Research Areas

1. The study of multi-field coupling mechanism of ferroelectrics and multiferroic materials

2. Development of multi-scale modeling method of multi-ferroic and multi-functional materials

Publications

1. X.F. Zhao and A.K. Soh, The grain boundary effect on electromechanical property of ferroelectric ceramics. Scr. Mater., 2020. 178: p. 313-317.

2. X. Zhao and A.K. Soh, The effect of flexoelectricity on domain switching in the vicinity of a crack in ferroelectrics. J. Eur. Ceram. Soc., 2018. 38(4): p. 1341-1348.

3. X.F. Zhao and A.K. Soh, Piezoelectric properties of rhombohedral ferroelectric materials with phase transition. Funct. Mater. Lett., 2015. 8(3): p. 1540008.

4. X.F. Zhao and A.K. Soh, The Influence of mechanical and electrical interfacial conditions on threshold field of ferroelectric nanothin films. Funct. Mater. Lett., 2012. 5(1): p. 1250013.

5. X.F. Zhao and A.K. Soh, Phase Field Simulation of Ferroelectrics with Cracks, in Fracture and Strength of Solids Vii, Pts 1 and 2, Ariffin, A.K., et al., Editors. 2011. p. 710-715.

6. X.F. Zhao, A.K. Soh, L. Li, and J.X. Liu, Influence of dipole defects on polarization switching in the vicinity of a crack in relaxor ferroelectrics. Philos. Mag. Lett., 2010. 90(4): p. 251-260.

7. J.X. Liu, X.F. Zhao, A.K. Soh, and B.L. Wang, Thickness-edge modes in a semi-infinite magneto-electro-elastic plate. Philos. Mag. Lett., 2009. 89(3): p. 155-161.

Personal statement

Dr. Zhao Xiaofang, an associate professor and graduate supervisor at Beijing University of Technology. She received her PhD degree from The University of Hong Kong, and took her Post-doctoral research at Tsinghua University.

Dr. Zhao teaches and conducts researches in the area of solid mechanics, while the research interests mainly focuses on the mechanical and physical properties of functional materials, such as ferroelectric and multiferroic materials. Her researches have been funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China and Beijing Natural Science Foundation, and the research results obtained have been published on several classical international journals, such as Journal of the European Ceramic Society, Scripta Materialia, etc.