Insights into strain engineering: from ferroelectrics to related functional materials and beyond

T Li, S Deng, H Liu, J Chen - Chemical Reviews, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Ferroelectrics have become indispensable components in various application fields,
including information processing, energy harvesting, and electromechanical conversion …

High-electromechanical performance for high-power piezoelectric applications: Fundamental, progress, and perspective

L Chen, H Liu, H Qi, J Chen - Progress in Materials Science, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Piezoelectric materials with excellent electromechanical performance are widely used as
core components in high-power applications such as ultrasonic transducers, piezoelectric …

Achieving giant electrostrain of above 1% in (Bi,Na)TiO3-based lead-free piezoelectrics via introducing oxygen-defect composition

H Luo, H Liu, H Huang, Y Song, MG Tucker, Z Sun… - Science …, 2023‏ - science.org
Piezoelectric ceramics have been extensively used in actuators, where the magnitude of
electrostrain is key indicator for large-stroke actuation applications. Here, we propose an …

Emerging new phase boundary in potassium sodium-niobate based ceramics

X Lv, J Zhu, D ** eco-friendly high-performance piezoceramics without lead has become one of
the most advanced frontiers in interdisciplinary research. Although potassium sodium …

Nano-domains in lead-free piezoceramics: a review

X Lv, X Zhang, J Wu - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Reducing or even prohibiting the use of toxic lead in electronic devices has become one of
the most cutting-edge topics in various disciplines. The recently proposed phase boundary …

Defect dipole stretching enables ultrahigh electrostrain

S Tian, B Wang, B Li, Y Guo, S Zhang, Y Dai - Science Advances, 2024‏ - science.org
Piezoelectric actuators have been extensively utilized as micro-displacement devices
because of their advantages of large output displacement, high sensitivity, and immunity to …

Flexible polarization configuration in high-entropy piezoelectrics with high performance

Y Liu, J Yang, S Deng, Y Zhang, Y Zhang, S Sun… - Acta Materialia, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Polarization configuration engineering by compositional and structural tuning in
piezoelectrics holds great promise for high piezoelectricity that benefits wide …

Contribution of irreversible non-180° domain to performance for multiphase coexisted potassium sodium niobate ceramics

B Wu, L Zhao, J Feng, Y Zhang, X Song, J Ma… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Despite the dominance of lead-based piezoelectric materials with ultrahigh electric-field-
induced strain in actuating applications, seeking eco-friendly substitutes with an equivalent …

Origin of large electric-field-induced strain in pseudo-cubic BiFeO3–BaTiO3 ceramics

J Chen, JE Daniels, J Jian, Z Cheng, J Cheng, J Wang… - Acta Materialia, 2020‏ - Elsevier
High-performance lead-free piezoelectric materials are in great demand for actuator
applications replacing the mainstay Pb (Zr, Ti) O 3 materials. In this research, pseudo-cubic …

Critical role of monoclinic polarization rotation in high-performance perovskite piezoelectric materials

H Liu, J Chen, L Fan, Y Ren, Z Pan, KV Lalitha… - Physical review …, 2017‏ - APS
High-performance piezoelectric materials constantly attract interest for both technological
applications and fundamental research. The understanding of the origin of the high …