2026 Paul Muralt: 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	68	4801	4647	78	73	384	18907

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Research.com Recognitions

2013 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to piezoelectric microelectro mechanical systems

Overview

Paul Muralt is affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their research primarily focuses on the study and development of functional materials with emphasis on piezoelectric and ferroelectric properties.

The scientist's work explores multiple topics, including:

Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials
Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
Multiferroics and related materials
Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
Semiconductor materials and devices
Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies
Advanced Condensed Matter Physics

Paul Muralt's subfields of study encompass:

Materials Chemistry
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Condensed Matter Physics
Biomedical Engineering

The recent papers authored or coauthored by Paul Muralt include:

"Piezoelectric thin films for MEMS," 2023, Applied Physics Letters
"Induced giant piezoelectricity in centrosymmetric oxides," 2022, Science
"Atomically engineered interfaces yield extraordinary electrostriction," 2022, Nature
"The emergence of magnetic ordering at complex oxide interfaces tuned by defects," 2020, Nature Communications
"Impact of negative bias on the piezoelectric properties through the incidence of abnormal oriented grains in Al0.62Sc0.38N thin films," 2020, Thin Solid Films

Frequent coauthors in their work include:

Daesung Park
Nini Pryds
Nicolas Gauquelin
D. S. Chezganov
Daen Jannis

The scientist has published several articles in notable venues such as:

Advanced Materials
Science
Nature Communications
Nature
Applied Physics Letters

Paul Muralt was awarded the IEEE Fellow distinction in 2013 for contributions to piezoelectric microelectro mechanical systems.

Best Publications

Thin Film Piezoelectrics for MEMS

S. Trolier-McKinstry;P. Muralt

1252
Citations
Ferroelectric thin films for micro-sensors and actuators: a review

P Muralt

1123
Citations
Properties of aluminum nitride thin films for piezoelectric transducers and microwave filter applications

Marc-Alexandre Dubois;Paul Muralt

577
Citations
Size effect in mesoscopic epitaxial ferroelectric structures: Increase of piezoelectric response with decreasing feature size

S. Bühlmann;B. Dwir;J. Baborowski;P. Muralt

570
Citations
PZT thin films for microsensors and actuators: Where do we stand?

P. Muralt

469
Citations
{1 0 0}-Textured, piezoelectric Pb(Zrx, Ti1−x)O3 thin films for MEMS: integration, deposition and properties

Nicolas Ledermann;Paul Muralt;Jacek Baborowski;Sandrine Gentil

452
Citations
Piezoelectric Thin Films for Sensors, Actuators, and Energy Harvesting

P. Muralt;R. G. Polcawich;S. Trolier-McKinstry

414
Citations
Recent Progress in Materials Issues for Piezoelectric MEMS

Paul Muralt

410
Citations
Micromachined infrared detectors based on pyroelectric thin films

Paul Muralt

394
Citations
Piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducers based on PZT thin films

P. Muralt;N. Ledermann;J. Paborowski;A. Barzegar

390
Citations
Thickness dependence of the properties of highly c-axis textured AlN thin films

F. Martin;P. Muralt;M. A. Dubois;A. Pezous

373
Citations
Stress and piezoelectric properties of aluminum nitride thin films deposited onto metal electrodes by pulsed direct current reactive sputtering

Marc-Alexandre Dubois;Paul Muralt

364
Citations
Measurement of the effective transverse piezoelectric coefficient e31,f of AlN and Pb(Zrx,Ti1−x)O3 thin films

Marc-Alexandre Dubois;Paul Muralt

347
Citations
Texture control of PbTiO3 and Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 thin films with TiO2 seeding

Paul Muralt;Thomas Maeder;Laurent Sagalowicz;Stéphane Hiboux

343
Citations
Scanning tunneling potentiometry

P. Muralt;D. W. Pohl

295
Citations
A micro-solid oxide fuel cell system as battery replacement

Anja Bieberle-Hütter;Daniel Beckel;Anna Infortuna;Ulrich P. Muecke

268
Citations
Piezoelectric aluminum nitride thin films for microelectromechanical systems

Gianluca Piazza;Valeriy Felmetsger;Paul Muralt;Roy H. Olsson

260
Citations
Fabrication and characterization of PZT thin-film vibrators for micromotors

Paul Muralt;Markus Kohli;Thomas Maeder;Andrei Kholkin

249
Citations
Piezoelectric actuation of PZT thin-film diaphragms at static and resonant conditions

Paul Muralt;Andrei Kholkin;Markus Kohli;Thomas Maeder

242
Citations
Piezoelectric thin films for mems

Paul Muralt

235
Citations