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RESAERCH PAPERS (2009-2011)

1. A. A. Bokov, B. J. Rodriguez, X. Zhao, J.-H. Ko, S. Jesse, X. Long, W. Qu, T. H. Kim, J. D. Budai, A. N. Morozovska, S. Kojima, X. Tan, S. V. Kalinin, and Z.-G. Ye, “Compositional Disorder, Polar Nanoregions and Dipole Dynamics in Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-Based Relaxor Ferroelectrics”, Z. Kristallogr., 226, 99 – 107 (2011).
2. L. Chen, W. Ren, W. Zhu, Z.-G. Ye, P. Shi, X. Chen, X. Wu, and X. Yao, “Structural, Dielectric and Ferroelectric Properties of Ti-Modified 0.72BiFeO3–0.28PbTiO3Multiferroic Thin Films Prepared by Pulsed Laser Deposition”, Ferroelectrics, 410, 42 – 49 (2011).
3. R. A. Belan, H. N. Tailor, X. Long, A. A. Bokov and Z.-G. Ye, “Growth and Characterization of Piezo-/Ferroelectric Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3-Bi(Zn1/2Ti1/2)O3 Ternary Single Crystals”, J. Cryst. Growth, 318, 839 – 845(2011).
4. S. Kojima, S. Tsukada, Y. Hidaka, A. A. Bokov and Z.-G. Ye, “Broadband Gigahertz Dynamics of Relaxor Ferroelectric Pb(Sc1/2Nb1/2)O3-xPbTiO3 Single Crystal Probed by Brillouin Scattering”, J. Appl. Phys., 109, 084114/1-5 (2011).
5. J. Y. Y. Wong and Z.-G. Ye, “Synthesis and Phase Analysis of a New Ferroelectric (K0.5Na0.5)NbO3 – Bi0.5K0.5TiO3 – BaTiO3 Ternary Solid Solution”, J. Adv. Dielectrics, 1(2), 243 – 249 (2011).
6. A. L. Kholkin, A. N. Morozovska, I. K. Bdikin, D. A. Kiselev, B. J. Rodriguez, P. Wu, A. A.  Bokov, Z.-G. Ye,  B. Dkhil, L. Q. Chen, and S. V. Kalinin, "Surface Domain Structures and Mesoscopic Phase Transition in Relaxor Ferroelectrics", Adv.
   Funct.  Mater., 21(11), 1977 – 1987 (2011) [doi: 10.1002/adfm.201002582].
7. J. Hlinka, P. Ondrejkovic, M. Kempa, E. Borissenko, M. Krisch, X. Long and Z.-G. Ye, “Soft Antiferroelectric Fluctuations in Morphotropic PbZr1-xTixO3 Single Crystals as Evidenced by Inelastic X-Ray Scattering”, Phys. Rev. B, 83, 140101(R)/1-4 (2011).
8. S. Gorfman, D. S. Keeble, A. M. Glazer, X. Long, Y. Xie, Z.-G. Ye, S. Collins, and P. A. Thomas, “High-Resolution X-Ray Diffraction Study of Single Crystals of Lead Zirconate Titanate”, Phys. Rev. B, 84, 020102(R)/1-4 (2011).
9. H. N. Tailor, A. A. Bokov, and Z.-G. Ye, “Dielectric Characterization of (1−x)PMN–xPT (x = 0.07 and 0.10) Ceramics Synthesized by an Ethylene Glygol-Based Soft Chemical Route”, IEEE Trans. Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, 58, 1882 -1887 (2011).
10. Y. Xie, L. Chen, W. Ren and Z.-G. Ye, “Dielectric and Ferroelectric Properties of Bi(Zn1/2Ti1/2)O3-PbTiO3-PbZrO3 Ternary Ceramics”, IEEE Trans. Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, 58, 1920 -1927 (2011).
11. H. N. Tailor and Z.-G. Ye, “Structure, Symmetry and Ferroelectric Properties of the Pseudo-Binary (1-x)[0.65Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.35PbTiO3]-xBi(Zn1/2Ti1/2)O3 System”, Ferroelectrics,  421, 9 – 15 (2011).
12. J. A. Reyes, M. E. Mendoza, J. L. Carrillo, and  Z.-G. Ye, “Domain Wall Dynamics near the Phase Transition in PZN-9%PT”, Integrated Ferroelectrics, 126 (1), 166-170 (2011).
