David Broido

19.4k total citations · 8 hit papers
125 papers, 15.0k citations indexed

About

David Broido is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, David Broido has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 15.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Materials Chemistry, 37 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 23 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in David Broido's work include Thermal properties of materials (72 papers), Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (52 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (24 papers). David Broido is often cited by papers focused on Thermal properties of materials (72 papers), Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (52 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (24 papers). David Broido collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. David Broido's co-authors include Lucas Lindsay, Natalio Mingo, Derek A. Stewart, T. L. Reinecke, Andrew Ward, T. L. Reinecke, Gang Chen, Wu Li, Zhifeng Ren and Keivan Esfarjani and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

David Broido

122 papers receiving 14.7k citations

Hit Papers

Two-Dimensional Phonon Transport in Supported Graphene 2007 2026 2013 2019 2010 2010 2007 2010 2013 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. Two-Dimensional Phonon Transport in Supported Graphene
    2010 1.5k citations Jae Hun Seol, Insun Jo et al. Science profile →
  2. Optimized Tersoff and Brenner empirical potential parameters for lattice dynamics and phonon thermal transport in carbon nanotubes and graphene
    2010 926 citations Lucas Lindsay, David Broido profile →
  3. Intrinsic lattice thermal conductivity of semiconductors from first principles
    2007 753 citations David Broido, Natalio Mingo et al. Applied Physics Letters profile →
  4. Flexural phonons and thermal transport in graphene
    2010 677 citations Lucas Lindsay, David Broido et al. profile →
  5. High thermoelectric performance by resonant dopant indium in nanostructured SnTe
    2013 672 citations Bolin Liao, Keivan Esfarjani et al. profile →
  6. First-Principles Determination of Ultrahigh Thermal Conductivity of Boron Arsenide: A Competitor for Diamond?
    2013 540 citations Lucas Lindsay, David Broido et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  7. Thermal conductivity of bulk and nanowire Mg2SixSn1−xalloys from first principles
    2012 507 citations Lucas Lindsay, David Broido et al. profile →
  8. Ab initiotheory of the lattice thermal conductivity in diamond
    2009 503 citations Andrew Ward, David Broido et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Broido United States 55 13.6k 3.2k 2.7k 2.1k 1.2k 125 15.0k
Lucas Lindsay United States 44 10.1k 0.7× 2.5k 0.8× 1.7k 0.6× 1.5k 0.7× 851 0.7× 108 11.4k
Keivan Esfarjani United States 43 8.6k 0.6× 2.3k 0.7× 2.7k 1.0× 1.6k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 147 9.7k
Austin J. Minnich United States 43 11.4k 0.8× 5.3k 1.6× 3.1k 1.1× 2.2k 1.0× 1.2k 1.0× 112 13.6k
Donald T. Morelli United States 50 11.3k 0.8× 1.5k 0.5× 4.7k 1.7× 1.6k 0.8× 3.2k 2.6× 182 12.8k
George S. Nolas United States 52 11.4k 0.8× 1.6k 0.5× 3.4k 1.3× 1.7k 0.8× 3.3k 2.8× 245 12.8k
H J Goldsmid Australia 33 7.6k 0.6× 2.0k 0.6× 2.4k 0.9× 1.6k 0.8× 1.4k 1.2× 139 8.6k
Luciano Colombo Italy 41 4.6k 0.3× 367 0.1× 2.4k 0.9× 1.9k 0.9× 352 0.3× 277 6.7k
Olivier Delaire United States 38 4.7k 0.3× 509 0.2× 2.7k 1.0× 1.0k 0.5× 1.5k 1.2× 108 6.6k
Martin Kuball United Kingdom 56 5.2k 0.4× 387 0.1× 6.1k 2.2× 1.9k 0.9× 2.5k 2.1× 409 10.6k
John R. Abelson United States 38 3.8k 0.3× 342 0.1× 3.4k 1.2× 854 0.4× 522 0.4× 210 5.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Chunhua & David Broido. (2025). Large electron-phonon drag asymmetry and reverse heat flow in the topological semimetal θ-TaN. Materials Today Physics. 53. 101706–101706.
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Zhang, Xiang, Fanghao Zhang, Fengjiao Pan, et al.. (2025). Thermal conductivity of boron arsenide above 2100 W per meter per Kelvin at room temperature. Materials Today. 90. 11–14. 2 indexed citations
3.
Shulumba, Nina, Matthieu J. Verstraete, David Broido, et al.. (2024). TDEP: Temperature Dependent EffectivePotentials. The Journal of Open Source Software. 9(94). 6150–6150. 31 indexed citations
