Publications

Publications of specific relevance to Undergraduate Research
2025

Tang X, Hu Z, Koval V, Baxter H, Eriksson M, Whiteley R, Banerjee K,
Viola G, Yang B and Yan H (2025).
Relationships between structure and properties in commercial lead zirconate titanate (PZT) piezoceramics. Journal of Materiomics,
Elsevier vol. 11 (5)
01-09-2025
Wang B, Koval V,
Viola G, Eriksson M, Wu Z, Reece MJ, Hall DA, Wang G and Yan H (2025).
Investigation of electric field-induced phase transitions in unfilled tungsten bronze relaxor ceramics designed by the high entropy concept. Acta Materialia,
Elsevier vol. 284
01-01-20252024

Cao J, Yang B, Smith G, Mahajan A, Zhang H, Lin Y, Yu C, Koval V, Zhang D, Shi Y, Jia C and
Viola G (2024).
Establishing room-temperature multiferroic behaviour in bismuth-based perovskites. Materials & Design,
Elsevier vol. 248
01-12-2024
Koval V,
Viola G, Zhang M, Faberova M, Bures R and Yan H (2024).
Dielectric relaxation and conductivity phenomena in ferroelectric ceramics at high temperatures. Journal of the European Ceramic Society,
Elsevier vol. 44 (5), 2886-2902.
01-05-2024
Chetehouna M and
Viola G (2024).
A Teaching-Learning Framework for Materials Characterization. Journal of Chemical Education,
American Chemical Society (ACS) vol. 101 (3), 1036-1048.
19-02-20242023

Hu Z, Zhang H, Reece MJ,
Viola G and Yan H (2023).
Relaxor ferroelectric behaviour observed in (Ca0.5Sr0.5Ba0.5Pb0.5)Nb2O7 perovskite layered structure ceramics. Journal of the European Ceramic Society,
Elsevier vol. 43 (1), 177-182.
01-01-20232022

Hu Z, Zhang H, Zhu Z, Zeng J, Zhang D, Eriksson M,
Viola G and Yan H (2022).
Deciphering the peculiar hysteresis loops of 0.05Pb(Mn1/3Sb2/3)O3–0.95Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3 piezoelectric ceramics. Acta Materialia,
Elsevier 02-12-2022
Viola G, Chang J, Steckler F, Rojac T, Fantuzzi N and Song W (2022).
Electromechanical response of poly(vinylidenefluoride) thin films under acoustic stimuli. Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures,
Taylor & Francis vol. 31 (6), 1377-1387.
29-11-2022
Zhang M, Koval V, Shi Y, Yue Y, Jia C, Wu J,
Viola G and Yan H (2022).
Magnetoelectric coupling at microwave frequencies observed in bismuth ferrite-based multiferroics at room temperature. Journal of Materials Science & Technology,
Elsevier vol. 137, 100-103.
20-09-2022
Tian Y, Song P,
Viola G, Shi J, Li J, Jin L, Hu Q, Xu Y, Ge W, Yan Z, Zhang D, Tarakina NV, Abrahams I, Wei X and Yan H (2022).
Silver niobate perovskites: structure, properties and multifunctional applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry A: materials for energy and sustainability,
Royal Society of Chemistry 17-06-20222021

Zhang M, Zhang H, Jiang Q, Gao F, Chen R, Zhang D, Reece MJ, Yang B,
Viola G and Yan H (2021).
Terahertz Characterization of Lead-Free Dielectrics for Different Applications. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,
American Chemical Society (ACS) vol. 13 (45), 53492-53503.
02-11-2021
Viola G, Tian Y, Yu C, Tan Y, Koval V, Wei X, Choy KL and Yan H (2021).
Electric field-induced transformations in bismuth sodium titanate-based materials. Progress in Materials Science,
Elsevier vol. 122
01-08-2021
Yu C,
Viola G, Zhang D, Stroscio Z, Hu Z, Eskilla VR, Grasso S, Wilson RM, Zhou K, Bonini N, Fortes AD, Abrahams I and Yan H (2021).
Structural Evolution in BiNbO4. Inorganic Chemistry: including bioinorganic chemistry,
American Chemical Society 01-06-20212020

