2026 Gerhard M. Sessler: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	56	8252	7980	476	463	261	11380

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Research.com Recognitions

2015 - ASA Gold Medal, Acoustical Society of America For the development of electret and silicon-based micromachined microphones.
2012 - IEEE/RSE Wolfson James Clerk Maxwell Medal “For pioneering contributions to electroacoustic transducers, the development of silicon microphone technology, and seminal work on electroactive materials.”
2010 - Benjamin Franklin Medal, Franklin Institute
1991 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For important contributions to the investigation and the understanding of charge storage, charge transport, and polarization phenomena in polymer dielectrics
1977 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the field of electroacoustic transduc

Overview

Gerhard M. Sessler is affiliated with the Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany. Their research primarily spans the field of Engineering, with specific focus on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Automotive Engineering.

The scientist's recent research publications include:

Biodegradable cellular polylactic acid ferroelectrets with strong longitudinal and transverse piezoelectricity, 2020, Applied Physics Letters
High performance fluorinated polyethylene propylene ferroelectrets with an air-filled parallel-tunnel structure, 2020, Smart Materials and Structures
Biodegradable and Bioabsorbable Polylactic Acid Ferroelectrets with Prominent Piezoelectric Activity, 2023, Advanced Electronic Materials
Cantilever-based ferroelectret energy harvesting, 2020, Applied Physics Letters
Highly Efficient Piezoelectrets through Ultra-Soft Elastomeric Spacers, 2021, Polymers

Common publication venues for their work include Applied Physics Letters, IET Nanodielectrics, Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft), TUprints, and Advanced Electronic Materials.

The main topics addressed in their research are:

Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
Dielectric materials and actuators
Innovative Energy Harvesting Technologies
High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena
Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks
Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research
Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications

Frequent collaborators include Heinz von Seggern, Mario Kupnik, Xiaoqing Zhang, Sergey Zhukov, and Omar Ben Dali.

Gerhard M. Sessler has received multiple awards throughout their career, including:

ASA Gold Medal from the Acoustical Society of America in 2015 for the development of electret and silicon-based micromachined microphones
IEEE/RSE Wolfson James Clerk Maxwell Medal in 2012 for pioneering contributions to electroacoustic transducers, silicon microphone technology, and electroactive materials
Benjamin Franklin Medal from the Franklin Institute in 2010
Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1991 for contributions to the understanding of charge storage, charge transport, and polarization phenomena in polymer dielectrics
IEEE Fellow since 1977 for contributions to the field of electroacoustic transduction

Best Publications

Physical principles of electrets

G. M. Sessler

1188
Citations
Piezoelectricity in polyvinylidenefluoride

G. M. Sessler

653
Citations
Ferroelectrets: Soft Electroactive Foams for Transducers

Siegfried Bauer;Reimund Gerhard-Multhaupt;Gerhard M. Sessler

642
Citations
Electromechanical response of cellular electret films

G. M. Sessler;J. Hillenbrand

425
Citations
High-Resolution Laser-Pulse Method for Measuring Charge Distributions in Dielectrics

G. M. Sessler;J. E. West;G. Gerhard

258
Citations
Piezoelectricity in cellular electret films

J. Hillenbrand;G.M. Sessler

246
Citations
Charge dynamics for electron‐irradiated polymer‐foil electrets

B. Gross;G. M. Sessler;J. E. West

235
Citations
Self‐Biased Condenser Microphone with High Capacitance

G. M. Sessler;J. E. West

211
Citations
Electrical conduction in polyimide films

G. M. Sessler;B. Hahn;D. Y. Yoon

201
Citations
Large and broadband piezoelectricity in smart polymer-foam space-charge electrets

G. S. Neugschwandtner;R. Schwödiauer;M. Vieytes;S. Bauer-Gogonea

179
Citations
Charge dynamics in irradiated polymers

G.M. Sessler

169
Citations
Space-charge electrets

R. Kressmann;G.M. Sessler;P. Gunther

168
Citations
Piezoelectric d33 coefficient of cellular polypropylene subjected to expansion by pressure treatment

X. Zhang;Joachim Hillenbrand;Gerhard M. Sessler

164
Citations
High-sensitivity piezoelectric microphones based on stacked cellular polymer films (L)

Joachim Hillenbrand;Gerhard M. Sessler

163
Citations
Charge distribution and transport in polymers

G.M. Sessler

163
Citations
Improvement of piezoelectric activity of cellular polymers using a double-expansion process

X. Zhang;Joachim Hillenbrand;Gerhard M. Sessler

149
Citations
Electrets, Topics in Applied Physics

G. M. Sessler;Keshawa Shahi

149
Citations
Foil‐Electret Microphones

G. M. Sessler;J. E. West

149
Citations
Electrets: recent developments

Gerhard M. Sessler

145
Citations
Ferroelectrets with improved thermal stability made from fused fluorocarbon layers

X. Zhang;J. Hillenbrand;G. M. Sessler

144
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