Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Xiaoli Tan

Associate Professor
Iowa State University
Materials Science and Engineering
2220G Hoover Hall
Ames, IA 50011-2300
Phone: 515-294-3355
Fax: 515-294-5444
xtan@iastate.edu

Education

  • Ph. D. Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002

Academic Experience

  • 2008-Present - Associate Professor, Iowa State University
  • 2002-2008 - Assistant Professor, Iowa State University

Research Interests

  • Phase transformation in antiferroelectrics and relaxors
  • In-situ TEM technique
  • Magnetoelectric multiferroic compounds
  • Lead-free piezoelectric crystals and ceramics
  • Nanostructured electroceramics
  • Ferroelectric thin films
  • Mechanical behavior of materials

Grants and Contracts

  • PI: Coupled phenomena in magnetoelectric multiferroics, Materials and Engineering Physics, Ames Laboratory, U.S. DOE, $750,000, 10/01/2007-09/30/2010.
  • Co-PI: Investigation of structure/properties relationships in thermally cycled novel xPZT-(1-x)PNN relaxor ferroelectrics, United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation, $123,027, 10/01/2007–09/30/2010.
  • PI: TEM Study of PZT95/5 (1.5Nb) Ceramics, Sandia National Laboratories, $59,873, 04/01/2007-09/30/2007.
  • Co-PI: Acquisition of a wide frequency, impedance, and temperature range impedance spectrometer for materials research and education, Roy J. Carver Trust Foundation, $472,896, 01/01/2007–12/30/2007. 
  • PI: Searching for single phase compounds with strong spontaneous polarization and magnetization at room temperature, Short Term Innovative Research Program, the Army Research Office, $49,000, 09/01/2006–05/31/2007.
  • PI: Coupled phenomena in multiferroics, Seed Fund from the Materials and Engineering Physics Program, Ames Laboratory; $235,400, 10/01/2006–09/30/2007.
  • Co-PI: Multiscale study of domain mechanics, Seed Fund from the Materials and Engineering Physics Program, Ames Laboratory; $50,000, 08/01/2005?06/30/2006.
  • PI: Direct observations of the dynamic evolution of nanoscale features in ferroelectric thin films: An in situ transmission electron microscopy study, Petroleum Research Fund, the American Chemical Society; $35,000; 09/01/2005-8/31/2007.
  • PI: CAREER: The evolution of polar nanoregions and its coupling with cation-ordered domains in Pb(B'B")O3 relaxor ferroelectrics, NSF, DMR-Ceramics; $400,000; 08/01/2004-07/30/2009.
  • Co-PI: Acquisition of a comprehensive high temperature and high purity glove box materials processing facility for education and research, NSF, DMR-IMR; $200,000; 08/15/2003-08/14/2004.
  • PI: Chemical solution deposition of ferroelectric thin films for in situ transmission electron microscopy study, University Research Grant, ISU; $15,970; 07/01/2003-06/30/2004.
  • PI: Hot press processing and in situ transmission electron microscopic study of high-density, high-purity lead zirconate titanate ceramics, Process Science Initiative Program, Ames Laboratory, U.S. DOE, $70,000; 10/01/2002-9/30/2003.

Teaching

  • Mat E 272 Principles of Materials Science and Engineering
  • Mat E 318 Mechanical Behavior of Materials
  • Mat E 433 Advanced Electronic Materials
  • Mat E 590 Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Ceramics

Publications

47. X. Long, A.A. Bokov, Z.-G. Ye, W. Qu, and X. Tan, “Enhanced ordered structure and relaxor behavior of 0.98Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.02La(Mg2/3Nb1/3)O3 single crystals,” Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 20, 015210-1-7 (2008).

46. X. Tan, R. Wongmaneerung, and R.W. McCallum, “Ferroelectric and magnetic properties of Pb(Fe2/3W1/3)O3-based multiferroic compounds with cation order,” Journal of Applied Physics, 102, 104114-1-6 (2007).

