Jan Schultheiß
About
In the framework of a Feodor Lynen Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt foundation I am currently working at NTNU. I am working with Dennis Meier to engineer the conductivity of domain walls in single- and polycrystalline hexagonal manganite model materials, which is an important requirement for future all-domain wall devices.
Background
I received my B.Sc. and MSC degree from the University of Erlangen-Nurnberg in the group of Prof. Greil. During my studies I was working as a research scholar in the group of Prof. Messing at Pennsylvania State and Prof. Gauckler at ETH. I received my PhD in 2018 in the group of Prof. Rödel at TU Darmstadt working together with Dr. Koruza on functional polycrystalline ceramic materials. In the frame of my PhD thesis I investigated the mechanism of polarization reversal in polycrystalline ferroelectric/ferroelastic ceramics. We illustrated the mechanism as a well-defined sequence of switching events physically originating from an interplay between local electric and mechanical fields.
Research areas
- Scanning Probe Microscopy
- Polycrystalline Ceramic Materials
- Dielectric, Piezoelectric and Ferroelectric Materials
- Nanoelectronics
- X-Ray Microscopy
- Ceramic Processing
Honors/Awards
- Electroceramics Young Researcher Award (Electroceramics Network, 08/2022)
- Second place at the poster competition (DKG, 04/21)
- JECS Trust Poster Award (Electroceramics XVII, 08/2020)
- Acta Student Award (02/2020)
- Young Talent Award from the German Society for Materials Science (DGM, 11/2019)
- Globald Distinguished Doctoral Dissertatation Award (ACerS, 10/2019)
- Feodor-Lynen Research Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Society (2019)
- Edward C. Henry Best Paper Award (ACers, 10/2018)
- Student Poster Competition Gold Award (ISAF, 05/2017)
- Best Poster Award (ISAF, 08/2016)
- 3rd Price of Hans-Walter-Hennicke Competition (DKG, 03/2015)
Publications
2023
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Sandvik, Olav W.;
Müller, Aaron Merlin;
Ånes, Håkon W.;
Zahn, Manuel;
He, Jiali;
Feibig, Manfred.
(2023)
Pressure Control of Nonferroelastic Ferroelectric Domains in ErMnO<inf>3</inf>.
Nano Letters
Letter to the editor
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Hunnestad, Kasper Aas;
Schultheiss, Jan Erich;
Mathisen, Anders Christian;
Ushakov, Ivan;
Hatzoglou, Constantinos;
Van Helvoort, Antonius.
(2023)
Quantitative Mapping of Chemical Defects at Charged Grain Boundaries in a Ferroelectric Oxide.
Advanced Materials
Academic article
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Schultheiss, Jan;
Picht, G.;
Wang, J.;
Genenko, Y.A.;
Chen, L.Q.;
Daniels, J.E..
(2023)
Ferroelectric polycrystals: Structural and microstructural levers for property-engineering via domain-wall dynamics.
Progress in Materials Science
Academic literature review
2022
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Schultheiss, Jan;
Xue, Fei;
Roede, Erik Dobloug;
Ånes, Håkon Wiik;
Danmo, Frida Hemstad;
Selbach, Sverre Magnus.
(2022)
Confinement-Driven Inverse Domain Scaling in Polycrystalline ErMnO3.
Advanced Materials
Academic article
2021
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Schultheiss, Jan;
Lysne, Erik Nikolai;
Puntigam, Lukas;
Schaab, Jakob;
Bourret, Edith;
Yan, Zewu.
(2021)
Charged Ferroelectric Domain Walls for Deterministic ac Signal Control at the Nanoscale.
Nano Letters
Academic article
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Zhao, Changhao;
Gao, Shuang;
Yang, Tiannan;
Scherer, Michael;
Schultheiss, Jan;
Meier, Dennis.
(2021)
Precipitation Hardening in Ferroelectric Ceramics.
Advanced Materials
Academic article
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Schultheiss, Jan;
Rojac, Tadej;
Meier, Dennis.
(2021)
Unveiling AC electronic properties at ferroelectric domain walls.
Advanced Electronic Materials
Academic literature review
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Schultheiss, Jan;
Porz, Lukas;
Kodumudi Venkataraman, Lalitha;
Höfling, Marion;
Yildirim, Can;
Cook, Phil.