13. Y.-H. Bing, A. A. Bokov and Z.-G. Ye, “Diffuse and Sharp Ferroelectric Phase Transitions in Relaxors”, Curr. Appl. Phys., 11 (3), S14–S21 (2011).
14. H. N. Tailor, A. A. Bokov and Z.-G. Ye, “Freezing of Polarization Dynamics in Relaxor Ferroelectric  (1-x)Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-xBi(Zn1/2Ti1/2)O3  Solid Solution”, Curr. Appl. Phys., 11 (3), S175‐179 (2011).
15. J. Wu，N. Li, J. Xu, Y. Jiang, Z.-G. Ye, Z. Xie, and L. Zheng, “Partially Inverse Spinel ZnFe2O4 with High Saturation Magnetization via a Molten Salt Route”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 99, 202505/1-3 (2011) [doi: 10.1063/1.3662840].
16. L. Chen, W. Ren, W. Zhu, Z.-G. Ye, P. Shi, X. Chen, X. Wu and Xi Yao “Improved Dielectric and Ferroelectric Properties in Ti-Doped BiFeO3-PbTiO3 Thin Films Prepared by Pulsed Laser Deposition”, Thin Solid Films, 518, 1637 – 1640 (2010).
17. H. Guo, A. A. Bokov and Z.-G. Ye, “Piezoelectric Response around Ferroelectric Domain Walls in Crystals with Engineered Domain Configuration”, Phys. Rev. B, 81(2), 024114/1-5 (2010).
18. U. Al-Atar, A. A. Bokov, D. Marshall, J. M. H. Teichman, B. D. Gates, Z.-G. Ye, and N. Branda, Mechanism of Calcium Oxalate Monohydrate Kidney Stones Formation: Layered Spherulitic Growth”, Chem. Mater., 22, 1318 – 1329 (2010).
19. S. V. Kalinin, B. J. Rodrigue, J Budai, S. Jesse, A. N. Morozovska, A. A. Bokov and Z.-G. Ye, “Direct Evidence for Mesoscopic Dynamic Heterogeneities at the Surfaces of Ergodic Ferroelectric Relaxor”, Phys. Rev. B, 81(6), 064107/1-8 (2010).
20. J.-H. Ko, T. H. Kim, S. Kojima, X. Long, A. A. Bokov, and Z.-G. Ye, “Effect of Chemically Ordered Regions on the Acoustic Behaviors in Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 Studied by Brillouin Scattering”, J. Appl. Phys., 107(5), 054108/1-4 (2010).
21. P. Ganesh, E. Cockayne, M. Ahart, R. E. Cohen, R. J. Hemley,Y. Ren, W. Yang, and Z.-G. Ye, “Origin of Diffuse Scattering in Relaxor Ferroelectrics”, Phys. Rev. B, 81(14), 144102/1-6 (2010).
22. M. Ahart, H-k. Mao, R. E. Cohen, R. J. Hemley, G. Samara, Y. Bing, Z.-G. Ye and S. Kojima, “Pressure Effects on Relaxor Ferroelectricity of Pb(Sc1/2Nb1/2)O3”, J. Appl. Phys., 107, 074110/1-5 (2010).
23. H. N. Tailor and Z.-G. Ye, “Enhanced Piezoelectricity and High Temperature Poling Effect in (1−x)Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3–xPbTiO3 Ceramics via an Ethylene Glycol Route”, J. Appl. Phys., 107, 104101/1-7 (2010).
24. J. Wu, S. Mao, Z.-G. Ye, Z. Xie, and L. Zheng, “Room Temperature Weak Ferromagnetism Induced by Point Defects in a-Fe2O3”, Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2(6), 1561 – 1564 (2010) [DOI: 10.1021/am1002052].
25. A. A. Bokov, X. Long, and Z.-G. Ye, “Optically Isotropic and Monoclinic Ferroelectric Phases in Pb(Zr1-xTi x)O3 (PZT) Single Crystals near Morphotropic Phase Boundary”, Phys. Rev. B, 81(17), 172103/1-4 (2010).
26. Y. Mao, S. Mao, Z.-G. Ye, Z.-X. Xie, and L.-S. Zheng, “Size-Dependence of the Dielectric and Ferroelectric Properties of BaTiO3/PVDF Nanocomposites”, J. Appl. Phys. 108, 014102/1-5 (2010).
