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  • John Y. Fu, Assistant Professor

  • Education: Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University at University Park, 2004
    Office: 1004 Furnas Hall
    Phone: (716) 645-1423
    FAX: (716) 645-2883
    E-mail: youweifu .at. buffalo.edu
    Curriculum Vitae: Click for PDF
    Research Interests: Multifunctional materials and devices, mesoscopic material physics, nano dielectrics, nano ferroelectrics, nano ferromagnetism, and flexoelectric effects in biomaterials and liquids.

    Selected Papers, Publications, & Presentations:

    • John Y. Fu and L. Eric Cross, "On the flexoelectric effects in solid dielectrics: theories and applications", Ferroelectrics 354, 238 (2007).
    • John Y. Fu and L. Eric Cross, "Separate control of direct and converse piezoelectric effects in flexoelectric piezoelectric composites", Applied Physics Letters 91, 162903 (2007).
    • John Y. Fu, Wenyi Zhu, Nan Li, Nadine B. Smith, and L. Eric Cross, "Gradient scaling effect in micro-size flexoelectric piezoelectric composites", Applied Physics Letters 91, 182910 (2007).
    • John Y. Fu, Wenyi Zhu, Nan Li, and L. Eric Cross, "Experimental studies of the converse flexoelectric effect induced by inhomogeneous electric field in a barium strontium titanate composition", Journal of Applied Physics 100, 24112 (2006).
    • Wenyi Zhu, John Y. Fu, Nan Li, and L. Eric Cross, "Piezoelectric composite based on the enhanced flexoelectric effects", Applied Physics Letters 89, 192904 (2006).
    • John Y. Fu and L. Eric Cross, "Separate control of direct and converse piezoelectric effects in flexoelectric piezoelectric composites", Applied Physics Letters 91, 162903 (2007)