基于高分辨透射电子显微术（包括像差校正电镜）实验，通过第一原理或分子动力学等手段，从事计算材料学领域的研究。

1.Chen D, Wang Y J, Zhu Y L, Ma X L. Effect of transition metal (TM) doping on structural and magnetic properties in hexagonal YMn0.917TM0.083O3 systems. Heliyon, 4(12), e00993 (2018).
2.Jiang Y X, Wang Y J, Chen D, Zhu Y L, Ma X L. Tunability of vortex-like patterns on 180o domain walls in ferroelectric PbTiO3. Philos. Mag. Lett. 98, 266-271, (2018).
3.Jiang Y X, Wang Y J, Chen D, Zhu Y L, Ma X L. First-principles study of charged steps on 180 domain walls in ferroelectric PbTiO3. J. Appl. Phys. 122, 054101, (2017).  
4.Shao X H, Zheng S J, Chen D, Jin Q Q, Peng Z Z, Ma X L. Deformation twinning induced decomposition of lamellar LPSO structure and its re-precipitation in an Mg-Zn-Y alloy. Scientific Reports 6, 30096 (2016)
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