanced Research Volume 22 Pages 137 - 144 Altmetric
2020	Predicting excellent anisotropic thermoelectric performance of the layered oxychalcogenides BiAgOCh (Ch=S, Se, and Te) Published In Computational Materials Science Volume 171 Pages 109273-1 - 109273-10 ISSN 0927-0256 Altmetric
2020	Quantifying the nucleation effect of correlated matrix grains in sintered Nd-Fe-B permanent magnets Published In Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Volume 498 Pages 166099-1 - 166099-9 Altmetric
2020	Toward Multifunctional Electronics: Flexible NBT-Based Film with a Large Electrocaloric Effect and High Energy Storage Property Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 12 Pages 6082 - 6089 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2020	Ultrahigh Energy Storage Properties in (Sr0.7Bi0.2)TiO3-Bi(Mg0.5Zr0.5)O3 Lead-Free Ceramics and Potential for High-Temperature Capacitors Published In Materials Volume 13 ISSN 1996-1944 Altmetric
2019	Bi-modified SrTiO3-based ceramics for high-temperature energy storage applications Published In Journal of the American Ceramic Society Altmetric
2019	Boosting Superconducting Properties of Fe(Se, Te) via Dual-Oscillation Phenomena Induced by Fluorine Doping Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 11 Pages 18825 - 18832 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2019	Boosting the superconducting properties of Fe(Se, Te) through hexagonal phase manipulation Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds Altmetric
2019	Cation-anion codoping to enhance thermoelectric performance of BiSbSe3 Published In Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing Volume 93 Pages 299 - 303 ISSN 1369-8001 Altmetric
2019	Chemical Solution Route for High‐Quality Multiferroic BiFeO3 Thin Films Published In Small ISSN 1613-6829 Altmetric
2019	Competition between cubic and tetragonal phasesin all-d-metal Heusler alloys, X2-xMn1+xV (X= Pd, Ni, Pt, Ag, Au, Ir, Co; x= 1, 0): a new potential direction of the Heusler family Published In IUCrJ Volume 6 Pages 465 - 472 Altmetric
2019	Coupling Topological Insulator SnSb2Te4 Nanodots with Highly Doped Graphene for High-Rate Energy Storage Published In Advanced Materials Volume Online First Pages 1905632-1 - 1905632-10 ISSN 0935-9648 Altmetric
2019	Design of an all-inorganic flexible Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3- based film capacitor with giant and stable energy storage performance Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A Volume 7 Pages 22366 - 22376 ISSN 2050-7488 Altmetric
2019	Electric field induced two-dimensional electron gas and magnetism in LaFeO3/SrTiO3 (0 0 1) heterostructures Published In Applied Surface Science Volume 471 Pages 185 - 195 ISSN 0169-4332 Altmetric
2019	Electronic Structure Engineering of LiCoO2 toward Enhanced Oxygen Electrocatalysis Published In Advanced Energy Materials Volume 9 Pages 1803482-1 - 1803482-10 ISSN 1614-6832 Altmetric
2019	Electronic, magnetic, and thermodynamic properties of rhombohedral Dysprosium Manganite and discussions of effects of uniform strain, spin-orbit coupling, hole and electron doping on its electronic structures Published In Journal of Solid State Chemistry Volume 276 Pages 352 - 360 ISSN 0022-4596 Altmetric
2019	Enhanced superconductivity induced by several-unit-cells diffusion in an FeTe/FeSe bilayer heterostructure Published In Physical Review B: Covering condensed matter and materials physics Volume 99 Pages 064502-1 - 064502-1 Altmetric
2019	Enhanced thermoelectric performance of BiSbTe alloy: Energy filtering effect of nanoprecipitates and the effect of SiC nanoparticles Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds Volume 784 Pages 1276 - 1283 ISSN 0925-8388 Altmetric
2019	Enhancement of Thermoelectric Properties in Pd−In Co-Doped SnTe and Its Phase Transition Behavior Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 11 Pages 33792 - 33802 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2019	Enhancement of superconducting properties in polycrystalline Fe(Se, Te)via a dual coordination effect Published In Scripta Materialia Volume 169 Pages 19 - 22 ISSN 1359-6462 Altmetric
2019	Enhancing oxygen evolution efficiency of multiferroic oxides by spintronic and ferroelectric polarization regulation Published In Nature Communications Volume 10 Pages 1 - 10 ISSN 2041-1723 Altmetric
2019	Excellent thermal stability and aging behaviors in BiFeO3-BaTiO3 piezoelectric ceramics with rhombohedral phase Published In Journal of the American Ceramic Society Volume 103 Pages 374 - 381 ISSN 0002-7820 Altmetric
2019	Extremely Large Non-equilibrium Tunnel Magnetoresistance Ratio in CoRhMnGe Based Magnetic Tunnel Junction by Interface Modification Published In Frontiers in Chemistry Volume 7 Pages 550-1 - 550-9 Altmetric
2019	Fatigue-Free and Bending-Endurable Flexible Mn-Doped Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3-BaTiO3-BiFeO3 Film Capacitor with an Ultrahigh Energy Storage Performance Published In Advanced Energy Materials Volume 9 Pages 1803949-1 - 1803949-10 ISSN 1614-6832 Altmetric
2019	Ferroelectric polarization tuning the photovoltaic and diode-like effect of the Ni, Sm co-doped BiFeO3 film capacitors Published In Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics Volume 30 Pages 12163 - 12169 ISSN 0957-4522 Altmetric
2019	First-principles investigation on tunable electronic properties and magnetism by polarization in PbTiO3/BiFeO3 2D ferroelectric heterostructures Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry C Volume 7 Pages 463 - 473 ISSN 2050-7534 Altmetric
2019	Flexible piezoelectric energy harvester/sensor with high voltage output over wide temperature range Published In Nano Energy Volume 61 Pages 337 - 345 ISSN 2211-3282 Altmetric
2019	Flexible, Temperature-Resistant, and Fatigue-Free Ferroelectric Memory Based on Bi(Fe0.93Mn0.05Ti0.02)O3 Thin Film Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 11 Pages 12647 - 12655 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2019	Flexible, Temperature‐Stable, and Fatigue‐Endurable PbZr0.52Ti0.48O3 Ferroelectric Film for Nonvolatile Memory Published In Advanced Electronic Materials Volume 5 Pages 1900443-1 - 1900443-8 Altmetric
2019	Giant Magnetoelectric Coupling and Two-Dimensional Electron Gas Regulated by Polarization in BiFeO3/LaFeO3 Heterostructures Published In The Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Energy Conversion and Storage, Optical and Electronic Devices, Interfaces, Nanomaterials, and Hard Matter Volume 123 Pages 16393 - 16399 ISSN 1932-7447 Altmetric
2019	Giant piezoelectricity of Sm-doped Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O-3-PbTiO3 single crystals Published In Science Volume 364 Pages 264 - 268 ISSN 0096-3771 Altmetric
2019	High Thermoelectric Performance of Bi0.46Sb1.54Te3‑SnTe: Synergistic Modulation of Electrical and Thermal Transport by the Introduction of Thermoelectric Hetero Nano Region Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 11 Pages 36658 - 36665 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2019	High Thermoelectric Performance of SnTe by the Synergistic Effect of Alloy Nanoparticles with Elemental Elements Published In ACS Applied Energy Materials Volume 2 Pages 7354 - 7363 Altmetric
2019	High thermoelectric performance in Cu2Se superionic conductor with enhanced liquid-like behaviour by dispersing SiC Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A Volume 7 Pages 7006 - 7014 ISSN 2050-7488 Altmetric
