Ying Liu
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Scopus Publications
- Deformation behaviors of dislocation cellular structures in alloys produced by additive manufacturing
Jinqiao Liu, Hao Wang, Ranming Niu, Chuanxi Ren, Kevin Sisco, et al.
Materials Today, 2026 - Effects of twinning configurations on the mechanical performance of small-scale FCC metallic materials
Jinqiao Liu, Ranming Niu, Ji Gu, Ying Liu, Song Ni, et al.
Acta Materialia, 2026 - Process-structure-property driven additive manufacturing of BaTiO3 ceramics via water-washable resin development and multi-point injection DLP process
Mayur Jiyalal Prajapati, Po-Kai Lei, Xiaozhou Liao, Ying Liu, Jeng-Ywan Jeng, et al.
Ceramics International, 2026 - Enhanced Ammonia Electrosynthesis via In-Plane Integration of Fe2O3Dual-Phase Nanodomains
Sandra Elizabeth Saji, Kaili Liu, Ying Liu, Zhehao Sun, Yi-Lun Chen, et al.
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2025 - Vortices and antivortices in antiferroelectric PbZrO3
Ying Liu, Huazhang Zhang, Konstantin Shapovalov, Ranming Niu, Julie M. Cairney, et al.
Nature Materials, 2025 - Integrating plasmon and vacancies over oxide perovskite for synergistic CO2 methanation
Shuwen Cheng, Zhehao Sun, Kang Hui Lim, Claudia Li, Martyna Judd, et al.
Nano Energy, 2025 - Ferroelectric Translational Boundaries Separating Antiferroelectric Domains in Y-Doped HfO2
Ying Liu, Xianghan Xu, Fei-Ting Huang, Ranming Niu, Jinqiao Liu, et al.
ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 2024 - Coexistence of ferroelectric and ferrielectric phases in ultrathin antiferroelectric PbZrO3 thin films
Ying Liu, Ranming Niu, Roger Uriach, David Pesquera, José Manuel Caicedo Roque, et al.
Microstructures, 2024
Whereas ferroelectricity may vanish in ultra-thin ferroelectric films, it is expected to emerge in ultra-thin antiferroelectric films, sparking people’s interest in using antiferroelectric materials as an alternative to ferroelectric ones for high-density data storage applications. Lead Zirconate (PbZrO3, PZO) is considered the prototype material for antiferroelectricity, and indeed, previous studies indicated that nanoscale PZO films exhibit ferroelectricity. The understanding of such phenomena from the microstructure aspect is crucial but still lacking. In this study, we fabricated a PZO film with thicknesses varying from 5 to 80 nm. Using Piezoresponse Force Microscopy, we discovered that the film displayed a transition from antiferroelectric behavior in the thicker areas to ferroelectric behavior in the thinner ones, with a critical thickness between 10 and 15 nm. In this critical thickness range, a 12 nm PZO thin film was chosen for further study using aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy. The investigation showed that the film comprises both ferroelectric and ferrielectric phases. The ferroelectric phase is characterized by polarization along the [011]pc projection direction. The positions of Pb, Zr, and O were determined using the integrated differential phase contrast method. This allowed us to ascertain that the ferroelectric PZO unit cell is half the size of that in the antiferroelectric phase on the ab plane. The observed unit cell is different from the electric field-induced ferroelectric rhombohedral phases. Additionally, we identified a ferrielectric phase with a unique up-up-zero-zero (↑↑··) dipole configuration. The finding is crucial for understanding the performance of ultrathin antiferroelectric thin films and the subsequent design and development of antiferroelectric devices. - Switching Dynamics and Improved Efficiency of Free-Standing Antiferroelectric Capacitors
Umair Saeed, David Pesquera, Ying Liu, Ignasi Fina, Saptam Ganguly, et al.
Advanced Electronic Materials, 2024
The switching dynamics of antiferroelectric lead zirconate (PbZrO3) freestanding capacitors compared to their epitaxial counterparts is reported. Frequency dependence of hysteresis indicates that freestanding capacitors exhibit a lower dispersion of switching fields, lower residual polarization, and faster switching response as compared to epitaxially‐clamped capacitors. As a consequence, freestanding capacitor membranes exhibit better energy storage density and efficiency. - Room-temperature super-elongation in high-entropy alloy nanopillars
Qian Zhang, Ranming Niu, Ying Liu, Jiaxi Jiang, Fan Xu, et al.
