Frederick Au

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Frederick Au is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Frederick Au has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Materials Chemistry, 11 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 6 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Frederick Au's work include Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (10 papers), Nanowire Synthesis and Applications (6 papers) and Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (5 papers). Frederick Au is often cited by papers focused on Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (10 papers), Nanowire Synthesis and Applications (6 papers) and Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (5 papers). Frederick Au collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, Germany and China. Frederick Au's co-authors include Chun‐Sing Lee, S. Y. Tong, I. Bello, Ning Wang, Ka Wai Wong, H. L. Lai, Xia Zhou, Ning‐Bew Wong, Zhengwei Pan and Xiangfeng Duan and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Advanced Materials and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Frederick Au

20 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Small-Diameter Silicon Nanowire Surfaces 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 250 500 750
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.

  1. Small-Diameter Silicon Nanowire Surfaces
    2003 998 citations Chun‐Sing Lee, Frederick Au et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Frederick Au Hong Kong 17 1.9k 1.6k 1.3k 528 285 20 2.7k
M. Vergnat France 23 1.6k 0.9× 1.3k 0.9× 717 0.5× 368 0.7× 170 0.6× 158 2.0k
Sergey A. Reshanov Germany 15 2.4k 1.3× 1.7k 1.1× 699 0.5× 762 1.4× 366 1.3× 86 3.1k
Levente Tapasztó Hungary 26 3.3k 1.8× 1.3k 0.9× 632 0.5× 942 1.8× 281 1.0× 58 3.7k
F. Iacona Italy 33 4.0k 2.2× 3.1k 2.0× 2.4k 1.8× 1.0k 1.9× 172 0.6× 120 4.5k
S. Q. Feng China 16 2.7k 1.5× 1.6k 1.0× 1.4k 1.0× 491 0.9× 967 3.4× 22 3.2k
H. Rinnert France 25 1.8k 1.0× 1.3k 0.9× 662 0.5× 233 0.4× 220 0.8× 114 2.1k
W. K. Chim Singapore 30 1.7k 0.9× 2.1k 1.3× 695 0.5× 491 0.9× 260 0.9× 163 2.9k
G. G. Qin China 33 3.0k 1.6× 2.7k 1.8× 1.7k 1.2× 636 1.2× 381 1.3× 200 3.8k
Zhongwei Bai China 9 1.1k 0.6× 600 0.4× 790 0.6× 318 0.6× 236 0.8× 11 1.3k
Q. L. Hang China 8 1.3k 0.7× 711 0.5× 934 0.7× 354 0.7× 421 1.5× 11 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Frederick Au

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frederick Au

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frederick Au

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Frederick Au. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Frederick Au based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Frederick Au. Frederick Au is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Stutzmann, M., et al.. (2004). Paramagnetic defects of silicon nanowires. Applied Physics Letters. 85(6). 943–945. 49 indexed citations
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Zapien, Juan Antonio, et al.. (2004). Room-temperature single nanoribbon lasers. Applied Physics Letters. 84(7). 1189–1191. 133 indexed citations
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Lee, Chun‐Sing, et al.. (2003). Small-Diameter Silicon Nanowire Surfaces. Science. 299(5614). 1874–1877. 998 indexed citations breakdown →
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Au, Frederick, et al.. (2003). Electrical properties of zinc oxide nanowires and intramolecular p–n junctions. Applied Physics Letters. 83(15). 3168–3170. 119 indexed citations
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Wong, W. K., Frederick Au, Man‐Keung Fung, et al.. (2003). Fabrication and Characterization of Pure and Well-Aligned Carbon Nanotubes Using Methane/Nitrogen−Ammonia Plasma. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 107(7). 1514–1517. 14 indexed citations
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Shang, N. G., Frederick Au, Xiangmin Meng, et al.. (2002). Uniform carbon nanoflake films and their field emissions. Chemical Physics Letters. 358(3-4). 187–191. 123 indexed citations
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Meng, Fei, et al.. (2002). Fabrication and Field Emission of High-Density Silicon Cone Arrays. Advanced Materials. 14(18). 1308–1311. 57 indexed citations
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Jiang, Xin, Frederick Au, & Sangmin Lee. (2002). Ultrahigh boron doping of nanocrystalline diamond films and their electron field emission characteristics. Journal of Applied Physics. 92(5). 2880–2883. 8 indexed citations
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Wong, W. K., et al.. (2002). Field-emission properties of multihead silicon cone arrays coated with cesium. Applied Physics Letters. 80(5). 877–879. 27 indexed citations
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Tang, Yun, Xuhui Sun, Frederick Au, et al.. (2001). Microstructure and field-emission characteristics of boron-doped Si nanoparticle chains. Applied Physics Letters. 79(11). 1673–1675. 32 indexed citations
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Ronning, Carsten, M. Büttner, U. Vetter, et al.. (2001). Ion beam deposition of fluorinated amorphous carbon. Journal of Applied Physics. 90(8). 4237–4245. 25 indexed citations
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Pan, Zhengwei, Frederick Au, H. L. Lai, et al.. (2001). Very Low-Field Emission from Aligned and Opened Carbon Nanotube Arrays. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 105(8). 1519–1522. 50 indexed citations
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Pan, Zhengwei, et al.. (2000). Oriented Silicon Carbide Nanowires: Synthesis and Field Emission Properties. Advanced Materials. 12(16). 1186–1190. 7 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xiang, Ning Wang, Frederick Au, et al.. (2000). Growth and emission properties of β-SiC nanorods. Materials Science and Engineering A. 286(1). 119–124. 52 indexed citations
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Lai, H. L., Ning‐Bew Wong, Xia Zhou, et al.. (2000). Straight β-SiC nanorods synthesized by using C–Si–SiO2. Applied Physics Letters. 76(3). 294–296. 57 indexed citations
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He, Pan, Frederick Au, Yihan Wang, et al.. (2000). Direct evidence for interaction of magnesium with tris(8-hydroxy-quinoline) aluminum. Applied Physics Letters. 76(11). 1422–1424. 38 indexed citations
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Pan, Zhengwei, Frederick Au, Xiangfeng Duan, et al.. (2000). Oriented Silicon Carbide Nanowires: Synthesis and Field Emission Properties. Advanced Materials. 12(16). 1186–1190. 433 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xia, H. L. Lai, Hongying Peng, et al.. (2000). Thin β-SiC nanorods and their field emission properties. Chemical Physics Letters. 318(1-3). 58–62. 97 indexed citations
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Au, Frederick, et al.. (1999). Electron field emission from silicon nanowires. Applied Physics Letters. 75(12). 1700–1702. 167 indexed citations
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Wong, Ka Wai, et al.. (1999). Field-emission characteristics of SiC nanowires prepared by chemical-vapor deposition. Applied Physics Letters. 75(19). 2918–2920. 178 indexed citations

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