2019	Influence of Zn nonstoichiometry on the phase structure,microstructure and microwave dielectric properties of Nd(Zn0.5Ti0.5)O3ceramics Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds Volume 793 Pages 385 - 392 ISSN 0925-8388 Altmetric
2019	Interface-coupling of CoFe-LDH on MXene as high-performance oxygen evolution catalyst Published In Materials Today Energy Volume 12 Pages 453 - 462 Altmetric
2019	Magnetic Interaction between Pr³⁺ and Dy³⁺ Spins and Their Spin Transition Induced by Magnetic Field in a Dy0.5Pr0.5FeO3 Single Crystal Published In Journal of Physical Chemistry C Altmetric
2019	Magnetic domain-wall induced ferroelectric polarization in rare-earth orthoferrites AFeO3 (A = Lu, Y, Gd): first-principles calculations Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry C Volume 7 Pages 10059 - 10065 ISSN 2050-7534 Altmetric
2019	Magnetic-field-free terahertz emission from a magnetic tunneling junction Published In Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Volume 58 Pages 090913-1 - 090913-5 ISSN 0021-4922 Altmetric
2019	Magneto-Seebeck effect in Co2FeAl/MgO/Co2FeAl:first-principles calculations Published In Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Volume 21 Pages 5803 - 5812 ISSN 1463-9084 Altmetric
2019	Manipulation of Oxygen Vacancy for High Photovoltaic Output in Bismuth Ferrite Films Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 11 Pages 23372 - 23381 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2019	New R3c-type half-metal MnBO3 with remarkable multiple Dirac-like band crossings: Effects of uniform strain, vacancies, spineorbit coupling, and hole and electron doping on its electronic structures Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds Volume 804 Pages 554 - 565 ISSN 0925-8388 Altmetric
2019	Optimized Electronic Configuration to Improve the Surface Absorption and Bulk Conductivity for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Reaction Published In Journal of the American Chemical Society Volume 141 Pages 3121 - 3128 ISSN 0002-7863 Altmetric
2019	Perovskite R3c phase AgCuF3: multiple Dirac cones, 100% spin polarization and its thermodynamic properties Published In Acta Crystallographica. Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials Volume 75 Pages 354 - 360 ISSN 2052-5192 Altmetric
2019	Perovskite lead-free dielectrics for energy storage applications Published In Progress in Materials Science Volume 102 Pages 72 - 108 ISSN 0079-6425 Altmetric
2019	Prediction of possible martensitic transformations in all-d-metal Zinc-based Heusler alloys from first-principles Published In Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Volume 471 Pages 49 - 55 ISSN 0304-8853 Altmetric
2019	Preparation and physical properties of a Cr3Al filmwith a DO3structure Published In IUCrJ Volume 6 Pages 552 - 557 Altmetric
2019	R3c-type LnNiO3 (Ln = La, Ce, Nd, Pm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Lu) half-metals with multiple Dirac cones: a potential class of advanced spintronic materials Published In IUCrJ Volume 6 Pages 990 - 995 Altmetric
2019	Rapid preparation, thermal stability and electromagnetic interference shielding properties of two-dimensional Ti3C2 MXene Published In Ceramics International Volume 45 Pages 19902 - 19909 ISSN 0272-8842 Altmetric
2019	Realization of tetragonal Heusler alloy Mn3-xCrxGa for spintronic applications Published In Intermetallics Volume 108 Pages 87 - 93 ISSN 0966-9795 Altmetric
2019	Robust manipulation of magnetism in LaAO3/BaTiO3(A= Fe, Mn and Cr) superstructures by ferroelectric polarization Published In IUCrJ Volume 6 Pages 189 - 196 Altmetric
2019	Seeking large Seebeck effects in LaX(X = Mn and Co)O3/SrTiO3 superlattices by exploiting high spin-polarized effects Published In Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Volume 21 Pages 14973 - 14983 ISSN 1463-9084 Altmetric
2019	Simultaneous tuning of magnetocrystalline anisotropy and spin reorientation transition via Cu substitution in Mn-Ni-Ga magnets for nanoscale biskyrmion formation Published In Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Volume 100 Pages 054416-1 - 054416-8 ISSN 1098-0121 Altmetric
2019	Site preference and tetragonal distortion in palladium-rich Heusler alloys Published In IUCrJ Volume 6 Pages 218 - 225 Altmetric
2019	Strain effect for the newly discovered spin-gapless diamond-like quaternary-type semiconductor CuMn2InSe4 Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds Volume 793 Pages 302 - 313 ISSN 0925-8388 Altmetric
2019	Synergistic effect of electron transport layer and colloidal quantum dot solid enable PbSe quantum dot solar cell achieving over 10 % efficiency Published In Nano Energy Volume 64 Pages 103922-1 - 103922-8 ISSN 2211-3282 Altmetric
2019	Temperature-Driven Multiferroic Phase Transitions and Structural Instability Evolution in Lanthanum-Substituted Bismuth Ferrite Published In The Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Energy Conversion and Storage, Optical and Electronic Devices, Interfaces, Nanomaterials, and Hard Matter Volume 123 Pages 4457 - 4468 ISSN 1932-7447 Altmetric
2019	The PZT/Ni unimorph magnetoelectric energy harvester for wireless sensing applications Published In Energy Conversion and Management Volume 200 ISSN 0196-8904 Altmetric
2019	Triaxial braided piezo fiber energy harvesters for self-powered wearable technologies Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A Volume 7 Pages 8245 - 8257 ISSN 2050-7488 Altmetric
2019	Tuning oxygen vacancy in LiNbO3 single crystals for prominent memristive and dielectric behaviors Published In Journal of the American Ceramic Society Volume 102 Pages 6705 - 6712 ISSN 0002-7820 Altmetric
2019	Tuning the magnetism of two-dimensional hematene by ferroelectric polarization Published In Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Volume 21 Pages 12301 - 12309 ISSN 1463-9084 Altmetric
2019	Ultra-high energy storage performance with mitigated polarization saturation in lead-free relaxors Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A Volume 7 Pages 8573 - 8580 ISSN 2050-7488 Altmetric
2019	Ultrahigh spin transport performance in Ti2CoGe based magnetic tunnel junction Published In Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Volume 492 Pages 165669-1 - 165669-1 ISSN 0304-8853 Altmetric
2019	Valence mediated tunable magnetism and electronic properties by ferroelectric polarization switching in 2D FeI 2 /In 2 Se 3 van der Waals heterostructures Published In Nanoscale Volume 11 Pages 9931 - 9936 ISSN 2040-3364 Altmetric
2018	Arsenic removal from water by metal-organic framework MIL-88A microrods Published In Environmental Science and Pollution Research Volume 25 Pages 27196 - 27202 ISSN 0944-1344 Altmetric
2018	Coercivity degradation caused by inhomogeneous grain boundaries in sintered Nd-Fe-B permanent magnets Published In Physical Review Materials Volume 2 Pages 054404-1 - 054404-9 Altmetric
2018	Domain switching in single-phase multiferroics Published In Applied Physics Reviews Volume 5 Pages 021102-1 - 021102-23 Altmetric
2018	Electric and magnetic properties of Aurivillius-phase compounds: Bi5Ti3XO15(X = Cu, Mn, Ni, V) Published In Ceramics International Volume 44 Pages 13226 - 13231 ISSN 0272-8842 Altmetric
