Event
MSE Seminar: Dr. Quanxi Jia, SUNY
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
3:30 p.m.
Room 2108 Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Building
Sherri Tatum
301-405-5240
statum12@umd.edu
Controlling Functionalities in Metal Oxide Films through Defects, Interfaces, and Strain
Abstract: Metal oxides are a versatile class of materials with functionalities that can be tailored for applications in electronics, energy conversion, sensing, and information storage. Among the major factors governing their physical properties, defects, interfaces, and strain play crucial roles in determining the structure–property relationships. By carefully controlling these elements, it is possible to engineer transport properties, magnetism, ferroelectricity, and other emergent behaviors in complex oxide systems. In this talk, I will present our efforts to investigate defect chemistry, interface design, and strain engineering to tune the functionalities of metal oxide films. Using ferroelectric, ferromagnetic, and memristive switching materials as model systems, I will discuss our strategies and pathways to accomplish tailored functionalities absent in bulk counterparts.
Bio: Quanxi Jia, Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, is a SUNY Distinguished Professor, an Empire Innovation Professor, and a National Grid Professor of Materials Research in the Department of Materials Design and Innovation at the University at Buffalo – the State University of New York (SUNY). He also serves as scientific director of UB’s New York State Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics.
Prior to joining UB in 2016, Jia was the Director of the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, a DOE Nanoscale Science Research Center operated jointly by Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories. He has authored/co-authored over 500 peer-reviewed journal articles and holds 50 U.S. patents. He is an elected Fellow of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Materials Research Society, the American Physical Society, the American Ceramic Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and the National Academy of Inventors.