27. B. J. Rodrigue, S. Jesse, A. N. Morozovska, S. Svechnikov, D. A. Kiselev, A. L. Kholkin, A. A. Bokov, Z.-G. Ye and S. V. Kalinin, “Real Space Mapping of Polarization Dynamics and Hysteresis Loop Formation in Relaxor-Ferroelectric PMN-PT Solid Solutions” J. Appl. Phys., 108, 042006/1-11 (2010).
28. J. Wu，S. Mao, Z.-G. Ye, Z. Xie, and L. Zheng, “Room-Temperature Ferromagnetic BiFeO3 Synthesized by a Self-Catalyzed Fast Reaction Process”, J. Mater. Chem., 20, 6512 – 6516 (2010).
29. J.-H. Ko, D. H. Kim, S. Tsukada, S. Kojima, A. A. Bokov and Z.-G. Ye. “Crossover in the Mechanism of Ferroelectric Phase Transition of Pb[(Mg1/3Nb2/3)1-xTix]O3 Single Crystals Studied by Brillouin Light Scattering”, Phys. Rev. B, 82, 104110/1-7 (2010).
30. C. He, X. Li. Z. Wang, X. Long, S. Mao, Z.-G. Ye, “Preparation and Characterization of New Pb(Yb1/2Nb1/2)O3-Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 Ternary Piezo-/Ferroelectric Crystals”, Chem. Mater., 22, 5588 – 5592 (2010).
31. J. S. Ovens, A. R. Geisheimer, A. A. Bokov, Z.-G. Ye and D. B. Leznoff, “The Use of Polarizable [AuX2(CN)2]– (X = Br, I) Building Blocks Towards the Formation of Birefringent Coordination Polymers”, Inorg. Chem., 49, 9609 – 9616 (2010).
32. H. Yu, W. Ren and Z.-G. Ye, “Structural, Dielectric and Ferroelectric Properties of the (1-x)PbTiO3 – xBiAlO3 Solid Solution”, IEEE Trans. Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, 57 (10), 2177 – 2181 (2010).
33. J.-H. Ko, T. H. Kim, S. Kojima, A. A. Bokov and Z.-G. Ye, “Sound Velocity and Hypersonic Dampings of of Pb[(Mg1/3Nb2/3)0,45Ti0.55]O3 Single Crystals Studied by Brillouin Light Scattering”, J. Phys.: Comdens. Matter, 22, 485902/1-9 (2010).
34. C. Y. Wei and Z.-G. Ye, “Synthesis and Characterization of New Lead-Free Ferroelectric (1-x)AgNbO3–xK0.5Na0.5NbO3 Solid Solution”, Ferroelectrics, 405(1), 20 – 25 (2010).
35. H. N. Tailor, A. A. Bokov, and Z.-G. Ye, “Synthesis and Dielectric Characterization of a New Relaxor Solid Solution of (1-x)Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3–xBi(Zn1/2Ti1/2)O3”, Ferroelectrics, 405(1), 67 – 75 (2010).
36. Y. Mao, S. Mao, Z.-G. Ye, Z. Xie, and L. Zheng, “Solvothermal Synthesis and Curie Temperature of Monodispersed Barium Titanate Nanoparticles”, Mater. Chem. Phys., 124, 1232 – 1238 (2010).
37. D. Phelan, X. Long, Y. Xie, Z.-G. Ye, A. M. Glazer, H. Yokota, P. A. Thomas, P. M. Gehring, “New Insight on the Structure of PZT: The First Single-Crystal Neutron Diffraction Measurements”, Phys. Rev. Lett., 105, 207601/1-4 (2010)
38. H. Y. Guo, C. Lei and Z.-G. Ye, “Dielectric and Ferroelectric Properties of
    (1-x)BaTiO3-xBiScO3 Solid Solution”, Ferroelectrics, 380, 63 – 68 (2009).
39. X. Long, X. Li, J. Lin and Z.-G. Ye, “Dielectric and Piezoelectric Properties of Al-doped PMN-32PT Single Crystals”, Cryst. Growth Des., 9, 657 - 659 (2009).
40. H.-X. Zhao, H.-L. Zhuang, S.-T. Wu, L.-S. Long, H.–Y. Guo, Z.-G. Ye, R.-B. Huang and L.-S. Zheng, “Experimental and Theoretical Demonstration of Ferroelectric Anisotropy in a One-Dimensional Copper(II)-Based Coordination Polymer”, Chem. Commun., 1644 – 1646 (2009) [DOI: 10.1039/b820500k].
