Education
2002.09 – 2006.06，Huazhong University of Science and Technology，Electronic Science and Technology，Bachelor of Engineering
2006.09 – 2012.06，Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences，Materials Physics and Chemistry，Doctor of Philosophy
Professional Experience
2012.07 – 2014.09，Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences，Assistant Professor
2014.09 – 2021.11，Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences，Associate Professor
2015.10 – 2016.04，University of Washington, USA, Visiting Professor
2021.11 – Now， Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences，Professor
Research Interests
I use multiscale modelling methods, including first-principles calculations, molecular dynamics and phase-field simulations, to study ferroelectric materials, paying special attention to the topological domain structures, the high-index oriented ferroelectric films and the heterogeneous interfaces between ferroelectric materials and other materials.
Publications
1 Geng, W. R.#; Wang, Y. J.#; Zhu, Y. L.; Zhang, S.; Ma, H.; Tang, Y. L.; Tuo, S.; Ma, X. L.* A stable monoclinic variant and resultant robust ferroelectricity in single-crystalline hafnia-based films. Nature Communications 2025, 16, 8842.
2 Wang, L.; Pan, X.; Zhang, Y.; Zhong, Y.; Zhang, X.; Zhang, Z.; Li, A.; Zhao, P.; Guo, Q.; Li, Y.; Zhang, H.; Xu, L.; Wang, Y.*; Han, M.*; Ma, X.*; Kang, L.* Oxygen Vacancies Generated Out‐of‐Plane and In‐Plane Ferroelectricity in Layered Bi2WO6 Nanoflake. Advanced Functional Materials 2025, 35, 2419399.
3 Wang, Y.-J.#; Feng, Y.-P.#; Tang, Y.-L.; Zhu, Y.-L.; Cao, Y.; Zou, M.-J.; Geng, W.-R.; Ma, X.-L.* Polar Bloch points in strained ferroelectric films. Nature Communications 2024, 15, 3949.
4 Gong, F. H.#; Tang, Y. L.#; Wang, Y. J.#; Chen, Y. T.#; Wu, B.; Yang, L. X.; Zhu, Y. L.; Ma, X. L.* Absence of critical thickness for polar skyrmions with breaking the Kittel's law. Nature Communications 2023, 14, 3376.
5 Wang, Y. J.; Tang, Y. L.; Zhu, Y. L.; Ma, X. L.* Entangled polarizations in ferroelectrics: A focused review of polar topologies. Acta Materialia 2023, 243, 118485.
6 Wang, Y. J.#; Feng, Y. P.#; Zhu, Y. L.*; Tang, Y. L.; Yang, L. X.; Zou, M. J.; Geng, W. R.; Han, M. J.; Guo, X. W.; Wu, B.; Ma, X. L.* Polar meron lattice in strained oxide ferroelectrics. Nature Materials 2020, 19, 881-886.
7 Wang, Y. J.#; Tang, Y. L.#; Zhu, Y. L.*; Feng, Y. P.; Ma, X. L.* Converse flexoelectricity around ferroelectric domain walls. Acta Materialia 2020, 191, 158-165.
8 Geng, W. R.#; Zhu, Y. L.#; Zhu, M. X.#; Tang, Y. L.; Zhao, H. J.; Lei, C. H.; Wang, Y. J.; Wang, J. H.; Jiang, R. J.; Liu, S. Z.; San, X. Y.; Feng, Y. P.; Zou, M. J.; Ma, X. L.* Dipolar wavevector interference induces a polar skyrmion lattice in strained BiFeO3 films. Nature Nanotechnology 2025, 20, 366-373.
9 Tang, Y. L.#; Zhu, Y. L.#; Ma, X. L.*; Borisevich, A. Y.; Morozovska, A. N.; Eliseev, E. A.; Wang, W. Y.; Wang, Y. J.; Xu, Y. B.; Zhang, Z. D.; Pennycook, S. J. Observation of a periodic array of flux-closure quadrants in strained ferroelectric PbTiO3 films. Science 2015, 348, 547.
Awards & Honors
Natural Science Prize of Liaoning Province, the First Prize, Rank: 4/5, 2020
The member of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2021
The National Natural Science Fund of China for Outstanding Young Scholars, 2022