Lane Martin

About

Professor Lane W. Martin is a Principal Investigator at Rice University, affiliated with the Rice Advanced Materials Institute and the Departments of Materials Science & NanoEngineering, Chemistry, and Physics and Astronomy. His research focuses on advanced materials, likely involving the development and understanding of materials at the nano-scale, as suggested by his association with materials science and nanoengineering. His work contributes to the broader field of materials science, aiming to innovate and improve materials for various technological applications. Further details about his specific research interests, background, and key contributions are not provided in the available page text.

Research topics

• Physics
• Condensed matter physics
• Materials science
• Optoelectronics
• Quantum mechanics
• Chemistry
• Nanotechnology
• Computer Science
• Biology
• Electrical engineering

Selected publications

• Subterahertz collective dynamics of polar vortices.

  Nature · 2021 · 136 citations

  The collective dynamics of topological structures1-6 are of interest from both fundamental and applied perspectives. For example, studies of dynamical properties of magnetic vortices and skyrmions3,4 have not only deepened our understanding of many-body physics but also offered potential applications in data processing and storage7. Topological structures constructed from electrical polarization, rather than electron spin, have recently been realized in ferroelectric superlattices5,6, and these…

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• Domain-Wall Enhanced Pyroelectricity

  Physical Review X · 2025-03-18 · 7 citations

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  Ferroelectric domain walls are not just static geometric boundaries between polarization domains; they are, in fact, dynamic and functional interfaces with the potential for diverse technological applications. While the roles of ferroelectric domain walls in dielectric and piezoelectric responses are better understood, their impact on pyroelectric response remains underexplored. Here, the pyroelectric response of (001)-, (101)-, and (111)-oriented epitaxial heterostructures of the tetragonal fer…

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• Highly Tunable Relaxors Developed from Antiferroelectrics

  Advanced Materials · 2025-05-29 · 7 citations

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  Abstract Highly responsive, voltage‐tunable dielectrics are essential for microwave‐telecommunication electronics. Ferroelectric/relaxor materials have been leading candidates for such functionality and have exhibited agile dielectric responses. Here, it is demonstrated that relaxor materials developed from antiferroelectrics can achieve both ultrahigh dielectric response and tunability. The system, based on alloying the archetypal antiferroelectric PbZrO 3 with the dielectric BaZrO 3 , exhibits…

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• Colossal Electromechanical Response in Antiferroelectric‐based Nanoscale Multilayers

  Advanced Materials · 2025-02-25 · 5 citations

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  Abstract The pursuit of smaller, energy‐efficient devices drives the exploration of electromechanically active thin films (<1 µm) to enable micro‐ and nano‐electromechanical systems. While the electromechanical response of such films is limited by substrate‐induced mechanical clamping, large electromechanical responses in antiferroelectric and multilayer thin‐film heterostructures have garnered interest. Here, multilayer thin‐film heterostructures based on antiferroelectric PbHfO 3 and ferroe…

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• Anisotropic Ferroelectric Switching Dynamics in Layered Bi₂WO₆

  ACS Nano · 2025-10-07 · 4 citations

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  Layered perovskite oxides have emerged as a promising class of ferroelectric materials, yet their layered structure and nontrivial switching mechanisms require deeper investigation. Here, epitaxial Aurivillius-phase Bi2WO6 thin films are shown to exhibit crystallographic tilts likely originating from planar defects formed at step edges due to significant out-of-plane lattice mismatch. Such structural distortions impact polarization switching behavior, progressively suppressing switching response…

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Recent grants

• CAREER: Enhanced Pyroelectric and Electrocaloric Effects in Complex Oxide Thin Film Heterostructures

  NSF · $550k · 2012–2014

• Collaborative Research: Design and Demonstration of Persistent Spin Textures in Ferroelectric Oxide Thin Films

  NSF · $330k · 2021–2025

• Beyond Binary: Understanding Multi-State Stability in Ferroelectrics

  NSF · $480k · 2017–2022

Frequent coauthors

• R. Ramesh

  314 shared

• Ying‐Hao Chu

  National Tsing Hua University

  170 shared

• Anoop R. Damodaran

  University of Minnesota

  134 shared

• R. Ramesh

  124 shared

• Darrell G. Schlom

  Leibniz Institute for Crystal Growth

  110 shared

• Ruijuan Xu

  100 shared

• Venkatraman Gopalan

  97 shared

• Sujit Das

  Robert Bosch (Germany)

  90 shared

Education

• Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering

  University of California Berkeley

  2008

• M.S., Materials Science and Engineering

  University of California Berkeley

  2006

• B.S., Materials Science and Engineering

  Carnegie Mellon University

  2003

Awards & honors

• Fellow, Materials Research Society (MRS) (2024)
• Fellow, American Ceramics Society (ACerS) (2023)
• Fellow, American Physical Society (APS) (2022)
• Defense Science Study Group (DSSG) (2022-2024)
• Distinguished Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Compute…

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