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Mark Lust

Materials Science · The Ohio State University

Mid career · publishing since 2002Rising activity

Publications

17

Citations

193

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

23

Publishing since 2002

Research summary
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Mark Lust works on devices built from vanadium dioxide (VO2), a material that switches between insulating and metallic states when heated, to create reconfigurable components for microwave, millimeter-wave, and optical systems. His work spans antennas and polarization converters, waveguide-based light routers, thermal imaging sensors (microbolometers), and reliability testing of these switchable devices. This research connects materials science with electrical engineering applications like sensing, imaging, and adaptive antenna systems.

Vanadium dioxide (VO2) phase-change materialsReconfigurable antennas and metasurfacesMillimeter-wave and mid-infrared photonic devicesMicrobolometer sensors for imagingDevice reliability and thermal cycling testing

Publication output has grown over the past decade, rising from occasional single papers before 2020 to a peak of five in 2023, though with no output recorded yet in 2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.8/year recently
17182019: 1 publication192020: 2 publications202021: 1 publication212022: 2 publications222023: 5 publications5232024: 2 publications242526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Optics Express×2
  • IEEE Transactions on Device and Materials Reliability×1
  • IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation×1
  • Journal of Applied Physics×1
  • Applied Physics Letters×1
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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