F. Sweeney

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

F. Sweeney is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, F. Sweeney has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Condensed Matter Physics, 12 papers in Materials Chemistry and 11 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in F. Sweeney's work include GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials (12 papers), Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (10 papers) and Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (7 papers). F. Sweeney is often cited by papers focused on GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials (12 papers), Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (10 papers) and Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (7 papers). F. Sweeney collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. F. Sweeney's co-authors include C. Trager‐Cowan, Yi‐Sheng Chen, Daniel Haley, K.P. O’Donnell, P. J. Parbrook, A. P. Day, E. Alves, E. Pereira, S. Pereira and M. R. Correia and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical review. B, Condensed matter and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

F. Sweeney

33 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Understanding and mitigating hydrogen embrittlement of steels: a review of experimental, modelling and design progress from atomistic to continuum

2018 337 citations Olga Barrera, David Bombač et al. Journal of Materials Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
F. Sweeney United Kingdom	13	785	491	338	323	267	33	1.4k
Xiang-Shan Kong China	25	1.5k 1.9×	267 0.5×	673 2.0×	131 0.4×	383 1.4×	90	1.8k
Kazuto Arakawa Japan	25	2.0k 2.5×	223 0.5×	601 1.8×	102 0.3×	236 0.9×	85	2.4k
John Hunn United States	34	2.5k 3.2×	185 0.4×	555 1.6×	131 0.4×	433 1.6×	107	3.0k
Shiu Fai Li United States	22	1.3k 1.6×	110 0.2×	913 2.7×	156 0.5×	535 2.0×	35	1.7k
Mitsuhiro Itakura Japan	24	1.4k 1.8×	772 1.6×	724 2.1×	121 0.4×	310 1.2×	78	1.9k
Alexandre Legris France	28	1.6k 2.1×	136 0.3×	735 2.2×	283 0.9×	136 0.5×	78	2.1k
Janne Wallenius Sweden	22	1.8k 2.3×	161 0.3×	502 1.5×	73 0.2×	109 0.4×	84	2.1k
Ning Gao China	24	1.9k 2.4×	132 0.3×	777 2.3×	57 0.2×	205 0.8×	118	2.3k
В. А. Бородин Russia	22	1.0k 1.3×	67 0.1×	315 0.9×	248 0.8×	110 0.4×	134	1.5k
J.M. Titchmarsh United Kingdom	22	841 1.1×	306 0.6×	755 2.2×	31 0.1×	327 1.2×	70	1.6k

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Meng, Lingcong, Philip N. Bartlett, Yisong Han, et al.. (2019). Electrodeposition of Bismuth Telluride from a Weakly Coordinating, Non-Aqueous Solution. ECS Meeting Abstracts. MA2019-02(16). 930–930. 1 indexed citations

Barrera, Olga, David Bombač, Yi‐Sheng Chen, et al.. (2018). Understanding and mitigating hydrogen embrittlement of steels: a review of experimental, modelling and design progress from atomistic to continuum. Journal of Materials Science. 53(9). 6251–6290. 337 indexed citations breakdown →

Barrera, Olga, David Bombač, Yi‐Sheng Chen, et al.. (2018). Correction to: Understanding and mitigating hydrogen embrittlement of steels: a review of experimental, modelling and design progress from atomistic to continuum. Journal of Materials Science. 53(14). 10593–10594. 12 indexed citations

Laity, Peter R., Kofi Asare‐Addo, F. Sweeney, Enes Šupuk, & Barbara R. Conway. (2015). Using small-angle X-ray scattering to investigate the compaction behaviour of a granulated clay. Applied Clay Science. 108. 149–164. 21 indexed citations

Blunt, Liam, et al.. (2015). Metrology of Al2O3 Barrier Film for Flexible CIGS Solar Cells. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 4(4). 46–60. 2 indexed citations

Rout, Simon P., et al.. (2014). Biodegradation of the Alkaline Cellulose Degradation Products Generated during Radioactive Waste Disposal. PLoS ONE. 9(9). e107433–e107433. 21 indexed citations

Blunt, Liam, et al.. (2014). Modelling water vapour permeability through atomic layer deposition coated photovoltaic barrier defects. Thin Solid Films. 570. 101–106. 12 indexed citations

Blunt, Liam, et al.. (2013). Further development of surface metrology methods for predicting the functional performance of flexible photovoltaic barrier films. Surface Topography Metrology and Properties. 1(1). 15006–15006. 3 indexed citations

Claus, Daniel, Andrew Maiden, Fucai Zhang, et al.. (2012). Quantitative phase contrast optimised cancerous cell differentiation via ptychography. Optics Express. 20(9). 9911–9911. 23 indexed citations

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Luo, Mingxiang, F. Sweeney, Sumedh R. Risbud, Germán Drazer, & Joëlle Fréchette. (2011). Irreversibility and pinching in deterministic particle separation. Applied Physics Letters. 99(6). 12 indexed citations

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Hurst, A C, T. B. Edo, T Walther, F. Sweeney, & J. M. Rodenburg. (2010). Probe position recovery for ptychographical imaging. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 241. 12004–12004. 18 indexed citations

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Edo, T. B., et al.. (2010). Noise limit on practical electron ptychography. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 241. 12065–12065. 1 indexed citations

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Trager‐Cowan, C., F. Sweeney, Patrick Trimby, et al.. (2007). Electron backscatter diffraction and electron channeling contrast imaging of tilt and dislocations in nitride thin films. Physical Review B. 75(8). 64 indexed citations

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Winkelmann, Aimo, C. Trager‐Cowan, F. Sweeney, A. P. Day, & P. J. Parbrook. (2006). Many-beam dynamical simulation of electron backscatter diffraction patterns. Ultramicroscopy. 107(4-5). 414–421. 148 indexed citations

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Trager‐Cowan, C., F. Sweeney, Aimo Winkelmann, et al.. (2006). Characterisation of nitride thin films by electron backscatter diffraction and electron channelling contrast imaging. Materials Science and Technology. 22(11). 1352–1358. 4 indexed citations

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Sweeney, F., C. Trager‐Cowan, P. R. Edwards, A.J. Wilkinson, & I. M. Watson. (2006). Characterisation of Epitaxial Lateral Overgrown GaN by Electron Backscatter Diffraction Correlated with Cross-Sectional Cathodoluminescence Spectroscopy. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 12(S02). 1516–1517. 1 indexed citations

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Trager‐Cowan, C., F. Sweeney, A.J. Wilkinson, et al.. (2002). Determination of the Structural and Luminescence Properties of Nitrides Using Electron Backscattered Diffraction and Photo‐ and Cathodoluminescence. Physica status solidi. C, Conferences and critical reviews/Physica status solidi. C, Current topics in solid state physics. 532–536. 7 indexed citations

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Trager‐Cowan, C., F. Sweeney, Jennifer E. Hastie, et al.. (2002). Characterization of nitride thin films by electron backscatter diffraction. Journal of Microscopy. 205(3). 226–230. 8 indexed citations

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Sweeney, F., C. Trager‐Cowan, Jennifer E. Hastie, et al.. (2001). Electron Backscattered Diffraction Patterns from Cooled Gallium Nitride Thin Films. physica status solidi (b). 228(2). 533–536. 6 indexed citations

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Trager‐Cowan, C., F. Sweeney, P. G. Middleton, et al.. (2000). Probing Nitride Thin Films in 3-Dimensions using a Variable Energy Electron Beam. MRS Internet Journal of Nitride Semiconductor Research. 5(S1). 405–411. 1 indexed citations

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