Nature Communications, 2023
Nanoscale small-volume metallic materials typically exhibit high strengths but often suffer from a lack of tensile ductility due to undesirable premature failure. Here, we report unusual room-temperature uniform elongation up to ~110% at a high flow stress of 0.6–1.0 GPa in single-crystalline <110>-oriented CoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy nanopillars with well-defined geometries. By combining high-resolution microscopy and large-scale atomistic simulations, we reveal that this ultrahigh uniform tensile ductility is attributed to spatial and synergistic coordination of deformation twinning and dislocation slip, which effectively promote deformation delocalization and delay necking failure. These joint and/or sequential activations of the underlying displacive deformation mechanisms originate from chemical compositional heterogeneities at the atomic level and resulting wide variations in generalized stacking fault energy and associated dislocation activities. Our work provides mechanistic insights into superplastic deformations of multiple-principal element alloys at the nanoscale and opens routes for designing nanodevices with high mechanical reliability. - Translational Boundaries as Incipient Ferrielectric Domains in Antiferroelectric PbZrO3
Ying Liu, Ranming Niu, Andrzej Majchrowski, Krystian Roleder, Kumara Cordero-Edwards, et al.
Physical Review Letters, 2023 - Giant room temperature compression and bending in ferroelectric oxide pillars
Ying Liu, Xiangyuan Cui, Ranming Niu, Shujun Zhang, Xiaozhou Liao, et al.
Nature Communications, 2022 - Atomic coordinates and polarization map around a pair of 1/2 a[011-] dislocation cores produced by plastic deformation in relaxor ferroelectric PIN-PMN-PT
Ying Liu, Ran-Ming Niu, Scott D. Moss, Peter Finkel, Xiao-Zhou Liao, et al.
Journal of Applied Physics, 2021 - Lateral Gating of 2D Electron Gas in Cross-Sectional LaAlO3/SrTiO3
Fan Ji, Pankaj Sharma, Tongzheng Xin, Dawei Zhang, Ying Liu, et al.
Advanced Electronic Materials, 2020 - Plastic Deformation of Single-Crystal Diamond Nanopillars
Blake Regan, Alireza Aghajamali, Johannes Froech, Toan Trong Tran, John Scott, et al.
Advanced Materials, 2020 - Understanding solid solution strengthening at elevated temperatures in a creep-resistant Mg–Gd–Ca alloy
Ning Mo, I. McCarroll, Qiyang Tan, A. Ceguerra, Y. Liu, et al.
Acta Materialia, 2019 - Real-time observation of stress-induced domain evolution in a [011] PIN-PMN-PT relaxor ferroelectric single crystal
Ying Liu, Junhai Xia, Peter Finkel, Scott D. Moss, Xiaozhou Liao, et al.
Acta Materialia, 2019 - A Coherently Strained Monoclinic [111]PbTiO3 Film Exhibiting Zero Poisson's Ratio State
Yunlong Tang, Yinlian Zhu, Xiuliang Ma, Zijian Hong, Yujia Wang, et al.
Advanced Functional Materials, 2019 - Evolution of flux-closure domain arrays in oxide multilayers with misfit strain
S. Li, Y.J. Wang, Y.L. Zhu, Y.L. Tang, Y. Liu, et al.
Acta Materialia, 2019 - Coexistence of rhombohedral and orthorhombic phases in ultrathin BiFeO3 films driven by interfacial oxygen octahedral coupling
M.J. Han, Y.J. Wang, D.S. Ma, Y.L. Zhu, Y.L. Tang, et al.
Acta Materialia, 2018 - Large Scale Two-Dimensional Flux-Closure Domain Arrays in Oxide Multilayers and Their Controlled Growth
Ying Liu, Yu-Jia Wang, Yin-Lian Zhu, Chi-Hou Lei, Yun-Long Tang, et al.
Nano Letters, 2017 - Giant Polarization Sustainability in Ultrathin Ferroelectric Films Stabilized by Charge Transfer
Sirui Zhang, Yinlian Zhu, Yunlong Tang, Ying Liu, Shuang Li, et al.
