Selected Publications

Z. An, H. Yokota, K. Kurihara, N. Hasegawa, P. Marton, A. M. Glazer, Y. Uesu, W. Ren, Z.-G. Ye, M. Paściak, and N. Zhang, Tuning of Polar Domain Boundaries in Non-polar Perovskite, Adv. Mater., e2207665 (2022).

Z. An, S. Xie, P. Ondrejkovic, P. Marton, E. de Prado, H. Yokota, W. Ren, Z.-G. Ye, A. M. Glazer, M. Paściak, and N. Zhang, Phase transition hysteresis at the AFE-FE boundary in PbZr_1-xTi_xO₃, Phys. Rev. B 106, 224103 (2022).

H. Yang, J. Zhao, W. Ren, Z.-G. Ye, K. B. Vinayakumar, R. A. Dias, R. Pinto, J. Zhuang, and N. Zhang, Lead free 0.9Na_1/2Bi_1/2TiO₃‐0.1BaZr_0.2Ti_0.8O₃ thin film with large piezoelectric electrostrain, Appl. Phys. Lett. 121, 132903 (2022).   

M.-H. Zhang, C. Shen, C. Zhao, M. Dai, F.-Z. Yao, B. Wu, J. Ma, H. Nan, D. Wang, Q. Yuan, L. L. da Silva, L. Fulanović, A. Schökel, P. Liu, H. Zhang, J.-F. Li, N. Zhang, K. Wang, J. Rödel, and M. Hinterstein, Deciphering the phase transition-induced ultrahigh piezoresponse in (K,Na)NbO₃-based piezoceramics, Nat. Commun. 13, 3434 (2022).

Z. Wang, J. Zhao, N. Zhang, W. Ren, K. Zheng, Y. Quan, J. Zhuang, Y. Zhang, L. Jiang, L. Wang, G. Niu, M. Liu, Z. Jiang, Y. Zhao, and Z.-G. Ye, Optimizing strain response in lead-free (Bi_0.5Na_0.5)TiO₃-BaTiO₃-NaNbO₃ solid solutions via ferroelectric/(non-) ergodic relaxor phase boundary engineering, J. Materiomics 135, 1 (2022).

Z. Fu, X. Chen, H. Nie, Y. Liu, J. Hong, T. Hu, Z. Yu, Z. Li, L. Zhang, H. Yao, Y. Xia, Z. Gao, Z. An, N. Zhang, F. Cao, H. Cai, C. Zeng, G. Wang, X. Dong, and F. Xu, Atomic reconfiguration among tri-state transition at ferroelectric/antiferroelectric phase boundaries in Pb(Zr,Ti)O₃, Nat. Commun. 13, 1390 (2022).

Z. Wang, Z. An, J. Zhuang, F. Li, W. Ren, Z.-G. Ye, and N. Zhang, Origin of polar nanoregions from displacive correlation in relaxor ferroelectric Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃–PbTiO₃, J. Mater. Chem. C 21, 2118 (2022).

Z. An, S. Xie, N. Zhang, J. Zhuang, A. M. Glazer, W. Ren, and Z.-G. Ye, Ferroelastic domain hierarchy in the intermediate state of PbZr_0.98Ti_0.02O₃ single crystal, APL Mater. 9, 030702 (2021).

J. Zhao, N. Zhang, Y. Quan, G. Niu, W. Ren, Z. Wang, K. Zheng, Y. Zhao, and Z.-G. Ye, Evolution of mesoscopic domain structure and macroscopic properties in lead-free Bi_0.5Na_0.5TiO₃-BaTiO₃ ferroelectric ceramics, J. Appl. Phys. 129, 084103 (2021).

C. Qiu, Z. Xu, Z. An, J. Liu, G. Zhang, S. Zhang, L.-Q. Chen, N. Zhang, and F. Li, In-situ domain structure characterization of Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃-PbTiO₃ crystals under alternating current electric field poling, Acta Mater. 210, 116853 (2021).

Z. An, H. Yokota, N. Zhang, M. Paściak, J. Fábry, M. Kopecký, J. Kub, G. Zhang, A. M. Glazer, T. R. Welberry, W. Ren, and Z.-G. Ye, Multiple structural components and their competition in the intermediate state of antiferroelectric Pb(Zr,Ti)O₃, Phys. Rev. B 103, 054113 (2021).

Z. Luo, J. Zhuang, Z. Liu, N. Zhang, W. Ren, and Z.-G. Ye, Growth and characterization of ternary BiScO₃‐Pb(Cd_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃‐PbTiO₃ ferroelectric single crystals with high Curie temperature, CrystEngComm 22, 4544 (2020).

Z. Luo, Z. Liu, D. Walker, S. Huband, P. A. Thomas, N. Zhang, W. Ren, and Z.-G. Ye, Meso-to nano-scopic domain structures in high Curie-temperature piezoelectric BiScO₃‐PbTiO₃ single crystals of complex perovskite structure, J. Mater. Chem. C 8, 7234 (2020).

C. Qiu, B. Wang, N. Zhang, S. Zhang, J. Liu, D. Walker, Y. Wang, H. Tian, T. R. Shrout, Z. Xu, L. Q. Chen, and F. Li, Transparent ferroelectric crystals with ultrahigh piezoelectricity, Nature 577, 350 (2020).

