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2025

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D-Index
84
Citations
33287
World Ranking
2763
National Ranking
67

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2013 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering experiments in superconductivity and magnetism giving rise to various discoveries in stronglycorrelated oxides, heavyfermion systems and organics

Overview

Thomas Palstra is affiliated with the University of Twente in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy, with significant contributions in subfields including Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's work focuses on several main topics, notably:

  • Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
  • Magnetic properties of thin films
  • Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
  • Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
  • Semiconductor materials and interfaces
  • Iron-based superconductors research
  • Rare-earth and actinide compounds

Thomas Palstra has published extensively, with recent papers including:

  • "Orbital Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov state in an Ising superconductor" (2023) published in Nature
  • "All-electrical detection of skyrmion lattice state and chiral surface twists" (2021) published in Physical review. B./Physical review. B
  • "Strain relaxation dynamics of multiferroic orthorhombic manganites" (2020) published in Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
  • "Growth and Helicity of Noncentrosymmetric Cu2OSeO3 Crystals" (2021) published in physica status solidi (b)
  • "Ohmic Response in BiFeO3 Domain Walls by Submicron-Scale Four-Point Probe Resistance Measurements" (2025) published in Advanced Electronic Materials

The researcher frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Advanced Electronic Materials
  • Nature
  • Physical review. B./Physical review. B
  • Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
  • physica status solidi (b)

Collaborations form an important part of their research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Aisha Aqeel
  • Jan Sahliger
  • C. H. Back
  • Agustinus Agung Nugroho
  • Guowei Li

Thomas Palstra was recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2013, with a citation noting work on pioneering experiments in superconductivity and magnetism leading to discoveries in strongly correlated oxides, heavy fermion systems, and organics.

Best Publications

  • Superconductivity at 18 K in potassium-doped C60

    A.F. Hebard;M.J. Rosseinsky;R.C. Haddon;D.W. Murphy

  • The origin of ferroelectricity in magnetoelectric YMnO3.

    Bas B. Van Aken;Thomas T.M. Palstra;Alessio Filippetti;Alessio Filippetti;Nicola A. Spaldin

  • Effect of impurities on the mobility of single crystal pentacene

    Oana D. Jurchescu;Jacob Baas;Thomas T. M. Palstra

  • The effect of impurities on the mobility of single crystal pentacene

    Oana D. Jurchescu;Jacob Baas;Thomas T.M. Palstra

  • Superconductivity at 28 K in RbxC60.

    M. J. Rosseinsky;A. P. Ramirez;S. H. Glarum;D. W. Murphy

  • Superconducting and magnetic transitions in the heavy-fermion system URu2Si2.

    Thomas Palstra;A.A. Menovsky;J. van den Berg;A.J. Dirkmaat

  • Thermally activated dissipation in Bi2.2Sr2Ca0.8Cu2O8+δ

    T. T M Palstra;Bertram Batlogg;Lynn Schneemeyer;Joseph V. Waszczak

  • Dissipative flux motion in high-temperature superconductors

    Thomas Palstra;B. Batlogg;R.B. van Dover;L.F. Schneemeyer

  • Thermally activated dissipation in Bi/sub 2. 2/Sr/sub 2/Ca/sub 0. 8/Cu/sub 2/O/sub 8+//sub delta/

    T.T.M. Palstra;B. Batlogg;L.F. Schneemeyer;J.V. Waszczak

  • C60 thin film transistors

    R. C. Haddon;A. S. Perel;R.C. Morris;Thom T.M. Palstra

  • Magnetic excitations and ordering in the heavy-electron superconductor URu2Si2.

    C. Broholm;J.K. Kjems;W.J.L. Buyers;P. Matthews

  • Thermodynamic and electron diffraction signatures of charge and spin ordering in La1-xCaxMnO3

    A. P. Ramirez;Peter E Schiffer;S. W. Cheong;C. H. Chen

  • Interface‐Controlled, High‐Mobility Organic Transistors

    Oana D. Jurchescu;Mihaita Popinciuc;Bart J. van Wees;Thomas T. M. Palstra

  • Encyclopedia of Materials

    Thomas Palstra;Graeme Blake

  • Polymorphism in pentacene

    C.C. Mattheus;A.B. Dros;J. Baas;A. Meetsma

  • Pressure effects on the magnetoresistance in doped manganese perovskites

    H. Y. Hwang;H. Y. Hwang;T. T M Palstra;Sang-Wook Cheong;B. Batlogg

  • Critical currents and thermally activated flux motion in high-temperature superconductors

    T. T M Palstra;Bertram Batlogg;R. B. Van Dover;Lynn Schneemeyer

  • Superconductivity at 40K in cesium doped C60

    Thomas Palstra;O. Zhou;Y. Iwasa;P.E. Sulewski

  • Low-temperature structure of rubrene single crystals grown by vapor transport

    Oana D. Jurchescu;Auke Meetsma;Thomas T. M. Palstra

  • Identification of polymorphs of pentacene

    Christine C. Mattheus;Anne B. Dros;Jacob Baas;Gert T. Oostergetel

Frequent Co-Authors

Auke Meetsma
Auke Meetsma University of Groningen
Richard T. Oakley
Richard T. Oakley University of Waterloo
Robert C. Haddon
Robert C. Haddon University of California, Riverside
Petra Rudolf
Petra Rudolf University of Groningen
Oana D. Jurchescu
Oana D. Jurchescu Wake Forest University
Arthur F. Hebard
Arthur F. Hebard University of Florida
Theo Siegrist
Theo Siegrist Florida A&M University - Florida State University College of Engineering
Lynn Schneemeyer
Lynn Schneemeyer Alcatel Lucent (Germany)
Arthur P. Ramirez
Arthur P. Ramirez University of California, Santa Cruz
Beatriz Noheda
Beatriz Noheda University of Groningen

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