Advanced Materials, 2017 - Controlled Growth and Atomic-Scale Mapping of Charged Heterointerfaces in PbTiO3/BiFeO3 Bilayers
Ying Liu, Yin-Lian Zhu, Yun-Long Tang, Yu-Jia Wang, Shuang Li, et al.
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2017 - Periodic arrays of flux-closure domains in ferroelectric thin films with oxide electrodes
S. Li, Y. L. Zhu, Y. J. Wang, Y. L. Tang, Y. Liu, et al.
Applied Physics Letters, 2017 - Giant linear strain gradient with extremely low elastic energy in a perovskite nanostructure array
Y. L. Tang, Y. L. Zhu, Y. Liu, Y. J. Wang, X. L. Ma
Nature Communications, 2017
RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
- Deformation behaviors of dislocation cellular structures in alloys produced by additive manufacturing
J Liu, H Wang, R Niu, C Ren, K Sisco, Y Liu, Z Chen, J Cairney, YW Mai, ...
Materials Today 95, 103268 , 2026
2026
Citations: 1 - Process-Structure-Property driven Additive Manufacturing of BaTiO3 Ceramics via Water-washable Resin Development and Multi-point Injection DLP process
MJ Prajapati, PK Lei, X Liao, Y Liu, JY Jeng, W Macek, CP Jiang
Ceramics International , 2026
2026 - Beyond MPB engineering: enhanced piezoelectricity and thermal stability assisted by high-entropy design
AMMT Karim, Y Liu, J Daniels, C Gao, Y Luo, Z Cao, X Liao, Z Cheng, ...
Nature Communications , 2026
2026 - Effects of twinning configurations on the mechanical performance of small-scale FCC metallic materials
J Liu, R Niu, J Gu, Y Liu, S Ni, J Cairney, M Song, YW Mai, T Zhu, X Liao
Acta Materialia, 121880 , 2025
2025
Citations: 2 - Enhanced Ammonia Electrosynthesis via In-Plane Integration of Fe2O3 Dual-Phase Nanodomains
SE Saji#, K Liu#, Y Liu#, Z Sun, YL Chen, H Yin, C Dong, X Liao, Z Yin
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces , 2025
2025
Citations: 1 - Integrating plasmon and vacancies over oxide perovskite for synergistic CO2 methanation
S Cheng, Z Sun, KH Lim, C Li, M Judd, N Cox, R Hocking, Y Liu, X Jing, ...
Nano Energy 139, 110917 , 2025
2025
Citations: 11 - Vortices and antivortices in antiferroelectric PbZrO3
Y Liu#, H Zhang#, K Shapovalov#, R Niu, JM Cairney, X Liao, K Roleder, ...
Nature Materials 24, 1359–1363 , 2025
2025
Citations: 14 - In-situ Nano-Mechanical Electron Microscopy for Materials Under Extreme Environments
R Niu, H Li, B Dong, C Huang, PY Liu, Y Liu, X Liao, JM Cairney
13th Asia Pacific Microscopy Congress 2025, e257 , 2025
2025 - Ferrielectric and ferroelectric phases in Archetypal Antiferroelectric PbZrO3
Y Liu, R Niu, X Liao, G Catalan
13th Asia Pacific Microscopy Congress 2025 (APMC13), 297 , 2025
2025 - Ferroelectric Translational Boundaries Separating Antiferroelectric Domains in Y-Doped HfO 2
Y Liu, X Xu, FT Huang, R Niu, J Liu, JM Cairney, SW Cheong, X Liao
ACS Applied Electronic Materials 6 (12), 9040-9046 , 2024
2024
Citations: 2 - Switching Dynamics and Improved Efficiency of Free‐Standing Antiferroelectric Capacitors
U Saeed, D Pesquera, Y Liu, I Fina, S Ganguly, J Santiso, ...
Advanced Electronic Materials 10 (10), 2400102 , 2024
2024
Citations: 4 - Coexistence of ferroelectric and ferrielectric phases in ultrathin antiferroelectric PbZrO3 thin films
Y Liu*, R Niu, R Uriach, D Pesquera, JMC Roque, J Santiso, JM Cairney, ...
