Selected Publications

Original Papers

■Zhen Zhang, Xiangdong Ding, Jun Sun, Tetsuro Suzuki, Turab Lookman, Kazuhiro Otsuka, and Xiaobing Ren

“Nonhysteretic Superelasticity of Shape Memory Alloys at the Nanoscale”

Physical Review Letters 111(14), 145701 (2013) PDF

■Shijie Hao, Lishan Cui, Daqiang Jiang, Xiaodong Han, Yang Ren, Jiang Jiang, Yinong Liu, Zhenyang Liu, Shengcheng Mao, Yandong Wang, Yan Li, 　　Xiaobing Ren, Xiangdong Ding, Shan Wang, Cun Yu, Xiaobin Shi, Minshu Du, Feng Yang, Yanjun Zheng, Ze Zhang, Xiaodong Li, Dennis E. Brown, Ju Li,

“A Transforming Metal Nanocomposite with Large Elastic Strain, Low Modulus, and High Strength”

Science 339(6124), p1191-1194 (2013) PDF

■Yuanchao Ji, Xiangdong Ding, Turab Lookman, Kazuhiro Otsuka, and Xiaobing Ren

“Evolution of the tetragonal to rhombohedral transition in (1-x)(Bi1/2Na1/2)TiO3 - xBaTiO(3) (x <= 7%)”

Science and Technology of Advanced Materials 14, 035008 (2013) PDF

■Dong Wang, Yan Ni, Jinghui Gao, Zhen Zhang, Xiaobing Ren, and Yunzhi Wang

“Unique properties associated with normal martensitic transition and strain glass transition – A simulation study”

Journal of Alloys and Compounds 577(1) S102–S106, (2013) PDF

■Yan Ni, Zhen Zhang, Dong Wang, Yu Wang, and Xiaobing Ren,

“The effect of point defects on ferroelastic phase transition of lanthanum-doped calcium titanate ceramics”

Journal of Alloys and Compounds 577(1) S468–S471, (2013) PDF

■X. Q. Ke, D. Wang, REN Xiaobing , and Y. Wang,

“Formation of monoclinic nanodomains at the morphotropic phase boundary of ferroelectric systems”

Physical Review B 88(21), 214105 (2013) PDF

■Yonggang Yao, Zhimin Sun, Yuanchao Ji, Yaodong Yang, Xiaoli Tan and Xiaobing Ren.

“Heterogeneities and strain glass behavior: Role of nanoscale precipitates in low-temperature-aged Ti48.7Ni51.3 alloys”

Physical Review B 87,104110 (2013) PDF

■Anna Kosogor, Dezhen Xue, Yumei Zhou, Xiangdong Ding, Kazuhiro Otsuka, Victor A L'vov, Jun Sun, and Xiaobing Ren

“Impact of the volume change on the ageing effects in Cu-Al-Ni martensite: experiment and theory”

Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter 25, 335402 (2013) PDF

■Y. W. Li, X. B. Ren, F. X. Li, H. S. Luo and D. N. Fang

“Large and electric field tunable superelasticity in BaTiO3 crystals predicted by an incremental domain switching criterion”

Applied Physics Letters 102, 092905 (2013) PDF

■Kimoto Takayoshi, Arai Yoshihiro, Ren Xiaobing

“Lifetime test of photoemission from Cs3Sb photocathode coated with W or Cr film”

Applied Surface Science 284, p657-670 (2013) PDF

■Yumei Zhou, Dezhen Xue, Xiangdong Ding, Lixue Zhang, Jun Sun and Xiaobing Ren

“Modeling the paraelectric aging effect in the acceptor doped perovskite ferroelectrics: role of oxygen vacancy”

Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter 25, 435901(2013) PDF

■Zhen Zhang, Xiangdong Ding, Jun Sun, Tetsuro Suzuki, Turab Lookman, Kazuhiro Otsuka, and Xiaobing Ren

“Nonhysteretic Superelasticity of Shape Memory Alloys at the Nanoscale”

Physical Review Letters 111, 145701 (2013) PDF

■Yu Wang, Chonghui Huang, Haijun Wu, Jinghui Gao, Sen Yang, Dong Wang, Xiangdong Ding, Xiaoping Song, and Xiaobing Ren

“Spontaneous strain glass to martensite transition in ferromagnetic Ni-Co-Mn-Ga strain glass”