2018	Electronic, magnetic, half-metallic and mechanical properties of a new quaternary Heusler compound ZrRhTiTl: Insights from first-principles studies Published In Solid State Communications Volume 269 Pages 125 - 130 ISSN 0038-1098 Altmetric
2018	Engineering electrical transport in α-MgAgSb to realize high performances near room temperature Published In Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Volume 20 Pages 16729 - 16735 ISSN 1463-9084 Altmetric
2018	Enhanced thermoelectric performance through synergy of resonance levels and valence band convergence via Q/In (Q = Mg, Ag, Bi) co-doping Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A Volume 6 Pages 2507 - 2516 ISSN 2050-7488 Altmetric
2018	Enhancement of thermoelectric figure of merit by the insertion of multi-walled carbon nanotubes in α-MgAgSb Published In Applied Physics Letters Volume 113 Pages 083901-1 - 083901-5 ISSN 0003-6951 Altmetric
2018	Enzyme-catalysed room temperature and atmospheric pressure synthesis of metal carbonate hydroxides for energy storage Published In Nano Energy Volume 54 Pages 200 - 208 ISSN 2211-3282 Altmetric
2018	First Observation of Low-Temperature Magnetic Transition in CuAgSe Published In The Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Energy Conversion and Storage, Optical and Electronic Devices, Interfaces, Nanomaterials, and Hard Matter Volume 122 Pages 19139 - 19145 ISSN 1932-7447 Altmetric
2018	First-Principles Investigation of Equiatomic Quaternary Heusler Alloys NbVMnAl and NbFeCrAl and a Discussion of the Generalized Electron-Filling Rule Published In Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism Volume 31 Pages 189 - 196 ISSN 1557-1939 Altmetric
2018	High areal capacitance and rate capability using filled Ni foam current collector Published In Electrochimica Acta Volume 281 Pages 761 - 768 ISSN 0013-4686 Altmetric
2018	Interfacial contributions to anomalous Hall effect in perpendicular magnetic anisotropic [Co2MnSi/Pd]3 multilayer Published In Physical Review Materials Volume 2 Pages 124404-1 - 124404-8 Altmetric
2018	Low lattice thermal conductivity and promising thermoelectric figure of merit of Zintl type TlInTe2 Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry C Volume 6 Pages 13269 - 13274 ISSN 2050-7534 Altmetric
2018	Magneto-electronic properties and tetragonal deformation of rare-earth-element-based quaternary Heusler half-metals: A first-principles prediction Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds Volume 734 Pages 329 - 341 ISSN 0925-8388 Altmetric
2018	Martensitic transformation, electronic structure and magnetism in D0(3)-ordered Heusler Mn(3)Z (Z = B, Al, Ga, Ge, Sb) alloys Published In Acta Crystallographica. Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials Volume 74 Pages 673 - 680 ISSN 2052-5192 Altmetric
2018	Multifield Control of Domains in a Room-Temperature Multiferroic 0.85BiTi(0.1)Fe(0.8)Mg(0.1)O(3)-0.15CaTiO(3) Thin Film Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 10 Pages 20712 - 20719 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2018	NiFe2O4 nanoparticles coated on 3D graphene capsule as electrode for advanced energy storage applications Published In Dalton Transactions: an international journal of inorganic chemistry Volume 47 Pages 14052 - 14059 ISSN 1477-9226 Altmetric
2018	Poling-free energy harvesters based on robust self-poled ferroelectric fibers Published In Nano Energy Volume 50 Pages 97 - 105 ISSN 2211-3282 Altmetric
2018	Recent advances in Dirac spin-gapless semiconductors Published In Applied Physics Reviews Volume 5 Pages 041103-1 - 041103-19 Altmetric
2018	Robust fully-compensated ferrimagnetism and semiconductivity in inverse Heusler compounds: Ti2VZ (Z = P, As, Sb, Bi) Published In Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Volume 449 Pages 515 - 521 ISSN 0304-8853 Altmetric
2018	Structural, electronic and magnetic properties of MnxGa/Co2MnSi (x = 1, 3) bilayers Published In Scientific Reports Volume 8 Pages 16530-1 - 16530-13 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2018	Synthesis of molybdenum carbide superconducting compounds by microwave-plasma chemical vapor deposition Published In Journal of Applied Physics Volume 123 Pages 053301-1 - 053301-6 ISSN 0021-8979 Altmetric
2018	Terahertz magnon and crystal-field transition manipulated by R³⁺-Fe³⁺interaction in Sm0.5Pr0.5FeO3 Published In Applied Physics Letters Volume 113 Pages 022401-1 - 022401-5 ISSN 0003-6951 Altmetric
2018	The role of doping in spin reorientation and terahertz spin waves in SmDyFeO3 single crystals Published In Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics Volume 51 Pages 024001-1 - 024001-9 ISSN 0022-3727 Altmetric
2018	Tunable dielectric resonance with negative permittivity behavior of BiFeO3-Bi2Fe4O9 composite at about 1 GHz Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds Volume 735 Pages 2081 - 2086 ISSN 0925-8388 Altmetric
2018	Ultrahigh piezoelectricity in ferroelectric ceramics by design Published In Nature Materials Volume 17 Pages 349 - 354 ISSN 1476-1122 Altmetric
2018	Vacancy engineering of Cu2-: XSe nanoparticles with tunable LSPR and magnetism for dual-modal imaging guided photothermal therapy of cancer Published In Nanoscale Volume 10 Pages 3130 - 3143 ISSN 2040-3364 Altmetric
2017	A first-principle investigation of spin-gapless semiconductivity, half-metallicity, and fully-compensated ferrimagnetism property in Mn2ZnMg inverse Heusler compound Published In Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Volume 423 Pages 285 - 290 ISSN 0304-8853 Altmetric
2017	A novel class of multiferroic material, Bi4Ti3O12·nBiFeO3 with localized magnetic ordering evaluated from their single crystals Published In Advanced Electronic Materials Volume 3 Pages 1600254-1 - 1600254-7 Altmetric
2017	Ag-Mg antisite defect induced high thermoelectric performance of α-MgAgSb Published In Scientific Reports Volume 7 Pages 2572-1 - 2572-12 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2017	Anti-site-induced diverse diluted magnetism in LiMgPdSb-type CoMnTiSi alloy Published In Scientific Reports Volume 7 Pages 42034-1 - 42034-8 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2017	Effect of storage environment on hydrogen generation by the reaction of Al with water Published In RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences Volume 7 Pages 2103 - 2109 ISSN 2046-2069 Altmetric
2017	Electronic, magnetic, mechanical, half-metallic and highly dispersive zero-gap half-metallic properties of rare-earth-element-based quaternary Heusler compounds Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds Volume 718 Pages 63 - 74 ISSN 0925-8388 Altmetric
2017	Facile synthesis of a reduced graphene oxide wrapped porous NiCo2O4 composite with superior performance as an electrode material for supercapacitors Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A Volume 5 Pages 18989 - 18997 ISSN 2050-7488 Altmetric
2017	First-principles study of new quaternary Heusler compounds without 3d transition metal elements: ZrRhHfZ (Z = Al, Ga, In) Published In Materials Chemistry and Physics Volume 193 Pages 99 - 108 ISSN 0254-0584 Altmetric
2017	High area-specific capacitance of Co(OH)₂/hierarchical nickel/nickel foam supercapacitors and its increase with cycling Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A Volume 5 Pages 7968 - 7978 ISSN 2050-7488 Altmetric
