承担课题
国家自然科学基金青年项目，铁电层合膜挠曲电—界面效应耦合机理及储能性能研究（No.12002008），2021年1月—2023年12月；
北京市自然科学基金青年项目，层状PZT/PVDF能量收集系统中的关键基础问题研究（No. 1164011），2016年1月—2017年12月；
中国博士后科学基金面上项目，纳米多铁性材料性能和断裂机理的高效并行模拟计算（No. 2012M520250），2012年12月—2014年4月。
代表性学术成果
1. X.F. Zhao and A.K. Soh,The grain boundary effect on electromechanical property of ferroelectric ceramics.Scr. Mater., 2020.178: p. 313-317.
2. X. Zhao and A.K. Soh,The effect of flexoelectricity on domain switching in the vicinity of a crack in ferroelectrics.J. Eur. Ceram. Soc., 2018.38(4): p. 1341-1348.
3. X.F. Zhao and A.K. Soh,Piezoelectric properties of rhombohedral ferroelectric materials with phase transition.Funct. Mater. Lett., 2015.8(3): p. 1540008.
4. X.F. Zhao and A.K. Soh,The Influence of mechanical and electrical interfacial conditions on threshold field of ferroelectric nanothin films.Funct. Mater. Lett., 2012.5(1): p. 1250013.
5. X.F. Zhao and A.K. Soh,Phase Field Simulation of Ferroelectrics with Cracks, inFracture and Strength of Solids Vii, Pts 1 and 2, Ariffin, A.K., et al., Editors. 2011. p. 710-715.
6. X.F. Zhao, A.K. Soh, L. Li, and J.X. Liu,Influence of dipole defects on polarization switching in the vicinity of a crack in relaxor ferroelectrics.Philos. Mag. Lett., 2010.90(4): p. 251-260.
7. J.X. Liu, X.F. Zhao, A.K. Soh, and B.L. Wang,Thickness-edge modes in a semi-infinite magneto-electro-elastic plate.Philos. Mag. Lett., 2009.89(3): p. 155-161.
8. Y. Pang, J.-X. Liu, Y.-S. Wang, and X.-F. Zhao,Propagation of Rayleigh-type surface waves in a transversely isotropic piezoelectric layer on a piezomagnetic half-space.J. Appl. Phys., 2008.103(7): p. 074901.
