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D-Index
92
Citations
33459
World Ranking
2099
National Ranking
1074

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For the invention and development of multilayer high-density magnetic recording media.
  • 1998 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For innovative contributions to understanding the growth, structural characterization, and magnetic properties of metallic thin films and superlattices

Overview

Eric E. Fullerton is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Materials Science, with a total of 158 and 78 publications respectively. Within these broader fields, Fullerton's work focuses on subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Condensed Matter Physics; and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's main research themes include magnetic properties of thin films, magnetic properties and applications, physics of superconductivity and magnetism, magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials, theoretical and computational physics, magneto-optical properties and applications, and advanced X-ray imaging techniques.

Frequent publication venues for Fullerton include arXiv (Cornell University), Physical Review B, Applied Physics Letters, Microscopy and Microanalysis, and Advanced Materials.

Notable recent papers authored by Fullerton cover various topics and were published in recognized scientific journals:

  • Healable and conductive sulfur iodide for solid-state Li-S batteries, 2024, Nature
  • All-Sputtered, Superior Power Density Thin-Film Solid Oxide Fuel Cells with a Novel Nanofibrous Ceramic Cathode, 2020, Nano Letters
  • Direct Demonstration of Topological Stability of Magnetic Skyrmions via Topology Manipulation, 2020, ACS Nano
  • Quantum Sensing and Imaging of Spin-Orbit-Torque-Driven Spin Dynamics in the Non-Collinear Antiferromagnet Mn3Sn, 2022, Advanced Materials
  • Quantum materials for energy-efficient neuromorphic computing: Opportunities and challenges, 2022, APL Materials

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Fullerton include Sergio Montoya, Sheena K. K. Patel, Jeffrey A. Brock, Oleg Shpyrko, and Rajasekhar Medapalli.

Among professional recognitions, Fullerton was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1998, recognized for contributions to understanding the growth, structural characterization, and magnetic properties of metallic thin films and superlattices. In 2018, Fullerton was inducted as a Member of the National Academy of Engineering for work on the invention and development of multilayer high-density magnetic recording media.

Best Publications

  • Current-induced magnetization reversal in nanopillars with perpendicular anisotropy

    S. Mangin;D. Ravelosona;J. A. Katine;M. J. Carey

  • Interface-induced phenomena in magnetism

    Frances Hellman;Axel Hoffmann;Yaroslav Tserkovnyak;Geoffrey S.D. Beach

  • Magnetic recording: advancing into the future

    Andreas Moser;Kentaro Takano;David T Margulies;Manfred Albrecht

  • Structural refinement of superlattices from x-ray diffraction.

    Eric E. Fullerton;Ivan K. Schuller;H. Vanderstraeten;Y. Bruynseraede

  • All-optical control of ferromagnetic thin films and nanostructures

    C-H Lambert;C-H Lambert;Stéphane Mangin;Stéphane Mangin;B. S. D. Ch S. Varaprasad;Y. K. Takahashi

  • Engineered materials for all-optical helicity-dependent magnetic switching.

    S. Mangin;S. Mangin;M. Gottwald;C. H. Lambert;C. H. Lambert;D. Steil

  • EXCHANGE-SPRING BEHAVIOR IN EPITAXIAL HARD/SOFT MAGNETIC BILAYERS

    Eric E. Fullerton;J. S. Jiang;M. Grimsditch;C. H. Sowers

  • Direct observation of the alignment of ferromagnetic spins by antiferromagnetic spins

    F. Nolting;A. Scholl;J. Stöhr;J. W. Seo

  • Enhancing spontaneous emission rates of molecules using nanopatterned multilayer hyperbolic metamaterials

    Dylan Lu;Jimmy J. Kan;Eric E. Fullerton;Zhaowei Liu

  • Hard/soft magnetic heterostructures: model exchange-spring magnets

    Eric E Fullerton;J.S Jiang;S.D Bader

  • Device implications of spin-transfer torques

    J.A. Katine;Eric E. Fullerton

  • FeRh/FePt exchange spring films for thermally assisted magnetic recording media

    Jan-Ulrich Thiele;Stefan Maat;Eric E. Fullerton

  • Roughness and giant magnetoresistance in Fe/Cr superlattices.

    Eric E. Fullerton;David M. Kelly;J. Guimpel;Ivan K. Schuller

  • Cargo‐Towing Fuel‐Free Magnetic Nanoswimmers for Targeted Drug Delivery

    Wei Gao;Daniel Kagan;On Shun Pak;Corbin Clawson

  • Nanoscale magnetic materials and applications

    J. Ping Liu;Eric Fullerton;Oliver Gutfleisch;David J. Sellmyer

  • Observation of antiferromagnetic domains in epitaxial thin films

    A. Scholl;J. Stöhr;J. Lüning;J. W. Seo

  • Polymer mediated self-assembly of magnetic nanoparticles.

    Shouheng Sun;Simone Anders;Hendrik F. Hamann;Jan U. Thiele

  • The 2017 Magnetism Roadmap

    D. Sander;Sergio O. Valenzuela;Sergio O. Valenzuela;D. Makarov;C.H. Marrows

  • Magnetization reversal of Co ∕ Pt multilayers: Microscopic origin of high-field magnetic irreversibility

    Joseph E. Davies;Olav Hellwig;Eric E. Fullerton;Greg Denbeaux;Greg Denbeaux

  • Current-induced magnetization reversal in nanopillars with perpendicular anisotropy

    S. Mangin;D. Ravelosona;J. A. Katine;E. E. Fullerton

Frequent Co-Authors

Olav Hellwig
Olav Hellwig Chemnitz University of Technology
S. D. Bader
S. D. Bader Argonne National Laboratory
Ivan K. Schuller
Ivan K. Schuller University of California, San Diego
Peter Fischer
Peter Fischer Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Jordan A. Katine
Jordan A. Katine Western Digital (Japan)
Zhaowei Liu
Zhaowei Liu University of California, San Diego
Dieter Weller
Dieter Weller University of York
Michel Hehn
Michel Hehn University of Lorraine
Yeshaiahu Fainman
Yeshaiahu Fainman University of California, San Diego
Yukiko Takahashi
Yukiko Takahashi National Institute for Materials Science

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