A. C. Tam

7.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
169 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

A. C. Tam is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Biomedical Engineering and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, A. C. Tam has authored 169 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 61 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 54 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in A. C. Tam's work include Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques (56 papers), Laser Material Processing Techniques (51 papers) and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (41 papers). A. C. Tam is often cited by papers focused on Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques (56 papers), Laser Material Processing Techniques (51 papers) and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (41 papers). A. C. Tam collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Hong Kong. A. C. Tam's co-authors include C. K. N. Patel, W. P. Leung, W. Happer, Werner Zapka, W. Ziemlich, Costas P. Grigoropoulos, C. Kumar N. Patel, Hee K. Park, H. Sontag and Chie C. Poon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

A. C. Tam

165 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Applications of photoacoustic sensing techniques

1986 1000 citations A. C. Tam profile →
Pulsed optoacoustic spectroscopy of condensed matter

1981 437 citations A. C. Tam et al. profile →
Laser-cleaning techniques for removal of surface particulates

1992 324 citations A. C. Tam, W. P. Leung et al. Journal of Applied Physics profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. C. Tam

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Reversible parts-per-trillion-level detection of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid in tap water using field-effect transistor sensors 2025 ·Nature Water ·Yuqin Wang, Hyun‐June Jang, (unknown), (unknown), Yining Liu, Mohamed Ateia, A. C. Tam, Vepa Rozyyev, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sang Soo Lee, (unknown), Jeffrey W. Elam, Andrew L. Ferguson, Seth B. Darling, Junhong Chen	0
2	Double loss in the Chinese families of parental depression: A qualitative study 2024 ·Children and Youth Services Review ·A. C. Tam, (unknown)	1
3	Dyadic interaction of parentification in Chinese families of maternal depression: A qualitative study 2024 ·Journal of Marital and Family Therapy ·A. C. Tam, (unknown)	2
4	Experience From an Early Exposure Education Program in Radiation Oncology for High School and Undergraduate Students 2024 ·Practical Radiation Oncology ·A. C. Tam, Colton Ladbury, Scott Glaser, Arya Amini, Yi‐Jen Chen, (unknown)	0
5	Moving the Needle Forward in Genomically-Guided Precision Radiation Treatment 2023 ·Cancers ·A. C. Tam, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Heather Hampel, Stacy W. Gray, Terence M. Williams, Jose G. Bazan, Leslie A. Lange	2
6	Utilization of model-agnostic explainable artificial intelligence frameworks in oncology: a narrative review 2022 ·Translational Cancer Research ·Colton Ladbury, (unknown), (unknown), A. C. Tam, Nagarajan Vaidehi, Andréi S. Rodin, An Liu, Scott Glaser, Ravi Salgia, Arya Amini	48
7	Current landscape of radiation oncology in esophageal cancer: a narrative review 2022 ·Journal of Thoracic Disease ·Jason Liu, Colton Ladbury, A. C. Tam, Joseph Chao, Jae Kim, Heather M. McGee, Terence M. Williams, Arya Amini, Yi‐Jen Chen	2
8	Laser Bending of Ceramics and Application to Manufacture Magnetic Head Sliders in Disk Drives 2002 ·A. C. Tam, Chie C. Poon, (unknown)	8
9	<title>Laser processes for precise microfabrication of magnetic disk-drive components</title> 2000 ·Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·A. C. Tam	1
10	Mechanism of droplet formation during pulsed laser micro-machining 1997 ·David A. Willis, Xianfan Xu, Chie C. Poon, A. C. Tam	2
11	Lasers for Material Processing in Advanced Manufacturing Applications 1996 ·Advanced Solid-State Lasers ·A. C. Tam	1
12	Enhanced acoustic cavitation at a liquid–solid interface following laser-induced bubble formation: long-term memory effect 1994 ·Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics ·(unknown), P. Leǐderer, Hee K. Park, Costas P. Grigoropoulos, Chie C. Poon, A. C. Tam	1
13	Efficient excimer laser cleaning for removal of surface contaminants 1994 ·Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics ·Hee K. Park, Costas P. Grigoropoulos, (unknown), W. P. Leung, Chie C. Poon, A. C. Tam	1
14	Optical and acoustic study of nucleation and growth of bubbles at a liquid-solid interface induced by nanosecond-pulsed-laser heating 1994 ·Applied Physics A ·O. Yavaş, P. Leǐderer, (unknown), Costas P. Grigoropoulos, Chie C. Poon, W. P. Leung, Tri Nhu, A. C. Tam	34
15	Explosion of a liquid film in contact with a pulse-heated solid surface detected by the probe-beam deflection method 1992 ·Optics Letters ·A. C. Tam, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), W. P. Leung	9
16	Particulate removal from a surface by excimer laser irradiation 1990 ·Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics ·Werner Zapka, A. C. Tam	3
17	Precise measurements of a magnetostriction coefficient of a thin soft-magnetic film deposited on a substrate 1988 ·Journal of Applied Physics ·A. C. Tam, (unknown)	41
18	Time-resolved flow-velocity and concentration measurements using a traveling thermal lens 1985 ·Optics Letters ·H. Sontag, A. C. Tam	30
19	Noncontact photothermal probe beam deflection measurement of thermal diffusivity in an unconfined hot gas 1985 ·Applied Physics Letters ·J. C. Loulergue, A. C. Tam	21
20	Optical pumping of a dense Na+He+N2 system: Application as an rf spectrum analyzer 1979 ·Journal of Applied Physics ·A. C. Tam	9

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