2017	Improvement of thermoelectric properties and their correlations with electron effective mass in Cu1.98SxSe1−x Published In Scientific Reports Volume 7 Pages 40436-1 - 40436-11 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2017	L2(1) and XA Ordering Competition in Hafnium-Based Full-Heusler Alloys Hf(2)VZ (Z = Al, Ga, In, Tl, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb) Published In Materials Volume 10 Pages 1200-1 - 1200-15 ISSN 1996-1944 Altmetric
2017	L21 and XA ordering competition in titanium-based full-Heusler alloys Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry C Volume 5 Pages 11559 - 11564 ISSN 2050-7534 Altmetric
2017	Large enhanced conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cells by CsBr doping Published In Journal of Materials Science Pages 1 - 9 ISSN 0022-2461 Altmetric

Investigator On

Year	Title
2019 - 2023	High performance lead free ferroelectric single crystals for piezoelectric transducer application Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
2019 - 2022	Magnetic Skyrmion Materials for Next Generation Spintronic-based Devices Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2018 - 2020	Exploration and design of high performance relaxor ferroelectrics based on microstructure study Awarded by: U.S. Office of Naval Research Funding Scheme: Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Navy and Marine Corps Science & Technology
2017 - 2020	Atomically thin superconductors Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2019	Enhancement of thermoelectric performance in MgAgSb based materials Awarded by: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Funding Scheme: Australian Synchrotron Access Program
2019	Magneto-elastic coupling in Pr1-xLuxMn2Ge2 systems near phase transition temperature Awarded by: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Funding Scheme: Australian Synchrotron Access Program
2018	Investigation of the pressure response of physical properties in novel TbC02Mnx compounds (x=0-0.3) Awarded by: Australian Synchrotron Research Program Funding Scheme: Powder Diffraction beamtime
2018	Strong magneto-elastic coupling in PrMn2-FexGe2 system Awarded by: Australian Synchrotron Research Program Funding Scheme: Powder Diffraction beamtime
2018	Structural change of rare earth orthoferrites associated with spontaneous spin reorientation Awarded by: Australian Synchrotron Research Program Funding Scheme: Powder Diffraction beamtime
2016 - 2018	Exploration of New Mesoscale Mechanisms for Ultrahigh Piezoelectric Responses in Relaxor Ferroelectrics Awarded by: U.S. Office of Naval Research Funding Scheme: Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Navy and Marine Corps Science & Technology
2013	A multiscale electrochemical, magnetoelectric and electromechanical characterization facility for advanced materials and devices Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2013	Dynamic mechanism of spin reorientation transition in NdFeO3 investigated by inelastic neutron scattering Awarded by: Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE) Funding Scheme: Novice User Award (Bragg Institute)
2011	Multi-scale fabrication facility for complex 3D surface generation from nano to macro dimensions Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2009	Frustrated magnets: a new platform for multiferroic materials Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2009	Manipulation of spin by electric field Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Future Fellowships
2009	Raman and XPS study of the Modified Novel Multiferroic Bismuth Ferrite Thin Films Awarded by: Australian Academy of Science Funding Scheme: Scientific Visits
2008	High field magnet for materials processing and characterisation Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2008	Magnetic structure and the magnetoelectrical coupling mechanism in La doped multiferroic BiFeO3 Awarded by: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Funding Scheme: Access to Major Research Facility Program
2007	16 Tesla Physical Property Measurement System (PPMS) Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2007	Development and characterization of novel multiferroic materials Awarded by: Australian Academy of Science Funding Scheme: Travel Grant

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Demonstration of Piezoelectric magnetic Energy Harvesting for the Development for Sustainable society	Lu, Yun
Doctor of Philosophy	Exploring Ferroelectric Domain Engineering through Ceramics Texturing, for Underwater Acoustics Applications	Moriana, Alain
Doctor of Philosophy	Magnetic Properties of Rare Eearth Orthoferrite	Mohammed, Mohanad Hazim
Doctor of Philosophy	Advanced Nano Ceramic Sunscreen UV Filters for Melanoma Protection	Mueen, Rafid Abdlateef
Doctor of Philosophy	Self-powered smart fabrics for wearable technologies.	Mokhtari, Fatemeh
Doctor of Philosophy	Dielectric Breakdown Studies on Lead Free Dielectric Materials with High Energy Density	Kong, Xi
Doctor of Philosophy	Flexible Piezoelectric energy harvester made of BiFeus Solid solution	Sun, Yanhua
Doctor of Philosophy	Lead free relaxor and antiferroelectric ceramics for energy storage applications	Yang, Letao
Doctor of Philosophy	Exploring the Nonlinear Effect of Conductivity in Superconductor under Terahertz Field	Tian, Jie
Doctor of Philosophy	Novel Functional Materials	Chen, Lei
Doctor of Philosophy	Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Novel Functional Materials	He, Yahua
Doctor of Philosophy	Novel Ferroic Material Design	Wang, Xiaotian
Doctor of Philosophy	Nano Ferroic Materials for Energy and Sensor Applications	Li, Xiaoning
Doctor of Philosophy	New dielectric materials: improving energy density and energy harvesting of ceramics to sustainably meet future energy demands	Baasandorj, Lkhagvasuren
Doctor of Philosophy	High Performance Lead Free Ferroelectric Single Crystals for Piezoelectric Transducer Applications	Kabakov, Peter
Doctor of Philosophy	Study of relaxor ferroelectric materials	Joseph, Jincymol
Doctor of Philosophy	Nano ferroic materials for energy applications	Du, Yumeng

Top Publications

Year	Title
2019	Enhancing oxygen evolution efficiency of multiferroic oxides by spintronic and ferroelectric polarization regulation Published in Nature Communications
2019	Fatigue-Free and Bending-Endurable Flexible Mn-Doped Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3-BaTiO3-BiFeO3 Film Capacitor with an Ultrahigh Energy Storage Performance Published in Advanced Energy Materials
2019	Flexible piezoelectric energy harvester/sensor with high voltage output over wide temperature range Published in Nano Energy
2019	Giant piezoelectricity of Sm-doped Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O-3-PbTiO3 single crystals Published in Science
2017	Mechanical force involved multiple fields switching of both local ferroelectric and magnetic domain in a Bi5Ti3FeO15 thin film Published in NPG Asia Materials
2019	Optimized Electronic Configuration to Improve the Surface Absorption and Bulk Conductivity for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Reaction Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
2018	Recent advances in Dirac spin-gapless semiconductors Published in Applied Physics Reviews
2016	The origin of ultrahigh piezoelectricity in relaxor-ferroelectric solid solution crystals Published in Nature Communications
2018	Ultrahigh piezoelectricity in ferroelectric ceramics by design Published in Nature Materials

Research Areas

