Alireza R. Akbarzadeh

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Postdoctoral Scholar

University of Arkansas

Also affiliated: University of Liège (2017); University of California, Los Angeles (2007–2011); Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (2005); CEA Paris-Saclay - Etablissement de Saclay (2005); Laboratoire Léon Brillouin (2005); CEA Paris-Saclay (2005); Cypress College (2023); Texas Southern University (2015); Rice University (2012–2015); Lone Star College (2023)

14 h-index 26 pubs 1,200 cited

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Alireza R. Akbarzadeh's research focuses on computational materials science, particularly employing first-principles methods to investigate the properties and phase diagrams of various material systems. His work has contributed to understanding hydrogen storage materials, including studies on the Li-Mg-N-H and Li-Mg-Al-H systems. Akbarzadeh has also explored the finite-temperature properties and microscopic origins of piezoelectricity in relaxor ferroelectrics such as Ba(Zr,Ti)O3 and KTaO3. His research involves collaborations with scientists at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Yousra Nahas, Sergei Prokhorenko, and Wei Luo.

With a career marked by 31 publications and over 1,200 citations, Akbarzadeh has an h-index of 14. His recent activity indicates continued engagement in the field. His research methodology often combines theoretical calculations with experimental validation, as seen in his work on BaZrO3.

Metrics

h-index: 14
Publications: 26
Citations: 1,200

Positions

Professor 2022–present

Lonestar College Division of Science, Engineering and Geosciences ORCID
Postdoctoral Scholar 2016–present

University of Arkansas Fayetteville Physics and Astronomy ORCID
Geophysicsist 2013–2016

DownUnder GeoSolutions ORCID
Research Scholar 2007–2009

California State University Northridge Physics and Astonomy ORCID
Postdoctoral Scholar 2005–2009

University of California Los Angeles Material Science ORCID

Selected Publications

Quantum criticality at cryogenic melting of polar bubble lattices (2023)

Nature Communications 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
Terahertz pulse induced second harmonic generation and Kerr effect in the quantum paraelectric KTaO3 (2023)

Physical review. B./Physical review. B 23 citations DOI OpenAlex
Design of broad and large physical responses from atomistic simulations (2020)

Physical review. B./Physical review. B DOI OpenAlex
Quantum-fluctuation-stabilized orthorhombic ferroelectric ground state in lead-free piezoelectric (Ba,Ca)(Zr,Ti)O3 (2018)

Physical review. B./Physical review. B 17 citations DOI OpenAlex
Microscopic origins of the large piezoelectricity of leadfree (Ba,Ca)(Zr,Ti)O3 (2017)

Nature Communications 101 citations DOI OpenAlex
Theoretical phase diagram of ultrathin films of incipient ferroelectrics (2007)

Applied Physics Letters 20 citations DOI OpenAlex
Combined theoretical and experimental study of the low-temperature properties of BaZrO3 (2005)

Physical Review B 155 citations DOI OpenAlex
Atomistic simulations of the incipient ferroelectric KTaO3 (2004)

Physical Review B 69 citations DOI OpenAlex