(2021)
Quantitative mapping of nanotwin variants in the bulk.
Scripta Materialia
Academic article
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Puntigam, Lukas;
Schultheiss, Jan;
Strinic, Ana;
Yan, Zewu;
Bourret, Edith;
Altthaler, Markus.
(2021)
Insulating improper ferroelectric domain walls as robust barrier layer capacitors.
Journal of Applied Physics
Academic article
2020
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Zhang, Mao-Hua;
Liu, Yi-Xuan;
Wang, Ke;
Koruza, Jurij;
Schultheiß, Jan.
(2020)
Origin of high electromechanical properties in (K,Na)NbO3-based lead-free piezoelectrics modified with BaZrO3.
PHYSICAL REVIEW MATERIALS
Academic article
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Schultheiß, Jan;
Checchia, Stefano;
Uršič, Hana;
Frömling, Til;
Daniels, John;
Malic, Barbara.
(2020)
Domain wall-grain boundary interactions in polycrystalline Pb(Zr0.7Ti0.3)O3 piezoceramics.
Journal of the European Ceramic Society
Academic article
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Genenko, Y.A.;
Khachaturyan, R.;
Vorotiahin, I.S.;
Schultheiss, Jan;
Daniels, John E.;
Grünebohm, A..
(2020)
Multistep stochastic mechanism of polarization reversal in rhombohedral ferroelectrics.
Physical review B (PRB)
Academic article
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Schultheiß, Jan;
Schaab, Jakob;
Småbråten, Didrik Rene;
Skjærvø, Sandra Helen;
Bourret, Edith;
Yan, Zewu.
(2020)
Intrinsic and extrinsic conduction contributions at nominally neutral domain walls in hexagonal manganites.
Applied Physics Letters
Academic article
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Khomyakova, Evgeniya;
Wenner, Sigurd;
Bakken, Kristine;
Schultheiß, Jan;
Grande, Tor;
Glaum, Julia.
(2020)
On the formation mechanism of Ba0.85Ca0.15Zr0.1Ti0.15O3 thin films by aqueous chemical solution deposition.
Journal of the European Ceramic Society
Academic article
Journal publications
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Sandvik, Olav W.;
Müller, Aaron Merlin;
Ånes, Håkon W.;
Zahn, Manuel;
He, Jiali;
Feibig, Manfred.
(2023)
Pressure Control of Nonferroelastic Ferroelectric Domains in ErMnO<inf>3</inf>.
Nano Letters
Letter to the editor
-
Hunnestad, Kasper Aas;
Schultheiss, Jan Erich;
Mathisen, Anders Christian;
Ushakov, Ivan;
Hatzoglou, Constantinos;
Van Helvoort, Antonius.
(2023)
Quantitative Mapping of Chemical Defects at Charged Grain Boundaries in a Ferroelectric Oxide.
Advanced Materials
Academic article
-
Schultheiss, Jan;
Picht, G.;
Wang, J.;
Genenko, Y.A.;
Chen, L.Q.;
Daniels, J.E..
(2023)
Ferroelectric polycrystals: Structural and microstructural levers for property-engineering via domain-wall dynamics.
Progress in Materials Science
Academic literature review
-
Schultheiss, Jan;
Xue, Fei;
Roede, Erik Dobloug;
Ånes, Håkon Wiik;
Danmo, Frida Hemstad;
Selbach, Sverre Magnus.
(2022)
Confinement-Driven Inverse Domain Scaling in Polycrystalline ErMnO3.
Advanced Materials
Academic article
-
Schultheiss, Jan;
Lysne, Erik Nikolai;
Puntigam, Lukas;
Schaab, Jakob;
Bourret, Edith;
Yan, Zewu.
(2021)
Charged Ferroelectric Domain Walls for Deterministic ac Signal Control at the Nanoscale.
Nano Letters
Academic article
-
Zhao, Changhao;
Gao, Shuang;
Yang, Tiannan;
Scherer, Michael;
Schultheiss, Jan;
Meier, Dennis.
(2021)
Precipitation Hardening in Ferroelectric Ceramics.
