B. Chalmers

9.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
91 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

B. Chalmers is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, B. Chalmers has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Materials Chemistry, 23 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 18 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in B. Chalmers's work include Microstructure and mechanical properties (20 papers), Solidification and crystal growth phenomena (17 papers) and nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions (12 papers). B. Chalmers is often cited by papers focused on Microstructure and mechanical properties (20 papers), Solidification and crystal growth phenomena (17 papers) and nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions (12 papers). B. Chalmers collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Japan. B. Chalmers's co-authors include Kenneth A. Jackson, J. W. Rutter, William A. Tiller, D. R. Uhlmann, H. Gleiter, J. D. Livingston, G. H. Bishop, T. Surek, F. Weinberg and Michael J. Weins and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

B. Chalmers

88 papers receiving 4.9k 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 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.

The redistribution of solute atoms during the solidification of metals

1953 1.3k citations Kenneth A. Jackson, B. Chalmers et al. Acta Metallurgica profile →
Interaction Between Particles and a Solid-Liquid Interface

1964 561 citations B. Chalmers, Kenneth A. Jackson et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
B. Chalmers	3.7k	2.3k	1.2k	976	790	91	5.5k
V.V. Slyozov	3.8k 1.0×	2.9k 1.3×	1.2k 1.0×	1.4k 1.5×	511 0.6×	6	6.7k
H. M. Otte	3.8k 1.0×	2.7k 1.2×	572 0.5×	394 0.4×	1.0k 1.3×	51	6.0k
Y. S. Touloukian	2.1k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	948 0.8×	263 0.3×	1.5k 1.9×	77	5.9k
S.R. Coriell	3.9k 1.0×	1.8k 0.8×	1.8k 1.5×	1.3k 1.4×	488 0.6×	147	5.1k
J. S. Kirkaldy	2.8k 0.7×	3.4k 1.5×	1.2k 1.0×	529 0.5×	759 1.0×	173	4.8k
H.J. Frost	2.6k 0.7×	2.3k 1.0×	797 0.7×	432 0.4×	1.4k 1.7×	65	4.5k
K.C. Russell	2.1k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	780 0.6×	857 0.9×	374 0.5×	90	3.5k
A. Hellawell	3.4k 0.9×	3.2k 1.4×	2.8k 2.3×	428 0.4×	372 0.5×	87	5.2k
J. W. Rutter	2.2k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	602 0.6×	290 0.4×	100	3.5k
Robert F. Sekerka	6.2k 1.6×	2.6k 1.2×	2.7k 2.3×	2.4k 2.5×	870 1.1×	107	8.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of B. Chalmers

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of B. Chalmers. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of B. Chalmers based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with B. Chalmers. B. Chalmers is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chalmers, B.. (1984). High speed growth of sheet crystals. Journal of Crystal Growth. 70(1-2). 3–10. 18 indexed citations

Surek, T., B. Chalmers, & A. I. Mlavsky. (1977). The edge-defined film-fed growth of controlled shape crystals. Journal of Crystal Growth. 42. 453–465. 34 indexed citations

Gleiter, H. & B. Chalmers. (1972). High-angle grain boundaries. Pergamon Press eBooks. 175 indexed citations

Chalmers, B., H.E. LaBelle, & A. I. Mlavsky. (1972). Edge-defined, film-fed crystal growth. Journal of Crystal Growth. 13-14. 84–87. 62 indexed citations

Bishop, G. H. & B. Chalmers. (1971). Dislocation structure and contrast in high angle grain boundaries. Philosophical magazine. 24(189). 515–526. 42 indexed citations

Chalmers, B. & Kenneth A. Jackson. (1970). EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL STUDIES OF THE MECHANISM OF FROST HEAVING. US Army Corps of Engineers: Engineer Research and Development Center (Knowledge Core). 9 indexed citations

Aust, K.T. & B. Chalmers. (1970). Structure of grain boundaries. Metallurgical Transactions. 1(5). 1095–1104. 21 indexed citations

Biloni, H. & B. Chalmers. (1968). Origin of the equiaxed zone in small ingots. Journal of Materials Science. 3(2). 139–149. 35 indexed citations

Chalmers, B., et al.. (1967). A Procedure for Conformal Mapping of Triply-Connected Domains. Mathematics of Computation. 21(100). 527–527. 4 indexed citations

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Chalmers, B., et al.. (1965). Crystal Multiplication without Nucleation. Science. 148(3678). 1717–1718. 14 indexed citations

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Chalmers, B., et al.. (1963). Energy of a wall of extended dislocations. Acta Metallurgica. 11(4). 243–249. 27 indexed citations

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Chalmers, B., et al.. (1960). The physical examination of metals. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 40 indexed citations

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Fleischer, R. L. & B. Chalmers. (1958). SIZE EFFECTS IN THE DEFORMATION OF ALUMINUM. 1 indexed citations

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Livingston, J. D. & B. Chalmers. (1958). Multiple slip in bicrystals. Acta Metallurgica. 6(3). 216–216. 4 indexed citations

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Chalmers, B., et al.. (1957). THE EFFECTS OF GRAIN BOUNDARIES ON THE PLASTIC DEFORMATION OF ZINC CRYSTALS. Canadian Journal of Physics. 35(1). 38–47. 3 indexed citations

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Jackson, Kenneth A. & B. Chalmers. (1956). KINETICS OF SOLIDIFICATION. Canadian Journal of Physics. 34(5). 473–490. 115 indexed citations

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Chalmers, B.. (1956). Metals reference book. Acta Metallurgica. 4(2). 230–230. 1 indexed citations

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Chalmers, B., et al.. (1952). Slip planes and the energy of dislocations. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 213(1113). 175–185. 14 indexed citations

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Chalmers, B., et al.. (1952). Mechanical twinning of indium. Acta Crystallographica. 5(6). 853–853. 8 indexed citations

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Weinberg, F. & B. Chalmers. (1951). DENDRITIC GROWTH IN LEAD. Canadian Journal of Physics. 29(5). 382–392. 46 indexed citations

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