Prof. Qiming Zhang’s research area is in novel electronic materials, especially soft electronic materials and ferroelectric based materials, and their device applications. The research conducted in his group covers a broad range of applications of solid state electronic materials such as electromechanical, dielectric, photonic and electro-optic, and pyroelectric applications. His work has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval Research, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the National Institute of Health, and many industrial companies.

Selected Publications

• Volkmar Mueller and Q. M. Zhang, Threshold of Irreversible Domain Wall Motion in Soft PZT-Piezoceramic. Ferro. 206/207, 113-122 (1998).

• J. Su, P. Moses, and Q. M. Zhang, A Piezoelectric Bimorph Based Dilatometer for Field Induced Strain Measurement in Soft and Thin Free Standing Polymer Films. Rev. Sci. Instruments, 69, 2480-2484 (1998).

• Volkmar Mueller and Q. M. Zhang, Shear Response of Lead Zirconate Titanate Piezoceramics. J. Appl. Phys. 83, 3754-3761 (1998).

• J. Zhao, A. Glazonove, Q. M. Zhang, and Brian Toby. Neutron Diffraction Study of Electrostrictive Coefficients of Prototype Cubic Phase of Relaxor Ferroelectric
PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3. Appl. Phys. Lett. 72, 1048-1050 (1998).

• Volkmar Mueller and Q. M. Zhang, Nonlinearity and Scaling Behavior in Donor Doped Lead Zirconate Titanate Piezoceramic. Appl. Phys. Lett. 72, 2692-2694 (1998).

• J. Su, Q. M. Zhang, P. C. Wang, A. G. MacDiarmid, and K. J. Wynne, Preparation and Characterization of Electrostrictive Polyurethane Films with Conductive Polymer Electrodes. Polym. Adv. Technol., 9, 317-321 (1998).

• Q. M. Zhang, Vivek Bharti, and X. Zhao. Giant Electrostrictive Response and Ferroelectric Relaxor Baehavior in Electron Irradiated Polyvinylidene Fluoride-
Trifluoroethylene Polymer. Science, 280, 2101-2104 (1998).

• E. Glazounov, Q. M. Zhang, and Ch. Kim. Piezoelectric Actuator Generating Torsional Displacement from the Shear Strain. Appl. Phys. Lett. 72, 2526-2528 (1998).

• R. E. Newnham, V. Sundar, R. Yimmirun, J. Su, and Q. M. Zhang. Electrostriction in Dielectric Materials. Ceramic Trans. Vol. 88, 15-39 (1998).

• X. Zhao, Vivek Bharti, Q. M. Zhang, T. Ramotowski, F. Tito, and R. Ting. Electromechanical Properties of Electrostrictive P(VDF-TrFE) Copolymer. Appl. Phys. Lett. 73, 2054-2056 (1998).

• Vivek Bharti, X. Zhao, Q. M. Zhang, T. Ramotowski, F. Tito, and R. Ting. The Field Induced Strain and Polarization Response in Electron Irradiated Poly(vinylidene fluoride -trifluoroethylene) Copolymer. J. Mater. Res. Innovations 2(2), 57-63(1998).

• R. Liu, Q. Wang, Q. M. Zhang, and L. E. Cross. Piezoelectric Pseudo-Shear Universal Actuator Made by L-Shape Joint Bonding. J. Mat. Sci: Mat. in Electro. 9, 453-456 (1998).

1999

• J. Zhao, A. E. Glazounov, and Q. M. Zhang. Change in Electromechanical Properties of 0.9PMN-0.1PT Relaxor Ferroelectric Induced by Uniaxial Compressive Stress Directed Perpendicular to the Electric Field. Appl. Phys. Lett. 74, 436-438 (1999).

• Xuecang Geng and Q. M. Zhang, Resonance Modes and Losses in 1-3 Composites for Ultrasonic Transducer Applications. J. Appl. Phys. 85, 1342-1350 (1999).

• J. Zhao, Volkmar Mueller, and Q. M. Zhang. The Influence of External Stress on the Electromechanical Response of Electrostrive 0.9PMN-0.1PT in the DC Field Biased State. J. Mater. Res. 14, 948-956 (1999).

• Z.-Y. Cheng, T.-B. Xu, Vivek Bharti, Shexi Wang, and Q. M. Zhang. Transverse Strain Response in the Electrostrictive P(VDF-TrFE) Copolymer. Appl. Phys. Lett. 74, 1901-1903 (1999).

• Z.-Y. Cheng, S. Gross, J. Su, and Q. M. Zhang. Pressure-Temperature Phase Diagram for A Polyurethane Elastomer. J. Polym. Sci. 37, 983-990 (1999).

• A. E. Glazounov, S. Wang, Q. M. Zhang, and C. Kim. High Efficiency Piezoelectric Motor Combining Continuous Rotation with Precise Control Over Angular Positioning. Appl. Phys. Lett. 75, 862-864 (1999).

• Z.-Y. Cheng, Vivek Bharti, T. B. Xu, Shexi Wang, Q. M. Zhang, T. Ramotowski, F. Tito, and R. Ting. Transverse Strain Responses in Electrostrictive P(VDF-TrFE) Films and Development of a Dilatometer for the Measurement. J. Appl. Phys. 86, 2208-2214 (1999).