Applied Physics Letters 102,141909 (2013) PDF

■Yang Sen, Bao Hui-Xin, Zhou Chao, Wang Yu, Ren XiaoBing, Song Xiao-Ping, Yoshitaka Matsushita, Yoshio Katsuya, Masahiko Tanaka, and Keisuke Kobayashi

“Structural changes concurrent with ferromagnetic transition”

Chinese Physics B 22, 046101 (2013) PDF

■Zhen Zhang, Xiangdong Ding, Junkai Deng, Jian Cui, Jun Sun, Tetsuro Suzuki, Kazuhiro Otsuka, and Xiaobing Ren

“Surface Effects on Structural Phase Transformations in Nanosized Shape Memory Alloys”

Journal of Physical Chemistry C 117-15, 7895-7901 (2013) PDF

■Zhimin Sun, Dezhen Xue, Haijun Wu, Yuanchao Ji, Xiangdong Ding, Dong Wang, Yaodong Yang and Xiaobing Ren

“Time-dependent ferroelectric transition in Pb(1-x)(Zr0.4Ti0.6)((1-x/4))O-3-xLa system”

Applied Physics Letters 102, 222907 (2013) PDF

■Xue DZ, Zhou YM, Gao JH, Xiangdong Ding, X. Ren

“A comparison between tetragonal-rhombohedral and tetragonal-orthorhombic phase boundaries on piezoelectricity enhancement”

EPL. 100, 17010-p1 (2012) PDF

■Wang Y, Chonghui Huang, Jinghui Gao, Sen Yang, Xiangdong Ding, Xiaoping Song, X. Ren

“Evidence for ferromagnetic strain glass in Ni-Co-Mn-Ga Heusler alloy system”

Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 101913-1 (2012) PDF

■Yao YG, Yao YD, S. Ren, Zhou C, Li LL, X. Ren

“Ferroelastic and strain glass transition in (1-x)(Bi0.5Na0.5) TiO3-xBaTiO(3) solid solution”

EPL. 100, 17004-p1 (2012) PDF

■Yao YG, Zhou C, Lv DC, Wang D, Wu HJ, Yang YD, X. Ren

“Large piezoelectricity and dielectric permittivity in BaTiO3-xBaSnO3 system: The role of phase coexisting”

EPL. 98, 27008-p1(2012) PDF

■Zhang J, Somsen C, Simon T, Ding XD, Hou S, Ren S, X. Ren, Eggeler G, K. Otsuka, Sun J

“Leaf-like dislocation substructures and the decrease of martensitic start temperatures: A new explanation for functional fatigue during thermally induced martensitic transformations in coarse-grained Ni-rich Ti-Ni shape memory alloys”

Acta Mater. 60, 1999-2006(2012) PDF

■Yang S, B. Huixin, D. Xue, Zhou C, J. Gao, Y Wang, JQWang, X P Song, Z B Sun, X. Ren, K. Otsuka

“Magnetodielectric effect from the onset of ferrimagnetic transition in CoCr2O4”

J.Phys. D- Appl. Phys. 45, 265001-1(2012) PDF

■Haijun W, D. Xue, Lv DC, J. Gao, Gao SW, Zhou YM, Ding XD, Zhou C, YangS, Yang YD, X. Ren

“Microstructure at morphotropic phase boundary in Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-ceramic: Coexistence of nano-scaled {110}-type rhombohedral twin and {110}-type tetragonal twin”

J. Appl. Phys. 112, 052004-1(2012) PDF

■Vasseur R, Xue D, Zhou Y., Ettoumi W, Ding X, X. Ren, T. Lookman

“Phase diagram of ferroelastic systems in the presence of disorder: Analytical model and experimental verification”

Phys. Rev. B. 109, 124103-1(2012) PDF

■Wang D, Ke Xiaoqin, Wang YZ, J. Gao, WangY, Zhang LX, Yang S, X. Ren

“Phase diagram of polar states in doped ferroelectric systems”

Phys. Rev. B. 86, 054120-1(2012) PDF

■Zhou C, Liu WF, D. Xue, X. Ren, Bao HX, J. Gao, Lixue Zhangn

“Triple-point-type morphotropic phase boundary based large piezoelectric Pb-free material-Ba(Ti0.8Hf0.2)O-3-(Ba0.7Ca0.3)TiO3”

Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 222910-1(2012) PDF

■Lixue Zhang, Wenfeng Liu, Wei Chen, X. Ren, Jun Sun, Erkan A. Gurdal, Seyit O. Ural, Kenji Uchino

“Mn dopant on the “domain stabilization” effect of aged BaTiO₃ and PbTiO₃-based piezoelectrics”