45. W. Qu, X. Zhao, and X. Tan, “Evolution of nanodomains during the electric field-induced relaxor to normal ferroelectric phase transition in a Sc-doped Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 ceramic,” Journal of Applied Physics, 102, 084101-1-8 (2007).

44. C.C. Huang, D.P. Cann, X. Tan, and N. Vittayakorn, “Phase transitions and ferroelectric properties in BiScO3-Bi(Zn1/2Ti1/2)O3-BaTiO3 solid solutions,” Journal of Applied Physics, 102, 044103-1-5 (2007).

43. S. Wongsaenmai, W. Qu, S. Ananta, R. Yimnirun, and X. Tan, “Effect of Ba-substitution on the structure and properties of Pb0.8Ba0.2[(In1/2Nb1/2)1-xTix]O3,” Applied Physics A, 88, 757-61 (2007).

42. R. Yimnirun, X. Tan, S. Ananta, and S. Wongsaenmai, “Preparation of fine-grain lead indium niobate ceramics with wolframite precursor method and resulting electrical properties,” Applied Physics A, 88, 323-28 (2007).

41. R. Wongmaneerung, X. Tan, R.W. McCallum, S. Ananta, and R. Yimnirun, “Cation-, dipole-, and spin-order in Pb(Fe2/3W1/3)O3-based magnetoelectric multiferroic compounds,” Applied Physics Letters, 90, 242905 (2007).

40. H. He, and X. Tan, “A comparative study of the structure and properties of Sn-modified lead zirconate titanate ferroelectric and antiferroelectric ceramics,” Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 90, 2090-94 (2007).

39. H. He, and X. Tan, Raman spectroscopy study of the phase transitions in Pb0.99Nb0.02[(Zr0.57Sn0.43)1-yTiy]0.98O3 ceramics, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 19, 136003-1-13 (2007).

38. X. Zhao, W. Qu, X. Tan, A. Bokov and Z.-G. Ye, Electric field-induced phase transitions in (111)-, (110)-, and (100)-oriented Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 single crystals, Physical Review B, 75, 104106-1-12 (2007).

37. S. Wongsaenmai, X. Tan, S. Ananta, and R. Yimnirun, Dielectric and ferroelectric properties of fine grains Pb(In1/2Nb1/2)O3–PbTiO3 ceramics, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, in press, available online December 20, 2006.

36. W. Qu, X. Tan, R. W. McCallum, D. P. Cann, and E. Ustundag, Room temperature magnetoelectric multiferroism through cation ordering in complex perovskite solid solutions, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 18, 8935-42 (2006).

35. W. Qu, X. Zhao, and X. Tan, In situ transmission electron microscopy study of the nanodomain growth in a Sc-doped lead magnesium niobate ceramic, Applied Physics Letters, 89, 022904-1-022904-3 (2006).

34. N. Vittaykorn, C. Puchmark, G. Rujijanagul, X. Tan, D.P. Cann, Piezoelectric properties of (1-x)Pb(Zr1/2Ti1/2)O3–xPb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3 ceramics prepared by the columbite-(wolframite) precursor method, Current Applied Physics, 6, 303-06 (2006).

33. N. Vittayakorn, G. Rujijanagul, X. Tan, H. He, M.A. Marquardt, and D.P. Cann, Dielectric properties and morphotropic phase boundaries in the xPb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3-(1-x) Pb(Zr0.5Ti0.5)O3 pseudo-binary system, Journal of Electroceramics, 16, 141-49 (2006).