• R. Liu, Q. M. Zhang, and L. E. Cross. Experimental Investigation of Field Induced Direct Piezoelectric Properties in Polyurethane Elastomer Under Quasistatic Condition. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 73, 2603-2609 (1999).

• Volkmar Mueller, Horst Geige, and Q. M. Zhang. Nonlinear Ferroelectric Domain Wall Response. Ferro. 222, 295-302 (1999).

• Vivek Bharti, Z-Y Cheng, S. Gross, T. B. Xu, and Q. M. Zhang. High Electrostrictive Strain under High Mechanical Stress in High Energy Electron Irradiated Poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) Copolymer Films. Appl. Phys. Lett. 75, 2653-2655 (1999).

• Q. M. Zhang and Jianzhong Zhao. Electromechanical Responses of Lead Zirconate Titanate Piezoceramics Under the Influence of Mechanical Stresses. IEEE Trans. UFFC 46, 1518-1526 (1999).

• Hai-Sheng Xu, Z.-Y. Cheng, Q. M. Zhang, Pen-Cheng Wang, and Alan MacDiarmid. Conduction Behavior of Doped Polyaniline Film at High Current Density. J. Poly. Sci. B37, 2845-2850 (1999).

• Qing-Ming Wang, Q. M. Zhang, Baomin Xu, Ruibin Liu, and L. E. Cross. Nonlinear Piezoelectric Behavior of Ceramic Bending Mode Actuators Under Strong Electric
Fields. J. Appl. Phys. 86, 3352-3360 (1999).

• Electroactive Polymers, Q. M. Zhang, T. Furukawa, Y. Bar-Cohen, and J. Scheinbeim. Editors (Materials Research Society, Vol. 600, 1999).

2000
• Hai-Sheng Xu, Z.-Y. Cheng, Vivek Bharti, Shexi Wang, and Q. M. Zhang. All-Polymer Electromechanical Systems Consisting of Electrostrictive Poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) and Conductive Polyaniline. J. Appl. Poly. Sci. 75, 945-951 (2000).

• Vivek Bharti, H. S. Xu, G. Shanthi, Q. M. Zhang, and Kuming Liang. Polarization and Structural Properties of High Energy Electron Irradiated P(VDF-TrFE) Copolymer Films. J. Appl. Phys. 87, 452-461 (2000).

• A. E. Glazounov, Q. M. Zhang, C. Kim. Torsional Actuator Based on Mechanically Amplified Shear Piezoelectric Response. Sensors and Actuators A79, 22-30 (2000).

• Yu Lu, Z.-Y. Cheng, E. Park, S. F. Liu and Q. M. Zhang. Linear Electro-optic Effect of 0.88Pb(Zn 1/3 Nb2/3)-0.12PbTiO3 Single Crystal. Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 39,
141-145 (2000).

• H. S. Xu, Z. Y. Cheng, Q. M. Zhang, A. MacDiarmid. Influence of High-energy Electron Irradiation on the Conduction Behavior of Doped Polyaniline Films in the
High Current Regime. Synthetic Met. 108, 133-137 (2000).

• Q. M. Zhang, Z. Y. Cheng, and Vivek Bharti. Relaxor Ferroelectric Behavior in High Energy Electron Irradiated P(VDF-TrFE) copolymers. Appl. Phys. A70, 307-312 (2000).

• Z. Y. Cheng, V. Bharti, T. Mai, T. B. Xu, Q. M. Zhang, K. Hamilton, T. Ramotowski, K. A. Wright, and R. Ting. Effect of High Energy Electron Irradiation on the Electromechanical Properties of Poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluorethylene) 50/50 and 65/35 Copolymers. IEEE Trans. UFFC 47, 1296 (2000).

• A. E. Glazounov, S. Wang, Q. M. Zhang, and C. Kim. Piezoelectric Stepper Motor with Direct Coupling Mechanism to Achieve High Efficiency and Precise Control of Motor. IEEE Trans. UFFC, 47(4), 1059-1068 (2000).

• Haisheng Xu, G. Shanthi, V. Bharti, Q. M. Zhang, and T. Ramatowski. Structural, Conformational, and Polarization Changes of P(VDF-TrFE) Copolymer Induced by High Energy Electron Irradiation. Macromolecules, 33, 4125-4131(2000).

• Shizhuo Yin, Q. M. Zhang, K.-W. Chung, R. Yang, Z. Y. Cheng, and Yu Lu. Investigation of the Electro-optic Properties of Electron-irradiated P(VDF-TrFE) Copolymer. Opt. Eng. 39, 670-672 (2000).

• Y. Bai, Z.Y. Cheng, V. Bharti, H. S. Xu, and Q. M. Zhang. High Dielectric Constant Ceramic Powder Polymer Composites. Appl. Phys. Lett. 76, 3804-3806 (2000).

• T.B. Xu, Z-Y. Cheng, Q. M. Zhang, R. Baughman, C. Cui, A. Zakhidov, and J. Su. Fabrication and Characterization of 3-Dimensional Periodic Ferroelectric Polymer-Silica Opal Composites and Inverse Opal. J. Appl. Phys. 88(1), 405-409 (2000).