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	Coexistence of parabolic and linear band crossings and electron-doped spin-gapless properties in rhombohedral type YbBO3 Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds Volume 823 Altmetric
2020	Core-shell nanostructures introduce multiple potential barriers to enhance energy filtering for the improvement of the thermoelectric properties of SnTe Published In Nanoscale Volume 12 Pages 1904 - 1911 Altmetric
2020	Mechanically tuning magnetism and transport property in spin gapless semiconductor CoFeMnSi flexible thin film Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds Volume 813 Pages 152207-1 - 152207-5 ISSN 0925-8388 Altmetric
2020	Multiferroic behavior from synergetic response of multiple ordering parameters in BiFeO3 single crystal under high magnetic field up to 50 Tesla Published In Journal of Applied Physics Volume 127 Altmetric
2020	Na-doped ZnO UV filters with reduced photocatalytic activity for sunscreen applications Published In Journal of Materials Science Volume 55 Pages 2772 - 2786 ISSN 0022-2461 Altmetric
2020	Nanomagnetism variation with fluorine content in Co(OH)F Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds Volume 825 Altmetric
2020	Novel topological nodal lines and exotic drum-head-like surface states in synthesized CsCl-type binary alloy TiOs Published In Journal of Advanced Research Volume 22 Pages 137 - 144 Altmetric
2020	Predicting excellent anisotropic thermoelectric performance of the layered oxychalcogenides BiAgOCh (Ch=S, Se, and Te) Published In Computational Materials Science Volume 171 Pages 109273-1 - 109273-10 ISSN 0927-0256 Altmetric
2020	Quantifying the nucleation effect of correlated matrix grains in sintered Nd-Fe-B permanent magnets Published In Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Volume 498 Pages 166099-1 - 166099-9 Altmetric
2020	Toward Multifunctional Electronics: Flexible NBT-Based Film with a Large Electrocaloric Effect and High Energy Storage Property Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 12 Pages 6082 - 6089 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2020	Ultrahigh Energy Storage Properties in (Sr0.7Bi0.2)TiO3-Bi(Mg0.5Zr0.5)O3 Lead-Free Ceramics and Potential for High-Temperature Capacitors Published In Materials Volume 13 ISSN 1996-1944 Altmetric
2019	Bi-modified SrTiO3-based ceramics for high-temperature energy storage applications Published In Journal of the American Ceramic Society Altmetric
2019	Boosting Superconducting Properties of Fe(Se, Te) via Dual-Oscillation Phenomena Induced by Fluorine Doping Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 11 Pages 18825 - 18832 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2019	Boosting the superconducting properties of Fe(Se, Te) through hexagonal phase manipulation Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds Altmetric
2019	Cation-anion codoping to enhance thermoelectric performance of BiSbSe3 Published In Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing Volume 93 Pages 299 - 303 ISSN 1369-8001 Altmetric
2019	Chemical Solution Route for High‐Quality Multiferroic BiFeO3 Thin Films Published In Small ISSN 1613-6829 Altmetric
2019	Competition between cubic and tetragonal phasesin all-d-metal Heusler alloys, X2-xMn1+xV (X= Pd, Ni, Pt, Ag, Au, Ir, Co; x= 1, 0): a new potential direction of the Heusler family Published In IUCrJ Volume 6 Pages 465 - 472 Altmetric
2019	Coupling Topological Insulator SnSb2Te4 Nanodots with Highly Doped Graphene for High-Rate Energy Storage Published In Advanced Materials Volume Online First Pages 1905632-1 - 1905632-10 ISSN 0935-9648 Altmetric
2019	Design of an all-inorganic flexible Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3- based film capacitor with giant and stable energy storage performance Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A Volume 7 Pages 22366 - 22376 ISSN 2050-7488 Altmetric
2019	Electric field induced two-dimensional electron gas and magnetism in LaFeO3/SrTiO3 (0 0 1) heterostructures Published In Applied Surface Science Volume 471 Pages 185 - 195 ISSN 0169-4332 Altmetric
2019	Electronic Structure Engineering of LiCoO2 toward Enhanced Oxygen Electrocatalysis Published In Advanced Energy Materials Volume 9 Pages 1803482-1 - 1803482-10 ISSN 1614-6832 Altmetric
2019	Electronic, magnetic, and thermodynamic properties of rhombohedral Dysprosium Manganite and discussions of effects of uniform strain, spin-orbit coupling, hole and electron doping on its electronic structures Published In Journal of Solid State Chemistry Volume 276 Pages 352 - 360 ISSN 0022-4596 Altmetric
2019	Enhanced superconductivity induced by several-unit-cells diffusion in an FeTe/FeSe bilayer heterostructure Published In Physical Review B: Covering condensed matter and materials physics Volume 99 Pages 064502-1 - 064502-1 Altmetric
2019	Enhanced thermoelectric performance of BiSbTe alloy: Energy filtering effect of nanoprecipitates and the effect of SiC nanoparticles Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds Volume 784 Pages 1276 - 1283 ISSN 0925-8388 Altmetric
2019	Enhancement of Thermoelectric Properties in Pd−In Co-Doped SnTe and Its Phase Transition Behavior Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 11 Pages 33792 - 33802 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2019	Enhancement of superconducting properties in polycrystalline Fe(Se, Te)via a dual coordination effect Published In Scripta Materialia Volume 169 Pages 19 - 22 ISSN 1359-6462 Altmetric
2019	Enhancing oxygen evolution efficiency of multiferroic oxides by spintronic and ferroelectric polarization regulation Published In Nature Communications Volume 10 Pages 1 - 10 ISSN 2041-1723 Altmetric
2019	Excellent thermal stability and aging behaviors in BiFeO3-BaTiO3 piezoelectric ceramics with rhombohedral phase Published In Journal of the American Ceramic Society Volume 103 Pages 374 - 381 ISSN 0002-7820 Altmetric
2019	Extremely Large Non-equilibrium Tunnel Magnetoresistance Ratio in CoRhMnGe Based Magnetic Tunnel Junction by Interface Modification Published In Frontiers in Chemistry Volume 7 Pages 550-1 - 550-9 Altmetric
2019	Fatigue-Free and Bending-Endurable Flexible Mn-Doped Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3-BaTiO3-BiFeO3 Film Capacitor with an Ultrahigh Energy Storage Performance Published In Advanced Energy Materials Volume 9 Pages 1803949-1 - 1803949-10 ISSN 1614-6832 Altmetric
2019	Ferroelectric polarization tuning the photovoltaic and diode-like effect of the Ni, Sm co-doped BiFeO3 film capacitors Published In Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics Volume 30 Pages 12163 - 12169 ISSN 0957-4522 Altmetric
2019	First-principles investigation on tunable electronic properties and magnetism by polarization in PbTiO3/BiFeO3 2D ferroelectric heterostructures Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry C Volume 7 Pages 463 - 473 ISSN 2050-7534 Altmetric
2019	Flexible piezoelectric energy harvester/sensor with high voltage output over wide temperature range Published In Nano Energy Volume 61 Pages 337 - 345 ISSN 2211-3282 Altmetric
2019	Flexible, Temperature-Resistant, and Fatigue-Free Ferroelectric Memory Based on Bi(Fe0.93Mn0.05Ti0.02)O3 Thin Film Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 11 Pages 12647 - 12655 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2019	Flexible, Temperature‐Stable, and Fatigue‐Endurable PbZr0.52Ti0.48O3 Ferroelectric Film for Nonvolatile Memory Published In Advanced Electronic Materials Volume 5 Pages 1900443-1 - 1900443-8 Altmetric