                      32. S. Aygun, X. Tan, D.P. Cann, and J.P. Maria, Effects of processing conditions on the dielectric properties of CaCu3Ti4O12, Journal of Electroceramics, 15, 203-08 (2006).
                      31. X. Zhao, W. Qu, H. He, N. Vittayakorn, and X. Tan, Influence of cation order on the electric field-induced phase transition in Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-based relaxor ferroelectrics, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 89, 202-09 (2006).
                      30. W. Qu, and X. Tan, Texture control and ferroelectric properties of Pb(Nb,Zr,Sn,Ti)O3 thin films prepared by chemical solution method, Thin Solid Films, 496, 383-88 (2006).
                      29. M.J. Kramer, D.J. Sordelet, A.F. Bastarows, X. Tan, and S.B. Biner, ?Absence of crystallization during cylindrical indentation of a Zr-based metallic glass,? Journal of Non-crystalline Solids, 351, 2159-65 (2005).
                              28. H. He, and X. Tan, Electric field-induced transformation of incommensurate modulations in antiferroelectric Pb0.99Nb0.02[(Zr1-xSnx)1-yTiy]0.98O3 , Physical Review B, 72, 024102-1-10 (2005).
                              27. X. Tan, H. He, J.K. Shang, In situ TEM studies of electric field-induced phenomena in ferroelectrics, an invited review in the In situ TEM Focus Issue of Journal of Materials Research, 20, 1641-53 (2005).
                              26. R.B. Gall, N. Ashmore, M.A. Marquardt, X. Tan, D.P. Cann, Synthesis, microstructure, and electrical properties of the delafossite compound CuGaO2, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 391, 262-66 (2005).
                              25. N. Vittayakorn, G. Rujijanagul, X. Tan, M.A. Marquardt, and D.P. Cann, The morphotropic phase boundary and dielectric properties of the xPb(Zr1/2Ti1/2)O3 -(1-x)Pb(Ni1/3Nb2/3)O3 binary solid solution, Journal of Applied Physics, 96, 5103-5109 (2004).
                              24. H. He, and X. Tan, In situ transmission electron microscopy study of the electric field-induced transformation of incommensurate modulations in a Sn-modified lead zirconate titanate ceramic, Applied Physics Letters, 85, 3187-3189 (2004).
                              23. X. Tan, and J.K. Shang, Intersection of a-domains in the c-domain matrix driven by electric field in tetragonal ferroelectric crystal, Journal of Applied Physics, 96, 2805-2810 (2004).
                              22. N. Vittayakorn, G. Rujijanagul, T. Tunkasiri, X. Tan, and D.P. Cann, Influence of processing conditions on the phase transition and ferroelectric properties of the Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3-Pb(Zr1/2Ti1/2)O3 ceramics, Materials Science and Engineering: B, 108, 258-265 (2004).
                              21. X. Tan, and J.K. Shang, Partial dislocations at domain intersections in a tetragonal ferroelectric crystal, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 16, 1455-66 (2004).
                              20. X. Tan, and J.K. Shang, Field-induced domain interpenetration in tetragonal ferroelectric crystal, Journal of Applied Physics, 95, 635-39 (2004).
                              19. N. Vittayakorn, G. Rujijanagul, T. Tunkasiri, X. Tan, and D.P. Cann, Perovskite phase formation and ferroelectric properties of the PNN-PZN-PZT ternary system, Journal of Materials Research, 18, 2882-2889 (2003).
                              18. X. Tan, T. Du, and J.K. Shang, Piezoelectric in-situ transmission electron microscopy technique for direct observations of fatigue damage accumulation in constrained metallic thin films, Applied Physics Letters, 80, 3946-48 (2002).
                              17. X. Tan, and J.K. Shang, In-situ transmission electron microscopy study of electric-field-induced grain-boundary cracking in lead zirconate titanate, Philosophical Magazine A, 82, 1463-78 (2002).
                              16. X. Tan, Z. Xu, and J.K. Shang, In-situ transmission electron microscopy observations of electric-field-induced domain switching and microcracking in ferroelectric ceramics, Materials Science & Engineering A, A314, 157-61 (2001).
                              15. J.K. Shang, and X. Tan, Indentation-induced domain switching in Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 crystal, Acta Materialia 49, 2993-99 (2001).
                              14. J.K. Shang, and X. Tan, A maximum strain criterion for electric-field-induced fatigue crack propagation in ferroelectric ceramics, Materials Science & Engineering A301, 131-39 (2001).
                              13. X. Tan, Z. Xu, J.K. Shang, and P. Han, Direct observations of electric field-induced domain boundary cracking in <001> oriented piezoelectric Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 single crystal, Applied Physics Letters, 77, 1529-31 (2000).
                              12. Z. Xu, X. Tan, P. Han, and J. K. Shang, In situ transmission electron microscopy study of electric-field-induced microcracking in single crystal 0.66Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.34PbTiO3, Applied Physics Letters, 76, 3732-34 (2000).
                              11. X. Tan, and J.K. Shang, Crack deflection in relaxor ferroelectric PLZT under inclined cyclic electric field, Scripta Materialia 43, 925-28 (2000).
                              10. X. Tan, N. Munroe, Z. Fathi, and R. Garard, Firing of bauxite extrudates in a variable frequency microwave furnace, Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy 33, 31-35 (1998).
                              9. X. Tan, H. Guo, H. Gu, C. Laird, and N. Munroe, Cyclic deformation behavior of high purity titanium single crystals: II. microstructure and mechanism, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions 29A, 513-18 (1998).
                              8. X. Tan, H. Gu, C. Laird, and N. Munroe, Cyclic deformation behavior of high purity titanium single crystals: I. orientation dependence of stress-strain response, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions 29A, 507-12 (1998).
                              7. Z. F. Zhang, H. Gu, and X. Tan, Low-cycle fatigue behavior of commercial-purity titanium, Materials Science and Engineering A252, 85-92 (1998).
                              6. Z. F. Zhang, H. Gu, and X. Tan, Influence of low cycle fatigue on deformation twins in commercial purity titanium, Journal of Materials Science Letters 17, 211-14 (1998).
                              5. X. Tan, H. Gu, and N. Munroe, Orientation dependence of slip and twinning in HCP metals, Scripta Materialia 36, 1383-86 (1997).
                              4. X. Tan, and H. Gu, Fatigue crack initiation in high purity titanium crystals, International Journal of Fatigue 18, 329-33 (1996).
                              3. X. Tan, and H. Gu, Stacking faults in fatigued titanium single crystals, Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia 33, 1977-80 (1995).
                              2. X. Tan, H. Gu, and Z. Wang, Cyclic deformation features in high purity titanium bicrystals, Materials Science and Engineering A196, 45-52 (1995).
                              1. X. Tan, H. Gu, S. Zhang, and C. Laird, Loading mode dependence of deformation microstructure in high purity titanium single crystal oriented for difficult glide, Materials Science Engineering A189, 77-84 (1994).

