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Valanoor Nagarajan 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 Valanoor Nagarajan sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 274 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Valanoor Nagarajan 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 Valanoor Nagarajan sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Valanoor Nagarajan is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia and works primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their research covers a range of topics, particularly focusing on ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials, multiferroics and related materials, and the electronic and structural properties of oxides.

The main topics of their scholarly work include:

  • Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials
  • Multiferroics and related materials
  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
  • Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies
  • Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
  • Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices
  • Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials

Valanoor Nagarajan has contributed to several recent papers, such as:

  • "Topology and control of self-assembled domain patterns in low-dimensional ferroelectrics" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "The Experimentalist's Guide to the Cycloid, or Noncollinear Antiferromagnetism in Epitaxial BiFeO3" (2020, Advanced Materials)
  • "Superior polarization retention through engineered domain wall pinning" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "Recent progress in artificial synaptic devices: materials, processing and applications" (2021, Journal of Materials Chemistry C)
  • "Anisotropic epitaxial stabilization of a low-symmetry ferroelectric with enhanced electromechanical response" (2021, Nature Materials)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Valanoor Nagarajan include:

  • Daniel Sando
  • Qi Zhang
  • L. Bellaïche
  • Vivasha Govinden
  • Oliver Paull

The frequent publication venues where their research appears include:

  • ACS Applied Electronic Materials
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nature Communications
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Journal of Applied Physics

Their subfields of study reflect interdisciplinary expertise, covering Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Best Publications

  • Epitaxial BiFeO3 multiferroic thin film heterostructures.

    J. Wang;J. B. Neaton;H. Zheng;V. Nagarajan

  • Dynamics of ferroelastic domains in ferroelectric thin films.

    V. Nagarajan;A. Roytburd;A. Stanishevsky;S. Prasertchoung

  • Unit-cell scale mapping of ferroelectricity and tetragonality in epitaxial ultrathin ferroelectric films

    Chun-Lin Jia;Valanoor Nagarajan;Jia-Qing He;Lothar Houben

  • Universal Behavior and Electric-Field-Induced Structural Transition in Rare-Earth-Substituted BiFeO3

    Daisuke Kan;Lucia Pálová;Varatharajan Anbusathaiah;Ching Jung Cheng

  • Doping BiFeO3: approaches and enhanced functionality.

    Chan-Ho Yang;Daisuke Kan;Ichiro Takeuchi;Valanoor Nagarajan

  • Nanoshell tubes of ferroelectric lead zirconate titanate and barium titanate

    Yun Luo;Izabela Szafraniak;Nikolai D. Zakharov;Valanoor Nagarajan

  • Nonvolatile ferroelectric domain wall memory.

    Pankaj Sharma;Qi Zhang;Daniel Sando;Chi Hou Lei

  • Combinatorial discovery of a lead-free morphotropic phase boundary in a thin-film piezoelectric perovskite

    S. Fujino;M. Murakami;A. Varatharajan;S.-H. Lim

  • Combinatorial discovery of a lead-free morphotropic phase boundary in a thin-film piezoelectric perovskite

    S. Fujino;M. Murakami;V. Anbusathaiah;S.-H. Lim

  • Can interface dislocations degrade ferroelectric properties

    S. P. Alpay;I. B. Misirlioglu;V. Nagarajan;R. Ramesh

  • Chemical route derived bismuth ferrite thin films and nanomaterials

    Qi Zhang;Daniel Sando;Valanoor Nagarajan

  • Polarization relaxation kinetics and 180° domain wall dynamics in ferroelectric thin films

    C. S. Ganpule;A. L. Roytburd;V. Nagarajan;B. K. Hill

  • Structural transitions and complex domain structures across a ferroelectric-to-antiferroelectric phase boundary in epitaxial Sm-doped BiFeO 3 thin films

    C.-J. Cheng;D. Kan;S.-H. Lim;W. R. McKenzie

  • TiO2–Au plasmonic nanocomposite for enhanced dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) performance

    Subas Muduli;Onkar Game;Vivek Dhas;K. Vijayamohanan

  • Role of 90° domains in lead zirconate titanate thin films

    C. S. Ganpule;V. Nagarajan;H. Li;A. S. Ogale

  • Thickness dependence of structural and electrical properties in epitaxial lead zirconate titanate films

    V. Nagarajan;I. G. Jenkins;S. P. Alpay;H. Li

  • Imaging three-dimensional polarization in epitaxial polydomain ferroelectric thin films

    C. S. Ganpule;V. Nagarajan;B. K. Hill;A. L. Roytburd

  • Thickness dependence of structural and piezoelectric properties of epitaxial Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3 films on Si and SrTiO3 substrates

    Dong Min Kim;Chang-Beom Eom;Valanoor Nagarajan;Jun Ouyang

  • Atomic-scale evolution of modulated phases at the ferroelectric-antiferroelectric morphotropic phase boundary controlled by flexoelectric interaction.

    A. Y. Borisevich;E. A. Eliseev;A. N. Morozovska;C. J. Cheng

  • Nanoscale Bubble Domains and Topological Transitions in Ultrathin Ferroelectric Films.

    Qi Zhang;Lin Xie;Lin Xie;Guangqing Liu;Sergei Prokhorenko;Sergei Prokhorenko

  • Misfit dislocations in nanoscale ferroelectric heterostructures

    V. Nagarajan;C. L. Jia;H. Kohlstedt;R. Waser

Frequent Co-Authors

Ramamoorthy Ramesh
Ramamoorthy Ramesh Rice University
S. P. Alpay
S. P. Alpay University of Connecticut
Ichiro Takeuchi
Ichiro Takeuchi University of Maryland, College Park
Ying-Hao Chu
Ying-Hao Chu National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Sergei V. Kalinin
Sergei V. Kalinin University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Paul Munroe
Paul Munroe University of New South Wales
Rainer Waser
Rainer Waser RWTH Aachen University
Ellen D. Williams
Ellen D. Williams University of Maryland, College Park
Lourdes Salamanca-Riba
Lourdes Salamanca-Riba University of Maryland, College Park
Jan Seidel
Jan Seidel University of New South Wales

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