Ferroelectric single crystals, ceramics, thin films and corresponding devices applications

Academic Training

09/2002－06/2007 Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. R. China

Title of Ph.D. Dissertation: Novel Pyroelectric Materials and their Applications in Infrared Devices

Advisor: Prof. Haosu Luo (Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. R. China)

Affiliations

07/2007- 09/2012 Lecturer, College of Mathematics and Sciences, Shanghai Normal University

12/2012- 11/2013 Visiting Scholar, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University

11/2012- Associate Professor, College of Mathematics and Sciences, Shanghai Normal University

06/2016- 8/2016 Visiting Scholar, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University

07/2018- 8/2018 Visiting Scholar, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University

Honors/Awards

2021 "Excellent instructor" in the 17th Challenge Cup, Shanghai university student extracurricular academic science and technology work competition 

2019 First prize for teaching achievements by Shanghai Normal University (Second accomplisher)

2018 Excellent teaching award by Shanghai Normal University

2018 Excellent class award by Shanghai Normal University

2010 Excellent Youth Teacher award by Shanghai Normal University

2007 Youth Scholar award by Shanghai Educational Development Foundation of China

2007 Excellent Graduate of Shanghai

2006 BHP Billiton - CAS Scholarship award by Chinese Academy of Sciences and BHP Billiton Company

2006 Excellent Student awarded by Chinese Academy of Sciences

2005 BHP Billiton – CAS Scholarship award by Chinese Academy of Sciences and BHP Billiton Company

Research grants

2013-2016: Principal Investigator sponsored byScience and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality: “The pyroelectric-piezoelectric coupling effects in relaxor-PbTiO₃ ferroelectric single crystals”.

2010-2012: Principal Investigator sponsored by Shanghai Municipal Education Commission: “Investigation on the preparation and properties of conductive oxide thin films with perovskite structure”.

2008-2011: Principal Investigator sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation of China: “Investigation on the preparation and properties of high-performance pyroelectric thin films”.

2007-2009: Principal Investigator sponsored by Youth project of Shanghai, China: “Investigation on the preparation science and pyroelectric properties of relaxor-based ferroelectric thin films”.

2005-2007: National Natural Science Foundation of China: “Investigation on the preparation science and structure 

                   characteristic of  high-performance solid state perovskite ferroelectrics”.

2004-2006: Innovation Funds from Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences “Investigation on high-performance pyroelectric materials for applications in novel infrared devices”.

2003-2005: 863 High Technology and Development Project of China: “Preparation of new piezoelectric PMN-PT single crystal for applications on medical ultrasonic transducers”.

Publications

[1] Yanxue Tang*, Xiangyong Zhao, Xiqi Feng, Weiqing Jin, Haosu Luo, Pyroelectric properties of [111]-oriented Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃–PbTiO₃ crystals, Applied Physics Letters 86, 082901 (2005).

[2] Yanxue Tang*, Xinming Wan, Xiangyong Zhao, Xiaoming Pan, Di Lin, Haosu Luo, Jianglan Sun, Xiangjian Meng, Junhao Chu, Large pyroelectric response in relaxor-based ferroelectric (1-x)Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃-xPbTiO₃ single crystals, Journal of Applied Physics 98, 084104 (2005).

[3] Yanxue Tang*, Xiangyong Zhao, XinmingWan, Xiqi Feng, Weiqing Jin, Haosu Luo, Composition, dc bias and temperature dependence of pyroelectric properties of <111>-oriented (1-x)Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃-xPbTiO₃ crystals, Mater. Sci. Eng. B 119, 71-74 (2005).

[4] Yanxue Tang*, Laihui Luo, Yanmin Jia, Haosu Luo, Xiangyong Zhao, Haiqing Xu, Di Lin, Jinglan Sun, Xiangjian Meng, Junhao Chu, Mohammed Es-Souni, Mn-doped 0.71Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃–0.29PbTiO₃ pyroelectric crystals for uncooled infrared focal plane arrays applications, Applied Physics Letters 89, 162906 (2006).

[5] Yanxue Tang*, Haosu Luo, Xiangyong Zhao, Haiqing Xu, Tianhou He, Di Lin, Weiqing Jin, Structural quality of relaxor-based ferroelectric [111] oriented Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃-PbTiO₃ single crystals,Mater. Sci. Eng. B 134, 32-35 (2006).

[6] Yanxue Tang*,Lei Chen, Xiangyong Zhao, Weiqing Jin, Haosu Luo, Anisotropic thermal expansion and phase transitions in Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃-0.3PbTiO₃ single crystals, Physica B: Physics of Condensed Matter382, 205-208 (2006).

