A.G. Dirks

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

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A.G. Dirks is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Mechanical Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, A.G. Dirks has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 28 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 19 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in A.G. Dirks's work include Copper Interconnects and Reliability (25 papers), Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (15 papers) and Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys (14 papers). A.G. Dirks is often cited by papers focused on Copper Interconnects and Reliability (25 papers), Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (15 papers) and Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys (14 papers). A.G. Dirks collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Finland and United States. A.G. Dirks's co-authors include H. J. Leamy, J.J. van den Broek, T.J. Vink, Marcel A.J. Somers, J. Daams, R.A.M. Wolters, K.H.J. Buschow, A.E.M. De Veirman, J. Biesterbos and M. Brouha and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Journal of The Electrochemical Society.

In The Last Decade

A.G. Dirks

50 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Columnar microstructure in vapor-deposited thin films

1977 631 citations A.G. Dirks, H. J. Leamy Thin Solid Films profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
A.G. Dirks Netherlands	17	725	644	604	597	550	56	1.8k
R.W. Vook United States	23	680 0.9×	657 1.0×	652 1.1×	740 1.2×	471 0.9×	133	1.9k
B. C. Larson United States	20	1.3k 1.8×	391 0.6×	310 0.5×	548 0.9×	376 0.7×	51	2.2k
W. Schilling Germany	25	1.2k 1.7×	341 0.5×	406 0.7×	524 0.9×	231 0.4×	96	2.0k
C. Bauer United States	22	739 1.0×	307 0.5×	296 0.5×	359 0.6×	300 0.5×	89	1.5k
A. Michel France	22	773 1.1×	437 0.7×	574 1.0×	494 0.8×	598 1.1×	69	1.7k
I.G. Brown United States	21	991 1.4×	345 0.5×	318 0.5×	596 1.0×	525 1.0×	94	1.7k
P.J. Grundy United Kingdom	25	701 1.0×	1.1k 1.7×	1.4k 2.3×	389 0.7×	207 0.4×	174	2.2k
R.E. Somekh United Kingdom	22	687 0.9×	533 0.8×	608 1.0×	475 0.8×	460 0.8×	125	1.9k
P.B. Barna Hungary	20	864 1.2×	313 0.5×	266 0.4×	468 0.8×	590 1.1×	94	1.4k
Tatsumi Hioki Japan	23	754 1.0×	368 0.6×	261 0.4×	403 0.7×	303 0.6×	107	1.6k

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Mannino, Giovanni, P.A. Stolk, N. E. B. Cowern, et al.. (2001). Effect of heating ramp rates on transient enhanced diffusion in ion-implanted silicon. Applied Physics Letters. 78(7). 889–891. 19 indexed citations

Homberg, Marc van den, et al.. (1997). Curved crystal lattice in resolidified submicron Al lines. Applied Physics Letters. 70(3). 318–320. 4 indexed citations

Webster, M. N. & A.G. Dirks. (1997). Al reflow studies for deep-submicron structures: properties and microstructure. Microelectronic Engineering. 37-38. 313–318. 4 indexed citations

Dirks, A.G.. (1996). Microstructure of Passivated Al-Cu and Al-Si-Cu Conductor Lines: Interaction of Precipitates, Defects and Mechanical Stresses. MRS Proceedings. 428. 4 indexed citations

Augur, R., et al.. (1996). Diffusion at the Al/Al oxide interface during electromigration in wide lines. Journal of Applied Physics. 79(6). 3003–3010. 7 indexed citations

Dirks, A.G. & R. Augur. (1994). Reliability and microstructure of Al-Si-V-Pd alloy films for use in ultralarge scale integration. Applied Physics Letters. 64(6). 704–706. 12 indexed citations

Augur, R., et al.. (1994). I/F Noise Measurements in Al-Si, Al-Si-V and Al-Si-V-Pd Alloy Films. MRS Proceedings. 338.

Dirks, A.G. & A.E.M. De Veirman. (1993). Quasicrystalline (Al,Pd)-phase in dilute AlSiVPd films for use as reliable metallizations in ultralarge scale integration. Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia. 29(8). 1017–1022. 2 indexed citations

Dirks, A.G., R.A.M. Wolters, & A.E.M. De Veirman. (1992). Reliability, Properties and Microstructure of W₈₀Ti₂₀ Diffusion Barriers Between Al-Based Metallizations and Si.. MRS Proceedings. 260. 2 indexed citations

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Dirks, A.G., et al.. (1990). On the microstructure-property relationship of WTi(N) diffusion barriers. Thin Solid Films. 193-194. 201–210. 58 indexed citations

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Dirks, A.G. & J.J. van den Broek. (1989). θ-Al2Cu formation at room temperature in metastable AlCu alloy films. Acta Metallurgica. 37(1). 9–15. 13 indexed citations

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Broek, J.J. van den, A.G. Dirks, & P. E. Wierenga. (1985). The composition dependence of internal stress, ultramicrohardness and electrical resistivity of binary alloy films containing silver, aluminium, gold, cobalt, copper, iron or nickel. Thin Solid Films. 130(1-2). 95–101. 15 indexed citations

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Smits, J.W., S.B. Luitjens, F. J. A. den Broeder, & A.G. Dirks. (1983). Magnetic properties and microstructure of CoCr based vertical recording materials prepared by ion beam sputtering. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 31-34. 920–922. 29 indexed citations

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Dirks, A.G. & J.J. van den Broek. (1982). Adhesion, internal stress, microstructure and resistivity of thin alloy films of aluminium, copper and silver. Thin Solid Films. 96(3). 257–263. 8 indexed citations

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Buschow, K.H.J. & A.G. Dirks. (1980). Crystallization of Amorphous Alloys of Rare Earths and 3d Transition Metals. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 127(11). 2430–2432. 5 indexed citations

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Dirks, A.G. & Hidde H. Brongersma. (1980). Surface Segregation and Precipitation Phenomena in Ag‐Al Alloys. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 127(9). 2043–2046. 2 indexed citations

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Biesterbos, J., et al.. (1979). The microstructure and magnetic properties of amorphous TbFe(O2) thin films. Thin Solid Films. 58(2). 259–263. 16 indexed citations

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Leamy, H. J. & A.G. Dirks. (1977). The microstructure of amorphous rare-earth/transition-metal thin films. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 10(8). L95–L98. 51 indexed citations

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Dirks, A.G. & H. J. Leamy. (1977). Columnar microstructure in vapor-deposited thin films. Thin Solid Films. 47(3). 219–233. 631 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dirks, A.G. & J. L. Meijering. (1972). Sintering of mixtures of Cd-, Pb- and Sn-powders above the ternary eutectic temperature. Scripta Metallurgica. 6(2). 175–180. 16 indexed citations

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