David G. Cahill

42.9k total citations · 13 hit papers
384 papers, 34.2k citations indexed

About

David G. Cahill is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, David G. Cahill has authored 384 papers receiving a total of 34.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 224 papers in Materials Chemistry, 109 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 94 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in David G. Cahill's work include Thermal properties of materials (161 papers), Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (59 papers) and Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (44 papers). David G. Cahill is often cited by papers focused on Thermal properties of materials (161 papers), Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (59 papers) and Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (44 papers). David G. Cahill collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Germany. David G. Cahill's co-authors include R. O. Pohl, Pawel Keblinski, Susan K. Watson, Seung Min Lee, Arun Majumdar, Kenneth E. Goodson, Paul V. Braun, Yee Kan Koh, Simon R. Phillpot and Humphrey J. Maris and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David G. Cahill

377 papers receiving 33.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Nanoscale thermal transport

2003 2.4k citations David G. Cahill, Kenneth E. Goodson et al. Journal of Applied Physics profile →
Lower limit to the thermal conductivity of disordered crystals

1992 2.1k citations David G. Cahill et al. profile →
Nanoscale thermal transport. II. 2003–2012

2014 1.3k citations David G. Cahill, Paul V. Braun et al. profile →
Analysis of heat flow in layered structures for time-domain thermoreflectance

2004 1.2k citations David G. Cahill profile →
Interfacial heat flow in carbon nanotube suspensions

2003 910 citations David G. Cahill, Sergei Shenogin et al. profile →
Nanofluids for thermal transport

2005 761 citations Pawel Keblinski, David G. Cahill et al. profile →
Ultralow Thermal Conductivity in Disordered, Layered WSe ₂ Crystals

2006 709 citations David G. Cahill, David C. Johnson et al. profile →
Thermal conductivity of amorphous solids above the plateau

1987 623 citations David G. Cahill et al. profile →
Heat transport in thin dielectric films

1997 591 citations David G. Cahill et al. Journal of Applied Physics profile →
Thermal conductivity of Si–Ge superlattices

1997 579 citations David G. Cahill et al. Applied Physics Letters profile →
Thermal conductance of interfaces between highly dissimilar materials

2006 466 citations David G. Cahill et al. profile →
High thermal conductivity in cubic boron arsenide crystals

2018 432 citations Qiye Zheng, David G. Cahill et al. profile →
Thermal conductivity ofa-Si:H thin films

