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  • 2009 - IEEE Fellow For development of superconductive and cryogenic radio frequency circuits for nuclear magnetic resonance probes

Overview

Raymond Withers is affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work spans several subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Mechanics of Materials.

The main topics of Withers' research include:

  • Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials
  • Magnetic Properties and Applications
  • Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys
  • Energetic Materials and Combustion
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications

Withers has published papers in several notable scientific venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Acta Materialia
  • Science Advances
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Chemistry of Materials

Their recent research papers include:

  • Lead-free (Ag,K)NbO 3 materials for high-performance explosive energy conversion, 2020, Science Advances
  • Structure-Driven, Ferroelectric Wake-Up Effect for Electrical Fatigue Relief, 2020, Chemistry of Materials
  • Underlying physics and chemistry of ferroic-photocatalysis: a critical review, 2022, Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • High performance magnetostriction of Fe-Cu-Pd ferromagnetic strain glass: Local chemical ordering induced martensitic nanodomains morphology with low modulus, 2022, Acta Materialia
  • Corrigendum to 'High performance magnetostriction of Fe-Cu-Pd ferromagnetic strain glass: Local chemical ordering induced martensitic nanodomains morphology with low modulus' [Acta Materialia 245 (2023) 118650], 2023, Acta Materialia

Among frequent collaborators in their research are:

  • Yun Liu
  • Teng Lü
  • Felipe Kremer
  • Andrew J. Studer
  • Dehong Yu

Raymond Withers received the IEEE Fellow award in 2009 for contributions to the development of superconductive and cryogenic radio frequency circuits used in nuclear magnetic resonance probes.

Best Publications

  • An orthophosphate semiconductor with photooxidation properties under visible-light irradiation

    Zhiguo Yi;Jinhua Ye;Naoki Kikugawa;Tetsuya Kako

  • Electron-pinned defect-dipoles for high-performance colossal permittivity materials

    Wanbiao Hu;Yun Liu;Ray L. Withers;Terry J. Frankcombe

  • Antiferroelectrics for Energy Storage Applications: a Review

    Zhen Liu;Zhen Liu;Teng Lu;Jiaming Ye;Genshui Wang

  • Structure refinement of commensurately modulated bismuth strontium tantalate, Bi2SrTa2O9

    A. D. Rae;J. G. Thompson;R. L. Withers

  • Structure refinement of commensurately modulated bismuth titanate, Bi4Ti3O12

    A. D. Rae;J. G. Thompson;R. L. Withers;A. C. Willis

  • The crystal chemistry underlying ferroelectricity in Bi4Ti3O12, Bi3TiNbO9, and Bi2WO6

    R.L. Withers;J.G. Thompson;A.D. Rae

  • Colossal Dielectric Behavior of Ga+Nb Co-Doped Rutile TiO2

    Wen Dong;Wanbiao Hu;Adam Berlie;Kenny Lau

  • Large electric field-induced strain and antiferroelectric behavior in (1-x)(Na 0.5 Bi 0.5 )TiO 3 -x BaTiO 3 ceramics

    Yiping Guo;Yiping Guo;Yun Liu;Raymond Withers;Frank Brink

  • Structural transitions and complex domain structures across a ferroelectric-to-antiferroelectric phase boundary in epitaxial Sm-doped BiFeO 3 thin films

    C.-J. Cheng;D. Kan;S.-H. Lim;W. R. McKenzie

  • Colossal Dielectric Permittivity in (Nb+Al) Codoped Rutile TiO2 Ceramics: Compositional Gradient and Local Structure

    Wanbiao Hu;Kenny Lau;Yun Liu;Ray L. Withers

  • Composition-induced antiferroelectric phase and giant strain in lead-free (Na y ,Bi z )Ti 1- x O 3(1- x ) -xBaTiO 3 ceramics

    Yiping Guo;Mingyuan Gu;Haosu Luo;Yun Liu

  • A Review of Bismuth-Rich Binary Oxides in the Systems Bi2O3–Nb2O5, Bi2O3–Ta2O5, Bi2O3–MoO3, and Bi2O3–WO3

    Christopher D. Ling;Ray L. Withers;Siegbert Schmid;John G. Thompson

  • Colossal permittivity with ultralow dielectric loss in In+Ta co-doped rutile TiO2

    Wen Dong;Wanbiao Hu;Terry J. Frankcombe;Terry J. Frankcombe;Dehong Chen

  • Synthesis and characterization of mesostructured vanadium oxide

    Vittorio Luca;Dugald J. MacLachlan;James M. Hook;Ray Withers

  • An examination of the formation and characteristics of charge-density waves in inorganic materials with special reference to the two- and one-dimensional transition-metal chalcogenides

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  • Structurally frustrated relaxor ferroelectric behavior in Ca Cu 3 Ti 4 O 12

    Yun Liu;Ray L. Withers;Xiao Yong Wei

  • Local crystal chemistry, induced strain and short range order in the cubic pyrochlore (Bi1.5−αZn0.5−β)(Zn0.5−γNb1.5−δ)O(7−1.5α−β−γ−2.5δ) (BZN)

    Raymond Withers;Thomas Welberry;Ann-Kristin Larsson;Yun Liu

  • Phase relations, structure and crystal chemistry of some aluminous silicate perovskites

    S.E. Kesson;J.D. Fitz Gerald;J.M.G. Shelley;R.L. Withers

  • The phase diagram and tetragonal superstructures of the rare earth cobaltate phases Ln1−xSrxCoO3–δ (Ln=La3+, Pr3+, Nd3+, Sm3+, Gd3+, Y3+, Ho3+, Dy3+, Er3+, Tm3+ and Yb3+)

    Michael James;D Cassidy;Darren Goossens;Darren Goossens;Raymond Withers

  • Structure refinement of commensurately modulated bismuth tungstate, Bi2WO6

    A.D. Rae;J.G. Thompson;R.L. Withers

  • Atomic ordering in the doped rare earth cobaltates Ln0.33Sr0.67CoO3-δ (Ln = Y3+, Ho3+ and Dy3+)

    Raymond Withers;Michael James;Darren Goossens

Frequent Co-Authors

Yun Liu
Yun Liu Australian National University
Zhuo Xu
Zhuo Xu Xi'an Jiaotong University
Brendan J. Kennedy
Brendan J. Kennedy University of Sydney
Maxim Avdeev
Maxim Avdeev Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Christopher J. Howard
Christopher J. Howard University of Newcastle Australia
Michael A. Carpenter
Michael A. Carpenter University of Cambridge
Yongxiang Li
Yongxiang Li RMIT University
John D. Fitz Gerald
John D. Fitz Gerald Australian National University
John S. O. Evans
John S. O. Evans Durham University
Neeraj Sharma
Neeraj Sharma University of New South Wales

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