David S. Boyle

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

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David S. Boyle is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, David S. Boyle has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Materials Chemistry, 24 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 6 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in David S. Boyle's work include Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (20 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (15 papers) and Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (14 papers). David S. Boyle is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (20 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (15 papers) and Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (14 papers). David S. Boyle collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Sri Lanka and United States. David S. Boyle's co-authors include Paul O’Brien, K. Govender, Lei Zhou, D. P. West, David J. Binks, Daniel J. Coleman, James R. Durrant, Donal D. C. Bradley, Jenny Nelson and David J. Otway and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

David S. Boyle

43 papers receiving 2.1k citations

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Understanding the factors that govern the deposition and morphology of thin films of ZnO from aqueous solution

2004 665 citations K. Govender, David S. Boyle et al. Journal of Materials Chemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David S. Boyle United Kingdom	18	1.8k	1.2k	363	339	224	43	2.1k
Makoto Kuwabara Japan	30	2.0k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	403 1.1×	305 0.9×	466 2.1×	117	2.4k
Bonggeun Shong South Korea	26	1.3k 0.7×	1.6k 1.3×	280 0.8×	380 1.1×	244 1.1×	115	2.2k
Huifang Xu China	14	1.5k 0.8×	818 0.7×	428 1.2×	347 1.0×	266 1.2×	29	1.8k
Xinmin Zhang China	27	1.9k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	427 1.2×	329 1.0×	130 0.6×	118	2.4k
Yingchun Zhu China	17	1.8k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	531 1.5×	415 1.2×	464 2.1×	29	2.2k
Xiaogang Wen China	19	1.4k 0.7×	776 0.6×	352 1.0×	310 0.9×	346 1.5×	51	1.9k
L. Znaidi France	17	1.3k 0.7×	963 0.8×	325 0.9×	289 0.9×	193 0.9×	26	1.7k
V.A. Macagno Argentina	27	993 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	235 0.6×	442 1.3×	221 1.0×	63	1.9k
K. Govender United Kingdom	12	1.3k 0.7×	892 0.7×	322 0.9×	172 0.5×	179 0.8×	21	1.5k
Teiichi Hanada Japan	28	1.7k 0.9×	850 0.7×	293 0.8×	128 0.4×	221 1.0×	77	2.3k

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Boyle, David S., et al.. (2021). Fatigue of X65 steel in the sour corrosive environment—A novel experimentation and analysis method for predicting fatigue crack initiation life from corrosion pits. Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures. 44(5). 1195–1208. 15 indexed citations

Boyle, David S., et al.. (2019). Behavior of 316L stainless steel containing corrosion pits under cyclic loading. Materials and Corrosion. 70(11). 2009–2019. 13 indexed citations

Green, Mark & David S. Boyle. (2007). Directed growth of gold nanostructures using a nucleoside/nucleotide. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 17(34). 3588–3588. 10 indexed citations

Berhanu, Déborah, et al.. (2006). A novel soft hydrothermal (SHY) route to crystalline PbS and CdS nanoparticles exhibiting diverse morphologies. Chemical Communications. 4709–4709. 31 indexed citations

Green, Mark, et al.. (2006). Ionic liquid passivated CdSe nanocrystals. Chemical Communications. 574–576. 44 indexed citations

Halliday, D. P., K. Durose, T. P. A. Hase, et al.. (2006). Development of low temperature approaches to device quality CdS: A modified geometry for solution growth of thin films and their characterisation. Thin Solid Films. 515(5). 2954–2957. 22 indexed citations

Zhou, Lei, David S. Boyle, & Paul O’Brien. (2006). Uniform NH₄TiOF₃mesocrystals prepared by an ambient temperature self-assembly process and their topotaxial conversion to anatase. Chemical Communications. 144–146. 75 indexed citations

Ravirajan, Punniamoorthy, K. Govender, David S. Boyle, et al.. (2006). Hybrid polymer/metal oxide solar cells based on ZnO columnar structures. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 16(21). 2088–2088. 238 indexed citations

Green, Mark, et al.. (2005). Nucleotide passivated cadmium sulfide quantum dots. Chemical Communications. 4830–4830. 23 indexed citations

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Vitoratos, E., et al.. (2005). D.C. conductivity of transparent conductive ZnO:Al films in the temperature range 80–360 K. Ionics. 11(3-4). 259–261. 2 indexed citations

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Govender, K., David S. Boyle, & Paul O’Brien. (2003). Developing cadmium-free window layers for solar cell applications: some factors controlling the growth and morphology of β-indium sulfide thin films and related (In,Zn)S ternaries. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 13(9). 2242–2247. 14 indexed citations

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Berhanu, Déborah, David S. Boyle, K. Govender, & Paul O’Brien. (2003). Novel wet-chemical routes to highly structured semiconductor layers for improved efficiency photovoltaic devices. Journal of Materials Science Materials in Electronics. 14(9). 579–582. 12 indexed citations

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Durose, K., M.A. Cousins, David S. Boyle, J. Beier, & D. Bonnet. (2002). Grain boundaries and impurities in CdTe/CdS solar cells. Thin Solid Films. 403-404. 396–404. 54 indexed citations

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Govender, K., et al.. (2002). Room‐Temperature Lasing Observed from ZnO Nanocolumns Grown by Aqueous Solution Deposition.. ChemInform. 33(47). 8–8. 6 indexed citations

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Boyle, David S., K. Govender, & Paul O’Brien. (2001). Novel low temperature solution deposition of perpendicularly orientated rods of ZnO: substrate effects and evidence of the importance of counter-ions in the control of crystallite growth. Chemical Communications. 80–81. 149 indexed citations

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Govender, K., David S. Boyle, & Paul O’Brien. (2001). Improved Routes towards Solution Deposition of Indium Sulfide Thin Films for Photovoltaic Applications:. MRS Proceedings. 692. 2 indexed citations

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Halliday, D. P., M. D. G. Potter, David S. Boyle, & K. Durose. (2001). Photoluminescence Characterisation of Ion Implanted CdTe. MRS Proceedings. 668. 6 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Paul, David J. Otway, & David S. Boyle. (2000). The importance of ternary complexes in defining basic conditions for the deposition of ZnS by aqueous chemical bath deposition. Thin Solid Films. 361-362. 17–21. 37 indexed citations

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Boyle, David S., et al.. (2000). Novel approach to the chemical bath deposition of chalcogenide semiconductors. Thin Solid Films. 361-362. 150–154. 64 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Paul, et al.. (1999). New Approaches to Chemical Bath Deposition of Chalcogenides. MRS Proceedings. 606. 1 indexed citations

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