Cynthia A. Volkert

7.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
117 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Cynthia A. Volkert is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Cynthia A. Volkert has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Materials Chemistry, 41 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 39 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Cynthia A. Volkert's work include Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (35 papers), Copper Interconnects and Reliability (30 papers) and Microstructure and mechanical properties (20 papers). Cynthia A. Volkert is often cited by papers focused on Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (35 papers), Copper Interconnects and Reliability (30 papers) and Microstructure and mechanical properties (20 papers). Cynthia A. Volkert collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and China. Cynthia A. Volkert's co-authors include Erica T. Lilleodden, Alexander Minor, Jörg Weißmüller, Dominik Kramer, Reiner Mönig, Oliver Kraft, F. Spaepen, Juergen Biener, J. R. Hayes and Andrèa M. Hodge and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Cynthia A. Volkert

113 papers receiving 6.4k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Size effects in the deformation of sub-micron Au columns

2006 604 citations Cynthia A. Volkert et al. profile →
Focused Ion Beam Microscopy and Micromachining

2007 457 citations Cynthia A. Volkert et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cynthia A. Volkert Germany	38	4.4k	2.1k	1.4k	1.4k	1.0k	117	6.6k
Peter Schaaf Germany	39	3.5k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	1.7k 1.2×	1.9k 1.3×	1.2k 1.2×	377	7.1k
François Brisset France	39	3.0k 0.7×	2.5k 1.2×	986 0.7×	785 0.6×	503 0.5×	221	5.4k
F.D. Tichelaar Netherlands	36	3.5k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	781 0.5×	1.8k 1.3×	473 0.5×	183	5.5k
Wangyu Hu China	52	8.1k 1.8×	3.2k 1.5×	1.1k 0.8×	2.5k 1.8×	2.6k 2.6×	626	11.6k
Alex V. Hamza United States	35	4.4k 1.0×	2.9k 1.4×	766 0.5×	953 0.7×	1.4k 1.4×	79	7.2k
Andrèa M. Hodge United States	46	4.5k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	640 0.5×	1.3k 1.3×	140	6.5k
Zhiwei Shan China	49	6.7k 1.5×	4.4k 2.1×	2.2k 1.5×	1.5k 1.0×	333 0.3×	204	9.5k
Mitra L. Taheri United States	42	4.7k 1.1×	2.2k 1.0×	578 0.4×	1.5k 1.1×	748 0.7×	206	6.9k
Engang Fu China	40	3.7k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	812 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	352 0.4×	181	5.5k
Avi Bendavid Australia	40	3.4k 0.8×	799 0.4×	2.3k 1.6×	1.5k 1.1×	729 0.7×	170	5.4k

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Tian, Lin, Masanobu KUBOTA, R. Kirchheim, & Cynthia A. Volkert. (2025). Zig-Zag cracking as a possible characteristic feature of hydrogen embrittlement in a low alloy steel: Insights from in-situ TEM studies. Nano Today. 63. 102738–102738.

Moshnyaga, V., et al.. (2025). Nanoscale Friction of Manganite Superlattice Films Controlled by Layer Thickness and Fluorine Content. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 12(24).

Gault, Baptiste, et al.. (2025). Advancing Atom Probe Tomography of SrTiO3: Measurement Methodology and Impurity Detection Limits. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 31(3).

Bisen, Omeshwari Yadorao, et al.. (2024). Manganese dissolution in alkaline medium with and without concurrent oxygen evolution in LiMn ₂ O ₄. Energy Advances. 3(2). 504–514. 13 indexed citations

Kirchheim, R., et al.. (2023). Control of Microstructure in Iron–Carbon Thin Films by Means of Electromigration. Advanced Engineering Materials. 25(18).

Volkert, Cynthia A., et al.. (2023). Friction on layered media: How deep do phonons reach?. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 142(4). 46001–46001. 2 indexed citations

Qu, Rui, Shaojie Wu, Cynthia A. Volkert, Zhefeng Zhang, & Feng Liu. (2023). Significantly improved strength and plasticity of a refractory high-entropy alloy at small length scale. Materials Science and Engineering A. 867. 144729–144729. 10 indexed citations

Mordehai, Dan, et al.. (2022). Investigating Nanoscale Contact Using AFM-Based Indentation and Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Metals. 12(3). 489–489. 3 indexed citations

Volkert, Cynthia A., et al.. (2021). Friction on incommensurate substrates: Role of anharmonicity and defects. Physical review. E. 104(1). 14802–14802. 1 indexed citations

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Risch, Marcel, et al.. (2020). Closing the gap between theory and experiment for lithium manganese oxide spinels using a high-dimensional neural network potential. Physical review. B.. 102(17). 28 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Hendrik, et al.. (2020). Switching friction at a manganite surface using electric fields. Physical Review Materials. 4(11). 4 indexed citations

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Tian, Lin, Tobias Meyer, Vladimir Roddatis, et al.. (2020). Environmental transmission electron microscopy study of hydrogen charging effect on a Cu-Zr metallic glass. Materials Research Letters. 8(12). 439–445. 2 indexed citations

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Stadler, Daniel, David N. Mueller, Tomáš Duchoň, et al.. (2019). Magnetic Field-Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition of Iron Oxide Thin Films: Influence of Field–Matter Interactions on Phase Composition and Morphology. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 10(20). 6253–6259. 16 indexed citations

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González‐Julián, Jesús, et al.. (2019). Towards In-Situ Electron Microscopy Studies of Flash Sintering. Ceramics. 2(3). 472–487. 5 indexed citations

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Stadler, Daniel, Fernando Maccari, Thomas Fischer, et al.. (2019). Anisotropy control in magnetic nanostructures through field-assisted chemical vapor deposition. Nanoscale Advances. 1(11). 4290–4295. 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Peiwen, Bo Pang, Lin Tian, et al.. (2018). Efficient, Self‐Terminating Isolation of Cellulose Nanocrystals through Periodate Oxidation in Pickering Emulsions. ChemSusChem. 11(20). 3581–3585. 20 indexed citations

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Volkert, Cynthia A., et al.. (2015). Characterization of Nanoporous Materials with Atom Probe Tomography. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 21(3). 557–563. 21 indexed citations

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Fett, T., et al.. (2008). Progress in strength, toughness and lifetime methods for ceramics. Repository KITopen (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology). 2 indexed citations

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Baker, Shefford P., et al.. (2004). Stress-induced phenomena in metallization : seventh international workshop on stress-induced phenomena in metallization : Austin, Texas, 14-16 June 2004. American Institute of Physics eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Volkert, Cynthia A., et al.. (2003). Preparation of Hard-to-Make TEM Samples Using the FIB Microscope / Präparation von kompliziert herstellbaren TEM-Proben mit dem FIB-Mikroskop. Practical Metallography. 40(4). 193–208. 9 indexed citations

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