[7] Yanxue Tang*, Haosu Luo, Investigation of the electrical properties of (1-x)Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃-xPbTiO₃ single crystals with special reference to pyroelectric detection, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 42, 075406 (2009).

[8] Yanxue Tang*, Haosu Luo, High-performance pyroelectric single crystals for uncooled infrared detection applications, Infrared Physics & Technology 52, 180-182 (2009).

[9] 唐艳学*，罗豪甦，赵祥永，掺铁Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃-0.26PbTiO₃单晶的生长及性能研究，科学通报，54, 2483-2488 (2009).

[10] Yanxue Tang*, DanZhou, Yue Tian, Xia Li, Feifei Wang, Dazhi Sun, Wangzhou Shi, Li Tian, Jinglan Sun, Xiangjian Meng, and Junhao Chu, Low Temperature Processing of High-performance 0.74Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃–0.26PbTiO₃ Thin Films on La_0.6Sr_0.4CoO₃ Buffered Si Substrates for Pyroelectric Arrays Applications, Journal of the American Ceramic Society 95, 1367 (2012).

[11] Yanxue Tang*, Dan Zhou, Feifei Wang, Dazhi Sun, Wangzhou Shi, Haosu Luo, Gujin Hu, Ferroelectric and dielectric properties of 0.62Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃–0.38PbTiO₃ thin films on La_0.6Sr_0.4CoO₃ buffered Si substrates, Journal of alloys and compounds 529, 44 (2012).

[12] DanZhou, Yanxue Tang*, Feifei Wang, Dongzhu Xie, Dazhi Sun, Wangzhou Shi, Li Tian, Jinglan Sun, Xiangjian Meng, Junhao Chu, Weijin Kong, Laihui Luo, Improved dielectric and electrical insulating properties in Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)_0.62Ti_0.38O₃ based multilayer ferroelectric thin films, Thin Solid Films 522, 457 (2012).

[13] Yanxue Tang, Shujun Zhang*, Zongyang Shen, Wenhua Jiang, Jun Luo, Raffi Sahul, Thomas R. Shrout, Primary and secondary pyroelectric coefficients of rhombohedral and tetragonal single-domain relaxor-PbTiO₃ single crystals, Journal of Applied Physics 114, 084105 (2013).

[14] Yanxue Tang*, Zongyang Shen, Shujun Zhang, Wenhua Jiang, Jun Luo, Thomas R. Shrout, Minimization of pyroelectric effects in relaxor-PbTiO₃ crystals for piezoelectric sensors, Materials Chemistry and Physics 145, 135-140 (2014).

[15] Yanxue Tang, Zongyang Shen, Shujun Zhang*, Thomas R. Shrout, Improved Pyroelectric Properties of CaBi₄Ti₄O₁₅ Ferroelectrics Ceramics by Nb/Mn Co-Doping for Pyrosensors, Journal of the American Ceramic Society 99, 1294-1298 (2016).

[16] Yanxue Tang*, Bing Zhu, Feifei Wang, Dazhi Sun, Zhijuan Hu, Xiaomei Qin, Wangzhou Shi, Dielectric and ferroelectric properties of (111) preferred oriented PbZr_0.53Ti_0.47O₃/Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)_0.62Ti_0.38O₃/PbZr_0.53Ti_0.47O₃ trilayered films, Applied Surface Science 371, 160-163 (2016).

[17] Yanxue Tang*, Zong-Yang Shen, Qiuxiang Du, Xiangyong Zhao, Feifei Wang, Xiaomei Qin, Tao Wang, Wangzhou Shi, Dazhi Sun, Zhiyong Zhou, Shujun Zhang*, Enhanced pyroelectric and piezoelectric responses in W/Mn-codoped Bi₄Ti₃O₁₂ Aurivillius ceramics, Journal of the European Ceramic Society 38, 5348–5353 (2018).

[18] Yanxue Tang*, Zong-Yang Shen, Xiangyong Zhao, Feifei Wang, Wangzhou Shi, Dazhi Sun, Zhiyong Zhou, Shujun Zhang*, Pyroelectric Properties of Mn-doped Aurivillius Ceramics with Different Pseudo-perovskite Layers, Journal of the American Ceramic Society 101, 1592-1597 (2018).

[19] Yue Li, Yanxue Tang*, Jianwei Chen, Xiangyong Zhao, Linrong Yang, Feifei Wang, Zhou Zeng, Haosu Luo, Enhanced pyroelectric properties and thermal stability of Mn-doped 0.29Pb(In_1/2Nb_1/2)O₃-0.29Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃–0.42PbTiO₃ single crystal, Applied Physics Letters 112, 172901 (2018).