                            Graduate Students

                                        Current  Ph.D. students

                                        • Weiguo Qu
                                        • Xiaohui Zhao
                                        • Cheng Ma

                                        Exchange Ph.D. students

                                        • Naratip Vittayakorn
                                        • Wanwilai Chaisan
                                        • Supattra Wongsaenmai
                                        • Rewadee Wongmaneerung
                                        • Orawan Khamman

                                        Graduated Ph.D. students

                                        • Meagen A. Gillispie (Aug. 2006, Co-adviser)
                                        • Hui He (Aug. 2007, Adviser)

                                        Undergraduate research assistants

                                        • Daniel White, 2007-
                                        • Fabian Stolzenburg, 2007-
                                        • Matthew Cromwell, 2007
                                        • Roshnika Fernando, 2007
                                        • Charlotte Stewart-Sloan, 2006
                                        • Eric Patterson, 2006
                                        • Pylin Sarobol, 2005
                                        • Natalie Schlesselman, 2005
                                        • Martin Gran, 2003
                                        • Ping Kuang, 2002-2003

                                        Honors and Awards

                                        • 2007 Young Engineering Faculty Research Award, College of Engineering, ISU
                                        • 2007 MSE Excellence in Research Award, Mater. Sci. & Eng., ISU
                                        • 2004 NSF CAREER Award
                                        • 2001 Phi Kappa Phi