Appl. Phys. Lett. 101,242903-1(2012) PDF

■SEN HOU, YU WANG, JIAN ZHANG, DONG WANG, S. Ren, X. Ren

“Evidence for crossover martensite in Ti50Ni45Fe5: An intermediate state between normal martensite and strain glass”

EPL. 100, 58001-1 (2012) PDF

■Dezhen Xue, Yumei Zhou, Xiangdong Ding, Turab Lookman, Jun Sun, X. Ren

“Aging and deaging effects in shape memory alloys”

Phys. Rev. B. 86, 184109-1 (2012) PDF

■H. Bao, D. Xue, Y. Wang, J. Gao, L. Zhang, S. Yang, K. L. Yadav and X. Ren

“A quantitative model for stabilization effect induced by ferroelectric aging”

J. Appl. Phys. 109, 124103-1(2011) PDF

■J. Gao, D. Xue, L. Zhang, Y. Wang, H. Bao, C. Zhou, W. Liu, W. Chen and X. Ren

“Aging-induced domain memory in acceptor-doped perovskite ferroelectrics associated with ferroelectric-ferroelectric transition cycle”

EPL. 96, 37001-p1(2011) PDF

■W. Liu, L. Zhang, W. Chen, S. Li and X. Ren

“Large digital-characterized electrostrain in Mn-doped (Pb Sr)TiO3 electro-shape-memory ceramics”

Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 092907-1 (2011) PDF

■D. Xue, Y. Zhou, H. Bao, J. Gao, C. Zhou and X. Ren

“Large piezoelectric effect in Pb-free Ba(Ti Sn)O3-x(Ba Ca)TiO3 ceramics”

Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 122901-1 (2011) PDF

■D. Xue, Y. Zhou, X. Ding, K. Otsuka, J. Sun and X. Ren

“Martensite aging effects on the dynamic properties of Au–Cd shape memory alloys: Characteristics and modeling”

Acta Mater. 59,4999-5011 (2011) PDF

■J. Gao, D. Xue, Y. Wang, D. Wang, L. Zhang, H. Wu, S. Guo, H. Bao, C. Zhou, W. Liu, S. Hou, G. Xiao and X. Ren

“Microstructure basis for strong piezoelectricity in Pb-free Ba(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3-(Ba0.7Ca0.3)TiO3 ceramics”

Appl. Phys. Lett. 99,051905-1 (2011) PDF

■Y. Wang, X. Song, X. Ding, S. Yang, J. Zhang, X. Ren and K. Otsuka

“Stress changed damping and associated transforming behavior in a Ti48.5Ni51.5 strain glass”

Appl. Phys. Lett. 99[5] ,051905-1 (2011) 　PDF

■J. Zhang, Y. Wang, X. Ding, Z. Zhang, Y. Zhou, X. Ren, K. Otsuka, J. Sun and M. Song

“Stress-induced strain glass to martensite (R) transition in a Ti_{50}Ni_{44.5}Fe_{5.5} alloy”

Phys. Rev. B. 83, 174204-1 (2011) PDF

■D. Xue, Y. Zhou, H. Bao, C. Zhou, J. Gao and X. Ren

“Elastic piezoelectric and dielectric properties of Ba(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3-50(Ba0.7Ca0.3)TiO3 Pb-free ceramic at the morphotropic phase boundary”

J. Appl. Phys. 109, 054110-1 (2011) PDF

■J. Zhang, Y. Wang, X. Ding, Z. Zhang, Y. Zhou, X. Ren, D. Wang, Y. Ji, M. Song, K. Otsuka and J. Sun”

“Spontaneous strain glass to martensite transition in a Ti_{50}Ni_{44.5}Fe_{5.5} strain glass

Phys. Rev. B. 86, 214201-1 (2011)　　　PDF

■Junkai Deng, Xiangdong Ding, Zhen Zhang, Turab Lookman, Tetsuro Suzuki, Kazuhiro Otsuka, Jun Sun, Avadh Saxena, and Xiaobing Ren,

“Evidence for short-time limit of martensite deaging in shape-memoryalloys: Experiment and atomistic simulation”

Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 171902 (2010) PDF

■Junkai Deng, Xiangdong Ding, Turab Lookman, Tetsuro Suzuki, Avadh Saxena, Kazuhiro Otsuka, Jun Sun, and Xiaobing Ren

　　“Origin of ultrafast annihilation effect of martensite aging: Atomistic simulations”

