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Sara A. Majetich publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sara A. Majetich sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 187 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Sara A. Majetich D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sara A. Majetich sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to understanding of magnetic nanoparticles
  • 2007 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For innovative research on magnetic nanoparticles and their interactions, the development of novel selfassembly techniques to prepare ordered nanoparticle assemblies, and the design of plasmonic magnetic nanoparticles for biomedicine

Overview

Sara A. Majetich is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States. Their research spans fields including Physics and Astronomy as well as Materials Science, with a focus on subfields such as Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist's work covers key topics including magnetic properties of thin films, physics of superconductivity and magnetism, magnetic properties and synthesis of ferrites, characterization and applications of magnetic nanoparticles, iron oxide chemistry and applications, quantum and electron transport phenomena, and theoretical and computational physics.

Among their frequent co-authors are Hao Chen, Richard F. L. Evans, Vlado K. Lazarov, Brad Parks, and Roberto Moreno.

Publication venues in which Sara A. Majetich has frequently contributed include Applied Physics Letters, Nano Letters, Physical Review Applied, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, and Microscopy and Microanalysis.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Sara A. Majetich include:

  • The role of faceting and elongation on the magnetic anisotropy of magnetite Fe3O4 nanocrystals, 2023, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Bipolar Electric-Field Switching of Perpendicular Magnetic Tunnel Junctions through Voltage-Controlled Exchange Coupling, 2022, Nano Letters
  • Tuning the dynamics in Fe3O4 nanoparticles for hyperthermia optimization, 2020, Applied Physics Letters
  • Magnetoresistance Dynamics in Superparamagnetic Co−Fe−B Nanodots, 2020, Physical Review Applied
  • Tunnel magnetoresistance detection of skyrmions, 2021, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

Sara A. Majetich has received recognition through awards including the IEEE Fellow in 2017 for contributions to the understanding of magnetic nanoparticles, and the Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2007 for innovative research on magnetic nanoparticles and their interactions, the development of novel self-assembly techniques to prepare ordered nanoparticle assemblies, and the design of plasmonic magnetic nanoparticles for biomedicine.

Best Publications

  • TCE dechlorination rates, pathways, and efficiency of nanoscale iron particles with different properties.

    Yueqiang Liu;Sara A Majetich;Robert D Tilton;David S Sholl

  • The 2014 Magnetism Roadmap

    Robert L. Stamps;Stephan Breitkreutz;Johan Åkerman;Johan Åkerman;Andrii V. Chumak

  • Synthesis and utilization of monodisperse superparamagnetic colloidal particles for magnetically controllable photonic crystals

    Xiangling Xu;Gary Friedman;Keith D. Humfeld;Sara A. Majetich

  • Superparamagnetism in carbon-coated Co particles produced by the Kratschmer carbon arc process.

    M. E. McHenry;S. A. Majetich;J. O. Artman;M. DeGraef

  • Gold-coated iron nanoparticles for biomedical applications

    Min Chen;Saeki Yamamuro;Dorothy Farrell;Sara A. Majetich

  • Superparamagnetic Photonic Crystals

    X. Xu;G. Friedman;K. D. Humfeld;S. A. Majetich

  • Magnetization Directions of Individual Nanoparticles

    S. A. Majetich;Y. Jin

  • Morphology, structure, and growth of nanoparticles produced in a carbon arc.

    John Henry J. Scott;Sara A. Majetich

  • Magnetostatic interactions in magnetic nanoparticle assemblies: energy, time and length scales

    S A Majetich;M Sachan

  • Preparation and properties of carbon-coated magnetic nanocrystallites.

    SA Majetich;JO Artman;ME McHenry;NT Nuhfer

  • Photomagnetism and structure in cobalt ferrite nanoparticles

    A. K. Giri;E. M. Kirkpatrick;P. Moongkhamklang;S. A. Majetich

  • Magnetophoresis of Nanoparticles

    JitKang Lim;Caitlin Lanni;Eric R. Evarts;Frederick Lanni

  • Mesoscopic monodisperse ferromagnetic colloids enable magnetically controlled photonic crystals.

    Xiangling Xu;Sara A Majetich;Sanford A Asher

  • Core-Shell Magnetic Morphology of Structurally Uniform Magnetite Nanoparticles

    Kathryn L. Krycka;R. Booth;C. Hogg;Y. Ijiri

  • Stabilization of Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Core−Gold Shell Nanoparticles in High Ionic Strength Media

    Jit Kang Lim;Sara A Majetich;Robert D Tilton

  • Ultra-Large-Area Self-Assembled Monolayers of Nanoparticles

    Tianlong Wen;Sara A. Majetich

  • Origin of reduced magnetization and domain formation in small magnetite nanoparticles

    Zlatko Nedelkoski;Demie Kepaptsoglou;Leonardo Lari;Tianlong Wen

  • Synthesis and single-particle optical detection of low-polydispersity plasmonic-superparamagnetic nanoparticles

    Jit Kang Lim;Jit Kang Lim;Alexander Eggeman;Frederick Lanni;Robert D. Tilton

  • Surface effects on the optical properties of cadmium selenide quantum dots

    S. A. Majetich;A. C. Carter

  • Advances in nanomagnetism via X-ray techniques

    G. Srajer;L.H. Lewis;S.D. Bader;A.J. Epstein

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael E. McHenry
Michael E. McHenry Carnegie Mellon University
Julie A. Borchers
Julie A. Borchers National Institute of Standards and Technology
Robert D. Tilton
Robert D. Tilton Carnegie Mellon University
James A. Bain
James A. Bain Carnegie Mellon University
Richard D. McCullough
Richard D. McCullough Harvard University
Yoshichika Otani
Yoshichika Otani University of Tokyo
Chia-Ling Chien
Chia-Ling Chien Johns Hopkins University
Gregory V. Lowry
Gregory V. Lowry Carnegie Mellon University
Sanford A. Asher
Sanford A. Asher University of Pittsburgh

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