• Y. Barad, Yu Lu, Z. Y. Cheng, S. E. Park, and Q. M. Zhang. Composition, Temperature, and Crystal Orientation Dependence of Linear Electro-optic Properties of PZN-PT Single Crystals. Appl. Phys. Lett. 77, 1247-1249 (2000).

• E. Glazounov, Q. M. Zhang, and C. Kim. Torsional Actuator and Stepper Motor Based on Piezoelectric d15 Shear Response. J. Intel. Mater. Syst. & Struct. 11, 456-468 (2000).

2001

• Vivek Bharti, Z.-Y. Cheng, T, Mai, Q. M. Zhang, T. Ramotowski, K. A. Wright. High Electromechanical Coupling Factor and Electrostrictive Strain over a Broad Frequency Range in Electrostrictive Poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) Copolymer. Japn. J. Appl. Phys. 40, 2613 (2001).

• Vivek Bharti and Q. M. Zhang. Dielectric Study of Relaxor Ferroelectric P(VDF-TrEF) Copolymer System. Phys. Rev. B63, 184103 (2001).

• Q. M. Zhang, H. S. Xu, Fei Fang, Z.-Y. Cheng, Xia Feng, and H. You. Observation of Critical Thickness of Crystallization in Spin Cast Ferroelectric Thin Films. J. Appl. Phys. 89, 2613 (2001).

• F. Xia, H. Xu, F. Fang, B. Razivi, Z. Y. Cheng, Yu Lu, Baoming Xu, and Q. M. Zhang. Thickness Dependence Behavior of Ferroelectric Switching in P(VDF-TrFE) Spin Cast Films. Appl. Phys. Lett. 78, 1122 (2001).

• Z.Y. Cheng, Vivek Bharti, T.B. Xu, Hansheng Xu, T. Mai, and Q. M. Zhang, Electrostrictive P(VDF-TrFE) Copolymers. Sensors and Actuators A. Phys. 90, 138
(2001).

• H. Xu, Z.Y. Cheng, D. Olson, T. Mai, Q. M. Zhang, and G. Kavarnos. Ferroelectric and Electromechanical Properties of P(VDF-TrFE-CTFE) Terpolymer. Appl. Phys. Lett. 78, 2360 (2001).

• Vivek Bharti, G. Shanthi, H. Xu, Q. M. Zhang, and K. Liang. Evolution of Transitional Behavior and Structure of Electron Irradiated P(VDF-TrFE) Copolymer Films. Mater. Lett. 47, 107-111 (2001).

• Vivek Bharti, H. S. Xu, Z. Y. Cheng, T. Mai, and Q. M. Zhang. Quantitative Analysis of Structural, Relaxational and Electrostrictive Properties of P(VDF-TrFE)/PMMA Polyblends Films Irradiated with High Energy Electrons. IEEE Trans. Diel. & Elect. Insu. 8, 718-724 (2001).

• Yu Lu, D.-Y. Jeong, Z. Y. Cheng, Q. M. Zhang, H. Luo, Z. Yin, and D. Viehland. Phase Transitional Behavior and Piezoelectric Properties of the orthorhombic Phase of PMN-PT Single Crystals. Appl. Phys. Lett. 78, 3109 (2001).

• Y. Lu, Z.-Y. Cheng, Y. Barad, and Q. M. Zhang. Photoelastic Effects in the Tetragonal PZN-PT Single Crystals near the Morphotropic Phase Boundary. J. Appl. Phys. 89, 5075 (2001).

• Electric Polymers, Q. M. Zhang and J. Scheinbeim, in Electroactive Polymer Actuators as Artificial Muscles (Ed. Y. Bar-Cohen, SPIE Optical Engineering Press, WA,
2001), Chapter 4.

• Electroactive Polymers and Rapid Prototyping, Y. Bar-Cohen, D. Chrisey, Q. M. Zhang, S. Bauer, E. Fukada, and S. Danforth. Editors (Materials Research Society, Vol. 698, 2001).

2002

• Y. Lu, Z.-Y. Cheng, D.-J. Jeong, T. Shrout, and Q. M. Zhang. Phase Stability of “Morphotropic” Phases in PZN-PT Single Crystals. Appl. Phys. Lett. 80, 1918 (2002).

• Z.-Y. Cheng, Dana Olson, Haisheng Xu, Feng Xia, J. S. Hundal, and Q. M. Zhang, Fred B. Bateman, G. J.Kavarnos, T. Ramotowski. Structural Changes and Transitional Behavior Studied From Both Micro and Macro- Scales in the High-Energy Electron-Irradiated Poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) Copolymer. Macromolecules 35, 664 (2002).

• T. B. Xu, Z. Y. Cheng, and Q. M. Zhang. High Perfromance Micromachined Actuators Based on Poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) Copolymer. Appl. Phys. Lett. 80, 1082 (2002).

• Z.-Y. Cheng, T.-B. Xu, Q. M. Zhang, R. Mayer, Jr. D. Van Tol, and J. Hughes. Design, Fabrication, and Performance of A Flextensional Transducer Based on Electrostrictive P(VDF-TrFE) Copolymer. IEEE Trans. UFFC. 49, 1312 (2002).

• Xia Feng, H. Xu, Fei Fang, Babak, Razavi, Z.-Y. Cheng, and Q. M. Zhang. Interface Effect on Polarization Switching and Critical Thickness of Crystallization in P(VDF-TrFE) Films. Ferroelectrics, 273, 377 (2002).