41. S.-Y. Mao, Y.-P. Mao, M.-P. Zhong and Z.-G. Ye, “Synthesis and Crystal Structural Characterization of a New Lead Oxide Chromate Phosphate: Pb5O(CrO4)(PO4)2”, J. Alloys Compounds, 472, 328 – 333 (2009).
42. Q. Wei, Z. Wang, X. Li, X. Long, and Z.-G. Ye, “Morphotropic Phase Diagram and Dielectric and Ferroelectric Properties of (1-x)Ba(Sc1/2Nb1/2)O3-xPbTiO3 Solid Solution”, Chem. Mater., 21, 506–510 (2009).
43. W. Zhu, L. Su, Z.-G. Ye and W. Ren, “Enhanced Magnetization and Polarization in Chemically Modified Multiferroic (1-x)BiFeO3-xDyFeO3 Solid Solution”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 94, 142908/1-3 (2009).
44. Z. Wang, X. Li，X. Long and Z.-G. Ye, “Characterization of Relaxor Ferroelectric Behavior in the (1-x)Ba(Yb1/2Nb1/2)O3-xPbTiO3 Solid Solution”, Scripta Materiala, 60, 830-833 (2009).
45. M. Ahart, M. Somayazulu, Z.-G. Ye, R. E. Cohen, H.-K. Mao and R. J. Hemley, “High-Pressure Brillouin Scattering of Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3”, Phys. Rev. B, 79, 132103/1-4 (2009).
46. H. Yu and Z.-G. Ye, “Effects of Sintering Temperature on the Relaxor Behavior of 0.85BaTiO3-0.15BiAlO3 Solid Solution”, Ferroelectrics, 381, 183 – 190 (2009).
47. X. Zhao, W. Qu, X. Tan, A. A. Bokov and Z.-G. Ye , “Influence of long-range cation order on relaxor properties of doped Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 ceramics”, Phys. Rev. B, 79, 144101/1-12 (2009)
48. M. Ahart, A. Hushur, Y. Bing, Z.-G. Ye, R. J. Hemley and S. Kojima, “Critical Slowing- Down of Relaxation Dynamics near the Curie Temperature in Relaxor Pb(Sc0.5Nb0.5)O3”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 94, 142906/1-3 (2009).
49. P. M. Gehring, H. Hiraka, C. Stock, S. H. Lee, W Chen, Z.-G. Ye, S. B. Vakhrushev and Z. Chowdhuri, “A reassessment of the Burns Temperature and Its Relationship to Diffuse Scattering, Lattice Dynamics and Thermal Expansion in Relaxor Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3”, Phys. Rev. B, 79, 224109-1/14 (2009).
50. S.-Y. Mao, Y.-P. Mao, Z.-G Ye, Z.-X. Xie and L.-S. Zheng, “Polymorphic Structures and Properties of Lead-Chromium Phosphate Pb2Cr2(PO4)4”, J. Mater. Chem., 19, 6034 - 6041 (2009).
51. W. Zhu, L. Su, Z.-G. Ye and W. Ren, “Effect of Chemical Modification on the Structure and Dielectrical and Magnetic Properties of Multiferroic (1-x)BiFeO3-xDyFeO3 Solid Solution”,  Eur. Phys. J. B, 77, 377 – 381 (2009).
52. B. J. Rodrigue, S. Jesse, A. A. Bokov, Z.-G. Ye, and S. V. Kalinin, “Mapping Bias-Induced Phase Stability and Random Fields in Relaxor Ferroelectrics”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 95, 092904/1-3 (2009).
53. W. Zhu, H. Guo and Z.-G. Ye, “Morphotropic Domain Structure of Multiferroic BiFeO3-PbTiO3 Single Crystals Studied by Piezoresponse Force Microscopy”, IEEE Trans. Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, 56, 1569 – 1573 (2009).
54. S. V. Kalinin, B. J. Rodrigue, S. Jesse, A. N. Morozovska, A. A. Bokov and Z.-G. Ye, “Spatial Distribution of Relaxation Behavior on the Surface of Ferroelectric Relaxor in the Ergodic Phase”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 95, 142902/1-3 (2009)

 

 

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