2026 Martha R. McCartney: 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	47	11170	10791	2627	2440	287	7803

Research.com Recognitions

2014 - Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America For contributions to the development of off-axis electron holography and applications to the quantification of nanoscale electrostatic and magnetic fields.
2012 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For outstanding contributions to the development of offaxis electron holography and applications to the quantification of nanoscale electrostatic and magnetic fields

Overview

Martha R. McCartney is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research spans several fields, including Materials Science and Engineering, with a focus on Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering among other subfields.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics primarily related to semiconductor materials and devices. Key research topics include:

Ga2O3 and related materials
ZnO doping and properties
Semiconductor materials and devices
Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices
Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques

McCartney has contributed multiple papers to well-known publication venues. Frequent venues for publication include:

Microscopy and Microanalysis
AIP Advances
Applied Physics Express
Journal of Applied Physics
Crystal Growth & Design

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by McCartney are:

"β-Ga2O3 on Si (001) grown by plasma-assisted MBE with γ-Al2O3 (111) buffer layer: Structural characterization," 2021, AIP Advances
"Formation of metastable bc8 phase from crystalline Si0.5Ge0.5 by high-pressure torsion," 2020, Materials Characterization
"Three-step field-plated β-Ga₂O₃ Schottky barrier diodes and heterojunction diodes with sub-1 V turn-on and kilovolt-class breakdown," 2024, Applied Physics Express
"Synchrotron X-ray diffraction observation of phase transformation during annealing of Si processed by high-pressure torsion," 2021, Philosophical Magazine Letters
"Direct Observation of Large Atomic Polar Displacements in Epitaxial Barium Titanate Thin Films," 2020, Advanced Materials Interfaces

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

David J. Smith
Candice Forrester
M. C. Tamargo
Piyush Haluai
Peter A. Crozier

Martha R. McCartney has been recognized with awards such as:

Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America (2014), for contributions to off-axis electron holography and its application to quantifying nanoscale electrostatic and magnetic fields
Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) (2012), for outstanding contributions to off-axis electron holography and its applications

Best Publications

Magnetic Microstructure of Magnetotactic Bacteria by Electron Holography

Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski;Martha R. McCartney;Richard B. Frankel;Dennis A. Bazylinski

529
Citations
Electron Holography: Phase Imaging with Nanometer Resolution

Martha R. McCartney;David J. Smith

247
Citations
Strain-Driven Alloying in Ge/Si(100) Coherent Islands

S. A. Chaparro;Jeffery Drucker;Y. Zhang;D. Chandrasekhar

226
Citations
Architecture and magnetism of alnico

Lin Zhou;M. K. Miller;Ping Lu;Liqin Ke

223
Citations
Quantitative phase-sensitive imaging in a transmission electron microscope

S Bajt;A Barty;Keith Alexander Nugent;M McCartney

207
Citations
Synthesis, characterization, and modeling of high quality ferromagnetic Cr-doped AlN thin films

Stephen Y. Wu;H. X. Liu;Lin Gu;R. K. Singh

206
Citations
Production and characterization of single-crystal FeCo nanowires inside carbon nanotubes

A. L. Elías;J. A. Rodríguez-Manzo;Martha McCartney;D. Golberg

205
Citations
Above 400-K robust perpendicular ferromagnetic phase in a topological insulator

Chi Tang;Cui Zu Chang;Cui Zu Chang;Gejian Zhao;Yawen Liu

191
Citations
Electron Holography of Field-Emitting Carbon Nanotubes

John Cumings;John Cumings;A. Zettl;A. Zettl;Martha McCartney;John Spence

184
Citations
Magnetite morphology and life on Mars.

Peter R. Buseck;Rafael E. Dunin-Borkowski;Bertrand Devouard;Richard B. Frankel

183
Citations
Direct observation of potential distribution across Si/Si p-n junctions using off-axis electron holography

Martha McCartney;David Smith;Robert Hull;J. C. Bean

165
Citations
Mapping of electrostatic potential in deep submicron CMOS devices by electron holography.

M. A. Gribelyuk;Martha McCartney;Jing Li;C. S. Murthy

137
Citations
Spin-dependent tunneling in discontinuous metal/insulator multilayers

B. Dieny;S. Sankar;Martha McCartney;David Smith

128
Citations
The electron-beam-induced reduction of transition metal oxide surfaces to metallic lower oxides

David Smith;Martha McCartney;L. A. Bursill

125
Citations
Strain mapping in nanowires.

J. L. Taraci;M. J. Hÿtch;T. Clement;Pedro Peralta

122
Citations
Towards quantitative electron holography of magnetic thin films using in situ magnetization reversal

R. E. Dunin-Borkowski;Martha McCartney;David Smith;S. S P Parkin

114
Citations
Off-axis electron holography of magnetotactic bacteria: magnetic microstructure of strains MV-1 and MS-1

Rafael E. Dunin-Borkowski;Martha R. McCartney;Mihály Pósfai;Richard B. Frankel

111
Citations
Magnetic interactions within patterned cobalt nanostructures using off-axis electron holography

R. E. Dunin-Borkowski;Martha McCartney;B. Kardynal;David Smith

108
Citations
Correlation of coercivity and microstructure of thin CoFe films

C. L. Platt;A. E. Berkowitz;David Smith;Martha McCartney

108
Citations
Quantitative analysis of one-dimensional dopant profile by electron holography

Martha McCartney;M. A. Gribelyuk;Jing Li;P. Ronsheim

100
Citations