• Feng Xia, B. Razavi, H. S. Xu, Z-Y. Cheng, and Q. M. Zhang. Dependence of Threshold Thickness of Crystallization and Film Morphology on Film Processing Conditions in P(VDF-TrFE) Copolymer Thin Films. J. Appl. Phys. 92, 3111 (2002).

• Z.-Y. Cheng and Q. M. Zhang. Vogel-Fulcher Dielectric Behavior in the High-Energy Electron Irradiated P(VDF-TrFE) Copolymer. J. Appl. Phys. 92, 6749 (2002).

• Feng Xia, Z.-Y. Cheng, Haisheng Xu, and Q. M. Zhang, G. Kavarnos, R. Ting, G. Abdul-Sedat, K. D. Belfield. High Electromechanical Responses in Terpolymer of Poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene- chlorofluoroethylene). Adv. Maters. 14, 1574 (2002).

• D.-Y. Jeong, Y. H. Ye, and Q. M. Zhang, Effective Optical Properties Associated with Wave Propagations in Photonic Crystals of Finite Length along the Wave Direction. J. Appl. Phys. 92, 4194(2002).

• Q. M. Zhang, Hengfeng Li, Martin Poh, Haisheng Xu, Z.-Y. Cheng, Feng Xia, Cheng Huang. An all-organic composite actuator material with high dielectric constant. Nature, 419, 284 (2002).

• PVDF and Its Copolymer with TrFE, Q. M. Zhang, V. Bharti, and G. Kavarnos, in The Encyclopedia of Smart Materials Vol. 2 p 807-825 (John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002).

2003

• Shujun Zhang, D.-Y. Jeong, Q. M. Zhang, T. Shrout, Electromechanical and Electro-optic Properties of xBiScO3-yBiGaO3-(1-x-y)PbTiO3 Dingle Crystals. J. Cryst. Growth, 247, 131 (2003).

• Yong-Hong Ye, D.-Y. Jeong, Theresa S. Mayer, and Q. M. Zhang. Finite size effect on highly dispersive photonic crystal optical components. Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 2380 (2003).

• Feng Xia, Y. K. Wang, Hengfeng Li, Cheng Huang, Y. Ma, Q. M. Zhang, Z.-Y. Cheng, Fred B. Bateman. Influence of the Annealing Conditions on the Polarization and Electromechanical Response of High Energy Electron Irradiated Poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) Copolymer. J. Poly. Sci. A. Poly. Phys. 41, 797-806 (2003).

• V. Bobnar, B. Vodopivec, A. Levstik, Z.-Y. Cheng, and Q. M. Zhang. Glass Dynamics in Electron-irradiated P(VDF-TrFE) Copolymer System. Phys. Rev. B67, 94205 (2003).

• Cheng Huang, Q.M. Zhang, and Ji Su. High dielectric constant all-polymer percolative composites. Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 3502 (2003).

• Shujun Zhang, L. Lebrun, D.-Y. Jeong, C. Randal, Q. M. Zhang, and T. Shrout. Growth and Characterization of Fe-Doped PMN-PT Single Crystals. J. Appl. Phys. 93, 9257 (2003).

• Feng Xia, Z.-Y. Cheng, and Q. M. Zhang. In-air and Underwater Performance and Finite Element Analysis of a Flextensional Device Having Electrostrictive P(VDF-TrFE) Polymer as the Active Element. IEEE Trans. UFFC 50, 932 (2003).

• Cheng Huang, Q. M. Zhang, and A. Jakli. Nematic Anisotropic Liquid Crystal Gels-Self-assembled Nanocomposites with High Electromechanical Responses. Adv. Func. Maters. 13, 525-529 (2003).

• V. Bobnar, B. Vodopivec, M. Kosec, A. Levstik, B. Hilczer, and Q. M. Zhang. Dielectric Properties of Relaxor-like Vinylidene Fluoride-trifluoroethylene-base Electroactive Polymers. Macromolecules 36, 4436-4442 (2003).

• D.-Y. Jeong, Y. Lu, and Q. M. Zhang. Linear Electro-Optic Properties of Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)-PbTiO3 Single Crystals. Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 42, 4387-4389 (2003).

• Rob J. Klein, J. Runt, and Q. M. Zhang. The Influence of Crystallization Conditions on the Microstructure and Electromechanical Properties of Poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene-chlorofluoroethylene) Terpolymers. Macromolecules 36, 7220 (2003).

• Materials and Devices for Smart Systems, Y. Furuya, Q. Quandt, Q. M. Zhang, and K. Inoue. Editors (Materials Research Society, Vol. 785, 2003).

2004

• Cheng Huang and Q.M. Zhang. Enhanced Dielectric and Electromechanical Response in High-Dielectric-Constant All-Polymer Percolative Composites. Adv. Funct. Mater. 14, 501 (2004).

• F. Bauer, E. Fousson, Q. M. Zhang, and L. M. Lee. Ferroelectric Copolymers and Terpolymers for Electrostrictors: Synthesis and Properties. IEEE Trans. Diel. & Elec. Insu. 11, 293-298 (2004).

