Publications (†: equal contributions) 

22. Size-driven phase evolution in ultrathin relaxor films [Link]

J. Kim, Y. Qi, A. Kumar, Y.-L. Tang, M. Xu, H. Takenaka, M. Zhu, Z. Tian, R. Ramesh, J. M. LeBeau, A. M. Rappe, L. W. Martin

Nature Nanotechnology 20, 478-486 (2025). (Front cover for April 2025 issue)

21. Heterogeneous field response of hierarchical polar laminates in relaxor ferroelectrics

H. Zheng, T. Zhou, D. Sheyfer, J. Kim, J. Kim, T. Frazer, Z. Cai, M. Holt, Z. Zhang, J. F. Mitchell, Lane W. Martin, Yue Cao

Science 384, 1447-1452 (2024).

20. Electronic-grade epitaxial (111) KTaO3 heterostructures [Link]

J. Kim†, M. Yu†, J.-W. Lee†, S.-L. Shang, G.-Y. Kim, P. Pal, J. Seo, N. Campbell, K. Eom, R. Ramachandran, M. S. Rzchowski, S. H. Oh, S.-Y. Choi, Z.-K. Liu, J. Levy, C.-B. Eom

Science Advances 10, eadk4288 (2024). 

19. Direct Measurement of Inverse Piezoelectric Effects in Thin Films Using Laser Doppler Vibrometry

M. Acharya, D. Lou, A. Fernandez, J. Kim, Z. Tian, L. W. Martin

Physical Review Applied 20, 014017 (2023).

18. Tunable Artificial Relaxor Behavior in [BaTiO3]m/[BaZrO3]n Superlattices

Z. Tian, M. Xu, J. Kim, H. Pan, D. Lou, X. Huang, J. M. LeBeau, L. W. Martin

Physical Review Letters 130, 266801 (2023).

17. Coupled polarization and nanodomain evolution underpins large electromechanical responses in relaxors [Link]

J. Kim†, A. Kumar†, Y. Qi†, H. Takenaka, D. J. Meyers, J.-W. Kim, P. J. Ryan, A. M. Rappe, J. M. LeBeau, L. W. Martin

Nature Physics 18, 1502-1509 (2022). 

16. Light-driven ultrafast polarization manipulation in a relaxor ferroelectric

S. Park, B. Wang, T. Yang, J. Kim, S. Saremi, W. Zhao, B. Guzelturk, A. Sood, C. Nyby, M. Zajac, X. Shen, M. Kozina, A. H. Reid, S. Weathersby, X. Wang, L. W. Martin, L.-Q. Chen, A. M. Lindenberg

Nano Letters 22, 9275-9282 (2022).

15. Effect of substrate clamping on evolution of properties in homovalent and heterovalent relaxor thin films

Z. Tian, J. Kim, A. Fernandez, X. Huang, L. W. Martin

Physical Review B 105, 094107 (2022).

14. Frequency-dependent suppression of field-induced polarization rotation in relaxor ferroelectric thin films [Link]

J. Kim, D. J. Meyers, A. Kumar, A. Fernandez, G. Velarde, Z. Tian, J.-W. Kim, J. M. LeBeau, P. J. Ryan, L. W. Martin

Matter 4, 2367 (2021). 

13. Low-voltage magnetoelectric coupling in Fe0.5Rh0.5/0.68 PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3-0.32 PbTiO3 thin-film heterostructures

W. Zhao†, J. Kim†, X. Huang, L. Zhang, D. Pesquera, G. Velarde, T. Gosavi, Chia-Ching Lin, D. E. Nikonov, H. Li, I. A. Young, R. Ramesh, L. W. Martin

Advanced Functional Materials 31, 2105068 (2021).

12. Growth mode and strain effect on relaxor ferroelectric domains in epitaxial 0.67Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 –0.33PbTiO3/SrRuO3 heterostructures

J. Belhadi, U. Gabor, H. Uršič, N. Daneu, J. Kim, Z. Tian, G. Koster, L. W. Martin, M. Spreitzer

RSC Advances 11, 1222–1232 (2021).

11. Nonlinearity in engineered lead magnesium niobate (PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3) thin films

S. Shetty, J. Kim, L. W. Martin, S. Trolier-McKinstry

Journal of Applied Physics 128, 194102 (2020).

10. Beyond Substrates: Strain Engineering of Ferroelectric Membranes

D. Pesquera, E. Parsonnet, A. Qualls, R. Xu, A. J. Gubser, J. Kim, Y. Jiang, G. Velarde, Y.-L. Huang, H. Y. Hwang, R. Ramesh, L. W. Martin

Advanced Materials 32, 2003780 (2020).

9. Searching for New Ferroelectric Materials Using High-Throughput Databases: An Experimental Perspective on BiAlO3 and BiInO3

M. Acharya, S. Mack, A. Fernandez, J. Kim, H. Wang, K. Eriguchi, D. Meyers, V. Gopalan, J. Neaton, L. W. Martin

Chemistry of Materials 32, 7274-7283 (2020).

8. Ultrahigh capacitive energy density in ion-bombarded relaxor ferroelectric films [Link]

J. Kim, S. Saremi, M. Acharya, G. Velarde, E. Parsonnet, P. Donahue, A. Qualls, D. Garcia, L. W. Martin

Science 369, 81-84 (2020). 

7. Finite-size effects in lead scandium tantalate relaxor thin films

A. Fernandez, J. Kim, D. Meyers, S. Saremi, L. W. Martin

Physical Review B 101, 094102 (2020).

6. Beyond Expectation: Advanced Materials Design, Synthesis, and Processing to Enable Novel Ferroelectric Properties and Applications

J. Kim, E. Lupi, D. Pesquera, M. Acharya, W. Zhao, G. Velarde, S. Griffin, L. W. Martin

MRS Advances (2020). (invited perspective)

5. Defect-induced (dis)order in relaxor ferroelectric thin films

S. Saremi, J. Kim, A. Ghosh, D. Meyers, L. W. Martin

Physical Review Letters 123, 207602 (2019).

4. Epitaxial strain control of relaxor ferroelectric phase evolution [Link]

J. Kim†, H. Takenaka†, Y. Qi †, A. R. Damodaran, A. Fernandez, R. Gao, M. R. McCarter, S. Saremi, L. Chung, A. M. Rappe, L. W. Martin

Advanced Materials 31, 1901060 (2019).

3. Pyroelectric energy conversion with large energy and power density in relaxor ferroelectric thin films

S. Pandya, J. Wilber, J. Kim, R. Gao, A. Dasgupta, C. Dames, L. W. Martin

Nature Materials 17, 432-438 (2018).

2. Ferroelectricity in Pb1+δZrO3 thin films

R. Gao, S. Reyes-Lillo, R. Xu, A. Dasgupta, Y. Dong, L. Dedon, J. Kim, S. Saremi, Z. Chen, C. Serrao, H. Zhou, J. Neaton, L. W. Martin

Chemistry of Materials 29, 6544-6551 (2017).

1. Three‐state ferroelastic switching and large electromechanical responses in PbTiO3 thin films

A. R. Damodaran, S. Pandya, J. C. Agar, Y. Cao, R. K. Vasudevan, R. Xu, S. Saremi, Q. Li, J. Kim, M. R. McCarter, L. R. Dedon, T. Angsten, N. Balke, S. Jesse, M. Asta, S. V. Kalinin, L. W. Martin

Advanced Materials 29, 1702069 (2017).