2026 Heidemarie Schmidt: 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	42	12607	12194	687	666	239	6024

Overview

Heidemarie Schmidt is affiliated with the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology in Germany and has a research focus centered on engineering and materials science. Their work spans multiple subfields including electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, cellular and molecular neuroscience, biomedical engineering, and electronic, optical and magnetic materials.

The scientist's research encompasses a range of main topics such as advanced memory and neural computing, neuroscience and neural engineering, ferroelectric and negative capacitance devices, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, neural dynamics and brain function, physical unclonable functions (PUFs) and hardware security, and microfluidic and capillary electrophoresis applications.

Frequent publication venues reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their work and include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Biosensors
IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology
Scientific Reports
Journal of Applied Physics

Some notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Schmidt are:

"Low-power emerging memristive designs towards secure hardware systems for applications in internet of things," 2021, published in Nano Materials Science
"Synaptic Plasticity in Memristive Artificial Synapses and Their Robustness Against Noisy Inputs," 2021, published in Frontiers in Neuroscience
"Increased static dielectric constant in ZnMnO and ZnCoO thin films with bound magnetic polarons," 2020, published in Scientific Reports
"Wafer-level uniformity of atomic-layer-deposited niobium nitride thin films for quantum devices," 2021, published in Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films
"Review on Resistive Switching Devices Based on Multiferroic BiFeO3," 2023, published in Nanomaterials

Their work involves collaboration with several frequent co-authors, indicative of interdisciplinary collaboration and broad research networks. These co-authors include Nan Du, Xianyue Zhao, Daniel Blaschke, Ziang Chen, and Ilona Skorupa.

Best Publications

Room temperature ferromagnetism in ZnO films due to defects

Qingyu Xu;Heidemarie Schmidt;Shengqiang Zhou;Kay Potzger

424
Citations
Photochemistry of colloidal semiconductors. Onset of light absorption as a function of size of extremely small CdS particles

H. Weller;H.M. Schmidt;U. Koch;A. Fojtik

406
Citations
Origin of magnetic moments in defective TiO 2 single crystals

Shengqiang Zhou (周生强);E. Čižmár;K. Potzger;M. Krause

230
Citations
Room temperature ferromagnetism in carbon-implanted ZnO

Shengqiang Zhou;Qingyu Xu;Kay Potzger;Georg Talut

228
Citations
Room temperature ferromagnetism in carbon-implanted ZnO

Shengqiang Zhou;Qingyu Xu;Kay Potzger;Georg Talut

225
Citations
Quantum size effects in semiconductor crystallites: Calculation of the energy spectrum for the confined exciton

H.M. Schmidt;H. Weller

207
Citations
Band-structure pseudopotential calculation of zinc-blende and wurtzite AlN, GaN, and InN

Daniel Fritsch;Heidemarie Schmidt;Marius Grundmann

201
Citations
Defects in virgin and N + -implanted ZnO single crystals studied by positron annihilation, Hall effect, and deep-level transient spectroscopy

G. Brauer;W. Anwand;W. Skorupa;J. Kuriplach

174
Citations
Nonvolatile bipolar resistive switching in Au/BiFeO3/Pt

Yao Shuai;Shengqiang Zhou;Danilo Bürger;Manfred Helm

152
Citations
Exploiting Memristive BiFeO3 Bilayer Structures for Compact Sequential Logics

Tiangui You;Yao Shuai;Wenbo Luo;Nan Du

151
Citations
Decisive role of oxygen vacancy in ferroelectric versus ferromagnetic Mn-doped BaTiO3 thin films

Yao Shuai;Shengqiang Zhou;Danilo Bürger;Helfried Reuther

134
Citations
Band dispersion relations of zinc-blende and wurtzite InN

Daniel Fritsch;Heidemarie Schmidt;Marius Grundmann

124
Citations
Room temperature ferromagnetism in Mn-doped ZnO films mediated by acceptor defects

Qingyu Xu;Heidemarie Schmidt;Lars Hartmann;Holger Hochmuth

120
Citations
Decisive role of oxygen vacancy in ferroelectric vs. ferromagnetic Mn-doped BaTiO3 thin films

Yao Shuai;Shengqiang Zhou;Danilo Bürger;Helfried Reuther

117
Citations
Anionic and cationic substitution in ZnO

H. von Wenckstern;H. Schmidt;M. Brandt;A. Lajn

114
Citations
Metal-insulator transition in Co-doped ZnO : Magnetotransport properties

Qingyu Xu;Lars Hartmann;Heidemarie Schmidt;Holger Hochmuth

113
Citations
Bipolar electric-field enhanced trapping and detrapping of mobile donors in BiFeO3 memristors.

Tiangui You;Nan Du;Stefan Slesazeck;Thomas Mikolajick

100
Citations
Magnetic properties of ZnO nanopowders

Qingyu Xu;Shengqiang Zhou;Heidemarie Schmidt

96
Citations
Pseudopotential band structures of rocksalt MgO, ZnO, and Mg1−xZnxO

Daniel Fritsch;Heidemarie Schmidt;Marius Grundmann

88
Citations
Deep acceptor states in ZnO single crystals

H. von Wenckstern;R. Pickenhain;H. Schmidt;M. Brandt

87
Citations
Spin manipulation in Co-doped ZnO.

Qingyu Xu;Lars Hartmann;Shengqiang Zhou;Arndt Mcklich

84
Citations
Electrical and magnetic properties of RE-doped ZnO thin films (RE = Gd, Nd)

Mariana Ungureanu;Heidemarie Schmidt;Qingyu Xu;Holger von Wenckstern

84
Citations
UV optical properties of ferromagnetic Mn-doped ZnO thin films grown by PLD

Mariana Diaconu;Heidemarie Schmidt;Holger Hochmuth;Michael Lorenz

82
Citations
Defects in hydrothermally grown bulk ZnO

H. von Wenckstern;H. Schmidt;M. Grundmann;M. W. Allen

82
Citations
s − d exchange interaction induced magnetoresistance in magnetic ZnO

Qingyu Xu;Lars Hartmann;Heidemarie Schmidt;Holger Hochmuth

79
Citations
Tunneling-like magnetoresistance in bicrystal La0.8Sr0.2MnO3−δ thin films

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78
Citations
Donor-like defects in ZnO substrate materials and ZnO thin films

H. von Wenckstern;M. Brandt;H. Schmidt;G. Biehne

75
Citations