• Cheng Huang, Feng Xia, Hengfeng Li, R. Klein, and Q. M. Zhang, Francois Bauer, Z.-Y. Cheng. Poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) Based High Performance Electroactive Polymers. IEEE Trans. Diel. & Elec. Insu. 11, 299-311 (2004).

• V. Bobnar, A. Levstik, C. Huang, and Q. M. Zhang. Distinctive Contributions from Organic Filler and Relaxor-like Polymer Matrix to Dielectric Response of CuPc-P(VDF-TrFE-CFE) Composite. Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 47604 (2004).

• Yong-Hong Ye, J. Ding, D.-Y. Jeong, I. C. Khoo, Q. M. Zhang, Optimization of coupled-resonator optical waveguide in finite one-dimensional photonic crystals for optical delay line applications. Phys. Rev. E69, 56604 (2004).

•J. Wang, D. Shen, C. Yang, and Q. M. Zhang. High Dielectric Constant Composite of P(VDF-TrFE) with Grafted Copper Phthalocyanine Oligomer. Macromolecules 37, 2294-2298 (2004)

•Yong-Hong Ye, D. Jeong, and Q. M. Zhang, Fabrication of strain tunable infrared frequency selective surfaces on electrostrictive poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) copolymer films using a stencil mask method, Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 654 (2004).

•JiangYu Li, Cheng Huang, and Q. M. Zhang, Enhanced electromechanical properties in all-polymer percolative composites, Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 3124 (2004).

•Cheng Huang, Q. M. Zhang, Gal deBotton and Kaushik Bhattacharya, All-Organic Dielectric-Percolative High-Dielectric-Constant Three-Component Composite Actuator Materials with High Electromechanical Response. Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 4391 (2004).

•J. Su, T. Xu, S. Zhang, T. Shrout, and Q. M. Zhang, An Electroactive Polymer-Ceramic Hybrid Actuation System for Enhanced Electromechanical Performance. Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 1045 (2004)

•Dae-Yong Jeong, Yong-Hong Ye and Q. M. Zhang, Electrical Tunable Fabry-Perot interferometer using a PVDF based terpolymer, Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 4857 (2004).

•Dae-yong Jeong, Y. K. Wnag, M. Huang and Q. M. Zhang, G. Kavarnos, F. Bauer, Electro-optical Response of the Ferroelectric Relaxor Poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene chlorofluoroethylene) Terpolymer, J. Appl. Phys. 96, 316 (2004).

•B. Vodopivec, V. Bobnar, A. Levstik, and Q. M. Zhang. Dielectric Properties of Relaxor-like P(VDF-TrFE-CFE) Terpolymer. Ferro. 304, 857-859 (2004).

•Feng Xia and Q. M. Zhang. Schottky Emission at the Metal/Polymer Interface and Its Effect on the Polarization Switching of Ferroelectric P(VDF-TrFE) Copolymer Thin Films. Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 1719-1721 (2004).

•V. Bobnar, A. Levstik, C. Huang, and Q. M. Zhang. Intrinsic Dielectric Properties and Charge Transport in Oligmer of Organic Semiconductor Copper-Phthalocyanine. Phys. Rev. B71, 041202 (2005).

•J. W. Wang, Q. Shen, H. Bao, C.-Z. Yang, and Q. M. Zhang. Microstructure and Dielectric Properties of P(VDF-TrFE-CFE) with Partially Grafted Cu-Pc Oligomer. Macromolecules 38, 2247 (2005).

•R. Klein, F. Xia, and Q. M. Zhang. Influence of Composition on Ferroelectric Properties of P(VDF-TrFE-CFE) Terpolymers. J. Appl. Phys. 97, 094105 (2005).

•C. Huang and Q. M. Zhang, Fully Functionalized High-Dielectric-Constant Nano-Phase Polymers with High Electromechanical Responses. Adv. Mater. 17, 1153 (2005).

•Yiming Liu, Kailiang Ren, Heath F. Hofmann and Qiming Zhang, Investigation of Electrostrictive Polymer for Energy Harvesting. IEEE Trans. UFFC 52, 2411 (2005).

•Shihai Zhang, Nanyan Zhang, Cheng Huang, Kailiang Ren, Q. M. Zhang. Microstructure and Electromechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotube –P(VDF-TrFE-CFE) Composites. Adv. Mater 17, 1897 (2005).

•Cheng Huang and Q.M. Zhang, JiangYu Li, Manese Rabeony. Colossal dielectric and electromechanical responses in self-assembled polymeric nanocomposites. Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 182901 (2005).

•Shihai Zhang, Rob J. Klein, Kailiang Ren, Baojin Chu, Xi Zhang, James Runt, and Q. M. Zhang, Normal-Relaxor Ferroelectric Transformation in Fluorinated Polymers and the Relaxor Dynamics. J. Mater. Sci. 41, 271 (2006).

•Feng Xia, Srinivas Tadigadapa and Q. M. Zhang. Electroactive Polymer Based Microfluidic Pump. Sensors &Actuators A125, 346 (2006).

•Shihai Zhang, Baojin Chu, Bret Neese, Kailiang Ren, Xin Zhou, and Q. M. Zhang, Direct Spectroscopic Evidence of Field-Induced Solid State Chain Conformation Transformation in A Ferroelectric Relaxor Polymer, J. Appl. Phys. 99, 044107 (2006).

