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UK
2022

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Materials Science

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118
Citations
89142
World Ranking
514
National Ranking
21

Physics

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124
Citations
94214
World Ranking
681
National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2008 - MRS Medal, Materials Research Society For his fundamental contributions to the materials science of oxides underlying current and future electronic devices

Overview

James F. Scott was affiliated with the University of St Andrews in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focused on materials science with a significant emphasis on ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials, multiferroics, and magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials. Their work extended into topics related to acoustic wave resonator technologies, advanced condensed matter physics, electronic and structural properties of oxides, and microwave dielectric ceramics synthesis.

Over the course of their career, James F. Scott published extensively in the field of materials science, including subfields such as materials chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, atomic and molecular physics and optics, biomedical engineering, and condensed matter physics.

Frequent coauthors that collaborated with James F. Scott included Ram S. Katiyar, Shalini Kumari, K. K. Mishra, Peter Woias, and Matthias Wuttig. These collaborations appeared across various publications and research papers during their career.

James F. Scott's work was published in several journals and venues, with multiple contributions in arXiv (Cornell University), Advanced Electronic Materials, Physical Review B, Nature Materials, and Applied Physics Letters.

Their notable papers include:

  • "Ferroelectric domain wall memory with embedded selector realized in LiNbO3 single crystals integrated on Si wafers," 2020, Nature Materials
  • "Non-Ohmic Variable-Range Hopping and Resistive Switching in SrTiO3 Domain Walls," 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • "Nanodomain patterns in ultra-tetragonal lead titanate (PbTiO3)," 2020, Applied Physics Letters
  • "Lead palladium titanate: A room temperature nanoscale multiferroic thin film," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Room-temperature large magnetoelectricity in a transition metal doped ferroelectric perovskite," 2021, Physical Review B

James F. Scott was awarded the MRS Medal by the Materials Research Society in 2008 for their fundamental contributions to the materials science of oxides underlying current and future electronic devices.

Best Publications

  • Multiferroic and magnetoelectric materials

    W. Eerenstein;N. D. Mathur;J. F. Scott

  • Physics and Applications of Bismuth Ferrite

    Gustau Catalan;James F. Scott

  • Applications of Modern Ferroelectrics

    J. F. Scott

  • Fatigue-free ferroelectric capacitors with platinum electrodes

    C. A-Paz de Araujo;J. D. Cuchiaro;L. D. McMillan;M. C. Scott

  • Physics of thin-film ferroelectric oxides

    Matthew Dawber;K. M. Rabe;J. F. Scott

  • Above-bandgap voltages from ferroelectric photovoltaic devices

    S. Y. Yang;J. Seidel;J. Seidel;S. J. Byrnes;S. J. Byrnes;P. Shafer

  • Giant Electrocaloric Effect in Thin-Film PbZr0.95Ti0.05O3

    A. S. Mischenko;A. S. Mischenko;Q. Zhang;Q. Zhang;J. F. Scott;J. F. Scott;R. W. Whatmore;R. W. Whatmore

  • Data storage. Multiferroic memories.

    J. F. Scott

  • The Physics of Ferroelectric Memories

    Orlando Auciello;James F. Scott;Ramamoorthy Ramesh

  • Conduction at domain walls in oxide multiferroics

    J. Seidel;L. W. Martin;L. W. Martin;Q. He;Q. Zhan

  • A novel form of tissue-specific RNA processing produces apolipoprotein-B48 in intestine.

    Lyn M. Powell;Simon C. Wallis;Richard J. Pease;Yvonne H. Edwards

  • Domain wall nanoelectronics

    Gustau Catalán;J. Seidel;J. Seidel;J. Seidel;Ramamoorthy Ramesh;Ramamoorthy Ramesh;James F. Scott

  • Emerging memories: resistive switching mechanisms and current status.

    Doo Seok Jeong;Reji Thomas;R S Katiyar;J F Scott

  • Giant sharp and persistent converse magnetoelectric effects in multiferroic epitaxial heterostructures.

    W. Eerenstein;M. Wiora;J. L. Prieto;J. F. Scott

  • Observation of polar vortices in oxide superlattices

    A. K. Yadav;A. K. Yadav;C. T. Nelson;C. T. Nelson;S. L. Hsu;S. L. Hsu;Z. Hong

  • cDNA sequence and chromosomal localization of human platelet-derived growth factor A-chain and its expression in tumour cell lines

    Christer Betsholtz;Ann Johnsson;Carl-Henrik Heldin;Bengt Westermark

  • Soft-mode spectroscopy: Experimental studies of structural phase transitions

    J. F. Scott

  • Ferroelectrics go bananas

    J F Scott

  • Ferroelectric Memories

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  • Soft Phonon Modes and the 110°K Phase Transition in SrTiO3

    P. A. Fleury;J. F. Scott;J. M. Worlock

  • Observation of Polar Vortices in Oxide Superlattices

    R. Ramesh

Frequent Co-Authors

Ram S. Katiyar
Ram S. Katiyar University of Puerto Rico
Gustau Catalan
Gustau Catalan Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia
J. M. Gregg
J. M. Gregg Queen's University Belfast
Simon A. T. Redfern
Simon A. T. Redfern Nanyang Technological University
Neil D. Mathur
Neil D. Mathur University of Cambridge
Ramamoorthy Ramesh
Ramamoorthy Ramesh Rice University
Ekhard K. H. Salje
Ekhard K. H. Salje University of Cambridge
Hyun M. Jang
Hyun M. Jang Seoul National University
Michael A. Carpenter
Michael A. Carpenter University of Cambridge
Alexei Gruverman
Alexei Gruverman University of Nebraska–Lincoln

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