2026 Mahesh G. Samant: 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	63	6052	5857	1546	1445	212	20130
Chemistry	64	7929	7192	2300	1909	205	20235

Overview

Mahesh G. Samant is a researcher affiliated with IBM in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on materials science and engineering, with notable contributions in the study of electronic and magnetic properties of Heusler alloys.

The main fields of study for Mahesh G. Samant include:

Materials Science
Engineering

Their research spans several subfields such as:

Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Materials Chemistry
Polymers and Plastics

Key topics covered in their research include:

Heusler alloys: electronic and magnetic properties
Magnetic properties of thin films
Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials
2D Materials and Applications
Wireless Power Transfer Systems
Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices

Mahesh G. Samant has published research in a variety of academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Nature Nanotechnology
Physical Review Applied
Science Advances
physica status solidi (b)

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Mahesh G. Samant are:

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors Influencing the Dynamics of VO₂ Mott Oscillators, 2023, Physical Review Applied
Heusler-based synthetic antiferrimagnets, 2022, Science Advances
Half-Metallic Full-Heusler and Half-Heusler Compounds with Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy, 2023, physica status solidi (b)
Ferrimagnetic Heusler tunnel junctions with fast spin-transfer torque switching enabled by low magnetization, 2025, Nature Nanotechnology
Enhancement in tunnel magnetoresistance for magnetic tunnel junctions in Mn based Heusler compounds, 2025, Applied Physics Letters

Collaborations form a notable part of their research activity. Frequent coauthors of Mahesh G. Samant include:

S. Parkin
Panagiotis Ch. Filippou
Jaewoo Jeong
Sergey V. Faleev
Teya Topuria

Best Publications

Giant tunnelling magnetoresistance at room temperature with MgO (100) tunnel barriers

Stuart S. P. Parkin;Christian Kaiser;Alex Panchula;Philip M. Rice

4019
Citations
Exchange-biased magnetic tunnel junctions and application to nonvolatile magnetic random access memory (invited)

S. S. P. Parkin;K. P. Roche;M. G. Samant;P. M. Rice

1649
Citations
Suppression of Metal-Insulator Transition in VO2 by Electric Field–Induced Oxygen Vacancy Formation

Jaewoo Jeong;Nagaphani Aetukuri;Nagaphani Aetukuri;Tanja Graf;Thomas D. Schladt

1204
Citations
Magnetically engineered spintronic sensors and memory

S. Parkin;Xin Jiang;C. Kaiser;A. Panchula

904
Citations
Element-Specific Magnetic Microscopy with Circularly Polarized X-rays

J. Stöhr;Y. Wu;B. D. Hermsmeier;M. G. Samant

667
Citations
Control of the metal-insulator transition in vanadium dioxide by modifying orbital occupancy

Nagaphani B. Aetukuri;Nagaphani B. Aetukuri;Alexander X. Gray;Marc Drouard;Matteo Cossale

632
Citations
Epitaxial growth and properties of ferromagnetic co-doped TiO2 anatase

S. A. Chambers;S. Thevuthasan;R. F. C. Farrow;R. F. Marks

575
Citations
Atomic-beam alignment of inorganic materials for liquid-crystal displays

P. Chaudhari;James Lacey;James Doyle;Eileen Galligan

516
Citations
Microscopic origin of magnetic anisotropy in Au/Co/Au probed with x-ray magnetic circular dichroism.

D. Weller;J. Stöhr;R. Nakajima;A. Carl

484
Citations
First experimental results from IBM/TENN/TULANE/LLNL/LBL undulator beamline at the advanced light source

Jianjun Jia;Thomas A. Callcott;J. Yurkas;Arthur W. Ellis

478
Citations
Liquid crystal alignment on carbonaceous surfaces with orientational order.

J. Stöhr;M. G. Samant;J. Lüning;A. C. Callegari

382
Citations
Enhanced orbital magnetic moment on Co atoms in Co/Pd multilayers: A magnetic circular x-ray dichroism study.

Y. Wu;J. Stöhr;B. D. Hermsmeier;M. G. Samant

291
Citations
Orbital magnetic moments of Co in multilayers with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy.

D. Weller;Y. Wu;J. Stöhr;M. G. Samant

287
Citations
Induced spin polarization in Cu spacer layers in Co/Cu multilayers

M. G. Samant;J. Stöhr;S. S. P. Parkin;G. A. Held

285
Citations
Liquid crystal alignment by rubbed polymer surfaces: a microscopic bond orientation model

J. Stöhr;M.G. Samant

235
Citations
The adsorption structure of glycine adsorbed on Cu(110); comparison with formate and acetate/Cu(110)

J. Hasselstrom;O. Karis;Martin G. Weinelt;Nial Wassdahl

231
Citations
Surface Relaxations in Polymers

Y. Liu;T. P. Russell;M. G. Samant;J. Stöhr

219
Citations
Microscopic Origin of Liquid Crystal Alignment on Rubbed Polymer Surfaces

J. Stöhr;M. G. Samant;A. Cossy-Favre;J. Diaz

215
Citations
Grazing incidence X-ray diffraction of lead monolayers at a silver (111) and gold (111) electrode/electrolyte interface

Mahesh G. Samant;Michael F. Toney;Gary L. Borges;Lesser Blum

203
Citations
Origin of the Tetragonal Ground State of Heusler Compounds

Sergey V. Faleev;Yari Ferrante;Yari Ferrante;Yari Ferrante;Jaewoo Jeong;Mahesh G. Samant

194
Citations
NEXAFS Studies on the Surface Orientation of Buffed Polyimides

M. G. Samant;J. Stöhr;H. R. Brown;T. P. Russell

183
Citations
In-situ FT-IR spectroscopic study of bisulfate and sulfate adsorption on platinum electrodes: Part 1. Sulfuric acid

K. Kunimatsu;M.G. Samant;H. Seki

176
Citations