Microstructures 4, 2024045 , 2024
2024
Citations: 15 - Room-temperature super-elongation in high-entropy alloy nanopillars
Q Zhang, R Niu, Y Liu, J Jiang, F Xu, X Zhang, JM Cairney, X An, X Liao, ...
Nature Communications 14 (1), 7469 , 2023
2023
Citations: 61 - Translational boundaries as incipient ferrielectric domains in antiferroelectric PbZrO 3
Y Liu*, R Niu, A Majchrowski, K Roleder, K Cordero-Edwards, JM Cairney, ...
Physical review letters 130 (21), 216801 , 2023
2023
Citations: 47 - Giant room temperature compression and bending in ferroelectric oxide pillars
Y Liu, X Cui, R Niu, S Zhang, X Liao, SD Moss, P Finkel, M Garbrecht, ...
Nature communications 13 (1), 335 , 2022
2022
Citations: 37 - Atomic coordinates and polarization map around a pair of 12a [011¯] dislocation cores produced by plastic deformation in relaxor ferroelectric PIN–PMN–PT
Y Liu, RM Niu, SD Moss, P Finkel, XZ Liao, JM Cairney
Journal of Applied Physics 129 (23) , 2021
2021
Citations: 11 - Extreme Room Temperature Compression and Bending in Ferroelectric Oxide Pillars
Y Liu, X Cui, R Niu, S Zhang, X Liao, S Moss, P Finkel, M Garbrecht, ...
Research Square (published online) 10 , 2021
2021
Citations: 1 - Lateral Gating of 2D Electron Gas in Cross‐Sectional LaAlO 3 /SrTiO 3
F Ji, P Sharma, T Xin, D Zhang, Y Liu, R Niu, JM Cairney, J Seidel
Advanced Electronic Materials 6 (4), 2000068 , 2020
2020
Citations: 8 - Plastic deformation of single‐crystal diamond nanopillars
B Regan, A Aghajamali, J Froech, TT Tran, J Scott, J Bishop, ...
Advanced Materials 32 (9), 1906458 , 2020
2020
Citations: 62 - Understanding solid solution strengthening at elevated temperatures in a creep-resistant Mg–Gd–Ca alloy
N Mo, I McCarroll, Q Tan, A Ceguerra, Y Liu, J Cairney, H Dieringa, ...
Acta Materialia 181, 185-199 , 2019
2019
Citations: 106
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
- Unique Domain Structure of Two-Dimensional α-Mo 2 C Superconducting Crystals
Z Liu, C Xu, N Kang, L Wang, Y Jiang, J Du, Y Liu, XL Ma, HM Cheng, ...
Nano letters 16 (7), 4243-4250 , 2016
2016
Citations: 131 - Giant linear strain gradient with extremely low elastic energy in a perovskite nanostructure array
YL Tang, YL Zhu, Y Liu, YJ Wang, XL Ma
Nature Communications 8 (1), 15994 , 2017
2017
Citations: 117 - Understanding solid solution strengthening at elevated temperatures in a creep-resistant Mg–Gd–Ca alloy
N Mo, I McCarroll, Q Tan, A Ceguerra, Y Liu, J Cairney, H Dieringa, ...
Acta Materialia 181, 185-199 , 2019
2019
Citations: 106 - Large scale two-dimensional flux-closure domain arrays in oxide multilayers and their controlled growth
Y Liu#, YJ Wang#, YL Zhu, CH Lei, YL Tang, S Li, SR Zhang, J Li, XL Ma
Nano Letters 17 (12), 7258-7266 , 2017
2017
Citations: 77 - Local Enhancement of Polarization at PbTiO 3 /BiFeO 3 Interfaces Mediated by Charge Transfer
Y Liu, YL Zhu, YL Tang, YJ Wang, YX Jiang, YB Xu, B Zhang, XL Ma
Nano Letters 17 (6), 3619-3628 , 2017
2017
Citations: 77 - Atomic mapping of Ruddlesden-Popper faults in transparent conducting BaSnO 3 -based thin films
WY Wang, YL Tang, YL Zhu, J Suriyaprakash, YB Xu, Y Liu, B Gao, ...
