Dr Ming Li
BSc, MSc, PhD
Research Associate
Address:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street, Sheffield, S1 3JD
Telephone: +44 (0) 114 222 5504
Fax: +44 (0) 114 222 5943
Email: m.li@sheffield.ac.uk
Ming Li obtained his PhD in 2008 from University of Sheffield under the supervision of Professor Derek C. Sinclair. Prior to his study in the UK, he obtained his MSc from Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2004 and BSc from Shenzhen University, China in 2001. He has been working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) with Professor Sinclair at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield since 2008.
Research interests
I have been studying a wide range of electronic materials and phenomena (high permittivity transition metal oxides, lead-free piezoelectrics, microwave dielectric materials, transparent conducting oxides and new type of ionic conductors) with focus on deep understanding of composition-structure-property relationships using a combination of different techniques. A particular strength is to probe ‘electrical microstructure’ of electronic materials using Impedance Spectroscopy.
Key publications
- Ming Li, Derek C. Sinclair, and Anthony R. West, Extrinsic origins of the apparent relaxor-like behaviour in CaCu3Ti4O12 ceramics at high temperatures: a cautionary tale, J. Appl. Phys., 109, 084106, 2011.
- Ming Li, Antonio Feteira, Mehdi Mirsaneh, Soonil Lee, Michael T. Lanagan, Clive A. Randall and Derek C. Sinclair, Influence of Nonstoichiometry on Extrinsic Electrical Conduction and Microwave Dielectric Loss of Ba(Co1/3Nb2/3)O3 Ceramics, J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 93, 4087, 2010.
- Ming Li, Antonio Feteira, Derek C. Sinclair, and Anthony R. West, Origin(s) of the apparent high permittivity in CaCu3Ti4O12 ceramics: clarification on the contributions from internal barrier layer capacitor and sample-electrode contact effects, J. Appl. Phys., 106, 104106, 2009.
- Ming Li, Antonio Feteira, Derek C. Sinclair, and Anthony R. West, Incipient ferroelectricity and microwave dielectric resonance properties of CaCu2.85Mn0.15Ti4O12 ceramics, Appl. Phys. Lett., 91, 132911, 2007.
- Ming Li, Antonio Feteira, Derek C. Sinclair, and Anthony R. West, Influence of Mn doping on the semiconducting properties of CaCu3Ti4O12 ceramics, Appl. Phys. Lett., 88, 232903, 2006.
- Ming Li, Antonio Feteira, and Derek C. Sinclair, Origin of the high permittivity in (La0.4Ba0.4Ca0.2)(Mn0.4Ti0.6)O3 ceramics, J. Appl. Phys., 98, 084101, 2005.