1994 425 citations David G. Cahill et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Anisotropic Thermal Conductivity of Kapton Films, Composites, and Laminates 2025 ·ACS Applied Polymer Materials ·Nusrat Chowdhury, (unknown), David G. Cahill	2
2	Thermal Conductivity of Polyurethane Thin Films 2024 ·Macromolecules ·(unknown), Xiaoru Li, Chen Chen, Weijun Zhou, (unknown), Paul V. Braun, David G. Cahill	2
3	Molecular-Weight Dependence of Center-of-Mass Chain Diffusion in Polymerized Ionic Liquid Melts 2023 ·Macromolecules ·Lan Peng, (unknown), Guangxin Lv, (unknown), David G. Cahill, Christopher M. Evans	3
4	Thermal conductivity of the n = 1–5 and 10 members of the (SrTiO3)nSrO Ruddlesden–Popper superlattices 2021 ·Applied Physics Letters ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Xue Xiong, Kiyoung Lee, Simon R. Phillpot, Aleksandr Chernatynskiy, David G. Cahill, Darrell G. Schlom	8
5	Highly efficient transverse thermoelectric devices with Re₄Si₇ crystals 2021 ·Energy & Environmental Science ·Michael R. Scudder, Bin He, Yaxian Wang, (unknown), David G. Cahill, Wolfgang Windl, Joseph P. Heremans, Joshua E. Goldberger	44
6	Nonequilibrium heat transport in Pt and Ru probed by an ultrathin Co thermometer 2020 ·Physical review. B. ·Hyejin Jang, Johannes Kimling, David G. Cahill	18
7	Thermal conductivity of GaN, GaN71, and SiC from 150 K to 850 K 2019 ·Physical Review Materials ·Qiye Zheng, Chunhua Li, (unknown), Jacob H. Leach, David Broido, David G. Cahill	115
8	Unraveling the Morphology–Function Relationships of Polyamide Membranes Using Quantitative Electron Tomography 2019 ·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Xiaohui Song, John W. Smith, Juyeong Kim, Nestor J. Zaluzec, Wenxiang Chen, (unknown), Jordan M. Dennison, David G. Cahill, (unknown), Qian Chen	63
9	Ultralow shear modulus of incommensurate [SnSe]n[MoSe2]n layers synthesized by the method of modulated elemental reactants 2019 ·Physical Review Materials ·Dongyao Li, André Schleife, David G. Cahill, (unknown), David C. Johnson	5
10	Optical-helicity-driven magnetization dynamics in metallic ferromagnets 2017 ·Nature Communications ·Gyung‐Min Choi, André Schleife, David G. Cahill	86
11	Solution-Processed Cu2Se Nanocrystal Films with Bulk-Like Thermoelectric Performance 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·Jason D. Forster, Jared Lynch, Nelson E. Coates, Jùn Líu, Hyejin Jang, Edmond W. Zaia, Madeleine P. Gordon, (unknown), Ayaskanta Sahu, David G. Cahill, Jeffrey J. Urban	29
12	Anisotropic and inhomogeneous thermal conduction in suspended thin-film polycrystalline diamond 2016 ·Journal of Applied Physics ·Aditya Sood, Jungwan Cho, Karl D. Hobart, Tatyana I. Feygelson, Bradford B. Pate, Mehdi Asheghi, David G. Cahill, Kenneth E. Goodson	87
13	Measurement of surface acoustic wave velocity using phase shift mask and application on thin film of thermoelectric material 2014 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·Dongyao Li, Peng Zhao, (unknown), David R. Johnson, Ji‐Cheng Zhao, David G. Cahill	0
14	Side-Chain Effects on the Conductivity, Morphology, and Thermoelectric Properties of Self-Doped Narrow-Band-Gap Conjugated Polyelectrolytes 2014 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Cheng‐Kang Mai, Ruth A. Schlitz, Gregory M. Su, Daniël Spitzer, Xiaojia Wang, Stephanie L. Fronk, David G. Cahill, Michael L. Chabinyc, Guillermo C. Bazan	172
15	Anomalously High Thermal Conductivity of Amorphous Silicon Films Prepared by Hot-wire Chemical Vapor Deposition 2011 ·Chinese Journal of Physics ·Xiao Liu, Joseph L. Feldman, David G. Cahill, (unknown), Richard S. Crandall, Noam Bernstein, Douglas M. Photiadis, M. J. Mehl, D. A. Papaconstantopoulos	1
16	Testing the minimum thermal conductivity model for amorphous polymers using high pressure 2011 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·(unknown), Mark D. Losego, Paul V. Braun, Sergei Shenogin, Pawel Keblinski, David G. Cahill	1
17	Ultrafast Imaging and the Phase Problem for Inelastic X‐Ray Scattering 2010 ·Advanced Materials ·Peter Abbamonte, Gerard C. L. Wong, David G. Cahill, (unknown), Robert H. Coridan, Nathan W. Schmidt, Ghee Hwee Lai, Young Il Joe, D. Casa	16
18	High Thermal Conductivity of a Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Film 2009 ·Physical Review Letters ·Xiao Liu, Joseph L. Feldman, David G. Cahill, Richard S. Crandall, Noam Bernstein, Douglas M. Photiadis, Michael J. Mehl, D. A. Papaconstantopoulos	72
19	Thermal Conductance of metal-metal interfaces 2006 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·Bryan C. Gundrum, David G. Cahill, R. S. Averback	1
20	Charge Dynamics at the Silicon(001) Surface Studied by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Surface Photovoltage 1992 ·Scanning microscopy ·David G. Cahill, Robert J. Hamers	0

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