Z. Liu, C. Wang, N. Zhang, J. Zhuang, J. Zhang, W. Ren, and Z.-G. Ye, Chemical ordering and relaxor properties in a novel solid solution of (1-x) Pb (Mg_1/3Nb_2/3) O₃-x Pb (Cd_1/3Nb_2/3) O₃, Ferroelectrics 553, 14 (2019).

J. Zhao, N. Zhang, W. Ren, G. Niu, D. Walker, P. A. Thomas, L. Wang, and Z.-G. Ye, Polar domain structural evolution under electric field and temperature in the (Bi_0.5Na_0.5)TiO₃-0.06BaTiO₃ piezoceramics, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 102, 437 (2019).

Z. Luo, N. Zhang, Z. Liu, J. Zhuang, J. Zhao, W. Ren, and Z.-G. Ye, Complex morphotropic domain structure and ferroelectric properties in high-T_C single crystals of a ternary perovskite solid solution, J. Mater. Chem. C 6, 9216 (2018).

Z. Wang, N. Zhang, H. Yokota, Am Glazer, Y. Yoneda, W. Ren, and Z.-G. Ye, Local structures and temperature-driven polarization rotation in Zr-rich PbZr_1-xTi_xO₃, Appl. Phys. Lett. 113, 012901 (2018).

C. Wang, Z. Fu, N. Zhang, M. Paściak, J. Zhuang, Z. Liu, W. Ren, and Z.-G. Ye, Determination of chemical ordering in the complex perovskite Pb (Cd_1/3Nb_2/3) O₃, IUCrJ 5, 808 (2018).

N. Zhang, S. Gorfman, H. Choe, T. Vergentev, V. Dyadkin, H. Yokota, D. Chernyshov, B. Wang, A. M. Glazer, W. Ren, and Z.-G. Ye, Probing the intrinsic and extrinsic origins of piezoelectricity in lead zirconate titanate single crystals, J. Appl. Crystallogr. 51, 1396 (2018).

N. Zhang, H. Yokota, A. M. Glazer, D. A. Keen, S. Gorfman, P. A. Thomas, W. Ren, and Z.-G. Ye, Local-scale structures across the morphotropic phase boundary in PbZr_1-xTi_xO₃, IUCrJ 5, 73 (2018).

J. Zhao, W. Ren, G. Niu, N. Zhang, G. Dong, L. Wang, M. Liu, P. Shi, and Z.-G. Ye, Recoverable Self-Polarization in Lead-Free Bismuth Sodium Titanate Piezoelectric Thin Films, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 9, 28716 (2017).

N. Zhang, M. Pasciak, A. M. Glazer, J. Hlinka, M. Gutmann, H. A. Sparkes, T. R. Welberry, A. Majchrowski, K. Roleder, Y. Xie, and Z.-G. Ye, A neutron diffuse scattering study of PbZrO₃ and Zr-rich PbZr_1-xTi_xO₃, J. Appl. Crystallogr. 48, 1637 (2015).

N. Zhang, H. Yokota, A. M. Glazer, Z. Ren, D. A. Keen, D. S. Keeble, P. A. Thomas, and Z.-G. Ye, The missing boundary in the phase diagram of PbZr_1−xTi_xO₃, Nat. Commun. 5, 5231 (2014).

A. M. Glazer, N. Zhang, A. Bartasyte, D. S. Keeble, S. Huband, P. A. Thomas, I. Gregora, F. Borodavka, S. Margueron, and J. Hlinka, LiTaO₃ crystals with near-zero birefringence, J. Appl. Crystallogr. 45, 1030 (2012).

N. Zhang, H. Yokota, Am Glazer, and P. A. Thomas, Neutron powder diffraction refinement of PbZr_1-xTi_xO₃, Acta Crystallogr. B 67, 386 (2011).

N. Zhang, H. Yokota, A. M. Glazer, and P. A. Thomas, The not so simple cubic structure of PbZr_1-xTi_xO₃ (PZT): complex local structural effects in perovskites, Acta Crystallogr. B 67, 461 (2011).

A. M. Glazer, N. Zhang, A. Bartasyte, D. S. Keeble, S. Huband, and P. A. Thomas, Observation of unusual temperature-dependent stripes in LiTaO₃ and LiTa_xNb_1-xO₃ crystals with near-zero birefringence, J. Appl. Crystallogr. 43, 1305 (2010).

N. Zhang, A. M. Glazer, D. Baker, and P. A. Thomas, Structures of K_{0. 05}Na_{0. 95}NbO₃ (50‐300 K) and K_{0. 30}Na_{0. 70}NbO₃ (100‐200 K), Acta Crystallogr. B 65, 291 (2009).

H. Yokota, N. Zhang, A. E. Taylor, P. A. Thomas, and A. M. Glazer, Crystal structure of the rhombohedral phase of PbZr_1-xTi_xO₃ ceramics at room temperature, Phys. Rev. B 80, 104109 (2009).

D. W. Baker, P. A. Thomas, N. Zhang, and A. M. Glazer, A comprehensive study of the phase diagram of K_xNa_1-xNbO₃, Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 091903 (2009).