Phys. Rev. B. 82, 184101 (2010) PDF

■Yumei Zhou, Dezhen Xue, Xiangdong Ding, Yu Wang, Jian Zhang, Zhen Zhang, Dong Wang, Kazuhiro Otsuka, Jun Sun, Xiaobing Ren,

“Strain glass in doped Ti50(Ni50-xDx) (D=Co, Cr, Mn) alloys: Implication for the generality of strain glass in defect-containing ferroelastic systems”

Acta Mater., 58, 5433-5442 (2010)　　　　　PDF

■Yu Wang, Yumei Zhou, Jian Zhang, Xiangdong Ding, Sen Yang, Xiaoping Song, Xiaobing Ren, Kazuhiro Otsuka,

“Evolution of the relaxation spectrum during the strain glass transition of Ti48.5Ni51.5 alloy”

Acta Mater., 58, 4723-4729 (2010) PDF

■Junkai Deng, Xiangdong Ding, Turab Lookman, Tetsuro Suzuki, Kazuhiro Otsuka, Jun Sun, Avadh Saxena, Xiaobing Ren,

“Microscopic mechanism for martensitic stabilization in shape-memory alloys: atomic-level processes”

Phys. Rev. B. (Rapid Communication). 81, 220101(R )(2010). PDF

■Zhen Zhang, Yu Wang, Dong Wang, Yumei Zhou, Kazuhiro Otsuka, Xiaobing Ren,

“Phase diagram of Ti50-xNi50+x: Crossover from martensite to strain glass”

Phys. Rev. B., 81, 224102 (2010). PDF

■Sen Yang, Huixin Bao, Chao Zhou, Yu Wang, Xiaobing Ren, Yoshitaka Matsushita, Yoshio Katsuya, Masahiko Tanaka, Keisuke Kobayashi, Xiaoping Song, Jianrong Gao,

“Large Magnetostriction from Morphotropic Phase Boundary in Ferromagnets”

Phys. Rev. Lett., 104, 197201 (2010). PDF

■Xiaobing Ren, Yu Wang, Yumei Zhou, Zhen Zhang, Dong Wang,Genlian Fan, Kazuhiro Otsuka, Tetsuro Suzuki, Yuanchao Ji, Jian Zhang, Ya Tian, Sen Hou, Xiangdong Ding,

“Strain glass in ferroelastic systems: Premartensitic tweed versus strain glass”

Philo. Mag., 90, 141-157 (2010). PDF

■Wenfeng Liu, Xiaobing Ren,

“Large Piezoelectric Effect in Pb-Free Ceramics”

Phys. Rev. Lett., 103, 257602 (2009). PDF Stealing a lead on lead

■Yumei Zhou, Dezhen Xue, Xiangdong Ding, Kazuhiro Otsuka, Jun Sun, Xiaobing Ren,

“High temperature strain glass in Ti50(Pd50−xCrx) alloy and the associated shape memory effect and superelasticity”

Appl. Phys. Lett., 95, 151906 (2009). PDF

■Yumei Zhou, Genlian Fan, Dezhen Xue, Xiangdong Ding, Kazuhiro Otsuka, Jun Sun, Xiaobing Ren,

“High damping capacity in a wide ambient-temperature range in hydrogen-doped and hydrogen-free Ti–45Pd–5Cr martensitic alloy”

Scripta Mater., 61, 805-808 (2009). PDF

■Dezhen Xue, Jinghui Gao, Lixue Zhang, Huixin Bao, Wenfeng Liu, Chao Zhou, Xiaobing Ren,

“Aging effect in paraelectric state of ferroelectrics: Implication for a microscopic explanation of ferroelectric deaging”

Appl. Phys. Lett., 94, 082902 (2009). PDF

■Lixue Zhang, Emre Erdem,Xiaobing Ren and Rüdiger-A. Eichel,

“Reorientation of (Mn’’Ti−V••O)× defect dipoles in acceptor-modified BaTiO3 single crystals: An electron paramagnetic resonance study”

Appl. Phys. Lett., 93, 202901 (2008). PDF

■Sen Yang, Xiaobing Ren, Xiaoping Song,

“Evidence for first-order nature of the ferromagnetic transition in Ni, Fe, Co, and CoFe₂O₄”

Phys. Rev. B., 78, 174427(2008). PDF

■Xiangdong Ding, Jian Zhang, Yu Wang, Yumei Zhou, Tetsuro Suzuki, Jun Sun, Kazuhiro Otsuka, Xiaobing Ren,

“Experimental study on elastic constant softening prior to stress-induced martensitic transformation”

