1.     Phase transition and high performance of ferroelectric smart materials by defect control

2.     Design and fabrication of novel electrical functional materials

2007.06 – Present     School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China   Professor

2011.12 – 2012.12   Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, USA   Visiting Scholar

2007.11 – 2008.02   Eduard-Zintl-Institut, Chemie, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany    Visiting Scholar

1996.09 – 2007.03   School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China   B. E./M. E./ D. E.

2005.04 – 2006.03   National Institute for Material Science, Japan   NIMS Junior Research Fellow

2003.09 – 2004.03   National Institute for Material Science, Japan     Foreigner researcher

2001.09 – 2002.08   Joining and Welding Research Institute Osaka University, Japan   Exchange student

2016  2nd achiever, the second prize of the national natural science award, the National Office for Science and Technology Awards, China

2013  2nd achiever, the first prize of the natural science award, the Ministry of Education, China

2009  Nomination award of National Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation, the Ministry of Education, China

2009  National New Century Excellent Talents, the Ministry of Education, China

Full publications list and Citation

http://www.researcherid.com/rid/E-6552-2015

Selected Publications

1. L. Zhao, X. Ke*, W. Wang, L. Zhang, C. Zhou, Z. Zhou, L. Zhang*, X. Ren*, Phys. Rev. B, 95, 020101 (2017)

2. S. J. Liu, L. X. Zhang*, J. P. Wang, X. J. Shi, Y. Y. Zhao, D. W. Zhang, Sci. Rep., 6, 38354 (2016)

3. D. Zhang, Y. Yao, M. Fang, Z. Luo, L. X. Zhang*, L. Li, J. Cui, Z. Zhou, J. Bian, X. Ren, Y. Yang*, Acta Mater. 103, 746–753 (2016)

4. L. X. Zhang*, W. F. Liu, W. Chen, X. Ren, J. Sun, E. Gurdal, S. Ural, K. Uchino, Appl. Phys. Lett., 101: 242903 (2012)

5. C. Zhou*, W. Liu, D. Xue, X. Ren, H. Bao, J. Gao, L. X. Zhang*, Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 222910 (2012)

6. W.F. Liu, L.X. Zhang*, W. Chen, S.T. Li, X. Ren, Appl. Phys. Lett., 99: 092907 (2011)

7. L. X. Zhang, E. Erdem, X. Ren, R. A. Eichel*, Appl. Phys. Lett., 93, 202901 (2008)

8. L. X. Zhang, X. Ren*. Phys. Rev. B, 73, 094121 (2006)

9. L. X. Zhang, X. Ren*. Phys. Rev. B, 71, 174108 (2005)

10. L. X. Zhang, W. Chen, X. Ren*. Appl. Phys. Lett., 85, 5658-5660 (2004)