@article{cheng_miao_qin_li_xu_haftbaradaran_dickey_gao_zhu_2015, title={Large anelasticity and associated energy dissipation in single-crystalline nanowires}, volume={10}, ISSN={1748-3387 1748-3395}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/NNANO.2015.135}, DOI={10.1038/nnano.2015.135}, number={8}, journal={Nature Nanotechnology}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Cheng, Guangming and Miao, Chunyang and Qin, Qingquan and Li, Jing and Xu, Feng and Haftbaradaran, Hamed and Dickey, Elizabeth C. and Gao, Huajian and Zhu, Yong}, year={2015}, month={Jul}, pages={687–691} }
 @article{harris_burch_li_dickey_maria_2015, title={Low‐Temperature Control of Twins and Abnormal Grain Growth in BaTiO
            3}, volume={98}, ISSN={0002-7820 1551-2916}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jace.13643}, DOI={10.1111/jace.13643}, abstractNote={The microstructure of polycrystalline barium titanate (BaTiO 3 ) thin films processed with a liquid‐phase can be controlled by the crystallographic orientation of the underlying sapphire substrate. During postdeposition crystallization, the tendency for {111} twin nucleation, which drives subsequent abnormal grain growth, depends upon the specific sapphire facet. Specifically, tilting away from the close‐packed c‐ plane modifies the orientation, morphology, and relative amount of an interfacial BaAl 2 O 4 second phase. These factors control the density of twin formation, and thus overall grain size of the crystallized BaTiO 3 . As the substrate orientation transitions from c ‐plane, to r ‐plane, to a ‐plane, the twin density is reduced, the average grain size decreases systematically from 270 to 130 nm, and the grain structure becomes overall more homogeneous. This twinning mechanism and abnormal grain growth occur by 900°C, several hundred degrees lower than reported previously.}, number={8}, journal={Journal of the American Ceramic Society}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Harris, David T. and Burch, Matthew J. and Li, Jing and Dickey, Elizabeth C. and Maria, Jon‐Paul}, editor={Viehland, D.Editor}, year={2015}, month={May}, pages={2381–2387} }
 @article{hu_li_darling_wang_vanleeuwen_liu_kecskes_dickey_liu_2015, title={Nano-sized Superlattice Clusters Created by Oxygen Ordering in Mechanically Alloyed Fe Alloys}, volume={5}, ISSN={2045-2322}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep11772}, DOI={10.1038/srep11772}, abstractNote={Creating and maintaining precipitates coherent with the host matrix, under service conditions is one of the most effective approaches for successful development of alloys for high temperature applications; prominent examples include Ni- and Co-based superalloys and Al alloys. While ferritic alloys are among the most important structural engineering alloys in our society, no reliable coherent precipitates stable at high temperatures have been found for these alloys. Here we report discovery of a new, nano-sized superlattice (NSS) phase in ball-milled Fe alloys, which maintains coherency with the BCC matrix up to at least 913 °C. Different from other precipitates in ferritic alloys, this NSS phase is created by oxygen-ordering in the BCC Fe matrix. It is proposed that this phase has a chemistry of Fe3O and a D03 crystal structure and becomes more stable with the addition of Zr. These nano-sized coherent precipitates effectively double the strength of the BCC matrix above that provided by grain size reduction alone. This discovery provides a new opportunity for developing high-strength ferritic alloys for high temperature applications.}, number={1}, journal={Scientific Reports}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Hu, Yong-Jie and Li, Jing and Darling, Kristopher A. and Wang, William Y. and VanLeeuwen, Brian K. and Liu, Xuan L. and Kecskes, Laszlo J. and Dickey, Elizabeth C. and Liu, Zi-Kui}, year={2015}, month={Jul} }
 @article{burch_li_harris_maria_dickey_2014, title={Mechanisms for microstructure enhancement in flux-assisted growth of barium titanate on sapphire}, volume={29}, ISSN={0884-2914 2044-5326}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2014.59}, DOI={10.1557/jmr.2014.59}, number={7}, journal={Journal of Materials Research}, publisher={Cambridge University Press (CUP)}, author={Burch, Matthew J. and Li, Jing and Harris, David T. and Maria, Jon-Paul and Dickey, Elizabeth C.}, year={2014}, month={Mar}, pages={843–848} }
 @article{harris_lam_burch_li_rogers_dickey_maria_2014, title={Ultra-high tunability in polycrystalline Ba1−xSrxTiO3 thin films}, volume={105}, ISSN={0003-6951 1077-3118}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4893615}, DOI={10.1063/1.4893615}, abstractNote={Ba0.7Sr0.3TiO3 thin polycrystalline films with an ultra-high capacitance tunability approaching 5:1 at 175 kV/cm were made possible by a flux-assisted synthesis approach. In this process, a small volume fraction of a low melting temperature glass is added during low-temperature sputter deposition. Subsequent annealing activates the liquid phase, which in turn provides the mass transport needed to approach full density, to increase grain size, and to improve crystallinity, and, in so doing, achieves a stronger non-linear dielectric response. Ba0.7Sr0.3TiO3 films with 0%, 1%, 4%, and 7% BaO-3B2O3 flux exhibited grain sizes of 25 nm, 28 nm, 48 nm, and 56 nm, and dielectric tunabilities of 25%, 33%, 64%, and 80% respectively. These values represent substantial improvements when compared to conventionally processed tunable dielectric films.}, number={7}, journal={Applied Physics Letters}, publisher={AIP Publishing}, author={Harris, D. T. and Lam, P. G. and Burch, M. J. and Li, J. and Rogers, B. J. and Dickey, E. C. and Maria, J.-P.}, year={2014}, month={Aug}, pages={072904} }
 @article{harris_burch_ihlefeld_lam_li_dickey_maria_2013, title={Realizing strain enhanced dielectric properties in BaTiO3 films by liquid phase assisted growth}, volume={103}, ISSN={0003-6951 1077-3118}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4813270}, DOI={10.1063/1.4813270}, abstractNote={The addition of a liquid-forming flux to barium titanate thin films promotes densification and grain growth, improves nonlinear dielectric properties, and allows residual strain to be sustained in polycrystalline films without cracking at thicknesses relevant to device fabrication. Relative tuning, an excellent indicator of crystalline quality and an important material property for tunable microwave devices, increases from 20% to 70%. Films exhibit 0.15% residual differential thermal expansion mismatch strain, resulting in a shift to the paraelectric-ferroelectric phase transition of 50 °C. This result is in excellent agreement with theory, demonstrating the ability to tune ferroic transitions without epitaxial approaches.}, number={1}, journal={Applied Physics Letters}, publisher={AIP Publishing}, author={Harris, David T. and Burch, Matthew J. and Ihlefeld, Jon F. and Lam, Peter G. and Li, Jing and Dickey, Elizabeth C. and Maria, Jon-Paul}, year={2013}, month={Jul}, pages={012904} }