Phys. Rev. B., 77, 174103 (2008). PDF

■Y. Wang, X. Ren, K. Otsuka, A.Saxena,

“Temperature-stress phase diagram of strain glass Ti48.5Ni51.5”

Acta Mater., 56, 2885-2896 (2008). PDF

■Zuyong Feng, Xiaobing Ren,

“Striking similarity of ferroelectric aging effect in tetragonal, orthorhombic and rhombohedral crystal structures”

Phys. Rev. B., 77, 134115 (2008).　 PDF

■Sen Yang, Xiaobing Ren,

“Noncubic crystallographic symmetry of “cubic” ferromagnet: Simultaneous structural change at ferromagnetic transition”

Phys. Rev. B., 77, 014407 (2008).　 PDF

■Genlian Fan, Kazuhiro Otsuka, Xiaobing Ren, Fuxing Yin,

“Two-fold Role of Dislocations in the Relaxation Behavior of Ti-Ni Martensite”

Acta Mater., 56, 632-641 (2008).　 PDF

■Yu Wang, Xiaobing Ren, Kazuhiro Otsuka, Avadh Saxena,

“Evidence for broken ergodicity in strain glass”

Phys. Rev. B., 76,132201 (2007). PDF

■Huixin Bao, Lixue Zhang, Yu Wang, WenFeng Liu, Chao Zhou, Xiaobing Ren,

“Contrasting aging behavior of as-grown and annealed BaTiO3 single crystals grown by KF flux technique”

Appl. Phys. Lett., 91,142903 (2007).　 PDF

■Zuyong Feng, Xiaobing Ren,

“Aging effect and large recoverable electrostrain in Mn-doped KNbO3-based ferroelectrics”

Appl. Phys. Lett., 91, 1 (2007). 　 PDF

■J. Zhang, G.L. Fan, Y.M. Zhou, X.D. Ding, J. Sun, X. Ren, K. Nakamura, K. Otsuka,

“Does order-disorder transition exist in near-stoichiometric Ti-Ni shape memory alloys?”

Acta Mater., 55，2897-2905 (2007). 　 PDF

■Yu Wang, Xiaobing Ren, Kazuhiro Otsuka,

“Shape Memory Effect and Superelasticity in a Strain Glass Alloy”

Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 225703 (2006). 　 PDF

■G. Fan, Y. Zhou, K. Otsuka, X. Ren,

“Ultra-high damping in R-phase state of Ti-Ni-Fe alloys”

Appl. Phys. Lett., 89, 161902 (2006). 　 PDF

■Wenfeng Liu, Wei Chen, Liu Yang, Lixue Zhang, Yu Wang, Chao Zhou, Shengtao Li, Xiaobing Ren,

“Ferroelectric aging effect in hybrid doped BaTiO₃ ceramics and the associated large recoverable electrostrain”

Appl. Phys. Lett., 89, 172908 (2006). PDF

■X. D. Ding, T. Suzuki, X. Ren, J. Sun, K. Otsuka,

“Precursors to stress-induced martensitic transformations and associated superelasticity: Molecular dynamics simulations”

Phys. Rev. B, 74, 104111 (2006). PDF

■W. H. Wang, X. Ren, G. H. Wu,

“Martensitic microstructure and its damping behavior in Ni52Mn16Fe8Ga24 single crystals”

Phys. Rev. B, 73, 092101 (2006), PDF

■G. Fan, Y. Zhou, K. Otsuka, X. Ren, K. Nakamura, T. Ohba, T. Suzuki, I. Yoshida, F. Yin,

“Effects of frequency, composition, hydrogen and twin boundary density on the internal friction of Ti₅₀Ni_50-xCu_x shape memory alloys”

Acta Mater., 54, 5221-5229 (2006). PDF

■L. X. Zhang, X. Ren,

“Aging behavior in single-domain Mn doped BaTiO3:implication for a unified microscopic explanation of ferroelectric aging”

Phys. Rev. B, 73, 094121 (2006). PDF

■Y. M. Zhou, J. Zhang, G. L. Fan, X. D. Ding, J. Sun, X. Ren, K. Otsuka,

“Origin of 2-stage R-phase transformation in low-temperature aged Ni-rich Ti–Ni alloys”

Acta Mater., 53, 5365-5377 (2005). PDF

■S. Shampa, X. Ren, K. Otsuka,

“Evidence for Strain Glass in the Ferroelastic-Martensitic System Ti50-xNi50+x”

