2026 Susan Trolier-McKinstry: 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	81	2570	2481	735	691	605	25628

Research.com Recognitions

2019 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For development of thin film multilayer ceramic capacitors and piezoelectric microelectromechanical systems.
2015 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society For creative and sustained contributions to the understanding of electroceramic thin films and for leadership in materials education in the materials research community.
2009 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to dielectric and piezoelectric thin films and device applications

Overview

Susan Trolier-McKinstry is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of engineering and materials science, with significant contributions in several specialized subfields.

The main fields of study for their work include:

Engineering
Materials Science

Key subfields covered in their research are:

Materials Chemistry
Biomedical Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Mechanics of Materials
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

Their research topics focus extensively on material properties and device applications. Major topics include:

Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials
Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies
Microwave Dielectric Ceramics Synthesis
Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices
Multiferroics and related materials
Semiconductor materials and devices
Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation

Frequent coauthors in their scholarly works are:

Jon-Paul Maria
John Hayden
Wanlin Zhu
Betul Akkopru-Akgun
Clive A. Randall

Their published research appears regularly in a range of academic journals, including:

Journal of Applied Physics
Applied Physics Letters
arXiv (Cornell University)
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
Acta Materialia

Representative recent papers authored include:

"Antiferroelectrics: History, fundamentals, crystal chemistry, crystal structures, size effects, and applications," 2021, Journal of the American Ceramic Society
"Ferroelectricity in boron-substituted aluminum nitride thin films," 2021, Physical Review Materials
"Ferroelectrics everywhere: Ferroelectricity in magnesium substituted zinc oxide thin films," 2021, Journal of Applied Physics
"Strongly temperature dependent ferroelectric switching in AlN, Al1-xScxN, and Al1-xBxN thin films," 2021, Applied Physics Letters
"Atomic-scale polarization switching in wurtzite ferroelectrics," 2023, Science

Recognition for their contributions includes several distinctions:

Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2019) for development of thin film multilayer ceramic capacitors and piezoelectric microelectromechanical systems
Fellow of the Materials Research Society (2015) for contributions to electroceramic thin films and leadership in materials education
IEEE Fellow (2009) for work on dielectric and piezoelectric thin films and device applications

Best Publications

Thin Film Piezoelectrics for MEMS

S. Trolier-McKinstry;P. Muralt

1252
Citations
Templated Grain Growth of Textured Piezoelectric Ceramics

G. L. Messing;S. Trolier-McKinstry;E. M. Sabolsky;C. Duran

717
Citations
The Properties of Ferroelectric Films at Small Dimensions

T. M. Shaw;S. Trolier-McKinstry;P. C. McIntyre

679
Citations
Domain wall motion and its contribution to the dielectric and piezoelectric properties of lead zirconate titanate films

F. Xu;S. Trolier-McKinstry;W. Ren;Baomin Xu

625
Citations
High-Energy Density Capacitors Utilizing 0.7 BaTiO3–0.3 BiScO3 Ceramics

Hideki Ogihara;Clive A. Randall;Susan Trolier-McKinstry

567
Citations
Giant Piezoelectricity on Si for Hyperactive MEMS

S. H. Baek;J. Park;D. M. Kim;Vladimir A. Aksyuk

518
Citations
Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasound Transducer (PMUT) Arrays for Integrated Sensing, Actuation and Imaging

Yongqiang Qiu;James V. Gigliotti;Margeaux Wallace;Flavio Griggio

436
Citations
Weakly Coupled Relaxor Behavior of BaTiO3–BiScO3 Ceramics

Hideki Ogihara;Clive A. Randall;Susan Trolier-McKinstry

428
Citations
Piezoelectric Thin Films for Sensors, Actuators, and Energy Harvesting

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

414
Citations
Templated Grain Growth of Textured Bismuth Titanate

Jeffrey A. Horn;S. C. Zhang;U. Selvaraj;Gary L. Messing

403
Citations
Thin-film piezoelectric MEMS

Chang Beom Eom;Susan Trolier-McKinstry

371
Citations
Domain wall contributions to the properties of piezoelectric thin films

Nazanin Bassiri-Gharb;Nazanin Bassiri-Gharb;Ichiro Fujii;Eunki Hong;Susan E. Trolier-McKinstry

337
Citations
Piezoelectric properties of 〈001〉 textured Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3–PbTiO3 ceramics

E. M. Sabolsky;A. R. James;S. Kwon;S. Trolier-McKinstry

301
Citations
Bismuth zinc niobate pyrochlore dielectric thin films for capacitive applications

Wei Ren;Susan Trolier-McKinstry;Clive A. Randall;Thomas R. Shrout

298
Citations
Characterization of ferroelectric lead zirconate titanate films by scanning force microscopy

Genaro Zavala;Janos H. Fendler;Susan Trolier-McKinstry

286
Citations
Phase transitions and domain structures in strained pseudocubic (100) Sr Ti O 3 thin films

Y. L. Li;Y. L. Li;S. Choudhury;J. H. Haeni;M. D. Biegalski

274
Citations
Anomalous broad dielectric relaxation in Bi 1.5 Zn 1.0 Nb 1.5 O 7 pyrochlore

Stanislav Kamba;Viktor Porokhonskyy;Alexej Pashkin;Viktor Bovtun

254
Citations
The wafer flexure technique for the determination of the transverse piezoelectric coefficient (d31) of PZT thin films

J.F. Shepard;P.J. Moses;S. Trolier-McKinstry

249
Citations
Piezoelectric properties of zirconium-doped barium titanate single crystals grown by templated grain growth

Paul W. Rehrig;Seung Eek Park;Susan Trolier-McKinstry;Gary L. Messing

241
Citations
Scaling Effects in Perovskite Ferroelectrics: Fundamental Limits and Process‐Structure‐Property Relations

Jon F. Ihlefeld;David T. Harris;Ryan Keech;Jacob L. Jones

236
Citations
Templated Grain Growth of Textured Piezoelectric Ceramics

Gary L. Messing;E.M. Sabolsky;S. Kwon;S. Trolier-McKinstry

17
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