Scientific reports 5 (1), 16097 , 2015
2015
Citations: 63 - Plastic deformation of single‐crystal diamond nanopillars
B Regan, A Aghajamali, J Froech, TT Tran, J Scott, J Bishop, ...
Advanced Materials 32 (9), 1906458 , 2020
2020
Citations: 62 - Room-temperature super-elongation in high-entropy alloy nanopillars
Q Zhang, R Niu, Y Liu, J Jiang, F Xu, X Zhang, JM Cairney, X An, X Liao, ...
Nature Communications 14 (1), 7469 , 2023
2023
Citations: 61 - Giant polarization sustainability in ultrathin ferroelectric films stabilized by charge transfer
S Zhang, Y Zhu, Y Tang, Y Liu, S Li, M Han, J Ma, B Wu, Z Chen, ...
Advanced Materials 29 (46), 1703543 , 2017
2017
Citations: 57 - Thickness-dependent a1/a2 domain evolution in ferroelectric PbTiO3 films
S Li, YL Zhu, YL Tang, Y Liu, SR Zhang, YJ Wang, XL Ma
Acta Materialia 131, 123-130 , 2017
2017
Citations: 50 - Translational boundaries as incipient ferrielectric domains in antiferroelectric PbZrO 3
Y Liu*, R Niu, A Majchrowski, K Roleder, K Cordero-Edwards, JM Cairney, ...
Physical review letters 130 (21), 216801 , 2023
2023
Citations: 47 - Periodic arrays of flux-closure domains in ferroelectric thin films with oxide electrodes
S Li, YL Zhu, YJ Wang, YL Tang, Y Liu, SR Zhang, JY Ma, XL Ma
Applied Physics Letters 111 (5) , 2017
2017
Citations: 47 - Coexistence of rhombohedral and orthorhombic phases in ultrathin BiFeO3 films driven by interfacial oxygen octahedral coupling
MJ Han, YJ Wang, DS Ma, YL Zhu, YL Tang, Y Liu, NB Zhang, JY Ma, ...
Acta Materialia 145, 220-226 , 2018
2018
Citations: 44 - A Coherently Strained Monoclinic [111]PbTiO 3 Film Exhibiting Zero Poisson's Ratio State
Y Tang, Y Zhu, X Ma, Z Hong, Y Wang, W Wang, Y Xu, Y Liu, B Wu, ...
Advanced Functional Materials 29 (35), 1901687 , 2019
2019
Citations: 42 - Giant room temperature compression and bending in ferroelectric oxide pillars
Y Liu, X Cui, R Niu, S Zhang, X Liao, SD Moss, P Finkel, M Garbrecht, ...
Nature communications 13 (1), 335 , 2022
2022
Citations: 37 - Atomic Level 1D Structural Modulations at the Negatively Charged Domain Walls in BiFeO 3 Films
WY Wang, YL Tang, YL Zhu, YB Xu, Y Liu, YJ Wang, S Jagadeesh, XL Ma
Advanced Materials Interfaces 2 (9), 1500024 , 2015
2015
Citations: 35 - Evolution of flux-closure domain arrays in oxide multilayers with misfit strain
S Li, YJ Wang, YL Zhu, YL Tang, Y Liu, JY Ma, MJ Han, B Wu, XL Ma
Acta Materialia 171, 176-183 , 2019
2019
Citations: 34 - Large scale arrays of four-state vortex domains in BiFeO3 thin film
WY Wang, YL Zhu, YL Tang, YB Xu, Y Liu, S Li, SR Zhang, YJ Wang, ...
Applied Physics Letters 109 (20) , 2016
2016
Citations: 31 - Spatial Coupling of Ferroelectric Domain Walls and Crystallographic Defects in the PbTiO 3 Films
Y Liu, YL Tang, YL Zhu, WY Wang, XL Ma
Advanced Materials Interfaces 3 (15), 1600342 , 2016
2016
Citations: 29 - Controlled Growth and Atomic-Scale Mapping of Charged Heterointerfaces in PbTiO 3 /BiFeO 3 Bilayers
Y Liu, YL Zhu, YL Tang, YJ Wang, S Li, SR Zhang, MJ Han, JY Ma, ...
ACS applied materials & interfaces 9 (30), 25578-25586 , 2017
2017
Citations: 26
