Clive Randall

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Evan Pugh University Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Director, Materials Science and Engineering
Director, Materials Research Institute (MRI)

Research Summary

Randall’s research interests are in the area of discovery and compositional design of functional materials for electrical energy transduction and storage, defect chemistry and crystal chemistry and their impact on phase transition behavior, electromechanical devices based upon electrostriction and piezoelectrics, supercapacitors, thermoelectrics, and microwave materials. He has used a variety of different processing and characterization methods that have impacted manufacturing and development processes for materials, particularly in the capacitor and piezoelectric industry.

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Recent Publications

Cold-sintered NiMn2O4 thermistors: An electrical aging and recovery study

Fanghanel, J., Yokomizo, S., Funahashi, S., Shallenberger, J., Wang, K., Guillemet-Fritsch, S. & Randall, C. A., Jul 2026, In: Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 46, 8, 118172.

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Densification and mechanical strengthening of binderless graphite compacts via cold sintering of electroless copper coated powders

Foster, L., Mena-Garcia, J., Randall, C. A. & Rajagopalan, R., Mar 1 2026, In: Materials Chemistry and Physics. 351, 131981.

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Cold Sintering of Zeolite 13X: Water versus Sodium Hydroxide Pathways to 99% Densification and Porosity Retention

Gopi, S., Wang, S. F., Randall, C. A., Wang, K. & Gray, J. L., Jan 2 2026, In: Small. 22, 1, e09928.

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Detection of Degraded Formulated BaTiO3 Induced by Oxygen Vacancy Migration Using Ultrasonic Attenuation

Jones, H. N., Randall, C. A., Argüelles, A. P. & Trolier-McKinstry, S., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Advanced Science.

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Combining multiple strategies for fast densification and superior mechanical properties in 8YSZ with cold sintering pre-treatment

Kim, S. H., Momjian, S., Hong, S. M., Kim, J. W., Gu, H. J., Kim, Y. J., Park, A. H., Uzair, M., Sharief, P., Park, J. M., Kim, C. S., Moon, K. S., Guo, J., Randall, C. A. & Jeon, S. C., May 2026, In: Journal of Advanced Ceramics. 15, 5, 9221278.

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Cold sintering-driven densification of metastable MnO2 polymorphs for Zn-Ion battery cathodes

Lee, J. H., Mervosh, M. W., Ramakrishnan, R. & Randall, C. A., Sep 2026, In: Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 46, 12, 118380.

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Far from equilibrium pulsed poled Mn-doped relaxor ferroelectrics: a positive aging relaxation process

Mervosh, M. W. & Randall, C. A., Jan 1 2026, In: Acta Materialia. 302, 121627.

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The Importance of Microstructure When Gauging the Efficacy of Pulse Poling in Perovskite Single Crystals

Mervosh, M. W., Lee, J. H., Ryu, J. & Randall, C. A., Jun 2026, In: Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 109, 6, e70920.

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Grain-boundary engineering by spark plasma texturing to enhance dielectric breakdown strength in barium strontium titanate ceramics

Ribeiro, C., Tkach, A., Noudem, J., Randall, C., Costa, M. E. & Vilarinho, P. M., May 1 2026, In: Chemical Engineering Journal. 535, 175499.

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Cold-Sintered Multilayer Ceramic NTC Thermistors: Fabrication and Evaluation

Yokomizo, S., Funahashi, S., Fanghanel, J., Randall, C. A. & Kimura, M., Apr 2026, In: Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 109, 4, e70753.

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The sustainable future of electroceramics

Zhang, S., Sun, Z., Wang, H., Bell, A. J. & Randall, C. A., Jul 30 2026, In: Journal of Materials Research. 41, 14, p. 2067-2087 21 p.

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Thermal analysis of base metal electrode multilayer ceramic capacitors

Kang, K., Shoemaker, D. C., Yousefian, P., Cockburn, J., Ellmore, A., Lanagan, M. T., Randall, C. A., Trolier-McKinstry, S. & Choi, S., Oct 2025, In: Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 108, 10, e70020.

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Co-continuous composites from cold sintering

Lai, P. H., Lan, Y. C., Jacob, B. J., Fanghanel, J., Ghasemi, M., Facusse, O., Colby, R. H., Randall, C. A., Gomez, E. D. & Vogt, B., Oct 2025, In: Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 108, 10, e70003.

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Cold sintering of geopolymer powders

Lattanzi, L., Conte, A., Sin, A., Garcia, J. M., Randall, C. A. & Colombo, P., Apr 2025, In: Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 108, 4, e20331.

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Energy efficient sintering of high-performance ceramics

Li, X., Liu, W., Li, L., Liu, X., Li, X., Guo, S., Xu, W., Xu, W., Guo, J., Wang, H. & Randall, C. A., Nov 2025, In: Journal of Advanced Ceramics. 14, 11, 9221186.

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