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Materials Science

D-Index
55
Citations
10096
World Ranking
8654
National Ranking
2124

Chemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
10471
World Ranking
11694
National Ranking
3150

Wayne L. Gladfelter 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 Wayne L. Gladfelter sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 283 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wayne L. Gladfelter 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 Wayne L. Gladfelter sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1983 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Wayne L. Gladfelter is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States and focuses on research primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their work spans multiple subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Aerospace Engineering, and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

The scientist's research interests cover a range of key topics such as Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties, ZnO doping and properties, Metal and Thin Film Mechanics, High-Temperature Coating Behaviors, Semiconductor materials and devices, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, and X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography.

Gladfelter has published in several prominent venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • International Journal of Quantum Chemistry
  • AIP Advances
  • Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films

Examples of recent publications are:

  • "Excited State Electron Transfer from Donor−π System-Acceptor Dyes to ZnO Nanocrystals" (2020) in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • "Unraveling Surface Chemistry of SnO 2 Through Formation of Charged Oxygen Species and Oxygen Vacancies" (2025) in International Journal of Quantum Chemistry
  • "Efficient method for twist-averaged coupled cluster calculation of gap energy: Bulk study of stannic oxide" (2024) in AIP Advances
  • "Precursor selection in hybrid molecular beam epitaxy of alkaline-earth stannates" (2020) in Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films
  • "Precursor Selection in Hybrid Molecular Beam Epitaxy of Alkaline-Earth Stannates" (2020) in arXiv (Cornell University)

Gladfelter collaborates frequently with the following co-authors:

  • Rachel K. Swedin
  • Deepak Badgurjar
  • Andrew T. Healy
  • Amanda Oehrlein
  • Lindsey Greenlund

The scientist has been recognized with awards including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2006
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1983

Best Publications

  • MOSFET transistors fabricated with high permitivity TiO/sub 2/ dielectrics

    S.A. Campbell;D.C. Gilmer;Xiao-Chuan Wang;Ming-Ta Hsieh

  • Titanium dioxide (TiO 2 )-based gate insulators

    S. A. Campbell;H.-S. Kim;D. C. Gilmer;B. He

  • Mixed-Metal Clusters.

    Wayne L. Gladfelter;Gregory L. Geoffroy

  • Chemical vapour deposition of the oxides of titanium, zirconium and hafnium for use as high-k materials in microelectronic devices. A carbon-free precursor for the synthesis of hafnium dioxide

    Ryan C. Smith;Tiezhong Ma;Noel Hoilien;Lancy Y. Tsung

  • Probing Polymer Viscoelastic Relaxations with Temperature-Controlled Friction Force Microscopy

    Jon A. Hammerschmidt;Wayne L. Gladfelter;Greg Haugstad

  • Trimethylamine Complexes of Alane as Precursors for the Low-Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition of Aluminum

    Wayne L. Gladfelter;David C. Boyd;Klavs F. Jensen

  • Selective metallization by chemical vapor deposition

    Wayne L. Gladfelter

  • Does Chemistry Really Matter in the Chemical Vapor Deposition of Titanium Dioxide? Precursor and Kinetic Effects on the Microstructure of Polycrystalline Films

    Charles J. Taylor;David C. Gilmer;Daniel G. Colombo;G. D. Wilk

  • Anhydrous Metal Nitrates as Volatile Single Source Precursors for the CVD of Metal Oxide Films

    Daniel G. Colombo;David C. Gilmer;Victor G. Young;Stephen A. Campbell

  • Ultrahigh vacuum metalorganic chemical vapor deposition growth and in situ characterization of epitaxial TiO2 films

    Samuel Chen;Samuel Chen;M. G. Mason;M. G. Mason;H. J. Gysling;H. J. Gysling;G. R. Paz‐Pujalt;G. R. Paz‐Pujalt

  • Structural and electrical characterization of TiO2 grown from titanium tetrakis‐isopropoxide (TTIP) and TTIP/H2O ambients

    J. Yan;D. C. Gilmer;Stephen A Campbell;Wayne L Gladfelter

  • Topochemical Control in the Solid-State Conversion of Cyclotrigallazane into Nanocrystalline Gallium Nitride

    Jen Wei Hwang;John P. Campbell;Jan Kozubowski;Scott A. Hanson

  • Organometallic Metal Clusters Containing Nitrosyl and Nitrido Ligands

    Wayne L. Gladfelter

  • Grafting of High-Density Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Monolayers on Si(111)

    X. Y. Zhu;Y. Jun;D. R. Staarup;R. C. Major

  • A study of mixtures of HfO 2 and TiO 2 as high- k gate dielectrics

    F. Chen;X. Bin;C. Hella;X. Shi

  • Organometallic azides as precursors for aluminum nitride thin films

    David C. Boyd;Richard T. Haasch;Daniel R. Mantell;Roland K. Schulze

  • Synthesis, physical properties, and crystal structure of the cubane compound bis(.mu.-acetato)-tetra-.mu.-methoxo-bis[.mu.-(2,5-dimethyl-2,5-diisocyanohexane)]-tetranickel(II) tetraphenylborate

    Wayne L. Gladfelter;Michael W. Lynch;William P. Schaefer;David N. Hendrickson

  • η4-Bonding in (arene)ruthenium complexes of octamethylnaphthalene

    John W. Hull;Wayne L. Gladfelter

  • Chemisches Aufdampfen von Eisen, Ruthenium und Osmium

    Fred B Mccormick;Wayne L Gladfelter;Yoshihide Senzaki

  • Pathways to Nanocrystalline III-V (13-15) Compound Semiconductors

    Richard L. Wells;Wayne L. Gladfelter

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen A. Campbell
Stephen A. Campbell University of Minnesota
Gregory L. Geoffroy
Gregory L. Geoffroy Iowa State University
Kent R. Mann
Kent R. Mann University of Minnesota
Christopher J. Cramer
Christopher J. Cramer UL Research Institutes
Victor G. Young
Victor G. Young University of Minnesota
Peter H. McMurry
Peter H. McMurry University of Minnesota
Victor W. Day
Victor W. Day University of Kansas
Tso-Ping Ma
Tso-Ping Ma Yale University
Moon Sung Kang
Moon Sung Kang Sogang University

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