Zhang M, McKinnon RA,
Viola G, Yang B, Zhang D, Reece MJ, Abrahams I and Yan H (2020).
Ultrafast Electric Field-Induced Phase Transition in Bulk Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3 under High-Intensity Terahertz Irradiation. ACS Photonics,
American Chemical Society 09-12-2020
Li Z, Koval V, Mahajan A, Gao Z, Vecchini C, Stewart M, Cain MG, Tao K, Jia C,
Viola G and Yan H (2020).
Publisher's Note: “Room-temperature multiferroic behavior in layer-structured Aurivillius phase ceramics” [Appl. Phys Lett. 117, 052903 (2020)]. Applied Physics Letters,
AIP Publishing vol. 117 (9)
31-08-2020
Li Z, Koval V, Mahajan A, Gao Z, Vecchini C, Stewart M, Cain MG, Tao K, Jia C,
Viola G and Yan H (2020).
Room-temperature multiferroic behavior in layer-structured Aurivillius phase ceramics. Applied Physics Letters,
AIP Publishing vol. 117 (5), 052903-052903.
03-08-2020
Viola G, Chang J, Maltby T, Steckler F, Jomaa M, Sun J, Edusei J, Zhang D, Vilches A, Gao S, Liu X, Saeed S, Zabalawi H, Gale J and Song W (2020).
Bioinspired Multiresonant Acoustic Devices Based on Electrospun Piezoelectric Polymeric Nanofibers. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,
American Chemical Society (ACS) vol. 12 (31), 34643-34657.
08-07-2020
Koval V, Shi Y, Skorvanek I,
Viola G, Bures R, Saksl K, Roupcova P, Zhang M, Jia C and Yan H (2020).
Cobalt-induced structural modulation in multiferroic Aurivillius-phase oxides. Journal of Materials Chemistry C,
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) 12-05-2020
Jiang Q, Hu H, Yang J, Xin J, Li S,
Viola G and Yan H (2020).
High Thermoelectric Performance in SnTe Nanocomposites with All-Scale Hierarchical Structures. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces,
American Chemical Society 27-04-2020
Yan H, Inam F,
Viola G, Ning H, Zhang H, Jiang Q, Zeng T, Gao Z and Reece MJ (2020).
The Contribution of Electrical Conductivity, Dielectric Permittivity and Domain Switching in Ferroelectric Hysteresis Loops. Progress in Advanced Dielectrics 1-20.
01-04-20202019

Qi W, Wang Y, Wu J, Hu Z, Jia C,
Viola G, Zhang H and Yan H (2019).
Relaxor behavior and photocatalytic properties of BaBi2Nb2O9. Journal of the American Ceramic Society,
Wiley 13-08-2019
Li Z, Qi W, Cao J, Li Y,
Viola G, Jia C and Yan H (2019).
Multiferroic properties of single phase Bi 3 NbTiO 9 based textured ceramics. Journal of Alloys and Compounds vol. 788, 701-704.
05-06-2019
Tan Y,
Viola G, Koval V, Yu C, Mahajan A, Zhang J, Zhang H, Zhou X, Tarakina NV and Yan H (2019).
On the origin of grain size effects in Ba(Ti0.96Sn0.04)O3 perovskite ceramics. Journal of the European Ceramic Society 24-01-2019
Viola G, D'Isanto F, Koval V, Cempura G, Yan H, Smeacetto F and Salvo M (2019).
Orthoenstatite to forsterite phase transformation in magnesium germanate ceramics. Ceramics International 15-01-2019
Salvo M, Smeacetto F, D’Isanto F,
Viola G, Demitri P, Gucci F and Reece MJ (2019).
Glass-ceramic oxidation protection of higher manganese silicide thermoelectrics. Journal of the European Ceramic Society,
Elsevier vol. 39 (1), 66-71.
01-01-20192018

