D. Smeets

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

D. Smeets is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, D. Smeets has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 13 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 6 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in D. Smeets's work include Semiconductor materials and interfaces (16 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (8 papers) and Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (7 papers). D. Smeets is often cited by papers focused on Semiconductor materials and interfaces (16 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (8 papers) and Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (7 papers). D. Smeets collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, South Africa and Canada. D. Smeets's co-authors include A. Vantomme, Iwan Moreels, José C. Martins, Frank Vanhaecke, G. Allan, Christophe Delerue, David De Muynck, Karel Lambert, Zeger Hens and C.M. Comrie and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, ACS Nano and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

D. Smeets

24 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Size-Dependent Optical Properties of Colloidal PbS Quantu... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 250 500 750 1000
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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.

  1. Size-Dependent Optical Properties of Colloidal PbS Quantum Dots
    2009 1.0k citations Iwan Moreels, Karel Lambert et al. ACS Nano 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. Smeets Belgium 12 1.0k 952 269 178 129 24 1.3k
Shyama Rath India 19 673 0.6× 625 0.7× 170 0.6× 246 1.4× 135 1.0× 72 1.0k
Roland J. Koch United States 24 1.4k 1.4× 721 0.8× 496 1.8× 277 1.6× 232 1.8× 57 1.7k
Gang Bi China 17 677 0.6× 640 0.7× 260 1.0× 196 1.1× 208 1.6× 54 1.0k
Sergii Chertopalov Czechia 13 810 0.8× 482 0.5× 283 1.1× 207 1.2× 170 1.3× 51 1.1k
Young Dong Kim South Korea 16 571 0.5× 769 0.8× 512 1.9× 120 0.7× 117 0.9× 110 1.1k
Jongwook Kim France 17 481 0.5× 451 0.5× 189 0.7× 197 1.1× 243 1.9× 42 1.1k
Jiřı́ Novák Czechia 21 496 0.5× 600 0.6× 302 1.1× 142 0.8× 105 0.8× 72 1.0k
T. Sorsch United States 17 758 0.7× 1.7k 1.8× 271 1.0× 266 1.5× 176 1.4× 45 1.9k
T. Y. B. Leung United States 10 694 0.7× 866 0.9× 313 1.2× 225 1.3× 107 0.8× 16 1.1k
Søren Ulstrup Denmark 25 2.1k 2.0× 926 1.0× 789 2.9× 253 1.4× 298 2.3× 62 2.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

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All Works

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Spiridonov, Maxim, V.M. Krivtsun, В. В. Медведев, et al.. (2018). Measurements of hydrogen gas stopping efficiency for tin ions from laser-produced plasma. Applied Physics Letters. 112(16). 16 indexed citations
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Béland, Laurent Karim, Yonathan Anahory, D. Smeets, et al.. (2013). Replenish and Relax: Explaining Logarithmic Annealing in Ion-Implantedc-Si. Physical Review Letters. 111(10). 105502–105502. 32 indexed citations
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Comrie, C.M., D. Smeets, J. Demeulemeester, et al.. (2013). Effect of high temperature deposition on CoSi2 phase formation. Journal of Applied Physics. 113(23). 3 indexed citations
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Comrie, C.M., D. Smeets, J. Demeulemeester, et al.. (2012). Determination of the dominant diffusing species during nickel and palladium germanide formation. Thin Solid Films. 526. 261–268. 15 indexed citations
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Demeulemeester, J., W. Knaepen, D. Smeets, et al.. (2012). In situ study of the growth properties of Ni-rare earth silicides for interlayer and alloy systems on Si(100). Journal of Applied Physics. 111(4). 7 indexed citations
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Sree, Sreeprasanth Pulinthanathu, Jolien Dendooven, D. Smeets, et al.. (2011). Spacious and mechanically flexible mesoporous silica thin film composed of an open network of interlinked nanoslabs. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 21(21). 7692–7692. 23 indexed citations
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Demeulemeester, J., D. Smeets, C.M. Comrie, et al.. (2010). The influence of Pt redistribution on Ni1−xPtxSi growth properties. Journal of Applied Physics. 108(4). 28 indexed citations
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Volodin, Alexander, Chris Van Haesendonck, O. Chamirian, et al.. (2010). Direct observation of preferential heating near grain boundaries in patterned silicide films. Journal of Applied Physics. 108(6). 2 indexed citations
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Anahory, Yonathan, D. Smeets, Rachid Karmouch, et al.. (2010). Fabrication, characterization and modeling of single-crystal thin film calorimeter sensors. Thermochimica Acta. 510(1-2). 126–136. 13 indexed citations
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Demeulemeester, J., D. Smeets, N.P. Barradas, et al.. (2010). Artificial neural networks for instantaneous analysis of real-time Rutherford backscattering spectra. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 268(10). 1676–1681. 29 indexed citations
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Paredis, Kristof, D. Smeets, & A. Vantomme. (2009). The Influence of an Adsorbate Layer on Adatom Diffusion and Island Nucleation: Fe on Si(111)-√3 x √3-Au. Nanoscale Research Letters. 4(12). 1447–1451. 4 indexed citations
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Smeets, D., G. Vanhoyland, Jan D’Haen, & A. Vantomme. (2009). On the thermal expansion coefficient of CoSi2and NiSi2. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 42(23). 235402–235402. 23 indexed citations
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Demeulemeester, J., D. Smeets, Johan Meersschaut, et al.. (2009). Artificial neural networks applied to the analysis of synchrotron nuclear resonant scattering data. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 17(1). 86–92. 8 indexed citations
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Paredis, Kristof, D. Smeets, & A. Vantomme. (2009). Iron silicide nanostructure formation on Au induced superstructures on Si(111). Nanotechnology. 20(7). 75607–75607. 1 indexed citations
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Moreels, Iwan, Karel Lambert, D. Smeets, et al.. (2009). Size-Dependent Optical Properties of Colloidal PbS Quantum Dots. ACS Nano. 3(10). 3023–3030. 1020 indexed citations breakdown →
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Paredis, Kristof, D. Smeets, & A. Vantomme. (2009). Diffusion, nucleation and reaction in a three-component system: Fe on Si(111)-‘5×5’–Cu. New Journal of Physics. 11(9). 93019–93019. 4 indexed citations
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Iacopi, Francesca, Philippe M. Vereecken, Nele Moelans, et al.. (2008). Indium-assisted Growth of Si Nanowires: Perspectives on Controlled Growth for CMOS Applications. MRS Proceedings. 1080. 1 indexed citations
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Demeulemeester, J., D. Smeets, Christophe Detavernier, et al.. (2008). Pt redistribution during Ni(Pt) silicide formation. Applied Physics Letters. 93(26). 46 indexed citations
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Smeets, D., A. Vantomme, K. De Keyser, Christophe Detavernier, & C. Lavoie. (2008). The role of lattice mismatch and kinetics in texture development: Co1−xNixSi2 thin films on Si(100). Journal of Applied Physics. 103(6). 16 indexed citations
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Smeets, D., J. Demeulemeester, K. De Keyser, et al.. (2008). Nucleation and diffusion during growth of ternary Co1−xNixSi2 thin films studied by complementary techniques in real time. Journal of Applied Physics. 104(9). 12 indexed citations

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