I. BRIEF INTRODUCTION

Prof. Wenhui MA

Ph.D. (Nanjing University, China)

Contact:whma@stu.edu.cn

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Nanjing University.

EMPLOYMENT

a. Pennsylvania State University, USA

b. Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Germany.

ⅡRESEARCH

Research Interests

Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials

Research Grants Received

a. National Natural Science Foundation of China

b. Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University

Representative publications

[ 1 ] W. Ma, D. Hesse, Polarization imprint in ordered arrays of epitaxial ferroelectric nanostructures. Applied Physics Letters 84, 2871-2873 (2004).

[ 2 ] W. Ma, D. Hesse, Microstructure and piezoelectric properties of sub-80 nm high polycrystalline SrBi2Ta2O9 nanostructures within well-ordered arrays. Applied Physics Letters 85, 3214-3216 (2004).

[ 3 ] W. Ma, L.E. Cross, Flexoelectric effect in ceramic lead zirconate titanate. Applied Physics Letters 86, 072905 (2005).

[ 4 ] W. Ma, D. Hesse, U. Goesele；Formation of ferroelectric perovskite nanostructure patterns using latex sphere monolayers as masks: An ambient gas pressure effect during pulsed laser deposition. Small 1, 837-841 (2005).

[ 5 ] W. Ma, D. Hesse, U. Goesele, Nanostructure patterns of piezoelectric and ferroelectric complex oxides with various shapes obtained by natural lithography and pulsed laser deposition. Nanotechnology 17, 2536-2541 (2006).

[ 6 ] W. Ma, L. E. Cross, Flexoelectricity of barium titanate. Applied Physics Letters 88, 232902 (2006).

[ 7 ] W. Ma, A study of flexoelectric coupling associated internal electric field and stress in thin film ferroelectrics. Physica Status Solidi (b) 245, 761-768 (2008).

[ 8 ] W. Ma, Surface tension and Curie temperature in ferroelectric nanowires and nanodots. Applied Physics A 96, 915-920 (2009).

[ 9 ] W. Ma, Flexoelectric charge separation and size dependent piezoelectricity in dielectric solids. Physica Status Solidi (b) 247, 213