•Kailiang Ren, Yiming Liu, Xuechang Geng, H. F. Hofmann, and Q. M. Zhang. Single Crystal PMN-PT /Epoxy 1-3 Composite for Energy Harvesting Application. IEEE Trans. UFFC 53, 631 (2006).

•S. Zhang, C. Huang, Z.-Y. Cheng, F. Xia, R. Klein, Q. M. Zhang, V. Bobnar, A. Levstik, and F. Bauer. Relaxor Ferroelectric Polymers, Ferro. 339, 1723-1731 (2006).

•Baojin Chu, Xin Zhou, Bret Neese, and Q. M. Zhang, Francois Bauer, Relaxor Ferroelectric Poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene-chlorofluoroethylene) Terpolymer for High Energy Density Capacitors, IEEE Trans. Diel. & Ins. Mater. 13, 1162 (2006).

•Xin Zhou, Baojin Chu, and Q. M. Zhang, Complex notation for the dielectric response of ferroelectric materials beyond the small sinusoidal fields, IEEE Trans. UFFC 53, 1540 (2006).

•Shihai Zhang, Bret Neese, Kailiang Ren, Baojin Chu, and Q. M. Zhang, Microstructure and electromechanical responses in semicrystalline ferroelectric relaxor polymer blends, J. Appl. Phys. 100, 044113 (2006).

•Qin Chen, J. Lee, Yong Wang, M. Lin, S. Yin, and Q. M. Zhang, Investigation of Tuning Characteristics of Electrically Tunable Long-Period Gratings with a Precise Four-Layer Model, Journal of Lightwave Technology 24(7), 2954-2962 (2006).

•Shihai Zhang, Bret Neese, Kailiang Ren, Baojin Chu, Feng Xia, T. Xu, Srinivas Tadigadapa, Qing Wang, Q. M. Zhang, and F. Bauer, Relaxor Ferroelectric Polymers, Thin Film Devices, and Ink-Jet Microprinting for Thin Film Device Fabrication. Ferro. 342, 43-56 (2006).

•Baojin Chu, Xin Zhou, Kailiang Ren, Bret Neese, Minren Lin, Qing Wang, F. Bauer, and Q. M. Zhang. A Dielectric Polymer with High Electric Energy Density and Fast Discharge Speed. Science 313, 334 (2006)

•Baojin Chu, X. Zhou, B. Neese, and Q. M. Zhang. Relaxor Ferroelectric Polymer – P(VDF-TrFE-CFE) Terpolymer High Electric Energy Density and Field Dependent Dielectric Response. Ferro. 331, 35 (2006).

•Yingying Lu, Jason Claude, Bret Neese, Q. M. Zhang, and Qing Wang, A Modular Approach to Ferroelectric Polymers with Chemically Tunable Curie Temperatures and Dielectric Constants. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 8120-8121 (2006).

•V. Bobnar, A. Levstik, C. Huang, and Q. M. Zhang, Dielectric Properties and Charge Transport in All-organic Relaxorlike CuPc-P(VDF-TrFE-CTE) Composite and Its Constituents, Ferro. 338, 1523-1532 (2006).

•F. Bauer, E. Fousson , Q. M. Zhang. Recent Advances in highly Electrostrictive P(VDF-TrFE-CFE) Terpolymers. IEEE Trans. Diel. & Ins. Mater. 13, 1149 (2006).

•Q.Chen, M.R.Lin, J.E.Lee, Q.M.Zhang, and S.Yin, Nanocomposite with very large electro- optic effect and widely tunable refractive index. Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 141121 (2006).

•Yingying Lu, Jason Claude, Q. M. Zhang, and Qing Wang, Microstructures and Dielectric Properties of the Ferroelectric Fluoropolymers Synthesized via Reductive Dechlorination of Poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-chlorotrifluoroethylene)s, Macromolecules 39, 6962 (2006).

•Shihai Zhang, Cheng Huang, Rob J. Klein, Feng Xia, Q. M. Zhang , and Z.-Y. Cheng. High Performance Electroactive Polymers and Composites for Artificial Muscles and Microfluidic Systems. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 18, 133 (2007).

•H. M. Bao, J. Song, J. Zhang, Q. D. Shen, C. Z. Yang, and Q. M. Zhang. Phase Transitions and Ferroelectric Relaxor Behavior in P(VDF-TrFE-CFE) Terpolymers. Macormolecules, 40, 2371-2379 (2007).

•V. Bobnar, A. Levstik, C. Huang, and Q. M. Zhang, Enhanced Dielectric Response in All-organic Polyaniline-P(VDF-TrFE-CFE) Composite. J. Non-Crystalline Solids, 353, 205 (2007).

•Qin Chen, Kailiang Ren, Baojin Chu,Yiming Liu, and Q. M. Zhang, Vid. Bobnar and A. Levstik. Relaxor Ferroelectric Polymers – Fundamentals and Applications, Ferro. 354, 178 (2007).

• Bret Neese, Yong Wang, Baojin Chu, Kailiang Ren, Sheng Liu, and Q. M. Zhang, Cheng Huang and J. West. Piezoelectric Responses in Poly(vinylidene fluoride/hexafluoropropylene) Copolymers. Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 242917 (2007).

