E. Kay

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
124 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

E. Kay is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, E. Kay has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 36 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 36 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in E. Kay's work include Ion-surface interactions and analysis (28 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (28 papers) and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (27 papers). E. Kay is often cited by papers focused on Ion-surface interactions and analysis (28 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (28 papers) and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (27 papers). E. Kay collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. E. Kay's co-authors include J. W. Coburn, D. Mauri, H. C. Siegmann, Paul S. Bagus, Harold F. Winters, F. Parmigiani, A. Dilks, Paul S. Bagus, E. Sawatzky and John H. Keller and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

E. Kay

122 papers receiving 4.7k citations

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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.

Simple model for thin ferromagnetic films exchange coupled to an antiferromagnetic substrate

1987 775 citations D. Mauri, H. C. Siegmann et al. Journal of Applied Physics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
E. Kay United States	39	2.4k	1.7k	1.6k	1.4k	1.4k	124	5.0k
W. D. Luedtke United States	38	1.9k 0.8×	3.6k 2.1×	3.1k 1.9×	1.3k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	51	6.9k
J. A. Van Vechten United States	33	3.7k 1.6×	3.0k 1.7×	3.4k 2.1×	925 0.7×	513 0.4×	105	6.4k
J. M. E. Harper United States	39	3.5k 1.5×	1.8k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	2.3k 1.6×	1.9k 1.4×	155	5.5k
P. S. Peercy United States	34	2.0k 0.8×	3.0k 1.7×	964 0.6×	732 0.5×	459 0.3×	138	4.9k
P. H. Schmidt United States	35	1.5k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	694 0.5×	339 0.3×	115	3.7k
R. G. Wilson United States	44	3.5k 1.5×	3.4k 2.0×	1.6k 1.0×	2.2k 1.5×	864 0.6×	267	6.5k
W. J. Choyke United States	56	8.0k 3.4×	4.1k 2.4×	3.3k 2.0×	1.4k 1.0×	669 0.5×	298	10.6k
R. Benedek United States	35	3.7k 1.6×	2.1k 1.2×	760 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	417 0.3×	113	6.1k
L. G. Parratt United States	10	1.3k 0.6×	2.0k 1.1×	1.7k 1.0×	838 0.6×	505 0.4×	16	5.1k
J. W. Matthews United States	32	3.2k 1.3×	2.5k 1.4×	3.8k 2.3×	934 0.7×	809 0.6×	78	6.2k

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Comita, Paul B., et al.. (1993). <title>Laser coalescence of gold clusters in gold-fluorocarbon composite films</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1804. 154–160. 1 indexed citations

Creasy, William R., Jeffrey A. Zimmerman, W. Jacob, & E. Kay. (1992). Pyrolysis and laser ablation of plasma-polymerized fluorocarbon films: Effects of gold particles. Journal of Applied Physics. 72(6). 2462–2471. 7 indexed citations

Häussler, P., et al.. (1990). Influence of indirect magnetic interaction on the stability of amorphous alloys. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 117-118. 293–296. 4 indexed citations

Parmigiani, F., E. Kay, & H. Seki. (1988). Raman scattering and x-ray photoemission spectroscopy studies of carbon films sputtered in a triode system by Ne, Ar, and Xe. Journal of Applied Physics. 64(6). 3031–3036. 38 indexed citations

Parmigiani, F. & E. Kay. (1988). Electronic structure modification induced by ion irradiation during film growth of Cu and Pd. Applied Physics Letters. 53(25). 2480–2482. 2 indexed citations

Mauri, D., et al.. (1987). Novel method for determining the anisotropy constant of MnFe in a NiFe/MnFe sandwich. Journal of Applied Physics. 62(7). 2929–2932. 142 indexed citations

Bona, G.L., F. Meier, M. Taborelli, et al.. (1986). Surface induced magnetic properties in TbFe and GdCo films. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 54-57. 1403–1404. 6 indexed citations

Selwyn, Gary S. & E. Kay. (1985). Spatially resolved optical emission studies of fluorocarbon RF plasma through the use of UV-transmitting optical fibers. Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing. 5(2). 183–199. 21 indexed citations

Kay, E., et al.. (1985). Core binding energies for clusters deposited on different insulating substrates: esca spectra and theoretical electronic structure studies. Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena. 36(3). 257–267. 83 indexed citations

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Kay, E., R. A. Sigsbee, G.L. Bona, M. Taborelli, & H. C. Siegmann. (1985). Magnetic depth profiling and characterization of Fe-oxide films by Kerr rotation and spin polarized photoemission. Applied Physics Letters. 47(5). 533–535. 11 indexed citations

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Kay, E. & M. Hecq. (1984). Metal clusters in plasma polymerized fluorocarbon films: Cobalt–aluminum. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 2(2). 401–404. 8 indexed citations

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Coburn, J. W., et al.. (1982). A SIMS study of ion-assisted etching mechanisms; adsorbed fluorine on Si removed by ion bombardment. Surface Science. 123(2-3). 427–438. 19 indexed citations

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Millard, Merle M. & E. Kay. (1981). Summary Abstract: Difluorocarbene emission spectra from fluorocarbon plasmas and its relationship to fluorocarbon polymer formation. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology. 18(2). 343–344. 3 indexed citations

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Dilks, A. & E. Kay. (1981). Plasma polymerization of ethylene and the series of fluoroethylenes: plasma effluent mass spectrometry and ESCA studies. Macromolecules. 14(3). 855–862. 60 indexed citations

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Coburn, J. W. & E. Kay. (1976). Tetraf luoromethane Injected into a dc Argon Glow Discharge. Journal of Macromolecular Science Part A - Chemistry. 10(3). 483–489. 2 indexed citations

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Coburn, J. W., et al.. (1975). Elemental composition profiling in thin films by glow-discharge mass spectrometry: Depth resolution. Journal of Applied Physics. 46(7). 2828–2830. 34 indexed citations

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Coburn, J. W., et al.. (1975). Diagnostics of an r.f. sputtering glow discharge - correlation between atomic absorption and mass spectrometry. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Physics. 17(2). 129–138. 47 indexed citations

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Kay, E.. (1971). Solid Thin Films. Annual Review of Materials Science. 1(1). 289–312. 11 indexed citations

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Sawatzky, E. & E. Kay. (1966). Method for Studying Sputtered Particles by Emission Spectroscopy. Review of Scientific Instruments. 37(10). 1324–1329. 10 indexed citations

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Kay, E.. (1964). Structural and Magnetic Properties of Sputtered NiFe Films Grown in a dc Discharge Environment. Journal of Applied Physics. 35(10). 2936–2942. 5 indexed citations

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