2026 Sara A. Majetich: 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	50	10174	9824	2440	2264	187	10050

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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

1010
Citations
The 2014 Magnetism Roadmap

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

385
Citations
Synthesis and utilization of monodisperse superparamagnetic colloidal particles for magnetically controllable photonic crystals

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

363
Citations
Superparamagnetism in carbon-coated Co particles produced by the Kratschmer carbon arc process.

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

351
Citations
Gold-coated iron nanoparticles for biomedical applications

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

326
Citations
Superparamagnetic Photonic Crystals

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

316
Citations
Magnetization Directions of Individual Nanoparticles

S. A. Majetich;Y. Jin

295
Citations
Morphology, structure, and growth of nanoparticles produced in a carbon arc.

John Henry J. Scott;Sara A. Majetich

275
Citations
Magnetostatic interactions in magnetic nanoparticle assemblies: energy, time and length scales

S A Majetich;M Sachan

226
Citations
Preparation and properties of carbon-coated magnetic nanocrystallites.

SA Majetich;JO Artman;ME McHenry;NT Nuhfer

225
Citations
Photomagnetism and structure in cobalt ferrite nanoparticles

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

215
Citations
Magnetophoresis of Nanoparticles

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

190
Citations
Mesoscopic monodisperse ferromagnetic colloids enable magnetically controlled photonic crystals.

Xiangling Xu;Sara A Majetich;Sanford A Asher

188
Citations
Core-Shell Magnetic Morphology of Structurally Uniform Magnetite Nanoparticles

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

170
Citations
Stabilization of Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Core−Gold Shell Nanoparticles in High Ionic Strength Media

Jit Kang Lim;Sara A Majetich;Robert D Tilton

153
Citations
Ultra-Large-Area Self-Assembled Monolayers of Nanoparticles

Tianlong Wen;Sara A. Majetich

148
Citations
Origin of reduced magnetization and domain formation in small magnetite nanoparticles

Zlatko Nedelkoski;Demie Kepaptsoglou;Leonardo Lari;Tianlong Wen

147
Citations
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

138
Citations
Surface effects on the optical properties of cadmium selenide quantum dots

S. A. Majetich;A. C. Carter

133
Citations
Advances in nanomagnetism via X-ray techniques

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

131
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