Phys. Rev. Lett., 95, 205702 (2005). PDF

■D. Z. Sun, X. Ren, K. Otsuka,
“Stabilization effect in ferroelectric materials during aging in ferroelectric state”

Appl. Phys. Lett., 87,142903 (2005). PDF

■L. X. Zhang, X. Ren,
“In-situ observation of reversible domain switching　in aged Mn-doped BaTiO3 single crystals”

Phys. Rev. B, 71, 174108 (2005). PDF

■L. X. Zhang, W. Chen, X. Ren,
“Large recoverable electrostrain in Mn-doped (Ba,Sr)TiO3 ceramics”
Appl. Phys. Lett., 85, 5658-5660 (2004). PDF

■G.L. Fan, W. Chen, S. Yang, J.H. Zhu, X. Ren, K. Otsuka,
“Origin of abnormal multistage martensitic transformation behavior in aged Ni-rich Ti-Ni shape memory alloys”
Acta Mater., 52, 4351-4362 (2004). PDF

■X. Ren,
“Large electric-field-induced strain in ferroelectric crystals by point-defect-mediated reversible domain switching”
Nature Materials, 3, 91-94 (2004). PDF Highlight Newspaper report about this paper: Report 1 Report 2 Report 3 Report 4　Report 5

■X. Ren, K. Otsuka,
“Universal symmetry property of point defects in crystals”
Phys. Rev. Lett., 85, 1016-1019 (2000). PDF

■X. Ren, K. Otsuka,
“A unified model for point defect formation in B2 intermetallic compounds”
Philo. Mag. A, 80, 467-491 (2000). PDF PDF (Erratum)

■X. Ren, K. Taniwaki, K. Otsuka, T. Suzuki, K. Tanaka, Yu.I. Chumlyakov, T. Ueki,
“Elastic constants of Ti₅₀Ni₃₀Cu₂₀ alloy prior to martensitic transformation”
Philo. Mag. A, 79, 31-41(1999). PDF

■T. Suzuki, M. Shimono, S. Takeno,
“Vortex on the surface of a very small crystal during martensitic transformation”
Phys. Rev Lett. 82, 1474-1477 (1999). PDF

■X. Ren, K. Otsuka,
“Origin of the Rubber-like Behavior in Metal Alloys”
Nature, vol.389, No.6651, 579-582 (1997). PDF

■X.(S.B.) Ren, C.J. Lu, H.M. Shen, Y.N. Wang,
“In-situ study of the evolution of domain structure in polycrystalline PbTiO₃ thin films under external stress”
Phys. Rev. B. 55, No.6, 3485-89(1997). PDF

■X.(S.B.) Ren, C.J. Lu, J.S. Liu, H.M. Shen, Y.N. Wang,
“Size-related ferroelectric domain structure transition in polycrystalline PbTiO₃ thin film”
Phys. Rev. B. 54, No.20, R14337-40 (1996). PDF

Overview Articles

X. Ren
“Strain Glass and Strain Glass Transition” in “Disorder and Strain-Induced Complexity in Functional Materials”
Springer, vol.148 pp201-225. (2012) PDF

Xiaobing Ren, Yu Wang, Kazuhiro Otsuka, Pol Lloveras, Teresa Castán, Marcel Porta, Antoni Planes, Avadh Saxenaa,
“Ferroelastic Nanostructures and Nanoscale Transitions: Ferroics with Point Defects”
MRS Bulletin, Vol. 34 (2008) pp 838-846. PDF

Y. Wang, X. Ren, K. Otsuka,
“Strain Glass: Glassy Martensite”
Materials Science Forum Vol. 583 (2008) pp 67-84. PDF

K. Otsuka, X. Ren,
“Physical metallurgy of Ti–Ni-based shape memory alloys”
Progress in Materials Science, 50, 511-678 (2005). PDF

X. Ren, K. Otsuka,
“Interaction of point defects with martensitic transformation – A prototype of exotic multi-scale phenomena”
MRS Bulletin,vol.27, No.2, 115-120 (2002). PDF

K. Otsuka, X. Ren,
“Recent development in the research of shape memory alloys”
Intermetallics, vol.7, No.5, 511-528(1999). PDF

K. Otsuka, X. Ren,
“Martensitic transformations in nonferrous shape memory alloys”
Mater. Sci. Eng. A., vol.273-275, 89-105 (1999). PDF

X. Ren, K. Otsuka,
“Recent advances in understanding the origin of martensite aging phenomena in shape memory alloys”
Phase Transitions, vol.69, 329-350 (1999). PDF

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