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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1998 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For the development of variableperiod xray standing wave experiments

Overview

Michael J. Bedzyk is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within materials science, engineering, and physics and astronomy, with a strong focus on materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, atomic and molecular physics, and condensed matter physics.

Their scholarly work covers several main topics, including semiconductor materials and devices, electronic and structural properties of oxides, quantum and electron transport phenomena, physics of superconductivity and magnetism, advancements in battery materials, thin-film transistor technologies, and catalytic processes in materials science.

Key recent publications include:

  • Thermally conductive ultra-low-k dielectric layers based on two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks (2021), published in Nature Materials
  • Elucidating and Mitigating High-Voltage Degradation Cascades in Cobalt-Free LiNiO2 Lithium-Ion Battery Cathodes (2021), published in Advanced Materials
  • Systematic improvements in transmon qubit coherence enabled by niobium surface encapsulation (2024), published in npj Quantum Information
  • Rapid atom-efficient polyolefin plastics hydrogenolysis mediated by a well-defined single-site electrophilic/cationic organo-zirconium catalyst (2022), published in Nature Communications
  • Experimental and theoretical evidence for hydrogen doping in polymer solution-processed indium gallium oxide (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Michael J. Bedzyk frequently collaborates with a group of coauthors, including Mark C. Hersam, Vinayak P. Dravid, Carlos G. Torres-Castanedo, Tobin J. Marks, and Dominic P. Goronzy.

Publication venues where Bedzyk has frequently contributed encompass arXiv (Cornell University), ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Chemistry of Materials, Applied Physics Letters, and Advanced Materials.

Among formal recognitions, Michael J. Bedzyk has been honored as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012 and as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1998 for the development of variable-period x-ray standing wave experiments.

Best Publications

  • High-efficiency two-dimensional Ruddlesden–Popper perovskite solar cells

    Hsinhan Tsai;Hsinhan Tsai;Wanyi Nie;Jean Christophe Blancon;Constantinos C. Stoumpos

  • A Ferroelectric Oxide Made Directly on Silicon

    Maitri P. Warusawithana;Cheng Cen;Charles R. Sleasman;Joseph C. Woicik

  • Ion adsorption at the rutile-water interface: linking molecular and macroscopic properties.

    Z. Zhang;Z. Zhang;P. Fenter;L. Cheng;N. C. Sturchio;N. C. Sturchio

  • X-ray standing waves at a reflecting mirror surface.

    M. J. Bedzyk;M. J. Bedzyk;G. M. Bommarito;G. M. Bommarito;J. S. Schildkraut;J. S. Schildkraut

  • Solution to the surface registration problem using X-ray standing waves

    Jene Andrew Golovchenko;J. R. Patel;D. R. Kaplan;P. L. Cowan

  • Polyanthraquinone-based organic cathode for high-performance rechargeable magnesium-ion batteries

    Chen Liao;Baofei Pan;Anthony Burrell

  • Metal-Free Tetrathienoacene Sensitizers for High-Performance Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

    Nanjia Zhou;Kumaresan Prabakaran;Kumaresan Prabakaran;Byunghong Lee;Sheng Hsiung Chang

  • Thermally conductive ultra-low-k dielectric layers based on two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks.

    Austin M. Evans;Ashutosh Giri;Ashutosh Giri;Vinod K. Sangwan;Sangni Xun;Sangni Xun

  • Diffuse-double layer at a membrane-aqueous interface measured with x-ray standing waves.

    MJ Bedzyk;GM Bommarito;M Caffrey;TL Penner

  • Seeding atomic layer deposition of high-k dielectrics on epitaxial graphene with organic self-assembled monolayers.

    Justice M.P. Alaboson;Qing Hua Wang;Qing Hua Wang;Jonathan Daniel Emery;Albert L. Lipson

  • Enhanced Efficiency of Hot-Cast Large-Area Planar Perovskite Solar Cells/Modules Having Controlled Chloride Incorporation

    Hsueh Chung Liao;Peijun Guo;Che Pu Hsu;Ma Lin

  • Rotationally Commensurate Growth of MoS2 on Epitaxial Graphene

    Xiaolong Liu;Itamar Balla;Hadallia Bergeron;Gavin P. Campbell

  • Spray-combustion synthesis: efficient solution route to high-performance oxide transistors.

    Xinge Yu;Jeremy Smith;Nanjia Zhou;Li Zeng

  • On the structure and evolution of the buried S/Au interface in self-assembled monolayers : x-ray standing wave results.

    P. Fenter;F. Schreiber;L. Berman;G. Scoles

  • Controlled growth of platinum nanoparticles on strontium titanate nanocubes by atomic layer deposition.

    Steven T. Christensen;Jeffrey W. Elam;Federico A. Rabuffetti;Qing Ma

  • Asymmetric Orbital-Lattice Interactions in Ultrathin Correlated Oxide Films

    J. Chakhalian;J. M. Rondinelli;J. M. Rondinelli;Jian Liu;Jian Liu;B. A. Gray

  • Structural and Electrical Functionality of NiO Interfacial Films in Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells

    Michael D. Irwin;Jonathan D. Servaites;D. Bruce Buchholz;Benjamin J. Leever;Benjamin J. Leever

  • X-ray standing waves: a molecular yardstick for biological membranes

    M. J. Bedzyk;D. H. Bilderback;G. M. Bommarito;M. Caffrey

  • Fundamental Performance Limits of Carbon Nanotube Thin-Film Transistors Achieved Using Hybrid Molecular Dielectrics

    Vinod K. Sangwan;Rocio Ponce Ortiz;Justice M. P. Alaboson;Jonathan D. Emery

  • Resonance-enhanced x-rays in thin films: a structure probe for membranes and surface layers

    Jin Wang;Michael J. Bedzyk;Martin Caffrey

Frequent Co-Authors

Tobin J. Marks
Tobin J. Marks Northwestern University
Mark C. Hersam
Mark C. Hersam Northwestern University
Paul Fenter
Paul Fenter Argonne National Laboratory
Robert P. H. Chang
Robert P. H. Chang Northwestern University
Antonio Facchetti
Antonio Facchetti Northwestern University
Monica Olvera de la Cruz
Monica Olvera de la Cruz Northwestern University
Zhenxing Feng
Zhenxing Feng Oregon State University
Wei Huang
Wei Huang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Neil C. Sturchio
Neil C. Sturchio University of Delaware
Peter C. Stair
Peter C. Stair Northwestern University

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