David C. Look

22.6k citations

369 papers · 19.9k · 7 hit papers · h-index 60

Impact in

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials top 0.1%
- Ga2O3 and related materials
Condensed Matter Physics top 0.2%
- GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials

Papers in

Condensed Matter Physics 108
- GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials 102
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 125
- Ga2O3 and related materials 114

Co-authors: DONALD C. REYNOLDS (26 shared papers)B. Claflin (35 shared papers)Gene Cantwell (15 shared papers)C. W. Litton (14 shared papers)B. Jogai (17 shared papers)Robert Jones (14 shared papers)Donald R. Locker (5 shared papers)John R. Sizelove (30 shared papers)
Journals: Applied Physics Letters (52 papers)Journal of Applied Physics (46 papers)Journal of Electronic Materials (37 papers)Solid State Communications (11 papers)physica status solidi (b) (9 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany Finland

In The Last Decade

David C. Look

356 papers receiving 19.4k citations

David C. Look's Hit Papers

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Characterization of homoepitaxial p-type ZnO grown by molecular beam epitaxy 2002 · 1.2k citations

What are hit papers?

Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2002 Applied Physics Letters
2001 Materials Science and Engineering B
2000 Applied Physics Letters
1999 Physical review. B, Condensed matter
1998 Solid State Communications
1989 Journal of Bioresource Management
1970 Review of Scientific Instruments

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1	Recent advances in ZnO materials and devices Materials Science and Engineering B ·David C. Look Hit paper breakdown →	2001	2523
2	Characterization of homoepitaxial p-type ZnO grown by molecular beam epitaxy Applied Physics Letters ·David C. Look, DONALD C. REYNOLDS, C. W. Litton, Robert Jones, D. B. Eason, Gene Cantwell Hit paper breakdown →	2002	1175
3	Electrical properties of bulk ZnO Solid State Communications ·David C. Look, DONALD C. REYNOLDS, John R. Sizelove, Robert Jones, C. W. Litton, Gene Cantwell, William C. Harsch Hit paper breakdown →	1998	755
4	Time Saving in Measurement of NMR and EPR Relaxation Times Review of Scientific Instruments ·David C. Look, Donald R. Locker Hit paper breakdown →	1970	682
5	ZnO diode fabricated by excimer-laser doping Applied Physics Letters ·Toru Aoki, Yoshinori Hatanaka, David C. Look Hit paper breakdown →	2000	657
6	Valence-band ordering in ZnO Physical review. B, Condensed matter ·DONALD C. REYNOLDS, David C. Look, B. Jogai, C. W. Litton, Gene Cantwell, William C. Harsch Hit paper breakdown →	1999	498
7	P‐type doping and devices based on ZnO physica status solidi (b) ·David C. Look, B. Claflin	2004	484
8	Optically pumped ultraviolet lasing from ZnO Solid State Communications ·DONALD C. REYNOLDS, David C. Look, B. Jogai	1996	462
9	The future of ZnO light emitters physica status solidi (a) ·David C. Look, B. Claflin, Ya. I. Alivov, S. J. Park	2004	434
10	Synthesis of p-type ZnO films Journal of Crystal Growth ·Yungryel Ryu, Shan Zhu, David C. Look, Jerzy Wróbel, Hoonil Jeong, H. W. White	2000	426
11	Evidence of the Zn Vacancy Acting as the Dominant Acceptor in n -Type ZnO Physical Review Letters ·Filip Tuomisto, V. Ranki, Kimmo Saarinen, David C. Look	2003	426
12	Neutral-donor–bound-exciton complexes in ZnO crystals Physical review. B, Condensed matter ·DONALD C. REYNOLDS, David C. Look, B. Jogai, C. W. Litton, THOMAS C. COLLINS, William C. Harsch, Gene Cantwell	1998	423
13	Fabrication and characterization of n-ZnO/p-AlGaN heterojunction light-emitting diodes on 6H-SiC substrates Applied Physics Letters ·Ya. I. Alivov, E. V. Kalinina, Alexander E. Cherenkov, David C. Look, Boris Makhachevich ATAEV, A. K. Omaev, Mikhail V. Chukichev, Darren M. Bagnall	2003	422
14	Electrical Characterization of GaAs Materials and Devices Journal of Bioresource Management ·David C. Look Hit paper breakdown →	1989	417
15	Defect Donor and Acceptor in GaN Physical Review Letters ·David C. Look, DONALD C. REYNOLDS, J. W. Hemsky, John R. Sizelove, Robert Jones, R. J. Molnar	1997	376
16	Nuclear Magnetic Dipole—Dipole Relaxation Along the Static and Rotating Magnetic Fields: Application to Gypsum The Journal of Chemical Physics ·David C. Look, Irving J. Lowe	1966	297
17	Similarities in the bandedge and deep-centre photoluminescence mechanisms of ZnO and GaN Solid State Communications ·DONALD C. REYNOLDS, David C. Look, B. Jogai, Hadis Morkoç	1997	297
18	Introduction and recovery of point defects in electron-irradiated ZnO Physical Review B ·Filip Tuomisto, Kimmo Saarinen, David C. Look, Gary C. Farlow	2005	292
19	Electrical and optical properties of p-type ZnO Semiconductor Science and Technology ·David C. Look	2005	230
20	Hydrogen incorporation and diffusivity in plasma-exposed bulk ZnO Applied Physics Letters ·Kelly P. Ip, Mark E. Overberg, Young-Woo Heo, D. P. Norton, Stephen Pearton, Charles E. Stutz, B. Luo, Fan Ren	2003	193

About David C. Look

David C. Look is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, having authored 369 papers that have together received 19.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include ZnO doping and properties (167 papers), Ga2O3 and related materials (114 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (112 papers), GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials (102 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (82 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (43 papers), Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (42 papers) and Semiconductor materials and interfaces (36 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (8.1k citations), Condensed Matter Physics (4.0k citations), Materials Chemistry (14.7k citations), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (10.7k citations) and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (3.0k citations). David C. Look has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Finland. Frequent co-authors include DONALD C. REYNOLDS, B. Claflin, Gene Cantwell, C. W. Litton, B. Jogai, Robert Jones, Donald R. Locker, John R. Sizelove, William C. Harsch and Irving J. Lowe. Their work appears in journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of Electronic Materials, Solid State Communications and physica status solidi (b).

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