2019	Giant Magnetoelectric Coupling and Two-Dimensional Electron Gas Regulated by Polarization in BiFeO3/LaFeO3 Heterostructures Published In The Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Energy Conversion and Storage, Optical and Electronic Devices, Interfaces, Nanomaterials, and Hard Matter Volume 123 Pages 16393 - 16399 ISSN 1932-7447 Altmetric
2019	Giant piezoelectricity of Sm-doped Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O-3-PbTiO3 single crystals Published In Science Volume 364 Pages 264 - 268 ISSN 0096-3771 Altmetric
2019	High Thermoelectric Performance of Bi0.46Sb1.54Te3‑SnTe: Synergistic Modulation of Electrical and Thermal Transport by the Introduction of Thermoelectric Hetero Nano Region Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 11 Pages 36658 - 36665 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2019	High Thermoelectric Performance of SnTe by the Synergistic Effect of Alloy Nanoparticles with Elemental Elements Published In ACS Applied Energy Materials Volume 2 Pages 7354 - 7363 Altmetric
2019	High thermoelectric performance in Cu2Se superionic conductor with enhanced liquid-like behaviour by dispersing SiC Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A Volume 7 Pages 7006 - 7014 ISSN 2050-7488 Altmetric
2019	Influence of Zn nonstoichiometry on the phase structure,microstructure and microwave dielectric properties of Nd(Zn0.5Ti0.5)O3ceramics Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds Volume 793 Pages 385 - 392 ISSN 0925-8388 Altmetric
2019	Interface-coupling of CoFe-LDH on MXene as high-performance oxygen evolution catalyst Published In Materials Today Energy Volume 12 Pages 453 - 462 Altmetric
2019	Magnetic Interaction between Pr³⁺ and Dy³⁺ Spins and Their Spin Transition Induced by Magnetic Field in a Dy0.5Pr0.5FeO3 Single Crystal Published In Journal of Physical Chemistry C Altmetric
2019	Magnetic domain-wall induced ferroelectric polarization in rare-earth orthoferrites AFeO3 (A = Lu, Y, Gd): first-principles calculations Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry C Volume 7 Pages 10059 - 10065 ISSN 2050-7534 Altmetric
2019	Magnetic-field-free terahertz emission from a magnetic tunneling junction Published In Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Volume 58 Pages 090913-1 - 090913-5 ISSN 0021-4922 Altmetric
2019	Magneto-Seebeck effect in Co2FeAl/MgO/Co2FeAl:first-principles calculations Published In Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Volume 21 Pages 5803 - 5812 ISSN 1463-9084 Altmetric
2019	Manipulation of Oxygen Vacancy for High Photovoltaic Output in Bismuth Ferrite Films Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 11 Pages 23372 - 23381 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2019	New R3c-type half-metal MnBO3 with remarkable multiple Dirac-like band crossings: Effects of uniform strain, vacancies, spineorbit coupling, and hole and electron doping on its electronic structures Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds Volume 804 Pages 554 - 565 ISSN 0925-8388 Altmetric
2019	Optimized Electronic Configuration to Improve the Surface Absorption and Bulk Conductivity for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Reaction Published In Journal of the American Chemical Society Volume 141 Pages 3121 - 3128 ISSN 0002-7863 Altmetric
2019	Perovskite R3c phase AgCuF3: multiple Dirac cones, 100% spin polarization and its thermodynamic properties Published In Acta Crystallographica. Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials Volume 75 Pages 354 - 360 ISSN 2052-5192 Altmetric
2019	Perovskite lead-free dielectrics for energy storage applications Published In Progress in Materials Science Volume 102 Pages 72 - 108 ISSN 0079-6425 Altmetric
2019	Prediction of possible martensitic transformations in all-d-metal Zinc-based Heusler alloys from first-principles Published In Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Volume 471 Pages 49 - 55 ISSN 0304-8853 Altmetric
2019	Preparation and physical properties of a Cr3Al filmwith a DO3structure Published In IUCrJ Volume 6 Pages 552 - 557 Altmetric
2019	R3c-type LnNiO3 (Ln = La, Ce, Nd, Pm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Lu) half-metals with multiple Dirac cones: a potential class of advanced spintronic materials Published In IUCrJ Volume 6 Pages 990 - 995 Altmetric
2019	Rapid preparation, thermal stability and electromagnetic interference shielding properties of two-dimensional Ti3C2 MXene Published In Ceramics International Volume 45 Pages 19902 - 19909 ISSN 0272-8842 Altmetric
2019	Realization of tetragonal Heusler alloy Mn3-xCrxGa for spintronic applications Published In Intermetallics Volume 108 Pages 87 - 93 ISSN 0966-9795 Altmetric
2019	Robust manipulation of magnetism in LaAO3/BaTiO3(A= Fe, Mn and Cr) superstructures by ferroelectric polarization Published In IUCrJ Volume 6 Pages 189 - 196 Altmetric
2019	Seeking large Seebeck effects in LaX(X = Mn and Co)O3/SrTiO3 superlattices by exploiting high spin-polarized effects Published In Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Volume 21 Pages 14973 - 14983 ISSN 1463-9084 Altmetric
2019	Simultaneous tuning of magnetocrystalline anisotropy and spin reorientation transition via Cu substitution in Mn-Ni-Ga magnets for nanoscale biskyrmion formation Published In Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Volume 100 Pages 054416-1 - 054416-8 ISSN 1098-0121 Altmetric
2019	Site preference and tetragonal distortion in palladium-rich Heusler alloys Published In IUCrJ Volume 6 Pages 218 - 225 Altmetric
2019	Strain effect for the newly discovered spin-gapless diamond-like quaternary-type semiconductor CuMn2InSe4 Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds Volume 793 Pages 302 - 313 ISSN 0925-8388 Altmetric
2019	Synergistic effect of electron transport layer and colloidal quantum dot solid enable PbSe quantum dot solar cell achieving over 10 % efficiency Published In Nano Energy Volume 64 Pages 103922-1 - 103922-8 ISSN 2211-3282 Altmetric
2019	Temperature-Driven Multiferroic Phase Transitions and Structural Instability Evolution in Lanthanum-Substituted Bismuth Ferrite Published In The Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Energy Conversion and Storage, Optical and Electronic Devices, Interfaces, Nanomaterials, and Hard Matter Volume 123 Pages 4457 - 4468 ISSN 1932-7447 Altmetric
2019	The PZT/Ni unimorph magnetoelectric energy harvester for wireless sensing applications Published In Energy Conversion and Management Volume 200 ISSN 0196-8904 Altmetric
2019	Triaxial braided piezo fiber energy harvesters for self-powered wearable technologies Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A Volume 7 Pages 8245 - 8257 ISSN 2050-7488 Altmetric
2019	Tuning oxygen vacancy in LiNbO3 single crystals for prominent memristive and dielectric behaviors Published In Journal of the American Ceramic Society Volume 102 Pages 6705 - 6712 ISSN 0002-7820 Altmetric
2019	Tuning the magnetism of two-dimensional hematene by ferroelectric polarization Published In Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Volume 21 Pages 12301 - 12309 ISSN 1463-9084 Altmetric
2019	Ultra-high energy storage performance with mitigated polarization saturation in lead-free relaxors Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A Volume 7 Pages 8573 - 8580 ISSN 2050-7488 Altmetric
