1. PHASE-FIELD SIMULATIONS OF TOPOLOGICAL STRUCTURES AND TOPOLOGICAL PHASE TRANSITIONS IN FERROELECTRIC OXIDE HETEROSTRUCTURES Open Access Author: Hong, Zijian Title: PHASE-FIELD SIMULATIONS OF TOPOLOGICAL STRUCTURES AND TOPOLOGICAL PHASE TRANSITIONS IN FERROELECTRIC OXIDE HETEROSTRUCTURES Graduate Program: Materials Science and Engineering Keywords: Phase-field simulationFerroelectricsTopological structure and topological phase transitionOxide thin films and superlatticesMaterials by design File: Download Zijian_Hong-dissertation_final_.pdf Committee Members: Long-Qing Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorLong-Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-ChairVenkatraman Gopalan, Committee MemberClive A Randall, Committee MemberMichael T Lanagan, Outside Member