Advanced Materials
Academic article
-
Schultheiss, Jan;
Rojac, Tadej;
Meier, Dennis.
(2021)
Unveiling AC electronic properties at ferroelectric domain walls.
Advanced Electronic Materials
Academic literature review
-
Schultheiss, Jan;
Porz, Lukas;
Kodumudi Venkataraman, Lalitha;
Höfling, Marion;
Yildirim, Can;
Cook, Phil.
(2021)
Quantitative mapping of nanotwin variants in the bulk.
Scripta Materialia
Academic article
-
Puntigam, Lukas;
Schultheiss, Jan;
Strinic, Ana;
Yan, Zewu;
Bourret, Edith;
Altthaler, Markus.
(2021)
Insulating improper ferroelectric domain walls as robust barrier layer capacitors.
Journal of Applied Physics
Academic article
-
Zhang, Mao-Hua;
Liu, Yi-Xuan;
Wang, Ke;
Koruza, Jurij;
Schultheiß, Jan.
(2020)
Origin of high electromechanical properties in (K,Na)NbO3-based lead-free piezoelectrics modified with BaZrO3.
PHYSICAL REVIEW MATERIALS
Academic article
-
Schultheiß, Jan;
Checchia, Stefano;
Uršič, Hana;
Frömling, Til;
Daniels, John;
Malic, Barbara.
(2020)
Domain wall-grain boundary interactions in polycrystalline Pb(Zr0.7Ti0.3)O3 piezoceramics.
Journal of the European Ceramic Society
Academic article
-
Genenko, Y.A.;
Khachaturyan, R.;
Vorotiahin, I.S.;
Schultheiss, Jan;
Daniels, John E.;
Grünebohm, A..
(2020)
Multistep stochastic mechanism of polarization reversal in rhombohedral ferroelectrics.
Physical review B (PRB)
Academic article
-
Schultheiß, Jan;
Schaab, Jakob;
Småbråten, Didrik Rene;
Skjærvø, Sandra Helen;
Bourret, Edith;
Yan, Zewu.
(2020)
Intrinsic and extrinsic conduction contributions at nominally neutral domain walls in hexagonal manganites.
Applied Physics Letters
Academic article
-
Khomyakova, Evgeniya;
Wenner, Sigurd;
Bakken, Kristine;
Schultheiß, Jan;
Grande, Tor;
Glaum, Julia.
(2020)
On the formation mechanism of Ba0.85Ca0.15Zr0.1Ti0.15O3 thin films by aqueous chemical solution deposition.
Journal of the European Ceramic Society
Academic article
Knowledge Transfer
2023
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Academic lectureVan Helvoort, Antonius; Mathisen, Anders Christian; Schultheiss, Jan Erich; Hunnestad, Kasper Aas; Meier, Dennis; Correa, Leonardo. (2023) 4DSTEM for nm scale characterization of ferroelectrics. Dennis Meier Ferroelectrics Domains and Domain Walls, The Northern Lights Edition , Hurtigruten 2023-05-22 - 2023-05-25
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Academic lectureMathisen, Anders Christian; Correa, Leonardo; Hunnestad, Kasper Aas; Schultheiss, Jan Erich; Christiansen, Emil; Meier, Dennis. (2023) Scanning precession electron diffraction of polycrystalline ferroelectrics. Royal Microscopy Society / EMAG (IOP) MMC/EMAG , Manchester 2023-07-04 - 2023-07-06
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PosterDragland, Ruben Skjelstad; Wolk, Katharina; Chavez Panduro, Elvia Anabela; Hunnestad, Kasper Aas; Schultheiss, Jan Erich; Meier, Dennis. (2023) Non-uniform Grain Size Effects on Ferroelectric Domain Scaling in DyMnO3. NTNU Nano Norwegian Nanosymposium 2023 , Trondheim 2023-11-28 - 2023-11-29
2022
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Academic lectureHunnestad, Kasper Aas; Schultheiss, Jan; Roede, Erik Dobloug; Van Helvoort, Antonius; Meier, Dennis. (2022) 3D chemical mapping of grain boundaries in polycrystalline ferroelectrics . QUOROM-7 QUOROM-7 , Online 2022-09-15 - 2022-09-15