Alex Zunger

1.1k total papers · 103.5k total citations
740 papers, 85.7k citations indexed

About

Alex Zunger is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Zunger has authored 740 papers receiving a total of 85.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 471 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 419 papers in Materials Chemistry and 298 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alex Zunger's work include Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (225 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (142 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (141 papers). Alex Zunger is often cited by papers focused on Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (225 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (142 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (141 papers). Alex Zunger collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Israel. Alex Zunger's co-authors include John P. Perdew, Su‐Huai Wei, Stephan Lany, Shengbai Zhang, James E. Bernard, Alberto Franceschetti, L. G. Ferreira, Lin‐Wang Wang, John E. Jaffe and Sverre Froyen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Alex Zunger

732 papers receiving 83.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Self-interaction correction to density-functional approximations for many-electron systems
    1981 17.4k citations John P. Perdew, Alex Zunger Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →
  2. Special quasirandom structures
    1990 3.1k citations Alex Zunger, Su‐Huai Wei et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  3. Intrinsicn-type versusp-type doping asymmetry and the defect physics of ZnO
    2001 1.6k citations Shengbai Zhang, Su‐Huai Wei et al. Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →
  4. Defect physics of theCuInSe2chalcopyrite semiconductor
    1998 1.2k citations Shengbai Zhang, Su‐Huai Wei et al. Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →
  5. Momentum-space formalism for the total energy of solids
    1979 1.2k citations Jisoon Ihm, Alex Zunger et al. Journal of Physics C Solid State Physics profile →
  6. Assessment of correction methods for the band-gap problem and for finite-size effects in supercell defect calculations: Case studies for ZnO and GaAs
    2008 1.1k citations Stephan Lany, Alex Zunger Physical Review B profile →
  7. Zinc-blende–wurtzite polytypism in semiconductors
    1992 884 citations Chin-Yu Yeh, Zhiwei Lü et al. Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →
  8. Electronic properties of random alloys: Special quasirandom structures
    1990 872 citations Su‐Huai Wei, James E. Bernard et al. Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →
  9. Theory of the band-gap anomaly inABC2chalcopyrite semiconductors
    1984 851 citations John E. Jaffe, Alex Zunger Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →
  10. Origins of Coexistence of Conductivity and Transparency inSnO2
    2002 803 citations Alex Zunger et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  11. Calculated natural band offsets of all II–VI and III–V semiconductors: Chemical trends and the role of cation d orbitals
    1998 657 citations Su‐Huai Wei, Alex Zunger Applied Physics Letters profile →
  12. Identification of Potential Photovoltaic Absorbers Based on First-Principles Spectroscopic Screening of Materials
    2012 584 citations Liping Yu, Alex Zunger Physical Review Letters profile →
  13. Dopability, Intrinsic Conductivity, and Nonstoichiometry of Transparent Conducting Oxides
    2007 567 citations Stephan Lany, Alex Zunger Physical Review Letters profile →
  14. Anion vacancies as a source of persistent photoconductivity in II-VI and chalcopyrite semiconductors
    2005 562 citations Stephan Lany, Alex Zunger Physical Review B profile →
  15. Role of metaldstates in II-VI semiconductors
    1988 536 citations Su‐Huai Wei, Alex Zunger Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →
  16. Predicted band-gap pressure coefficients of all diamond and zinc-blende semiconductors: Chemical trends
    1999 516 citations Su‐Huai Wei, Alex Zunger Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →
  17. Correcting density functional theory for accurate predictions of compound enthalpies of formation: Fitted elemental-phase reference energies
    2012 500 citations Vladan Stevanović, Stephan Lany et al. Physical Review B profile →
  18. Giant and Composition-Dependent Optical Bowing Coefficient in GaAsN Alloys
    1996 482 citations Su‐Huai Wei, Alex Zunger Physical Review Letters profile →
  19. Electronic structure of the ternary chalcopyrite semiconductors CuAlS2, CuGaS2, CuInS2, CuAlSe2, CuGaSe2, and CuInSe2
    1983 466 citations John E. Jaffe, Alex Zunger Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →
  20. Band offsets and optical bowings of chalcopyrites and Zn-based II-VI alloys
    1995 428 citations Su‐Huai Wei, Alex Zunger Journal of Applied Physics profile →
  21. Hidden spin polarization in inversion-symmetric bulk crystals
    2014 416 citations Xiuwen Zhang, Qihang Liu et al. Nature Physics profile →
  22. Band-structure, optical properties, and defect physics of the photovoltaic semiconductor SnS
    2012 395 citations Julien Vidal, Stephan Lany et al. Applied Physics Letters profile →
  23. Switching a Normal Insulator into a Topological Insulator via Electric Field with Application to Phosphorene
    2015 388 citations Qihang Liu, Xiuwen Zhang et al. Nano Letters profile →
  24. Electronic structure of ZnS, ZnSe, ZnTe, and their pseudobinary alloys
    1987 380 citations James E. Bernard, Alex Zunger Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →
  25. ExtractingEversuskeffective band structure from supercell calculations on alloys and impurities
    2012 362 citations Voicu Popescu, Alex Zunger Physical Review B profile →
  26. Giant momentum-dependent spin splitting in centrosymmetric low-Z antiferromagnets
    2020 347 citations Lin‐Ding Yuan, Zhi Wang et al. Physical review. B. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Alex Zunger 56.9k 40.0k 35.5k 13.6k 12.6k 740 85.7k
David Vanderbilt 50.2k 0.9× 19.0k 0.5× 28.2k 0.8× 20.1k 1.5× 15.5k 1.2× 363 75.6k
J. Häfner 57.5k 1.0× 23.9k 0.6× 19.9k 0.6× 13.1k 1.0× 9.0k 0.7× 415 85.6k
Steven G. Louie 66.5k 1.2× 29.1k 0.7× 34.2k 1.0× 9.8k 0.7× 8.6k 0.7× 656 88.3k
Gustavo E. Scuseria 58.6k 1.0× 23.7k 0.6× 36.7k 1.0× 15.7k 1.2× 6.9k 0.5× 487 101.0k
Marvin L. Cohen 61.7k 1.1× 24.3k 0.6× 32.6k 0.9× 10.0k 0.7× 11.9k 0.9× 794 86.5k
L. J. Sham 33.6k 0.6× 18.9k 0.5× 34.8k 1.0× 10.8k 0.8× 9.0k 0.7× 267 70.5k
W. Kohn 35.5k 0.6× 18.1k 0.5× 39.7k 1.1× 11.5k 0.8× 11.0k 0.9× 157 79.1k
David J. Singh 38.4k 0.7× 15.4k 0.4× 12.2k 0.3× 22.4k 1.6× 14.5k 1.1× 637 60.6k
Peter E. Blöchl 59.1k 1.0× 28.9k 0.7× 16.3k 0.5× 15.6k 1.1× 9.8k 0.8× 95 86.7k
Matthias Scheffler 33.4k 0.6× 14.9k 0.4× 23.0k 0.6× 5.9k 0.4× 5.9k 0.5× 491 53.7k

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