2026 Susan B. Sinnott: 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	69	4553	4407	1209	1138	355	21559
Chemistry	68	6418	5827	1945	1617	335	21150

Research.com Recognitions

2012 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For significant contributions developing and applying atomistic methods to investigate the physical and chemical properties of nanomaterials, material surfaces, and interfaces
2012 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society
2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Susan B. Sinnott is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas in materials science and engineering, with a significant focus on computational modeling of materials.

The scientist has published extensively in various fields, with 57 publications each in Materials Science and Engineering. Subfields of their work include Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Specific research topics covered by Susan B. Sinnott's work include:

Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
High Entropy Alloys Studies
Machine Learning in Materials Science
High-Temperature Coating Behaviors
2D Materials and Applications
Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
Nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Sinnott are:

Ismaïla Dabo
Christina M. Rost
Jacob T. Sivak
Jon-Paul Maria
Saeed S. I. Almishal

The most common publication venues where Sinnott's work appears include:

Computational Materials Science
arXiv (Cornell University)
Advanced Science
ACS Nano
MRS Bulletin

Selected recent papers by Susan B. Sinnott include:

Heterostructures coupling ultrathin metal carbides and chalcogenides, 2024, Nature Materials
What is in a name: Defining "high entropy" oxides, 2022, APL Materials
Multiscale computational understanding and growth of 2D materials: a review, 2020, npj Computational Materials
The influence of alloying on the stacking fault energy of gold from density functional theory calculations, 2020, Computational Materials Science
Influence of phase and interface properties on the stress state dependent fracture initiation behavior in DP steels through computational modeling, 2020, Materials Science and Engineering A

Their contributions to the scientific community have been recognized through fellowships which include:

Fellow of the Materials Research Society (2012)
Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) (2012) with a citation for significant contributions developing and applying atomistic methods to investigate the physical and chemical properties of nanomaterials, material surfaces, and interfaces
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2009)

Best Publications

A second-generation reactive empirical bond order (REBO) potential energy expression for hydrocarbons

Donald W Brenner;Olga A Shenderova;Judith A Harrison;Steven J Stuart

4580
Citations
Model of carbon nanotube growth through chemical vapor deposition

S.B. Sinnott;R. Andrews;D. Qian;A.M. Rao

887
Citations
Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications

Susan B. Sinnott;Rodney Andrews

733
Citations
Effect of chemical functionalization on the mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes

Ajay Garg;Susan B. Sinnott

434
Citations
Topology-Scaling Identification of Layered Solids and Stable Exfoliated 2D Materials.

Michael Ashton;Joshua Paul;Susan B. Sinnott;Richard G. Hennig

375
Citations
Chemical functionalization of carbon nanotubes.

Susan B. Sinnott

364
Citations
Parametrization of a reactive many-body potential for Mo-S systems

Tao Liang;Simon R. Phillpot;Susan B. Sinnott

347
Citations
Classical atomistic simulations of surfaces and heterogeneous interfaces with the charge-optimized many body (COMB) potentials

Tao Liang;Tzu Ray Shan;Yu Ting Cheng;Bryce D. Devine

315
Citations
Compression of carbon nanotubes filled with C60, CH4, or Ne: predictions from molecular dynamics simulations.

Boris Ni;Susan B. Sinnott;Paul T. Mikulski;Judith A. Harrison

285
Citations
Predicted Surface Composition and Thermodynamic Stability of MXenes in Solution

Michael Ashton;Kiran Mathew;Richard G. Hennig;Susan B. Sinnott

279
Citations
Mechanical properties of nanotubule fibers and composites determined from theoretical calculations and simulations

S.B. Sinnott;O.A. Shenderova;C.T. White;D.W. Brenner

273
Citations
A Computational Study of Molecular Diffusion and Dynamic Flow through Carbon Nanotubes

Zugang Mao;Susan B. Sinnott

265
Citations
Molecular dynamics simulations of the filling and decorating of carbon nanotubules

Zugang Mao;Ajay Garg;Susan B Sinnott

258
Citations
Reactive Potentials for Advanced Atomistic Simulations

Tao Liang;Yun Kyung Shin;Yu Ting Cheng;Dundar E. Yilmaz

256
Citations
Charge optimized many-body potential for the Si ∕ SiO 2 system

Jianguo Yu;Susan B. Sinnott;Simon R. Phillpot

247
Citations
Two-Dimensional Intrinsic Half-Metals With Large Spin Gaps

Michael Ashton;Dorde Gluhovic;Susan B. Sinnott;Jing Guo

227
Citations
Ceramic/metal interface structures and their relationship to atomic- and meso-scale properties

Susan B Sinnott;Elizabeth C Dickey

221
Citations
Mixed Bloch-Néel-Ising character of 180° ferroelectric domain walls

Donghwa Lee;Rakesh K. Behera;Pingping Wu;Haixuan Xu

214
Citations
Separation of Organic Molecular Mixtures in Carbon Nanotubes and Bundles: Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Zugang Mao;Susan B. Sinnott

208
Citations
Behavior of molecules and molecular ions near a field emitter

Baptiste Gault;Baptiste Gault;David W. Saxey;Michael W. Ashton;Susan B. Sinnott

192
Citations
Charge-optimized many-body potential for the hafnium/hafnium oxide system

Tzu Ray Shan;Bryce D. Devine;Travis W. Kemper;Susan B. Sinnott

183
Citations