D. G. Pettifor

9.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
145 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

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D. G. Pettifor is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, D. G. Pettifor has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Materials Chemistry, 73 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 38 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in D. G. Pettifor's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (39 papers), Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties (29 papers) and Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research (28 papers). D. G. Pettifor is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (39 papers), Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties (29 papers) and Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research (28 papers). D. G. Pettifor collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. D. G. Pettifor's co-authors include D. Nguyen-Manh, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal, I. I. Oleinik, Ralf Drautz, Bang‐Gui Liu, Ya‐Qiong Xu, Wenhui Xie, Masato Aoki, Hideo Hasegawa and A. P. Sutton and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

D. G. Pettifor

145 papers receiving 7.1k citations

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Theoretical predictions of structure and related properties of intermetallics

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. G. Pettifor United Kingdom	43	4.9k	2.4k	2.2k	1.6k	1.1k	145	7.4k
L. G. Ferreira Brazil	19	2.7k 0.5×	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	730 0.5×	907 0.8×	53	5.0k
Gӧran Wahnström Sweden	46	3.4k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	498 0.3×	693 0.6×	139	5.5k
M. T. Hutchings United Kingdom	38	2.7k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	1.9k 1.7×	146	5.8k
Nicholas Kioussis United States	41	2.9k 0.6×	2.4k 1.0×	796 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	931 0.9×	180	4.9k
P. H. Dederichs Germany	37	2.5k 0.5×	3.5k 1.4×	706 0.3×	1.5k 0.9×	1.8k 1.6×	113	6.1k
F. Ducastelle France	46	4.1k 0.8×	2.6k 1.1×	1.0k 0.5×	700 0.5×	1.5k 1.3×	114	6.8k
P. M. Marcus United States	53	3.2k 0.7×	6.3k 2.6×	803 0.4×	2.1k 1.4×	1.8k 1.7×	217	9.2k
Shigeki Otani Japan	44	5.1k 1.0×	1.6k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	411 0.3×	1.3k 1.2×	339	7.3k
Göran Grimvall Sweden	36	2.8k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	547 0.4×	897 0.8×	116	4.5k
C. L. Fu United States	33	2.8k 0.6×	2.4k 1.0×	694 0.3×	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	58	5.1k

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Hammerschmidt, Thomas, et al.. (2018). Electronic structure based descriptor for characterizing local atomic environments. Physical review. B.. 98(14). 13 indexed citations

Gimenez-Lopez, M.C., Minna T. Räisänen, Thomas W. Chamberlain, et al.. (2011). Functionalized Fullerenes in Self-Assembled Monolayers. Langmuir. 27(17). 10977–10985. 43 indexed citations

Phasha, Maje, Phuti Ngoepe, Hasani Chauke, D. Nguyen-Manh, & D. G. Pettifor. (2008). Link between structural and mechanical stability of fcc- and bcc-based ordered Mg-Li alloys.. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

Qin, Tingting, Ralf Drautz, & D. G. Pettifor. (2008). Binding-energy relations and equations of state for the4dand5dtransition metals. Physical Review B. 78(21). 16 indexed citations

Gabryś, Barbara J., László Pusztai, & D. G. Pettifor. (2007). On the structure of liquid phosphorous tribromide (PBr₃). Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 19(33). 335205–335205. 3 indexed citations

Nguyen-Manh, D., M. J. Cawkwell, Roman Gröger, et al.. (2005). Dislocations in materials with mixed covalent and metallic bonding. Materials Science and Engineering A. 400-401. 68–71. 22 indexed citations

Xie, Wenhui, Bang‐Gui Liu, & D. G. Pettifor. (2003). Half-metallic ferromagnetism in transition metal pnictides and chalcogenides with wurtzite structure. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 68(13). 100 indexed citations

Xu, Ya‐Qiong, Bang‐Gui Liu, & D. G. Pettifor. (2002). Half-metallic ferromagnetism of MnBi in the zinc-blende structure. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 66(18). 119 indexed citations

Nguyen-Manh, D., D. G. Pettifor, & V. Vítek. (2000). Analytic Environment-Dependent Tight-Binding Bond Integrals: Application toMoSi2. Physical Review Letters. 85(19). 4136–4139. 61 indexed citations

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Nguyen-Manh, D., et al.. (2000). Site preference of Ru and Pd additions to γ-based TiAl intermetallics. Philosophical magazine. A/Philosophical magazine. A. Physics of condensed matter. Structure, defects and mechanical properties. 80(11). 2489–2508. 11 indexed citations

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Pettifor, D. G. & I. I. Oleinik. (1999). Analytic bond-order potentials beyond Tersoff-Brenner. I. Theory. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 59(13). 8487–8499. 164 indexed citations

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Pettifor, D. G., et al.. (1998). Atomistic simulation of titanium. II. Structure of ⅓ 〈1210〉 screw dislocations and slip systems in titanium. Philosophical magazine. A/Philosophical magazine. A. Physics of condensed matter. Structure, defects and mechanical properties. 77(4). 999–1012. 56 indexed citations

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Aoki, Masato, A. P. Horsfield, & D. G. Pettifor. (1997). Tight-binding bond order potential a forces for atomistic simulations. Journal of Phase Equilibria. 18(6). 614–623. 5 indexed citations

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Colinet, C., et al.. (1997). Phase-stability study of the Al-Nb system. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 56(2). 552–565. 44 indexed citations

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Tsymbal, Evgeny Y. & D. G. Pettifor. (1996). Enhancement of GMR in Co/Cu multilayers above the Fermi level. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 32(5). 4731–4733. 1 indexed citations

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Tsymbal, Evgeny Y. & D. G. Pettifor. (1996). The influence of spin-independent disorder on giant magnetoresistance. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 8(40). L569–L575. 10 indexed citations

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Tsymbal, Evgeny Y. & D. G. Pettifor. (1996). Effects of band structure and spin-independent disorder on conductivity and giant magnetoresistance in Co/Cu and Fe/Cr multilayers. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 54(21). 15314–15329. 65 indexed citations

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Manh, D. Nguyen, A. M. Bratkovsky, & D. G. Pettifor. (1995). Quantum mechanical predictions in intermetallics modelling. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Physical and Engineering Sciences. 351(1697). 529–542. 14 indexed citations

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Nishitani, Shigeto R., et al.. (1994). Angularly dependent embedding potentials and structural prediction. Philosophical Magazine Letters. 69(4). 177–184. 16 indexed citations

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Pettifor, D. G. & Masato Aoki. (1991). Bonding and structure of intermetallics: a new bond order potential. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Physical and Engineering Sciences. 334(1635). 439–449. 89 indexed citations

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