Qiming Zhang

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Professor, Electrical Engineering

Research Summary

Expertise is in integrated micro-actuators and microsensors, electroactive polymer and nanomaterial system energy devices for electrical energy storage and conversion, ferroelectric/piezoelectric polymer thin film fabrication and thin film devices, and th

In the News

Research Keywords

 These keywords and phrases come from the publications and other research output of this person. See other researchers related to these topics by clicking on any keyword.

Recent Publications

A self-actuated electrocaloric polymer heat pump design exploiting the synergy of electrocaloric effect and electrostriction

Chen, X., Zhu, W., Rattner, A. S. & Zhang, Q. M., Apr 1 2023, In: JPhys Energy. 5, 2, 024009.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Interfacial origin of dielectric constant enhancement in high-temperature polymer dilute nanocomposites

Chen, X., Qin, H., Liu, Y., Lin, Y. T., Zhang, B., Lu, W., Kim, S. H., Bernholc, J., Wang, Q. & Zhang, Q. M., May 22 2023, In: Applied Physics Letters. 122, 21, 212901.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Fluoropolymer ferroelectrics: Multifunctional platform for polar-structured energy conversion

Qian, X., Chen, X., Zhu, L. & Zhang, Q. M., May 12 2023, In: Science. 380, 6645, eadg0902.

Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

Correlation between cation order/disorder and the electrocaloric effect in the MLCCs of complex perovskite ferroelectrics

Yan, Y., Geng, L. D., Cheng, L. Q., Li, X., Leng, H., Wang, K., Poudel, B., Nozariasbmarz, A., Sanghadasa, M., Trolier-McKinstry, S., Zhang, Q. M., Wang, Y. U. & Priya, S., Aug 1 2023, In: Acta Materialia. 254, 118990.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Influence of annealing temperature on ferroelectric and electromechanical responses of P(VDF-TrFE-CFE-FA) tetrapolymer

Zhu, W., Chen, X. & Zhang, Q. M., Oct 20 2023, In: Polymer. 285, 126309.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Electrocaloric cooling - From materials to devices

Chen, X., Shvartsman, V. V., Lupascu, D. C. & Zhang, Q. M., Dec 28 2022, In: Journal of Applied Physics. 132, 24, 240901.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Giant Electrostriction Enabled by Defect-Induced Critical Phenomena in Relaxor Ferroelectric Polymers

Chen, X., Qin, H., Zhu, W., Zhang, B., Lu, W., Bernholc, J. & Zhang, Q. M., 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Macromolecules.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

High dielectric response in dilute nanocomposites via hierarchical tailored polymer nanostructures

Chen, X., Zhang, Q., Liu, Z., Sun, Y. & Zhang, Q. M., Apr 18 2022, In: Applied Physics Letters. 120, 16, 162902.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Relaxor ferroelectric polymer exhibits ultrahigh electromechanical coupling at low electric field

Chen, X., Qin, H., Qian, X., Zhu, W., Li, B., Zhang, B., Lu, W., Li, R., Zhang, S., Zhu, L., Dos Santos, F. D., Bernholc, J. & Zhang, Q. M., Mar 25 2022, In: Science. 375, 6587, p. 1418-1422 5 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

High Energy Storage Density in Nanocomposites of P(VDF-TrFE-CFE) Terpolymer and BaZr0.2Ti0.8O3 Nanoparticles

Hambal, Y., Shvartsman, V. V., Michiels, I., Zhang, Q. & Lupascu, D. C., May 1 2022, In: Materials. 15, 9, 3151.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Advanced dielectric polymers for energy storage

Wu, X., Chen, X., Zhang, Q. M. & Tan, D. Q., Jan 2022, In: Energy Storage Materials. 44, p. 29-47 19 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

Comment on "giant pyroelectric energy harvesting and a negative electrocaloric effect in multilayered nanostructures" by G. Vats, A. Kumar, N. Ortega, C. R. Bowen and R. S. Katiyar, Energy Environ. Sci., 2016, 9, 1335

Chen, X., Shvartsman, V., Lupascu, D. C. & Zhang, Q. M., Mar 2021, In: Energy and Environmental Science. 14, 3, p. 1612-1614 3 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

Improving electric thermal stability of polypropylene by chemically linking small amount of hindered phenol groups

Chen, X., Zhu, W. & Zhang, Q. M., Jun 2021, In: MRS Advances. 6, 12, p. 321-326 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Maxwell relation, giant (negative) electrocaloric effect, and polarization hysteresis

Chen, X., Li, S., Jian, X., Hambal, Y., Lu, S. G., Shvartsman, V. V., Lupascu, D. C. & Zhang, Q. M., Mar 22 2021, In: Applied Physics Letters. 118, 12, 122904.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Topological structure enhanced nanostructure of high temperature polymer exhibiting more than ten times enhancement of dipolar response

Chen, X., Yang, T., Zhang, Q., Chen, L. Q., Bobnar, V., Rahn, C. & Zhang, Q. M., Oct 2021, In: Nano Energy. 88, 106225.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review