Prof. Dr. Xinhua Zhu

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsSurface Physics,Materials Engineering
Keywordsmultiferroic nanoislands, growth and nanoscale physical properties, microstructural characterization

Current contact address

CountryPeople's Republic of China
CityNanjing
InstitutionNanjing University
InstituteDepartment of Physics

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Ulrich M. GöseleMax-Planck-Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik, Halle (Saale)
Prof. Dr. Dietrich HesseMax-Planck-Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik, Halle (Saale)
Start of initial sponsorship01/11/2003

Publications (partial selection)

2008Xinhua Zhu, Jianmin Zhu, Shunhua Zhou, Zhiguo Liu, and Naiben Ming: Atomic-Scale Structure of Nanocrystalline Barium Titanate Formed by Hydrothermal Crystallization. In: J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 2008, 1002-1008
2008Xinhua Zhu,Jianmin Zhu, Shunhua Zhou, Zhiguo Liu, Naiben Ming, Helen Lai-Wah Chan, Chung-Loong Choy, Kin-hung Wong: Epitaxial growth, dielectric response and microstructure of compositionally-graded (Ba,Sr)TiO3 thin films grown on (100) MgO substrates by pulsed laser deposition. In: J. Mater. Res., , 2008, 737-744
2008Xinhua Zhu, Jianmin Zhu, Shunhua Zhou, Zhiguo Liu, Naiben Ming, and Zhongyan Meng: Ferroelectric Domain Structures and Their Morphology Evolution in the Pb(Ni1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3-PbZrO3 Piezoelectric Ceramics Modified by Bismuth and Zinc substitutions. In: J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 2008, 227-234
2008Xinhua Zhu, Jianmin Zhu, Shunhua Zhou, Zhiguo Liu, and Naiben Ming: Hydrothermal synthesis of nanocrystalline BaTiO3 particles and structural characterization by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. In: J. Cryst. Growth, 2008, 434-441
2008Xinhua Zhu, Di Wu, Aidong Li, Zhiguo Liu, and Naiben Ming: Transmission electron microscopy observations on the interfacial structures of the Pt/SrBi2Ta2O9/Pt thin film capacitors prepared by metallo-organic decomposition. In: J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 2008, 979-985
2007Xinhua Zhu and Jianmin Zhu Advances in ferroelectric nanomaterials and nanostructures. In: J. Chin. Electr. Microscopy Soc. (English version), 2007, 238-258
2007Paul R. Evans, Xinhau Zhu, Paul Baxter, Mark McMillen, John McPhillips, Finlay D. Morrison, James F. Scott, Robert J. Pollard, Robert M. Bowman, and J. Marty Gregg: Toward Self-Assembled Ferroelectric Random Access Memories: Hard-Wired Switching Capacitor Arrays with Almost Tb/in.2 Densities. In: Nano Lett., 2007, 1134-1137
2006Xinhua Zhu,Helen Lai-Wah Chan, Chung-Loong Choy, Kin-Hung Wong, Dietrich Hesse,: A comparative microstructural study of compositionally up- and down-graded (Ba,Sr)TiO3 thin films epitaxially grown on (La,Sr)CoO3-covered MgO(100) substrates by pulsed laser deposition. In: Appl. Phys. A-Material Science & Processing , 2006, 709-713
2006Mohamed M.Saad, Paul Baxter, Jonny McAneney, Akeela Lookman, Lesley J.Sinnamon, Paul Evans, Alina Schilling, Tim Adams, Xinhua Zhu, Robert J.pollard, Rober M.Bowman, J.Marty Gregg, Dong Jin Jung, Finlay D.Morrison: Investigating the effects of reduced size on the properties of ferroelectrics. In: IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, 2006, 2208-2225
