Susan Trolier-McKinstry

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Steward S. Flaschen Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Research Summary

Research interests are centered around structure-processing-property relationships in electroceramics. This includes work on dielectric and piezoelectric thin films, texture development in piezoelectric ceramics, and spectroscopic ellipsometry.

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Recent Publications

Insole embedded lead zirconate-titanate film force sensor array

Peters, T., Hosur, S., Kiani, M., Roundy, S. & Trolier-McKinstry, S., Feb 1 2023, In: Sensors and Actuators A: Physical. 350, 114097.

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Links between defect chemistry, conduction, and lifetime in heavily Nb doped lead zirconate titanate films

Akkopru-Akgun, B., Wang, K. & Trolier-Mckinstry, S., Oct 17 2022, In: Applied Physics Letters. 121, 16, 162903.

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Stress-balancing in piezoelectric adjustable x-ray optics

Bishop, N. L., Kradinov, V., Reid, P. B., Jackson, T. N., Deroo, C. & Trolier-Mckinstry, S., Apr 1 2022, In: Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems. 8, 2, 029004.

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Cracking behavior in lead zirconate titanate films with different Zr/Ti ratios

Cheng, C., Peters, T. & Trolier-Mckinstry, S., Oct 17 2022, In: Applied Physics Letters. 121, 16, 162907.

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Improving PMUT Receive Sensitivity via DC Bias and Piezoelectric Composition

Cheng, C., Peters, T., Dangi, A., Agrawal, S., Chen, H., Kothapalli, S. R. & Trolier-McKinstry, S., Aug 2022, In: Sensors. 22, 15, 5614.

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Heat generation in PZT MEMS actuator arrays

Fragkiadakis, C., Sivaramakrishnan, S., Schmitz-Kempen, T., Mardilovich, P. & Trolier-Mckinstry, S., Oct 17 2022, In: Applied Physics Letters. 121, 16, 162906.

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Erratum: Flexoelectric barium strontium titanate (BST) hydrophones (J. Appl. Phys. (2021) 129 (064504) DOI: 10.1063/5.0038756)

Hahn, M., Blanford, T., Trolier-Mckinstry, S. & Meyer, R. J., Feb 28 2022, In: Journal of Applied Physics. 131, 8, 089901.

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Effect of Mg-doping and Fe-doping in lead zirconate titanate (PZT) thin films on electrical reliability

Koh, D., Ko, S. W., Yang, J. I., Akkopru-Akgun, B. & Trolier-Mckinstry, S., Nov 7 2022, In: Journal of Applied Physics. 132, 17, 174101.

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Automated Experiments of Local Non-Linear Behavior in Ferroelectric Materials

Liu, Y., Kelley, K. P., Vasudevan, R. K., Zhu, W., Hayden, J., Maria, J. P., Funakubo, H., Ziatdinov, M. A., Trolier-McKinstry, S. & Kalinin, S. V., Dec 1 2022, In: Small. 18, 48, 2204130.

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Challenges in double-beam laser interferometry measurements of fully released piezoelectric films

Liu, T., Tipsawat, P., Zhu, W., Jackson, T. N., Sivaramakrishnan, M., Mardilovich, P., Schmitz-Kempen, T. & Trolier-Mckinstry, S., Jun 7 2022, In: Journal of Applied Physics. 131, 21, 214102.

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Exploring leakage in dielectric films via automated experiments in scanning probe microscopy

Liu, Y., Fields, S. S., Mimura, T., Kelley, K. P., Trolier-Mckinstry, S., Ihlefeld, J. F. & Kalinin, S. V., May 2 2022, In: Applied Physics Letters. 120, 18, 182903.

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Thermal stress accommodation in dip cast lead zirconate-titanate ferroelectric films on flexible substrates

Peters, T., Cheng, C., Rossetti, G. A. & Trolier-McKinstry, S., Jun 2022, In: Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 105, 6, p. 4058-4070 13 p.

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Development of Polymer-Ceramic-Metal Graded Acoustic Matching Layers via Cold Sintering

Shetty, S., Numkiatsakul, P., Wickline, K., Incarnato, R., Wang, H., Kunkel, H., Randall, C. A. & Trolier-Mckinstry, S., Apr 1 2022, In: IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control. 69, 4, p. 1413-1427 15 p.

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Electrocaloric Effect of Perovskite High Entropy Oxide Films

Son, Y., Zhu, W. & Trolier-McKinstry, S. E., Dec 2022, In: Advanced Electronic Materials. 8, 12, 2200352.

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Growth-microstructure-thermal property relations in AlN thin films

Song, Y., Zhang, C., Lundh, J. S., Huang, H. L., Zheng, Y., Zhang, Y., Park, M., Mirabito, T., Beaucejour, R., Chae, C., McIlwaine, N., Esteves, G., Beechem, T. E., Moe, C., Dargis, R., Jones, J., Leach, J. H., Lavelle, R. M., Snyder, D. W., Maria, J. P., & 8 othersOlsson, R. H., Redwing, J. M., Ansari, A., Hwang, J., Wang, X., Foley, B. M., Trolier-Mckinstry, S. E. & Choi, S., Nov 7 2022, In: Journal of Applied Physics. 132, 17, 175108.

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