Li Z, Li Y, Cao J, Yan H, Qi W and
Viola G (2018).
Spark plasma sintering of grain-oriented Sr2Bi4Ti5O18 aurivillius phase ceramics. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 6-9.
13-12-2018
Tian Y, Jin L, Hu Q, Yu K, Zhuang Y,
VIOLA G, ABRAHAMS I, Xu Z, WEI X and YAN H (2018).
Phase transitions in tantalum-modified silver
niobate ceramics for high power energy storage. Journal of Materials Chemistry A,
Royal Society of Chemistry 10-12-2018
Li F, Lu B, Zhai J, Shen B, Zeng H, Lu S,
Viola G and Yan H (2018).
Enhanced piezoelectric properties and electrocaloric effect in novel lead-free (Bi0.5K0.5)TiO3-La(Mg0.5Ti0.5)O3ceramics. Journal of the American Ceramic Society vol. 101 (12), 5503-5513.
01-12-2018
Tan Y,
Viola G, Koval V, Yu C, Mahajan A, Zhang J, Zhang H, Zhou X, Tarakina NV and Yan H (2018).
The origin of grain size effects in Ba(Ti0.96Sn0.04)O3 perovskite
ceramics with superior electrical properties. 14-09-2018
Koval V, Skorvanek I,
Viola G, Zhang M, Jia C and Yan H (2018).
Crystal Chemistry and Magnetic Properties of Gd-Substituted Aurivillius-Type Bi5FeTi3O15Ceramics. Journal of Physical Chemistry C vol. 122 (27), 15733-15743.
08-06-2018
Li Z, Tao K, Ma J, Gao Z, Koval V, Jiang C,
Viola G, Zhang H, Mahajan A, Cao J, Cain M, Abrahams I, Nan C, Jia C and Yan H (2018).
Bi3.25La0.75Ti2.5Nb0.25(Fe0.5Co0.5)0.25O12, a single phase room temperature multiferroic. Journal of Materials Chemistry C vol. 6 (11), 2733-2740.
19-02-20182017

Yu C,
Viola G, Zhang D, Zhou K, Koval V, Mahajan A, Wilson RM, Tarakina NV, Abrahams I and Yan H (2017).
Phase evolution and electrical behaviour of samarium-substituted bismuth ferrite ceramics. Journal of the European Ceramic Society 11-12-2017
Milsom B, Porwal H,
Viola G, Gao Z and Reece MJ (2017).
Understanding and quantification of grain growth mechanism in ZrO2‑carbon nanotube composites. Materials & Design,
Elsevier vol. 133, 325-331.
01-11-2017
Viola G, D'Isanto F, Mahmoud AE-R, Reece MJ, Cempura G, Smeacetto F and Salvo M (2017).
The effect of processing conditions on phase and microstructure of CaGeO3 ceramics. Ceramics International,
Elsevier vol. 43 (15), 12035-12043.
01-10-2017
Tian Y, Jin L, Zhang H, Xu Z, Wei X,
Viola G, Abrahams I and Yan H (2017).
Phase transitions in bismuth-modified silver niobate ceramics for high power energy storage. Journal of Materials Chemistry A vol. 5 (33), 17525-17531.
31-07-2017
YAN H (2017).
Terbium-induced phase transitions and weak ferromagnetism in multiferroic bismuth ferrite ceramics. Journal of Materials Chemistry C,
Royal Society of Chemistry vol. 5, 2336-2336.
17-02-20172016

Li Z, Ma J, Gao Z,
Viola G, Koval V, Mahajan A, Li X, Jia C, Nan C and Yan H (2016).
Room temperature magnetoelectric coupling in intrinsic multiferroic Aurivillius phase textured ceramics. Dalton Transactions,
Royal Society of Chemistry vol. 45 (36), 14049-14052.
13-09-2016
Le Goupil F, McKinnon R, Koval V,
Viola G, Dunn S, Berenov A, Yan H and Alford NM (2016).
Tuning the electrocaloric enhancement near the morphotropic phase boundary in lead-free ceramics. Sci Rep vol. 6, 28251-28251.
17-06-2016
Sun Y, Li Z, Zhang H, Yu C,
Viola G, Fu S, Koval V and Yan H (2016).
Lead free Bi3TaTiO9 ferroelectric ceramics with high Curie point. Materials Letters,
Elsevier vol. 175, 79-81.
04-04-2016
Walker J, Ursic H, Bencan A, Malic B, Simons H, Reaney I,
Viola G, Nagarajan V and Rojac T (2016).
Temperature dependent piezoelectric response and strain–electric-field hysteresis of rare-earth modified bismuth ferrite ceramics. Journal of Materials Chemistry C,
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) vol. 4 (33), 7859-7868.
01-01-20162015

