2026 Norman C. Bartelt: 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	54	8941	8636	2184	2026	220	9977

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Research.com Recognitions

2001 - MRS Medal, Materials Research Society For contributions to the statistical mechanics of materials surfaces."

Overview

Norman C. Bartelt is affiliated with Sandia National Laboratories in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Materials Science, with significant contributions in subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Atmospheric Science, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's work focuses on a range of topics including fusion materials and technologies, surface and thin film phenomena, advanced chemical physics studies, nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions, nuclear physics and applications, advanced materials characterization techniques, and quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics.

Bartelt has authored several research papers published primarily in Physical Review B, among other journals. Representative recent papers include:

"Enabling simulations of helium bubble nucleation and growth: A strategy for interatomic potentials," 2021, Physical Review B
"Scanning ultrafast electron microscopy reveals photovoltage dynamics at a deeply buried p−Si/SiO₂ interface," 2021, Physical Review B
"Phase Diagrams of Alloys and Their Hydrides via On-Lattice Graph Neural Networks and Limited Training Data," 2024, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
"Structure and energetics of the elbows in the Au(111) herringbone reconstruction," 2021, Physical Review B
"Using In Situ TEM Helium Implantation and Annealing to Study Cavity Nucleation and Growth," 2020, JOM

Frequent coauthors in Bartelt's publications include Konrad Thürmer, Ryan B. Sills, A. Alec Talin, Joshua D. Sugar, and Josh A. Whaley. The primary venues for Bartelt's research dissemination are:

Physical Review B
The Journal of Chemical Physics
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
JOM
Surface Science

Bartelt received the MRS Medal from the Materials Research Society in 2001 for contributions to the statistical mechanics of materials surfaces.

Best Publications

Graphene Islands on Cu Foils: The Interplay between Shape, Orientation, and Defects

Joseph M. Wofford;Joseph M. Wofford;Shu Nie;Kevin F. McCarty;Norman C. Bartelt

519
Citations
Evidence for graphene growth by C cluster attachment

Elena Loginova;Norman C. Bartelt;Peter J. Feibelman;Kevin F. McCarty

365
Citations
Current-induced transition from particle-by-particle to concurrent intercalation in phase-separating battery electrodes

Yiyang Li;Farid El Gabaly;Todd R. Ferguson;Raymond B. Smith

355
Citations
Thermodynamics of surface morphology.

Ellen D. Williams;N. C. Bartelt

350
Citations
Factors influencing graphene growth on metal surfaces

E Loginova;N C Bartelt;P J Feibelman;K F McCarty

328
Citations
Origin of the mosaicity in graphene grown on Cu(111)

Shu Nie;Joseph M. Wofford;Norman C. Bartelt;Oscar D. Dubon

301
Citations
Intercalation pathway in many-particle LiFePO4 electrode revealed by nanoscale state-of-charge mapping.

William C. Chueh;Farid El Gabaly;Joshua D. Sugar;Norman C. Bartelt

271
Citations
Defects of graphene on Ir(111): Rotational domains and ridges

Elena Loginova;Shu Nie;Konrad Thürmer;Norman C. Bartelt

271
Citations
Pentagons and heptagons in the first water layer on Pt(111).

S. Nie;Peter J. Feibelman;N. C. Bartelt;K. Thürmer

261
Citations
Nanostructures. Self-assembled domain patterns.

Richard Plass;N. C. Bartelt;G. L. Kellogg

239
Citations
Identifying the forces responsible for self-organization of nanostructures at crystal surfaces

K. Pohl;M. C. Bartelt;J. de la Figuera;N. C. Bartelt

239
Citations
The equilibration of terrace width distributions on stepped surfaces

N.C. Bartelt;J.L. Goldberg;T.L. Einstein;Ellen D. Williams

212
Citations
Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics of the faceting of stepped Si(111)

Ellen D. Williams;R.J. Phaneuf;Jian Wei;N.C. Bartelt

207
Citations
Surface Self-Diffusion by Vacancy Motion: Island Ripening on Cu(001)

J. B. Hannon;C. Klünker;M. Giesen;H. Ibach

201
Citations
Vacancies in solids and the stability of surface morphology

K. F. McCarty;J. A. Nobel;N. C. Bartelt

181
Citations
Orientation-dependent work function of graphene on Pd(111)

Y. Murata;E. Starodub;B. B. Kappes;C. V. Ciobanu

166
Citations
Oxidation of Graphene on Metals

Elena Starodub;Norman C. Bartelt;Kevin F. McCarty

162
Citations
Kinetics and thermodynamics of carbon segregation and graphene growth on Ru(0001)

Kevin F. McCarty;Peter J. Feibelman;Elena Loginova;Norman C. Bartelt

159
Citations
Step Permeability and the Relaxation of Biperiodic Gratings on Si(001)

S. Tanaka;N. C. Bartelt;C. C. Umbach;R. M. Tromp

154
Citations
Growth from Below: Graphene Bilayers on Ir(111)

Shu Nie;Andrew L. Walter;Andrew L. Walter;Norman C. Bartelt;Elena Starodub

152
Citations
Current-induced transition from particle-by-particle to concurrent intercalation in phase-separating battery electrodes

Yiyang Li;Farid El Gabaly;Norman C. Bartelt;Joshua D. Sugar

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