Our research focus on the processing and characterization of ferroelectric & dielectric materials, piezoelectric materials, metal nitrides and microstructure & properties analysis.

 

The current research area includes:

Phase switching of antiferroelectrics thin films

Novel ferroelectric PST-PT relaxor

Nonvolatile memory devices using ferroelectrics SBT & PZT

Ultrasonic study of domain switching

Domain switching in relaxors

Tunable filter for microwave application

Metal-nitrides & nanocomposites

TEM study of inter-diffusion of multi-layer ceramic capacitors

In situ TEM study of microcracking and fatigue in single crystal piezoelectrics

Micro-Brillouin scattering study of microheterogeneity, relaxation and elastic property in single crystal relaxor ferroelectrics

In situ TEM study of phase transformations in oxide functional materials

Processing-microstructure-property relationships of ferroelectrics and related materials