4.
Wang, Yu‐Xuan, Chunhua Li, Xiaohan Yao, et al.. (2023). Visualization of bulk and edge photocurrent flow in anisotropic Weyl semimetals. Nature Physics. 19(4). 507–514. 14 indexed citations
5.
Zhou, Yuanyuan, Chunhua Li, Geethal Amila Gamage, et al.. (2022). Peak thermal conductivity measurements of boron arsenide crystals. Physical Review Materials. 6(6). 8 indexed citations
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Shin, Jungwoo, Geethal Amila Gamage, Zhiwei Ding, et al.. (2022). High ambipolar mobility in cubic boron arsenide. Science. 377(6604). 437–440. 85 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yuanyuan, Chunhua Li, David Broido, & Li Shi. (2021). A differential thin film resistance thermometry method for peak thermal conductivity measurements of high thermal conductivity crystals. Review of Scientific Instruments. 92(9). 94901–94901. 5 indexed citations
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Protik, Nakib H., Chunhua Li, Miguel Pruneda, David Broido, & Pablo Ordejón. (2021). The elphbolt ab initio solver for the coupled electron-phonon Boltzmann transport equations. arXiv (Cornell University). 40 indexed citations
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Zheng, Qiye, et al.. (2019). Thermal conductivity of GaN, GaN71, and SiC from 150 K to 850 K. Physical Review Materials. 3(1). 115 indexed citations
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Ravichandran, Navaneetha K. & David Broido. (2019). Non-monotonic pressure dependence of the thermal conductivity of boron arsenide. Nature Communications. 10(1). 827–827. 110 indexed citations
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Bahrami, Faranak, William Lafargue‐Dit‐Hauret, Oleg I. Lebedev, et al.. (2019). Thermodynamic Evidence of Proximity to a Kitaev Spin Liquid in Ag3LiIr2O6. Physical Review Letters. 123(23). 237203–237203. 51 indexed citations
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Saparamadu, Udara, Chunhua Li, Ran He, et al.. (2018). Improved Thermoelectric Performance of Tellurium by Alloying with a Small Concentration of Selenium to Decrease Lattice Thermal Conductivity. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(1). 511–516. 13 indexed citations
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Romano, Giuseppe, Keivan Esfarjani, David Broido, Alexie M. Kolpak, & David A. Strubbe. (2016). Temperature-dependent thermal conductivity in silicon nanostructured materials studied by the Boltzmann transport equation. Physical Review Letters. 8 indexed citations
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Song, Qichen, Jiawei Zhou, Laureen Meroueh, et al.. (2016). The effect of shallow vs. deep level doping on the performance of thermoelectric materials. Applied Physics Letters. 109(26). 16 indexed citations
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Lee, Sangyeop, David Broido, Keivan Esfarjani, & Gang Chen. (2015). Hydrodynamic phonon transport in suspended graphene. Nature Communications. 6(1). 6290–6290. 280 indexed citations
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Lindsay, Lucas, David Broido, & T. L. Reinecke. (2013). First-Principles Determination of Ultrahigh Thermal Conductivity of Boron Arsenide: A Competitor for Diamond?. Physical Review Letters. 111(2). 25901–25901. 540 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lindsay, Lucas, David Broido, & T. L. Reinecke. (2012). Thermal Conductivity and Large Isotope Effect in GaN from First Principles. Physical Review Letters. 109(9). 95901–95901. 262 indexed citations
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Jo, Insun, Jae Hun Seol, Arden L. Moore, et al.. (2011). Two Dimensional Phonon Transport in Graphene. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2011.
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Ward, Andrew, David Broido, & Derek A. Stewart. (2009). Intrinsic lattice thermal conductivity of diamond from first principles. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations
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Mingo, Natalio & David Broido. (2004). Lattice Thermal Conductivity Crossovers in Semiconductor Nanowires. Physical Review Letters. 93(24). 246106–246106. 74 indexed citations

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