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 Wang, Y. J.#; Feng, Y. P.#; Zhu, Y. L.*; Ma, X. L.*; et al. Polar meron lattice in strained oxide ferroelectrics. Nature Materials 2020, 19, 881-886.
2 Wang, Y.-J.#; Feng, Y.-P.#; Ma, X.-L.*; et al. Polar Bloch points in strained ferroelectric films. Nature Communications 2024, 15, 3949.
3 Gong, F. H.#; Tang, Y. L.#; Wang, Y. J.#; Chen, Y. T.#; Ma, X. L.*; et al. Absence of critical thickness for polar skyrmions with breaking the Kittel's law. Nature Communications 2023, 14, 3376.
4 Wang, Y. J.; Ma, X. L.*; et al. Entangled polarizations in ferroelectrics: A focused review of polar topologies. Acta Materialia 2023, 243, 118485.
5 Fang, Z.#; Guo, X.-W.#; Wang, Y.-J.*; et al. Anisotropic strain-modulated monoclinic phases with giant piezoelectricity in high-index-oriented PbTiO3 films. Applied Physics Letters 2023, 123, 092902.
6 Zhang, H.; Wang, Y. J.*; et al. Strain phase diagram and physical properties of (110)-oriented PbTiO3 thin films by phase-field simulations. Acta Materialia 2022, 228, 117761.
7 Guo, X. W.; Wang, Y. J.*; et al. Effects of anisotropic misfit strains on equilibrium phases and domain structures in (111)-oriented ferroelectric PbTiO3 films. Acta Materialia 2021, 206, 116639.
8 Guo, X. W.; Wang, Y. J.*; Ma, X. L.*; et al. Misfit strain-temperature phase diagram of multi-domain structures in (111)-oriented ferroelectric PbTiO3 films. Acta Materialia 2020, 196, 539-548.
9 Wang, Y. J.#; Tang, Y. L.#; Zhu, Y. L.*; Ma, X. L.*; et al. Converse flexoelectricity around ferroelectric domain walls. Acta Materialia 2020, 191, 158-165.
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