2006Xinhua Zhu, P. R. Evans, D. Byrne, A. Schilling, R. J. Pollard, R. M. Bowman and J. M. Gregg,: Perovskite Lead Zirconium Titanate Nanorings: Towards Nanoscale Ferroelectric `Solenoids ? . In: Appl. Phys. Lett., 2006, 122913-1-122913-3
2005Dinghua Bao, Xinhua Zhu, Marin Alexe, and Dietrich Hesse,: All-epitaxial multi-layered ferroelectric (Bi,La)4Ti3O12/Pb(Zr0.4Ti0.6)O3 thin films on SrTiO3 substrates by pulsed laser deposition, . In: Integrated Ferroelectrics , 2005, 147-154
2005Dinghua Bao, Xinhua Zhu, Marin Alexe, and Dietrich Hesse: All-Epitaxial Trilayered Ferroelectric (Bi,La)4Ti3O12 / Pb(Zr0.4Ti0.6)O3/(Bi,La)4Ti3O12 Thin Films on SrTiO3 Substrates by Pulsed Laser Deposition,. In: Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 2005, 6910-6913
2005Xinhua Zhu, Jianmin Zhu, Shunhua Zhou, Zhiguo Liu, Naiben Ming, and Dietrich Hesse: BaTiO3 nanocrystals: hydrothermal synthesis and structural characterization . In: J. Cryst. Growth, 2005, 553-562
2005M.M.Saad, P. Baxter, A. Schilling, T. Adams, Xinhua Zhu, R. M. Bowman, J. M. Gregg, P. Zubko, F. Morrison, and J.F.Scott: Exploring the fundamental effects of miniaturisation on ferroelectrics by focused ion beam processing of single crystal material. In: J. Phys. IV France , 2005, 63-70
2005Dinghua Bao, Sung Kyun Lee, Xinhua Zhu, Marin Alexe, and Dietrich Hesse,: Growth, structure, and properties of all-epitaxial ferroelectric (Bi,La)4Ti3O12 / Pb(Zr0.4Ti0.6)O3 / (Bi,La)4Ti3O12 tri-layered thin films on SrRuO3-covered SrTiO3(011) substrates, . In: Appl. Phys. Lett. , 2005, 082906-1-082906-3
2005X.H.Zhu, J.M.Zhu, S.H.Zhou, Z.G.Liu, N.B.Ming, and D.Hesse: Microstructural characterization of BaTiO3 ceramic nanoparticles synthesized by hydrothermal technique . In: Solid State Phenomena, 2005, 41-46
2005X.H.Zhu, J.M.Zhu, S.H.Zhou, Z.G.Liu, N.B.Ming, H.L.W.Chan, C.L.Choy, K.H.Wong, and D.Hesse: Microstructure and dielectric properties of compositionally-graded (Ba1-xSrx)TiO3 thin films. In: Mater. Sci. Eng. B , 2005, 219-224
2005Dinghua Bao, Xinhua Zhu, Marin Alexe, and Dietrich Hesse,: Microstructure and ferroelectric properties of low-fatigue epitaxial, all (001)-oriented (Bi,La)4Ti3O12/Pb(Zr0.4Ti0.6)O3/(Bi,La)4Ti3O12 trilayered thin films on (001) SrTiO3 substrates. In: J. Appl. Phys. , 2005, 014101-1-014101-6
2005X.H.Zhu, S.K.Lee, H.N.Lee, and D.Hesse: Microstructure of (110)-oriented SrRuO3 thin films grown on off-cut single crystal YSZ(100) substrates. In: Mater. Sci. Eng. B , 2005, 60-65
2005Xinhua Zhu, Helen Lai-Wah Chan, Chung-Loong Choy, Kin-Hung Wong, Dietrich Hesse: Microstructure of compositionally-graded (Ba1-xSrx)TiO3 thin films epitaxially grown on La0.5Sr0.5CoO3-covered (100) LaAlO3 substrates by pulsed laser deposition, 97 (2005) 093503. . In: J. Appl. Phys. , 2005, 093503-1-093503-5
2005Xinhua Zhu, Dinghua Bao, Marin Alexe, and Dietrich Hesse: Morphology and microstructure of all-epitaxial ferroelectric tri-layered (Bi,La)4Ti3O12 /Pb(Zr0.4Ti0.6)O3/(Bi,La)4Ti3O12 thin films on SrTiO3 (011). In: Appl. Phys. A-Material Science & Processing , 2005, 591-595
2004S. K. Lee, H. N. Lee, N. D. Zakharov, X. H. Zhu, D. Hesse, and U. Gösele: Reducing Azimuthal domains in (100)- or (118)- oriented Ferroelectric Bi3.25La0.75Ti3O12 films using off-cut Single crystal substrates. In: Integr. Ferroelectrics, 2004, 179-188