•Xin Zhou, Baojin Chu, Bret Neese, Minren Lin, and Q. M. Zhang. Electrical Energy Density and Discharge Characteristics of A Poly(vinylidene fluoride-chlorotrifluoroethylene) Copolymer. IEEE Trans. Diel. & Ins. Mater. 14, 1133-1138 (2007).

•H. S. Xu, D. Shen, and Q. M. Zhang, Structural and Ferroelectric Response in P(VDF-TrFE-HFP) terpolymers. Polymer 48, 2124-2129 (2007).

•Qin Chen, Baojin Chu, Xin Zhou, and Q. M. Zhang. Effect of Metal-Polymer Interface on the Breakdown Electric Field of Poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene-chlorofluoroethylene) terpolymer. Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 062907 (2007).

•Baojin Chu, Minren Lin, Breet Neese, Xin Zhou, Qin Chen, and Q. M. Zhang. Large Enhancement in Polarization Response and Energy Density of Poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene-chlorofluoroethylene) by Interface Effect in Nanocomposites. Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 122909 (2007).

•Kailiang Ren, Yiming Liu, H. Hofmann, and Q. M. Zhang, An Active Energy Harvesting Scheme with An Electroactive Polymer. Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 132910 (2007).

•Yiming Liu, Kailiang Ren, Q. M. Zhang, H. Hofmann. Active Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting: a Quasi-static Investigation. Submitted to IEEE UFFC (2007).

• J. Lee, Q. Chen, Q. M. Zhang, K. Richard, D. Ditto, J. Mazurowski, M. Hackert, and S. Yin, Enhancing the tuning range of a single resonant band LPG while maintaing the resonant peak depth by using an optimized high index ITO overlay, Appl. Opt. 46, 6984 (2007).

•Yong Wang, K. Ren, and Q. M. Zhang. Direct Piezoelectric Response of Piezopolymer Polyvinylidene fluoride Under High Mechanical Strain and Stress. Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 222905 (2007).

•H. M. Bao, C. L. Jia, C. C. Wang, Q-D. Shen, C-Z. Yang, and Q. M. Zhang. A Type of P(VDF-TrFE) Copolymer Exhibiting Ferroelectric Relaxor Behavior at High Temperature (~100 oC). Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 042903 (2008).

•Qin Chen, Yong Wang, and Q. M. Zhang, and Shihai Zhang. High field tunneling as a limiting factor of maximum energy density in dielectric energy storage capacitors. Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 142909 (2008).

• Kailiang Ren, Sheng Liu, Minren Lin, Yong Wang, and Q. M. Zhang, A Compact Electroactive Polymer Actuator Suitable for Refreshable Braille Display. Sensors and Actuators A143(2), 335 (2008).

•A. Rajamani, M. Grissom, C. Rahn, and Q. M. Zhang, Wound Roll Dielectric ELastomers: Fabrication, Analysis, and Experiments. IEEE/ASME Trans. Mechatronics, 13, 117 (2008).

•Z-Y. Cheng and Q. M. Zhang, Field-Activated Electroactive Polymers. MRS Bulletin, 33, 183 (2008).

•Y. Bar-Cohen and Q. M. Zhang, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Sensors, MRS Bulletin, 33, 173 (2008).

•Y. Liu, G. Tian, Y. Wang, Q. M. Zhang, and H. Hofmann, Active Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting: General Principle and Experimental Demonstration, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, accepted (2008).

•Bret Neese, Baojin Chu, Sheng-Guo Lu, Yong Wang, E. Furman, and Q. M. Zhang, Large Electrocaloric Effect in Ferroelectric Polymers Near Room Temperature. Science, 321, 821-823 (2008).

•S. G. Lu, B. Neese, B. Chu, Y. Wang, and Q. M. Zhang, Large electric tunability in P(VDF-TrFE) based polymers, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 042905 (2008).

•J. Li, S. II Seok, B. Chu, F. Dogan, Q. M. Zhang, and Q. Wang, Nanocomposites of Ferroelectric Polymers with TiO2 Nanoparticles Exhibiting Significant Enhanced Electrical Energy Density, Adv. Mater. 20, 1 (2008).

•Baojin Chu, B. Neese, Minren Lin, Sheng-Guo Lu, and Q. M. Zhang, Enhancement of Dielectric Energy Density in the Poly(vinylidene Fluoride)-Based Terpolymer/Copolymer Blends. Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 152903 (2008).

•Sheng-Guo Lu and Q. M. Zhang, Electrocaloric Materials for Solid State Refrigeration, Adv. Mater. In print (2009).

•Yong Wang, ShengGuo Lu, , Michael Lanagan, and Q. M. Zhang, Dielectric Relaxation of Relaxor Ferroelectric P(VDF-TrFE-CFE) Terpolymer over Broad Frequency Range. IEEE Trans. UFFC, In print (2009).

•Y. Liu, K. Ren, H. Hofmann, and Q. M. Zhang. Electrostrictive polymers for mechanical energy harvesting. Proc. of SPIE Vol. 5385, 17 (2004) (SPIE Smart Structures and Materials Conference, San Diego, 15-18 March 2004).

•C. Huang and Q. M. Zhang. High-dielectric-constant polymers as high-energy-density field effect actuators and capacitor materials. Proc. of SPIE Vol. 5385, 87 (2004) (SPIE Smart Structures and Materials Conference, San Diego, 15-18 March 2004).