2019	Ultrahigh spin transport performance in Ti2CoGe based magnetic tunnel junction Published In Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Volume 492 Pages 165669-1 - 165669-1 ISSN 0304-8853 Altmetric
2019	Valence mediated tunable magnetism and electronic properties by ferroelectric polarization switching in 2D FeI 2 /In 2 Se 3 van der Waals heterostructures Published In Nanoscale Volume 11 Pages 9931 - 9936 ISSN 2040-3364 Altmetric
2018	Arsenic removal from water by metal-organic framework MIL-88A microrods Published In Environmental Science and Pollution Research Volume 25 Pages 27196 - 27202 ISSN 0944-1344 Altmetric
2018	Coercivity degradation caused by inhomogeneous grain boundaries in sintered Nd-Fe-B permanent magnets Published In Physical Review Materials Volume 2 Pages 054404-1 - 054404-9 Altmetric
2018	Domain switching in single-phase multiferroics Published In Applied Physics Reviews Volume 5 Pages 021102-1 - 021102-23 Altmetric
2018	Electric and magnetic properties of Aurivillius-phase compounds: Bi5Ti3XO15(X = Cu, Mn, Ni, V) Published In Ceramics International Volume 44 Pages 13226 - 13231 ISSN 0272-8842 Altmetric
2018	Electronic, magnetic, half-metallic and mechanical properties of a new quaternary Heusler compound ZrRhTiTl: Insights from first-principles studies Published In Solid State Communications Volume 269 Pages 125 - 130 ISSN 0038-1098 Altmetric
2018	Engineering electrical transport in α-MgAgSb to realize high performances near room temperature Published In Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Volume 20 Pages 16729 - 16735 ISSN 1463-9084 Altmetric
2018	Enhanced thermoelectric performance through synergy of resonance levels and valence band convergence via Q/In (Q = Mg, Ag, Bi) co-doping Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A Volume 6 Pages 2507 - 2516 ISSN 2050-7488 Altmetric
2018	Enhancement of thermoelectric figure of merit by the insertion of multi-walled carbon nanotubes in α-MgAgSb Published In Applied Physics Letters Volume 113 Pages 083901-1 - 083901-5 ISSN 0003-6951 Altmetric
2018	Enzyme-catalysed room temperature and atmospheric pressure synthesis of metal carbonate hydroxides for energy storage Published In Nano Energy Volume 54 Pages 200 - 208 ISSN 2211-3282 Altmetric
2018	First Observation of Low-Temperature Magnetic Transition in CuAgSe Published In The Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Energy Conversion and Storage, Optical and Electronic Devices, Interfaces, Nanomaterials, and Hard Matter Volume 122 Pages 19139 - 19145 ISSN 1932-7447 Altmetric
2018	First-Principles Investigation of Equiatomic Quaternary Heusler Alloys NbVMnAl and NbFeCrAl and a Discussion of the Generalized Electron-Filling Rule Published In Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism Volume 31 Pages 189 - 196 ISSN 1557-1939 Altmetric
2018	High areal capacitance and rate capability using filled Ni foam current collector Published In Electrochimica Acta Volume 281 Pages 761 - 768 ISSN 0013-4686 Altmetric
2018	Interfacial contributions to anomalous Hall effect in perpendicular magnetic anisotropic [Co2MnSi/Pd]3 multilayer Published In Physical Review Materials Volume 2 Pages 124404-1 - 124404-8 Altmetric
2018	Low lattice thermal conductivity and promising thermoelectric figure of merit of Zintl type TlInTe2 Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry C Volume 6 Pages 13269 - 13274 ISSN 2050-7534 Altmetric
2018	Magneto-electronic properties and tetragonal deformation of rare-earth-element-based quaternary Heusler half-metals: A first-principles prediction Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds Volume 734 Pages 329 - 341 ISSN 0925-8388 Altmetric
2018	Martensitic transformation, electronic structure and magnetism in D0(3)-ordered Heusler Mn(3)Z (Z = B, Al, Ga, Ge, Sb) alloys Published In Acta Crystallographica. Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering and Materials Volume 74 Pages 673 - 680 ISSN 2052-5192 Altmetric
2018	Multifield Control of Domains in a Room-Temperature Multiferroic 0.85BiTi(0.1)Fe(0.8)Mg(0.1)O(3)-0.15CaTiO(3) Thin Film Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Volume 10 Pages 20712 - 20719 ISSN 1944-8244 Altmetric
2018	NiFe2O4 nanoparticles coated on 3D graphene capsule as electrode for advanced energy storage applications Published In Dalton Transactions: an international journal of inorganic chemistry Volume 47 Pages 14052 - 14059 ISSN 1477-9226 Altmetric
2018	Poling-free energy harvesters based on robust self-poled ferroelectric fibers Published In Nano Energy Volume 50 Pages 97 - 105 ISSN 2211-3282 Altmetric
2018	Recent advances in Dirac spin-gapless semiconductors Published In Applied Physics Reviews Volume 5 Pages 041103-1 - 041103-19 Altmetric
2018	Robust fully-compensated ferrimagnetism and semiconductivity in inverse Heusler compounds: Ti2VZ (Z = P, As, Sb, Bi) Published In Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Volume 449 Pages 515 - 521 ISSN 0304-8853 Altmetric
2018	Structural, electronic and magnetic properties of MnxGa/Co2MnSi (x = 1, 3) bilayers Published In Scientific Reports Volume 8 Pages 16530-1 - 16530-13 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2018	Synthesis of molybdenum carbide superconducting compounds by microwave-plasma chemical vapor deposition Published In Journal of Applied Physics Volume 123 Pages 053301-1 - 053301-6 ISSN 0021-8979 Altmetric
2018	Terahertz magnon and crystal-field transition manipulated by R³⁺-Fe³⁺interaction in Sm0.5Pr0.5FeO3 Published In Applied Physics Letters Volume 113 Pages 022401-1 - 022401-5 ISSN 0003-6951 Altmetric
2018	The role of doping in spin reorientation and terahertz spin waves in SmDyFeO3 single crystals Published In Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics Volume 51 Pages 024001-1 - 024001-9 ISSN 0022-3727 Altmetric
2018	Tunable dielectric resonance with negative permittivity behavior of BiFeO3-Bi2Fe4O9 composite at about 1 GHz Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds Volume 735 Pages 2081 - 2086 ISSN 0925-8388 Altmetric
2018	Ultrahigh piezoelectricity in ferroelectric ceramics by design Published In Nature Materials Volume 17 Pages 349 - 354 ISSN 1476-1122 Altmetric
2018	Vacancy engineering of Cu2-: XSe nanoparticles with tunable LSPR and magnetism for dual-modal imaging guided photothermal therapy of cancer Published In Nanoscale Volume 10 Pages 3130 - 3143 ISSN 2040-3364 Altmetric
2017	A first-principle investigation of spin-gapless semiconductivity, half-metallicity, and fully-compensated ferrimagnetism property in Mn2ZnMg inverse Heusler compound Published In Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Volume 423 Pages 285 - 290 ISSN 0304-8853 Altmetric
2017	A novel class of multiferroic material, Bi4Ti3O12·nBiFeO3 with localized magnetic ordering evaluated from their single crystals Published In Advanced Electronic Materials Volume 3 Pages 1600254-1 - 1600254-7 Altmetric
2017	Ag-Mg antisite defect induced high thermoelectric performance of α-MgAgSb Published In Scientific Reports Volume 7 Pages 2572-1 - 2572-12 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2017	Anti-site-induced diverse diluted magnetism in LiMgPdSb-type CoMnTiSi alloy Published In Scientific Reports Volume 7 Pages 42034-1 - 42034-8 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2017	Effect of storage environment on hydrogen generation by the reaction of Al with water Published In RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences Volume 7 Pages 2103 - 2109 ISSN 2046-2069 Altmetric
