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113
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54951
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624
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221

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society
  • 2010 - Von Hippel Award, Materials Research Society
  • 1992 - MRS Medal, Materials Research Society In recognition of his leadership and vision in the atomic scale engineering of relaxor ferroelectric materials as the prototype of self-assembling nanocomposites

Overview

L. E. Cross was a researcher affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their work primarily focused on environmental science with a notable concentration on water science and technology as well as health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. The scientist's research intersected key topics such as fluoride effects and removal, along with broader themes related to health, the environment, and cognitive aging.

Their recent publications included the study titled "Fluoride: friend or foe? Exploring the effect of fluoride exposure on children's IQ scores" published in 2025 in the journal Evidence-Based Dentistry. Another paper from the same year, "Reactive Infectious Mucocutaneous Eruption: A Case Series," appeared in Dental Update. These publications reflect their involvement in investigating health-related environmental exposures and their outcomes.

Frequent coauthors who collaborated with L. E. Cross included Aoife Crummey, Robert JR Reilly, and Alex Crighton. The scientist contributed to academic conversations within journals such as Evidence-Based Dentistry and Dental Update, where they published their findings and case studies.

Their fields of study were centered on environmental science, with subfields covering specific areas in water science and toxicology. The main topics they addressed focused on the effects and removal of fluoride in environmental and health contexts, as well as cognitive impacts associated with environmental factors.

L. E. Cross received several recognitions during their career. Among these were becoming a Fellow of the Materials Research Society in 2010 and being awarded the Von Hippel Award by the same society that year. Earlier, in 1992, they were honored with the MRS Medal in acknowledgment of their leadership and vision in the atomic scale engineering of relaxor ferroelectric materials as prototypical self-assembling nanocomposites.

  • Fluoride: friend or foe? Exploring the effect of fluoride exposure on children's IQ scores (2025, Evidence-Based Dentistry)
  • Reactive Infectious Mucocutaneous Eruption: A Case Series (2025, Dental Update)

  • Aoife Crummey
  • Robert JR Reilly
  • Alex Crighton

  • Evidence-Based Dentistry
  • Dental Update

  • Environmental Science

  • Water Science and Technology
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

  • Fluoride Effects and Removal
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging

Best Publications

  • Connectivity and piezoelectric-pyroelectric composites

    R.E. Newnham;D.P. Skinner;L.E. Cross

  • Freezing of the polarization fluctuations in lead magnesium niobate relaxors

    Dwight Viehland;S. J. Jang;L. Eric Cross;Manfred Wuttig

  • A MONOCLINIC FERROELECTRIC PHASE IN THE PB(ZR1-XTIX)O3 SOLID SOLUTION

    B. Noheda;D. E. Cox;G. Shirane;J. A. Gonzalo

  • The Role of B-Site Cation Disorder in Diffuse Phase-Transition Behavior of Perovskite Ferroelectrics

    N. Setter;L. E. Cross

  • Relaxorferroelectrics: An overview

    Unknown

  • Oxygen-vacancy-related low-frequency dielectric relaxation and electrical conduction in B i : S r T i O 3

    Chen Ang;Chen Ang;Zhi Yu;Zhi Yu;L. E. Cross

  • Origin of the high piezoelectric response in PbZr1-xTixO3

    R. Guo;L. E. Cross;S. E. Park;B. Noheda;B. Noheda

  • Polarization Rotation via a Monoclinic Phase in the Piezoelectric 92%PbZn1/3Nb2/3O3-8%PbTiO3

    B. Noheda;D.E. Cox;G. Shirane;S.-E. Park

  • Tetragonal-to-monoclinic phase transition in a ferroelectric perovskite : The structure of PbZr0.52Ti0.48O3

    B. Noheda;J.A. Gonzalo;L.E. Cross;R. Guo

  • Electrical and Optical Properties of Ferroelectric Bi4Ti3O12 Single Crystals

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  • Direct evaluation of domain‐wall and intrinsic contributions to the dielectric and piezoelectric response and their temperature dependence on lead zirconate‐titanate ceramics

    Q. M. Zhang;H. Wang;N. Kim;L. E. Cross

  • Phenomenological Theory of High Permittivity in Fine-Grained Barium Titanate

    W. R. Buessem;L. E. Cross;A. K. Goswami

  • Dielectric properties of lead-magnesium niobate ceramics

    S. L. Swartz;T. R. Shrout;W. A. Schulze;L. E. Cross

  • Thermodynamic theory of PbTiO3

    M. J. Haun;E. Furman;S. J. Jang;H. A. McKinstry

  • Stability of the monoclinic phase in the ferroelectric perovskite PbZr1-xTixO3

    B. Noheda;D.E. Cox;G. Shirane;R. Guo

  • The Contribution of Structural Disorder to Diffuse Phase-Transitions in Ferroelectrics

    N. Setter;L. E. Cross

  • A Phenomenological Thermodynamic Potential for BaTiO3 Single Crystals

    Y. L. Li;L. E. Cross;L. Q. Chen

  • Thermodynamic theory of the lead zirconate-titanate solid solution system, part I: Phenomenology

    M J Haun;E Furman;S J Jang;L E Cross

  • Polarization and depolarization behavior of hot pressed lead lanthanum zirconate titanate ceramics

    Yao Xi;Chen Zhili;L. E. Cross

  • Flexoelectricity of barium titanate

    Unknown

  • Destruction of spin cycloid in (111)c-oriented BiFeO3 thin films by epitiaxial constraint: Enhanced polarization and release of latent magnetization

    Feiming Bai;J. L. Wang;Manfred Wuttig;Jiefang Li

  • Flexible composite transducers

    D.P. Skinner;R.E. Newnham;L.E. Cross

  • Piezoelectric Composite Materials for Ultrasonic Transducer Applications. Part I: Resonant Modes of Vibration of PZT Rod-Polymer Composites

    T.R. Gururaja;W.A. Schulze;L.E. Cross;R.E. Newnham

Frequent Co-Authors

Amar S. Bhalla
Amar S. Bhalla The University of Texas at San Antonio
Robert E. Newnham
Robert E. Newnham Pennsylvania State University
Ruyan Guo
Ruyan Guo The University of Texas at San Antonio
Qiming Zhang
Qiming Zhang Pennsylvania State University
Kenji Uchino
Kenji Uchino Pennsylvania State University
Wenwu Cao
Wenwu Cao Pennsylvania State University
Dragan Damjanovic
Dragan Damjanovic École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Rustum Roy
Rustum Roy Pennsylvania State University
Clive A. Randall
Clive A. Randall Pennsylvania State University
Gen Shirane
Gen Shirane Brookhaven National Laboratory

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