Susan Trolier-McKinstry
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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.In the News
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Recent Publications
Electrode chemistry impact on retention performance of ferroelectric hafnium zirconium oxide (Hf0.5Zr0.5O2−x) capacitors
Aronson, B. L., Gunay, E., Calderon, S., Khan, N., Jaszewski, S. T., Lenox, M. K., Vega, F., Jacques, L., Heinrich, H. H., Shukla, N., Trolier-McKinstry, S., Beechem, T. E., Dickey, E. C. & Ihlefeld, J. F., Feb 28 2026, In: Journal of Applied Physics. 139, 8, 084103.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Indirect tunneling enabled spontaneous time-reversal symmetry breaking and Josephson diode effect in TiN/Al2O3/Hf0.8Zr0.2O2/Nb tunnel junctions
Ding, S., Yao, J., Bi, Z., Tran, Q., Liu, B., Li, Q., Trolier-McKinstry, S., Jackson, T. N. & Liu, Y., 2026, In: Physical Review B. 113, 13, p. 1-10 10 p., 134510.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Revealing the Defect-Driven Ferroelectric Mechanisms of Aluminum Nitride
Dryzhakov, B., Skidmore, C., Behrendt, D., Calderon, S., Jacques, L. C., Ozdemir, E., Hayden, J., Mercer, I., Dinani, A. M., Ivanov, I., Lasseter, J., Srijanto, B., Sepehrinezhad, A., Jeong, G. U., Akgun, B. A., Rappe, A. M., van Duin, A. C. T., Trolier-McKinstry, S., Dickey, E. C. & Randolph, S. J. & 2 others, , Mar 17 2026, In: Advanced Materials. 38, 16, e20258.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Flexoelectricity in structured solids: Stacking and strain gradient modulation
Kazemi, A., Deshmukh, K. J., Trolier-McKinstry, S. & Roundy, S., Jan 15 2026, In: International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. 310, 111122.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Enhancing magnetoelectric coupling in Ni/PMN-PZT/Ni laminates by Ni electroplating
Kim, R., Baek, D., Dursun, B., Hur, D., Nakamura, K., Song, H., Park, J. M., Lee, H. Y., Trolier-McKinstry, S. & Ryu, J., Jan 19 2026, In: Applied Physics Letters. 128, 3, 032901.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
PiezoMEMS Fabrication on Flexible Stainless-Steel Substrates
Nakamura, K., Huang, C. L., Habib Akhyari, A., Argüelles, A. P., Jackson, T. N. & Trolier-McKinstry, S., Apr 2026, In: Sensors. 26, 7, 2246.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Effect of methane-hydrogen gas admixture on the selectivity toward platinum in dry etching of lead zirconate titanate (PZT) thin films by inductively coupled plasma reactive ion etching
Petschnigg, M., Andrianov, N., Azeem, S. M., Griesser, T., Wang, K., Shannon, S. C., Deluca, M. & Trolier-McKinstry, S. E., Mar 1 2026, In: Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films. 44, 2, 023010.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Artificial Morphotropic Phase Boundary Associated with Nano-Clustering in Lead Zirconate – Lead Titanate Composite Films
Song, H., Jin, Y. M., Kim, H., Shim, J., Kim, Y., Lee, C. L., Choi, S. Y., Kang, N., Kim, M., Sung, T. K., Akhyari, A. H., Trolier-McKinstry, S., Park, J. M., Song, H. C., Wang, Y. U., Jeong, D. Y. & Ryu, J., Apr 7 2026, In: Advanced Functional Materials. 36, 28, e25400.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Linking Domain Structure Evolution at a Grain Boundary to Piezoelectric Response via Nano-Diffraction
Udovenko, S. A., Hawks, R., Nakamura, K., Knox, R. J., Peterson, K. M., Hruszkewycz, S. O., Yan, H., Pattammattel, A., Pagan, D. C. & Trolier-McKinstry, S., Apr 2026, In: Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 109, 4, e70725.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Does a Morphotropic Phase Boundary Exist in ZrxHf1-xO2-Based Thin Films?
Vishnumurthy, P., Ganser, R., Kim, D. G., Jeon, I., Jung, C. H., Lim, H., Mikolajick, T., Trolier-McKinstry, S., Kersch, A. & Schroeder, U., Mar 5 2026, In: Advanced Functional Materials. 36, 19, e22802.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Tunable oxygen vacancy diffusion and electronic conduction through strain engineering in PZT films
Akkopru-Akgun, B., Coleman, K., Kazemi, A., Wang, K., Roundy, S. & Trolier-McKinstry, S., Dec 2025, In: Scientific reports. 15, 1, 28997.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ferroelectricity in Atomic Layer Deposited Wurtzite Zinc Magnesium Oxide Zn1-xMgxO
Aronson, B. L., Kelley, K. P., Gunay, E., Mercer, I., Dryzhakov, B., Maria, J. P., Dickey, E. C., Trolier-McKinstry, S. & Ihlefeld, J. F., Jun 18 2025, In: Nano letters. 25, 24, p. 9748-9754 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Strain Fluctuations Unlock Ferroelectricity in Wurtzites
Baksa, S. M., Gelin, S., Oturak, S., Spurling, R. J., Sepehrinezhad, A., Jacques, L., Trolier-McKinstry, S. E., van Duin, A. C. T., Maria, J. P., Rappe, A. M. & Dabo, I., Apr 2025, In: Advanced Electronic Materials. 11, 5, 2400567.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The effect of surface termination on dielectric nonlinearity in potassium sodium niobate thin films
Hříbalová, S., Akkopru-Akgun, B. & Trolier-McKinstry, S., Nov 2025, In: Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 108, 11, e70084.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Switching kinetics in ferroelectric zinc magnesium oxide thin films
Jacques, L., Behrendt, D., Ozdemir, E., Yousefian, P., Spurling, R. J., Tipsawat, P., Akkopru-Akgun, B., Rappe, A. M., Maria, J. P., Yazawa, K. & Trolier-McKinstry, S., Nov 1 2025, In: Acta Materialia. 300, 121483.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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