2017	Electronic, magnetic, mechanical, half-metallic and highly dispersive zero-gap half-metallic properties of rare-earth-element-based quaternary Heusler compounds Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds Volume 718 Pages 63 - 74 ISSN 0925-8388 Altmetric
2017	Facile synthesis of a reduced graphene oxide wrapped porous NiCo2O4 composite with superior performance as an electrode material for supercapacitors Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A Volume 5 Pages 18989 - 18997 ISSN 2050-7488 Altmetric
2017	First-principles study of new quaternary Heusler compounds without 3d transition metal elements: ZrRhHfZ (Z = Al, Ga, In) Published In Materials Chemistry and Physics Volume 193 Pages 99 - 108 ISSN 0254-0584 Altmetric
2017	High area-specific capacitance of Co(OH)₂/hierarchical nickel/nickel foam supercapacitors and its increase with cycling Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A Volume 5 Pages 7968 - 7978 ISSN 2050-7488 Altmetric
2017	Improvement of thermoelectric properties and their correlations with electron effective mass in Cu1.98SxSe1−x Published In Scientific Reports Volume 7 Pages 40436-1 - 40436-11 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2017	L2(1) and XA Ordering Competition in Hafnium-Based Full-Heusler Alloys Hf(2)VZ (Z = Al, Ga, In, Tl, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb) Published In Materials Volume 10 Pages 1200-1 - 1200-15 ISSN 1996-1944 Altmetric
2017	L21 and XA ordering competition in titanium-based full-Heusler alloys Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry C Volume 5 Pages 11559 - 11564 ISSN 2050-7534 Altmetric
2017	Large enhanced conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cells by CsBr doping Published In Journal of Materials Science Pages 1 - 9 ISSN 0022-2461 Altmetric

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Year	Title
2019 - 2023	High performance lead free ferroelectric single crystals for piezoelectric transducer application Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
2019 - 2022	Magnetic Skyrmion Materials for Next Generation Spintronic-based Devices Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2018 - 2020	Exploration and design of high performance relaxor ferroelectrics based on microstructure study Awarded by: U.S. Office of Naval Research Funding Scheme: Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Navy and Marine Corps Science & Technology
2017 - 2020	Atomically thin superconductors Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2019	Enhancement of thermoelectric performance in MgAgSb based materials Awarded by: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Funding Scheme: Australian Synchrotron Access Program
2019	Magneto-elastic coupling in Pr1-xLuxMn2Ge2 systems near phase transition temperature Awarded by: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Funding Scheme: Australian Synchrotron Access Program
2018	Investigation of the pressure response of physical properties in novel TbC02Mnx compounds (x=0-0.3) Awarded by: Australian Synchrotron Research Program Funding Scheme: Powder Diffraction beamtime
2018	Strong magneto-elastic coupling in PrMn2-FexGe2 system Awarded by: Australian Synchrotron Research Program Funding Scheme: Powder Diffraction beamtime
2018	Structural change of rare earth orthoferrites associated with spontaneous spin reorientation Awarded by: Australian Synchrotron Research Program Funding Scheme: Powder Diffraction beamtime
2016 - 2018	Exploration of New Mesoscale Mechanisms for Ultrahigh Piezoelectric Responses in Relaxor Ferroelectrics Awarded by: U.S. Office of Naval Research Funding Scheme: Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Navy and Marine Corps Science & Technology
2013	A multiscale electrochemical, magnetoelectric and electromechanical characterization facility for advanced materials and devices Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2013	Dynamic mechanism of spin reorientation transition in NdFeO3 investigated by inelastic neutron scattering Awarded by: Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE) Funding Scheme: Novice User Award (Bragg Institute)
2011	Multi-scale fabrication facility for complex 3D surface generation from nano to macro dimensions Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2009	Frustrated magnets: a new platform for multiferroic materials Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2009	Manipulation of spin by electric field Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Future Fellowships
2009	Raman and XPS study of the Modified Novel Multiferroic Bismuth Ferrite Thin Films Awarded by: Australian Academy of Science Funding Scheme: Scientific Visits
2008	High field magnet for materials processing and characterisation Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2008	Magnetic structure and the magnetoelectrical coupling mechanism in La doped multiferroic BiFeO3 Awarded by: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Funding Scheme: Access to Major Research Facility Program
2007	16 Tesla Physical Property Measurement System (PPMS) Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2007	Development and characterization of novel multiferroic materials Awarded by: Australian Academy of Science Funding Scheme: Travel Grant

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Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Demonstration of Piezoelectric magnetic Energy Harvesting for the Development for Sustainable society	Lu, Yun
Doctor of Philosophy	Exploring Ferroelectric Domain Engineering through Ceramics Texturing, for Underwater Acoustics Applications	Moriana, Alain
Doctor of Philosophy	Magnetic Properties of Rare Eearth Orthoferrite	Mohammed, Mohanad Hazim
Doctor of Philosophy	Advanced Nano Ceramic Sunscreen UV Filters for Melanoma Protection	Mueen, Rafid Abdlateef
Doctor of Philosophy	Self-powered smart fabrics for wearable technologies.	Mokhtari, Fatemeh
Doctor of Philosophy	Dielectric Breakdown Studies on Lead Free Dielectric Materials with High Energy Density	Kong, Xi
Doctor of Philosophy	Flexible Piezoelectric energy harvester made of BiFeus Solid solution	Sun, Yanhua
Doctor of Philosophy	Lead free relaxor and antiferroelectric ceramics for energy storage applications	Yang, Letao
Doctor of Philosophy	Exploring the Nonlinear Effect of Conductivity in Superconductor under Terahertz Field	Tian, Jie
Doctor of Philosophy	Novel Functional Materials	Chen, Lei
Doctor of Philosophy	Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Novel Functional Materials	He, Yahua
Doctor of Philosophy	Novel Ferroic Material Design	Wang, Xiaotian
Doctor of Philosophy	Nano Ferroic Materials for Energy and Sensor Applications	Li, Xiaoning
Doctor of Philosophy	New dielectric materials: improving energy density and energy harvesting of ceramics to sustainably meet future energy demands	Baasandorj, Lkhagvasuren
Doctor of Philosophy	High Performance Lead Free Ferroelectric Single Crystals for Piezoelectric Transducer Applications	Kabakov, Peter
Doctor of Philosophy	Study of relaxor ferroelectric materials	Joseph, Jincymol
Doctor of Philosophy	Nano ferroic materials for energy applications	Du, Yumeng

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