D. Petit

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

D. Petit is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, D. Petit has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 30 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 20 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in D. Petit's work include Magnetic properties of thin films (60 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (20 papers) and Theoretical and Computational Physics (15 papers). D. Petit is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic properties of thin films (60 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (20 papers) and Theoretical and Computational Physics (15 papers). D. Petit collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and United States. D. Petit's co-authors include R. P. Cowburn, D. Atkinson, D. A. Allwood, Gang Xiong, Colm C. Faulkner, Amalio Fernández‐Pacheco, Rhodri Mansell, L. O’Brien, Dan Read and Ana-Vanessa Jausovec and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

D. Petit

69 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

Magnetic Domain-Wall Logic 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. Magnetic Domain-Wall Logic
    2005 1.7k citations D. A. Allwood, Gang Xiong et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
D. Petit United Kingdom 22 2.7k 1.2k 1.2k 937 898 70 3.5k
D. A. Allwood United Kingdom 31 3.7k 1.4× 1.8k 1.5× 1.3k 1.1× 1.8k 1.9× 1.9k 2.1× 111 5.6k
D. Atkinson United Kingdom 28 3.9k 1.4× 2.2k 1.8× 1.4k 1.2× 1.4k 1.5× 1.5k 1.7× 122 5.0k
P. Vavassori Italy 42 3.7k 1.4× 2.2k 1.8× 1.6k 1.3× 1.0k 1.1× 1.6k 1.8× 255 5.8k
Robert Streubel United States 21 1.2k 0.4× 565 0.5× 1.1k 0.9× 757 0.8× 351 0.4× 56 2.4k
Marco Beleggia Denmark 30 1.1k 0.4× 729 0.6× 529 0.5× 581 0.6× 656 0.7× 138 2.8k
S. N. Piramanayagam Singapore 27 2.9k 1.1× 1.8k 1.4× 823 0.7× 1.2k 1.2× 1.3k 1.4× 219 4.0k
Johan Åkerman Sweden 48 6.9k 2.5× 2.5k 2.1× 2.2k 1.9× 1.5k 1.6× 3.8k 4.3× 297 8.7k
Arne Vansteenkiste Belgium 21 3.6k 1.3× 1.5k 1.2× 1.6k 1.4× 524 0.6× 1.2k 1.3× 33 4.0k
M.H. Kryder United States 36 4.0k 1.5× 2.5k 2.1× 897 0.8× 1.6k 1.7× 2.0k 2.2× 289 5.8k
S. Tehrani United States 27 2.6k 1.0× 932 0.8× 619 0.5× 621 0.7× 1.8k 2.0× 74 3.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by D. Petit

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. Petit

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of D. Petit. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of D. Petit 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 D. Petit. D. Petit is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pandya, Raj, et al.. (2024). Revisiting the driving force inducing phase separation in PEG–phosphate aqueous biphasic systems. Faraday Discussions. 253(0). 181–192. 6 indexed citations
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Bowen, Richard D., D. Petit, R. P. Cowburn, et al.. (2023). The importance of the interface for picosecond spin pumping in antiferromagnet-heavy metal heterostructures. Nature Communications. 14(1). 538–538. 13 indexed citations
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Šobáň, Z., D. Petit, J. A. Haigh, et al.. (2022). Symmetry effects on the static and dynamic properties of coupled magnetic oscillators. Physical review. B.. 105(10). 3 indexed citations
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Bossini, Davide, Mirko Cinchetti, D. Petit, et al.. (2021). Temperature dependence of the picosecond spin Seebeck effect. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 15 indexed citations
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Fernández‐Pacheco, Amalio, et al.. (2019). Symmetry-breaking interlayer Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interactions in synthetic antiferromagnets. Nature Materials. 18(7). 679–684. 132 indexed citations
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Mansell, Rhodri, Tarun Vemulkar, D. Petit, et al.. (2017). Magnetic particles with perpendicular anisotropy for mechanical cancer cell destruction. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 4257–4257. 38 indexed citations
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Petit, D., et al.. (2016). Systematic layer-by-layer characterization of multilayers for three-dimensional data storage and logic. Nanotechnology. 27(15). 155203–155203. 4 indexed citations
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Petit, D., et al.. (2015). Two-dimensional control of field-driven magnetic bubble movement using Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interactions. Applied Physics Letters. 106(2). 17 indexed citations
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Cheng, Yu, Megan E. Muroski, D. Petit, et al.. (2015). Rotating magnetic field induced oscillation of magnetic particles for in vivo mechanical destruction of malignant glioma. Journal of Controlled Release. 223. 75–84. 112 indexed citations
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Lavrijsen, Reinoud, Jihyun Lee, Amalio Fernández‐Pacheco, et al.. (2013). Magnetic ratchet for three-dimensional spintronic memory and logic. Nature. 493(7434). 647–650. 171 indexed citations
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Serrano-Ramón, Luis, Amalio Fernández‐Pacheco, Rosa Córdoba, et al.. (2013). Improvement of domain wall conduit properties in cobalt nanowires by global gallium irradiation. Nanotechnology. 24(34). 345703–345703. 11 indexed citations
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Fernández‐Pacheco, Amalio, Luis Serrano-Ramón, Ján Michalík, et al.. (2013). Three dimensional magnetic nanowires grown by focused electron-beam induced deposition. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 1492–1492. 135 indexed citations
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O’Brien, L., Dan Read, D. Petit, & R. P. Cowburn. (2011). Dynamic propagation and nucleation in domain wall nanowire devices. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 24(2). 24222–24222. 7 indexed citations
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O’Brien, L., D. Petit, E. R. Lewis, et al.. (2011). Tunable Remote Pinning of Domain Walls in Magnetic Nanowires. Physical Review Letters. 106(8). 87204–87204. 52 indexed citations
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Lewis, E. R., D. Petit, Ana-Vanessa Jausovec, et al.. (2009). Measuring Domain Wall Fidelity Lengths Using a Chirality Filter. Physical Review Letters. 102(5). 57209–57209. 49 indexed citations
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Fernández‐Pacheco, Amalio, J. M. De Teresa, Aleksandra Szkudlarek, et al.. (2009). Magnetization reversal in individual cobalt micro- and nanowires grown by focused-electron-beam-induced-deposition. Nanotechnology. 20(47). 475704–475704. 56 indexed citations
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Allwood, D. A., Gang Xiong, Colm C. Faulkner, et al.. (2005). Magnetic Domain-Wall Logic. Science. 309(5741). 1688–1692. 1666 indexed citations breakdown →
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Petit, D., D. Atkinson, Steve Johnston, David Wood, & R. P. Cowburn. (2004). Room temperature performance of submicron bismuth Hall probes. IEE Proceedings - Science Measurement and Technology. 151(2). 127–130. 10 indexed citations
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Petit, D., L. Früchter, & I. A. Campbell. (2002). Ordering in Heisenberg Spin Glasses. Physical Review Letters. 88(20). 207206–207206. 50 indexed citations
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Campbell, Ian, D. Petit, & Pierre‐Olivier Mari. (2000). Critical Exponents in Spin Glasses: Numerics and Experiments (Frontiers in Magnetism). Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 69. 186–192. 4 indexed citations

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