[20] Yue Li, Yanxue Tang*, Feifei Wang, Xiangyong Zhao*, Jianwei Chen, Zhou Zeng, Linrong Yang, Haosu Luo, Optical properties of Mn-doped 0.15Pb(In_1/2Nb_1/2)O₃-0.57Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃-0.28PbTiO₃ Single Crystal, Applied Physics A 124(3), 276 (2018).

[21] Qiuxiang Du, Yanxue Tang*, Xiaoli Huang, Feifei Wang, Xiangyong Zhao, Zhihua Duan, Xusheng Zhuang, Wangzhou Shi, Jing Zhao, Fei Liu, Haosu Luo, Structures and pyroelectric properties for [111]-oriented Mn-doped rhombohedral 0.36PIN-0.36PMN-0.28PT crystal, Journal of the American Ceramic Society 102, 7329-7335 (2019).

[22] Saidong Xue, Haosu Luo*, Xiangyong Zhao*, Feifei Wang, Di Lin, Hao Deng, Xiaobing Li, Qingwen Yue, Yanxue Tang*, Bijun Fang, Haiwu Zhang, In-situ electric field induced nanoscale BO6 octahedral tilting in lead-free Fe-doped 0.95(Na_1/2Bi_1/2)TiO₃–0.05BaTiO₃ single crystal, Scripta Materialia 165, 94–97 (2019).

[23] Yuqing Hu, Qingxiu Xie, Yang Wu, Xiangyong Zhao*, Yanxue Tang*, Feifei Wang, Zhihua Duan, Di Lin, Haosu Luo, Ruihong Liang, Effect of Mn-doping on optical properties of lead-free (K_0.4Na_0.6)NbO₃ ferroelectric single crystals, Journal of the European Ceramic Society 40, 2917–2921 (2020).

[24] Xiaoli Huang, Yanxue Tang*, Feifei Wang*, Xiangyong Zhao, Zhihua Duan, Tao Wang, Qiuxiang Du, Jiasheng Wang, Xingtong Zhou, Wangzhou Shi, Piezoelectric and pyroelectric properties of Mn‑doped 0.36Pb(In_1/2Nb_1/2)O₃-0.36Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃-0.28PbTiO₃ ceramics, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 31, 14426-14433 (2020).

[25] Junjie Xiao, Sixing Liu, Jushan Wang, Jialin Xu, Zhang Zhang, Xi’an Wang*, Yanxue Tang*, Haosu Luo*, Zhu Liang, Temperature-induced phase transition of <001>-oriented 0.92Na_0.5Bi_0.5TiO₃-0.08Bi(Zn_0.5Ti_0.5)O₃ lead-free single crystals, Ceramics International 47, 14062–14066 (2021). 

[26] Junjie Xiao, Jushan Wang, Sixing Liu, Yang Wu, Jialin Xu, Zhang Zhang, Feifei Wang, Xi’an Wang*,Yanxue Tang*, Haosu Luo*, Microstructure, electrical and optical properties of NBT-xBZT lead-free single crystals, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 861, 157949 (2021).

[27] Xiaoli Huang, Yanxue Tang*, Feifei Wang*, Chung Ming Leung*, Xiangyong Zhao, Xiaomei Qin, Tao Wang, Zhihua Duan, Yanhui Wu, Jiasheng Wang, Wangzhou Shi, Excellent ferroelectric and pyroelectric performance of rhombohedral Mn-doped PIMNT thin films with (111) orientation, Journal of the American Ceramic Society 105 (1), 327-335 (2022).

[28] Wenru Li, Changhao Li, Guangzu Zhang, Linkai Li, Kai Huang, Xuetian Gong, Chao Zhang, An Zheng, Yanxue Tang, Zhengzhi Wang, Qiaoling Tong, Wen Dong, Shenglin Jiang, Sulin Zhang, Qing Wang, Molecular Ferroelectric‐Based Flexible Sensors Exhibiting Supersensitivity and Multimodal Capability for Detection, Advanced Materials 33(44), 2104107 (2021).（合作发表，非通讯作者）

Patent

[1] Haosu Luo, Xiangyong Zhao, Yanxue Tang, Haiqing Xu, Tianhou He, Di Lin, A novel pyroelectric single crystal: lead magnesium               niobate-lead titanate (PMN-PT) single crystals and its applications, Invention Patent of China (Application No. 200410089072.4,           Publicity No. CN 1837420A).

[2] Yanxue Tang, Yue Tian, Dazhi Sun, Wangzhou Shi, A preparation method of lead magnesium niobate-lead titanate (PMN-PT) thin films, Invention Patent of China (Application No. 201010505111.X, Publicity No.CN 1837420A).