Tan Y, Zhang J, Wu Y, Wang C, Koval V, Shi B, Ye H, McKinnon R,
Viola G and Yan H (2015).
Unfolding grain size effects in barium titanate ferroelectric ceramics. Scientific Reports,
Springer Nature vol. 5 (1)
07-05-2015
Mani MK,
Viola G, Hall JP, Grasso S and Reece MJ (2015).
Observation of Curie transition during spark plasma sintering of ferromagnetic materials. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials,
Elsevier vol. 382, 202-205.
01-05-2015
Huang JB, Yang B, Yu CY, Zhang GF, Xue H, Xiong ZX,
Viola G, Donnan R, Yan HX and Reece MJ (2015).
Microwave and terahertz dielectric properties of MgTiO3–CaTiO3 ceramics. Materials Letters,
Elsevier vol. 138, 225-227.
01-01-2015
Tan Y, Zhang J, Wang C,
Viola G and Yan H (2015).
Enhancement of electric field-induced strain in BaTiO3 ceramics through grain size optimization. Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science vol. 212 (2), 433-438.
01-01-2015
Huang JB, Yang B, Yu CY, Zhang GF, Xue H, Xiong ZX,
Viola G, Donnan R, Yan HX and Reece MJ (2015).
Microwave and terahertz dielectric properties of MgTiO3-CaTiO3 ceramics. MATERIALS LETTERS vol. 138, 225-227.
01-01-20152014

Mani MK,
Viola G, Reece MJ, Hall JP and Evans SL (2014).
Improvement of interfacial bonding in carbon nanotube reinforced Fe–50Co composites by Ni–P coating: Effect on magnetic and mechanical properties. Materials Science and Engineering B,
Elsevier vol. 188, 94-101.
01-10-2014
Tan Y, Zhang J, Wang C,
Viola G and Yan H (2014).
Enhancement of electric field‐induced strain in BaTiO3 ceramics through grain size optimization. physica status solidi (a) – applications and materials science,
Wiley vol. 212 (2), 433-438.
30-09-2014
Viola G, Tan Y, McKinnon RA, Wei X, Yan H and Reece MJ (2014).
Short range polar state transitions and deviation from Rayleigh-type behaviour in Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3-based perovskites. Applied Physics Letters,
AIP Publishing vol. 105 (10)
08-09-2014
Mani MK,
Viola G, Reece MJ, Hall JP and Evans SL (2014).
Fabrication of carbon nanotube reinforced iron based magnetic alloy composites by spark plasma sintering. Journal of Alloys and Compounds,
Elsevier vol. 601, 146-153.
01-07-2014
Viola G, McKinnon R, Koval V, Adomkevicius A, Dunn S and Yan H (2014).
Lithium-Induced Phase Transitions in Lead-Free Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3 Based Ceramics. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C,
American Chemical Society (ACS) vol. 118 (16), 8564-8570.
11-04-2014
Viola G, Chong KB, Guiu F and Reece MJ (2014).
Role of internal field and exhaustion in ferroelectric switching. Journal of Applied Physics,
AIP Publishing vol. 115 (3)
16-01-2014
Mani MK,
Viola G, Reece MJ, Hall JP and Evans SL (2014).
Mechanical and magnetic characterisation of SiC whisker reinforced Fe–Co alloy composites. Materials Science and Engineering A,
Elsevier vol. 592, 19-27.
01-01-2014
Mani MK,
Viola G, Reece MJ, Hall JP and Evans SL (2014).
Role of mechanical pressure during spark plasma sintering of Fe-50Co alloy on microstructure and magnetic properties. 01-01-20142013

Mani MK,
Viola G, Reece MJ, Hall JP and Evans SL (2013).
Influence of coated SiC particulates on the mechanical and magnetic behaviour of Fe–Co alloy composites. Journal of Materials Science,
Springer Nature vol. 49 (6), 2578-2587.
19-12-2013
Viola G, Chong KB, Eriksson M, Shen Z, Zeng J, Yin Q, Kan Y, Wang P, Ning H, Zhang H, Fitzpatrick ME, Reece MJ and Yan H (2013).
Effect of grain size on domain structures, dielectric and thermal depoling of Nd-substituted bismuth titanate ceramics. Applied Physics Letters,
AIP Publishing vol. 103 (18)
28-10-2013
Viola G, Ning H, Wei X, Deluca M, Adomkevicius A, Khaliq J, John Reece M and Yan H (2013).
Dielectric relaxation, lattice dynamics and polarization mechanisms in Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3-based lead-free ceramics. Journal of Applied Physics vol. 114 (1)
07-07-2013
Wei X, Yan H, Wang T, Hu Q,
Viola G, Grasso S, Jiang Q, Jin L, Xu Z and Reece MJ (2013).
Reverse boundary layer capacitor model in glass/ceramic composites for energy storage applications. Journal of Applied Physics vol. 113 (2)
14-01-2013
Correia TM, McMillen M, Rokosz MK, Weaver PM, Gregg JM,
Viola G and Cain MG (2013).
A Lead-Free and High-Energy Density Ceramic for Energy Storage Applications. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY vol. 96 (9), 2699-2702.
01-01-2013
Viola G, Saunders T, Wei X, Chong KB, Luo H, Reece MJ and Yan H (2013).
Contribution of piezoelectric effect, electrostriction and ferroelectric/ferroelastic switching to strain-electric field response of dielectrics. Journal of Advanced Dielectrics,
World Scientific Publishing vol. 3 (01)
01-01-20132012