•. Su, T. Xu, S. Zhang, T. Shrout, Q. M. Zhang. A hybrid actuator system demonstrating significant enhanced electromechanical performance. Proc. of SPIE Vol. 5385, 461 (2004) (SPIE Smart Structures and Materials Conference, San Diego, 15-18 March 2004).

•T. Xu, Ji SU, and Q. M. Zhang. Theoretical evaluation of electroactive-polymer-based micropump diaphragm for air flow control. Proc. SPIE Vol. 5389, 389-398 (2004)

•Shihai Zhang, Cheng Huang, Rob J. Klein, Brian Karrer, Feng Xia, Q. M. Zhang, and Z. Y. Cheng. High Performance Electroactive Polymers and Composites for Artificial Muscles and Microfluidic Systems. Proceedings of 2nd World Congress on Biomemetics, Artificial Muscles and Nano-Bio. Editor M. Shahinpoor (Albuquerque, NM, 2004).

•F. Xia, S. Tadigadapa, and Q. M. Zhang. Electroactive polymer based micropumps. Proc. of SPIE Vol. 5591 (2004) (Lab-on-a-chip: platforms, devices, and applications. Philadelphia, Oct. 2004).

•Ian D. Walker, Darren M. Dawson, Tamar Flash, Frank W. Grasso, Roger T. Hanlon, Binyamin Hochner, William M. Kier, Chris C. Pagano, Chris D. Rahn, Q. M. Zhang. Continuum Robot Arms Inspired by Cephalopods, Proc. of SPIE Vol. 5804 (2005) (SPIE Symposium on Defense and Security, March 28-April 2, 2005, Orlando FL).

•A. Rajamani, M. Grissom, C. Rahn, and Q. M. Zhang. Wound Roll Dielectric Elastomer Actuators: Fabrication, Analysis, and Experiments. Proc. 2005 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (Aug. 2-6, 2005).

•C. Huang, K. Ren, S. Zhang, F. Xia, Q. M. Zhang, and J. Li, High Dielectric Constant Polymer Nano-composites Actuator Materials, Proc. Intern. Symp. Electrets (ISE12), 91 (2005) (Brazil)

•F. Bauer, E. Fousson, and Q. M. Zhang, Ferroelectric Relaxor Terpolymers: Properties and Potential Applications, Proc. Intern. Symp. Electrets (ISE12), 113 (2005) (Brazil)

•Kailiang Ren, Y. Liu, H. Hofmann, and Q. M. Zhang, Energy harvesting using electrostrictive P(VDF-TrFE) polymers and single crystal PMN-PT/Epoxy composite. Proc. Mater. Res. Soc. Vol. 889, 37 (Boston, Nov. 27-Dec. 1, 2005).

•Shihai Zhang, Ziqi Liang, Q. Wang, and Q. M. Zhang, Ink-jet printing P(VDF-TrFE) copolymer and terpolymer for sensors and actuators. Proc. Mater. Res. Soc. Vol. 889, 167 (Boston, Nov. 27-Dec. 1, 2005).

•Baojin Chu, B. Neese, X. Zhuo, Shihai Zhang, and Q. M. Zhang, P(VDF-TrFE-CFE) terpolymer: ultrahigh energy density materials for capacitors applications. Proc. Mater. Res. Soc. Vol. 889, 195 (Boston, Nov. 27-Dec. 1, 2005).

•Q.Chen, M.R.Lin, Y.Wang, Q.M.Zhang, J.E.Lee, S.Yin, and K.E.Reichard, Widely electrically tunable long-period fiber gratings with ferroelectric relaxor P(VDF-TrFE-CFE) terpolymer as second cladding, Proc. of SPIE, Conference on Organic Photonic Materials and Devices VIII, Paper 6117-53, (2006) (SPIE Photonic West, January 21-26, 2006, San Jose, CA).

•S.Yin, J.E.Lee, Q.Chen, Q.Zhang, K.M.Reichard, D.H.Ditto, J.Mazurowski, and M.J.Hackert, Unique All-Fiber Tunable Filter Using a Single Resonant-Band LPG, Proc. Optical Fiber Conference, Paper OWI63, (2006) (Optical Fiber Conference, March 5-10, 2006, Anaheim, CA).

•Q. Chen, D. Natale, B. Neese, K. Ren, M. Lin, Q. M. Zhang, M. Pattom, K. W. Wang, H. Fang, and E. Im, Piezoelectric Polymers Actuators for Precise Shape Control of Large Scale Space Antennas, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6524, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices, (March 19-22, 2007, San Diego), 65241P.

•K. Ren, S. Liu, M. Lin, Y. Wang, and Q. M. Zhang, A Compact Electroactive Polymer Actuator Suitable for Refreshable Braille Display, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6524, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices, (March 19-22, 2007, San Diego) 65241G.

•Y. Wang, B. Neese, B. Chu, Q.M. Zhang, C. Huang, and J. West, “High Piezoelectric Responses in P(VDF-HFP) Copolymers for Sensors and Transducers”, Proc. Of 2007 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (October 2007, New York, NY).

•Sheng Liu, Minren Lin, and Q. M. Zhang, SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 6927, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (San Diego, March 10-12, 2008).

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