1.Y. L. Tang, Y. L. Zhu, X. L. Ma, A. Y. Borisevich, A. N. Morozovska, E. A. Eliseev, W. Y. Wang, Y. J. Wang, Y. B. Xu, Z. D. Zhang, S. J. Pennycook. Observation of a periodic array of flux-closure quadrants in strained ferroelectric PbTiO3 films. Science 348, 547–551 (2015).
2. S. Das#, Y. L. Tang#, Z. Hong#, M. A. P. Gonçalves#, et al., Observation of room-temperature polar skyrmions. Nature 568, 368–372 (2019).
3. F. Liu, M. X. Zhu, J. Q. Liu, L. X. Yang, Y. J. Wang, Y. L. Zhu, X. L. Ma, Y. L. Tang*. Controllable Preparation of Millimeter-Scale In-Plane Charged Domain Wall in a Lead-Free Ferroelectric Film. Advanced Science, e05069 (2025).
4. F. Liu, J. Q. Liu, Y. L. Tang*, M. X. Zhu, Y. J. Wang, J. H. Wang, S. Z. Liu, Y. L. Zhu, X. L. Ma. Emergent ferroic orders in SmMnO3:NiO nanocomposites. Acta Mater. 295, 121214 (2025).
5. W. W. Fan, S. J. Chen, L. X. Yang, C. Li, Y. J. Wang, Y. L. Zhu, X. L. Ma, Y. L. Tang*. Manipulating Charged Domain Wall Arrays in BiFeO3 Films by Asymmetric Electrical Boundary Conditions. ACS Nano 19, 25342−25351 (2025).
6. S. Z. Liu, M. X. Zhu, Y. L. Tang*, R. J. Jiang, W. R. Geng, Y. L. Zhu*, Y. J. Wang, Y. T. Chen, T. T. Shi, X. D. Lv, J. H. Wang, S. J. Chen, X. L. Ma. Topological nanodomain engineering for multiferroic BiFeO3 films via precision heat treatment. Acta Mater. 285, 120695 (2025).
7. S. Z. Liu, W. R. Geng, Y. L. Tang*, Y. L. Zhu*, Y. J. Wang, Y. Cao, R. J. Jiang, N. Liu, F. H. Gong, J. H. Wang, X. D. Lv, S. J. Chen, and X. L. Ma. Engineering antiferroelectric nucleation in ferroelectric films with enhanced piezoelectricity. Acta mater. 250, 118885 (2023).
8. R.-J. Jiang, Y.-L. Tang*, S. Z. Liu, M.-X. Zhu, C. Li, Y.-P. Feng, F. H. Gong, J.-H. Wang, X. D. Lv, S.-J. Chen, Y. J. Wang, Y.-L. Zhu*, and X.-L. Ma. A Roadmap for Ferroelectric−Antiferroelectric Phase Transition. Nano Letters 24, 11714−11721 (2024).
9. R.-J. Jiang, Y. Cao, W.-R. Geng, M.-X. Zhu, Y.-L. Tang*, Y.-L. Zhu*, Y. J. Wang, F. H. Gong, S. Z. Liu, Y.-T. Chen, J. Q. Liu, N. Liu, J.-H. Wang, X.-D. Lv, S.-J. Chen, and X.-L. Ma. Atomic Insight into the Successive Antiferroelectric−Ferroelectric Phase Transition in Antiferroelectric Oxides. Nano Letters 23, 1522-1529 (2023).
10. J. H. Wang, M. X. Zhu, Y. S. Li, S. J. Chen, F. H. Gong, X. D. Lv, R. J. Jiang, S. Z. Liu, C. Li, Y.-J. Wang, Y. L. Tang*, Y. L. Zhu*, and X.-L. Ma. Large Polarization Near 50 μC/cm2 in a Single Unit Cell Layer SrTiO3. Nano Letters 24, 4082–4090 (2024).
11. Z.-Q. Wang, W.-W. Fan, Y.-H. Li, H.-L. Zhu, Y.-J. Wang, and Y.-L. Tang*. Effects of crystal orientations on oxidation of epitaxial TiN thin films. Nanoscale 17, 14924 (2025).
12.Y. L. Tang, Y. L. Zhu, Y. Liu, Y. J. Wang, and X. L. Ma. Giant linear strain gradient with extremely low elastic energy in a perovskite nanostructure array. Nature Communications 8:15994 (2017).
13.Y. L. Tang, Y. L. Zhu, X. L. Ma, Z. J. Hong, Y. J. Wang, W. Y. Wang, Y. B. Xu, Y. Liu, B. Wu, L. Chen, C. W. Huang, L. Q. Chen, Z. H. Chen, H. J. Wu, and S. J. Pennycook. A Coherently Strained Monoclinic [111]PbTiO3 Film Exhibiting Zero Poisson’s Ratio State. Adv. Funct. Mater. 29, 1901687 (2019).
14. Y. L. Tang, Y. L. Zhu, B. Wu, Y.-J. Wang, L. X. Yang, Y.-P. Feng, M.-J. Zou, W.-R. Geng, X.-L. Ma*. Periodic polarization waves in a strained, highly polar ultrathin SrTiO3. Nano Letters 21, 6274-6281 (2021).
15.J. Y. Ma, Y. J. Wang, Y. L. Zhu*, Y. L. Tang*, M. J. Han, M. J. Zou, Y. P. Feng, N. B. Zhang, W. R. Geng, B. Wu, W. T. Hu, X. W. Guo, H. Zhang, X. L. Ma, Real-time observation of phase coexistence and a1/a2 to flux-closure domain transformation in ferroelectric films. Acta Mater. 193, 311–317 (2020).
16. S. J. Chen, X. W. Guo, J. H. Wang, T. T. Shi, J. Q. Liu, C. J. Li, Y. J. Wang, Y. L. Zhu, X. L. Ma, and Y. L. Tang*. Cross-Dimensional Control of Topological Defects and Critical Size Effect in Lead-Free Thin Films. J. Phys. Chem. C 129, 12175−12183 (2025).
17. S. J. Chen, Y. L. Tang*, F. H. Gong, J. H. Wang, X. D. Lv, R. J. Jiang, S. Z. Liu, W. R. Geng, Y. J. Wang, Y. L. Zhu, and X. L. Ma. Strain engineering of ferroelectric topologies prepared on conventional SrTiO3 substrates buffered with REScO3 layers. Acta mater. 243, 118530 (2023).
18.W. R. Geng, X. W. Guo, Y. L. Zhu*, Y. J. Wang, Y. L. Tang*, M. J. Han, Y. P. Feng, M. J. Zou, B. Wu, J. Y. Ma, W. T. Hu, X. L. Ma*, Oxygen octahedral coupling mediated ferroelectric-antiferroelectric phase transition based on domain wall engineering. Acta Mater. 198, 145–152 (2020).
19. Y. L. Tang, Y. L. Zhu, X. L. Ma. On the benefit of aberration-corrected HAADF-STEM for strain determination and its application to tailoring ferroelectric domain patterns. Ultramicroscopy 160, 57–63 (2016).
20.W.-R. Geng, Y.-J. Wang, Y. L. Tang*, Y. L. Zhu*, B. Wu, L. X. Yang, Y.-P. Feng, M.-J. Zou, and X.-L. Ma. Atomic-Scale Tunable Flexoelectric Couplings in Oxide Multiferroics. Nano Letters 21, 9601–9608 (2021).