Milsom B,
Viola G, Gao Z, Inam F, Peijs T and Reece MJ (2012).
The effect of carbon nanotubes on the sintering behaviour of zirconia. Journal of the European Ceramic Society vol. 32 (16), 4149-4156.
01-12-2012
Khanduri H, Chandra Dimri M, Kooskora H, Heinmaa I,
Viola G, Ning H, Reece MJ, Krustok J and Stern R (2012).
Structural, dielectric, magnetic, and nuclear magnetic resonance studies of multiferroic Y-type hexaferrites. Journal of Applied Physics vol. 112 (7)
01-10-2012
Viola G, Ning H, Reece MJ, Wilson R, Correia TM, Weaver P, Cain MG and Yan H (2012).
Reversibility in electric field-induced transitions and energy storage properties of bismuth-based perovskite ceramics. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics vol. 45 (35)
05-09-2012
Chaudhry AA, Yan H,
Viola G, Reece MJ, Knowles JC, Gong K, Rehman I and Darr JA (2012).
Phase stability and rapid consolidation of hydroxyapatite-zirconia nano-coprecipitates made using continuous hydrothermal flow synthesis. JOURNAL OF BIOMATERIALS APPLICATIONS vol. 27 (1), 79-90.
01-01-2012
Mani MK,
Viola G, Reece MJ, Hall JP and Evans SL (2012).
Structural and magnetic characterization of spark plasma sintered Fe-50Co alloys. MRS Advances,
Springer Nature vol. 1516 (1), 201-207.
01-01-2012
Gao Z,
Viola G, Milsom B, Whitaker I, Yan H and Reece MJ (2012).
Kinetics of Densification and Grain Growth of Pure Tungsten During Spark Plasma Sintering. METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS B-PROCESS METALLURGY AND MATERIALS PROCESSING SCIENCE vol. 43 (6), 1608-1614.
01-01-20122011

Eriksson M, Yan HX,
Viola G, Ning HP, Gruner D, Nygren M, Reece MJ and Shen ZJ (2011).
Ferroelectric Domain Structures and Electrical Properties of Fine-Grained Lead-Free Sodium Potassium Niobate Ceramics. J AM CERAM SOC vol. 94 (10), 3391-3396.
01-10-2011
Chaudhry AA, Yan HX, Gong KN, Inam F,
Viola G, Reece MJ, Goodall JBM, Rehman IU, McNeil-Watson FK, Corbett JCW, Knowles JC and Darr JA (2011).
High-strength nanograined and translucent hydroxyapatite monoliths via continuous hydrothermal synthesis and optimized spark plasma sintering. ACTA BIOMATER vol. 7 (2), 791-799.
01-02-2011
Yan H, Inam F,
Viola G, Ning H, Zhang H, Jiang Q, Zeng T, Gao Z and Reece MJ (2011).
THE CONTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY, DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITY AND DOMAIN SWITCHING IN FERROELECTRIC HYSTERESIS LOOPS., Editors: Yao X.
J. Adv Dielectrics vol. 1, 107-118.
01-01-20112010

Anssari-Benam A,
Viola G and Korakianitis T (2010).
Thermodynamic effects of linear dissipative small deformations. 01-06-20102009
Viola G, Verbylo D, Orlovskaya N and Reece MJ (2009).
Effect of composition on rate dependence of ferroelastic/ferroelectric switching in perovskite ceramics. MATER SCI TECH-LOND vol. 25 (11), 1312-1315.
01-11-2009
Viola E, Belmonte C and
Viola G (2009).
A non-conventional approach for crack problems in piezoelectric media under electromechanical loading. 01-05-20092007

Viola E, Belmonte C and
Viola G (2007).
Lateral Stress Effect on Fracture Quantities of a Crack in a Piezoelectric Medium. 29-07-2007
Viola E, Belmonte C and
Viola G (2007).
Lateral stress effect on fracture quantities of a crack in a piezoelectric medium. 01-01-2007