G. Allan

17.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
218 papers, 14.2k citations indexed

About

G. Allan is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, G. Allan has authored 218 papers receiving a total of 14.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 120 papers in Materials Chemistry and 117 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in G. Allan's work include Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (49 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (49 papers) and Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence (45 papers). G. Allan is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (49 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (49 papers) and Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence (45 papers). G. Allan collaborates with scholars based in France, Netherlands and Belgium. G. Allan's co-authors include Christophe Delerue, M. Lannoo, G. Bastard, M. Voos, Nino Boccara, Philippe M. Fauchet, Michal V. Wolkin, Jacob Jorné, C. Priester and Yann‐Michel Niquet and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

G. Allan

214 papers receiving 13.7k 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.

Heterojunctions and Semiconductor Superlattices

1986 1.9k citations G. Allan, M. Lannoo et al. profile →
Electronic States and Luminescence in Porous Silicon Quantum Dots: The Role of Oxygen

1999 1.6k citations G. Allan, Christophe Delerue et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Size-Dependent Optical Properties of Colloidal PbS Quantum Dots

2009 1.0k citations Christophe Delerue, G. Allan et al. ACS Nano profile →
Theoretical aspects of the luminescence of porous silicon

1993 811 citations Christophe Delerue, G. Allan et al. Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
G. Allan France	54	10.5k	8.5k	4.4k	4.3k	1.2k	218	14.2k
M. Lannoo France	49	7.8k 0.7×	7.2k 0.8×	4.8k 1.1×	2.6k 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	287	12.5k
Reine Wallenberg Sweden	56	7.6k 0.7×	5.8k 0.7×	3.4k 0.8×	6.3k 1.4×	1.1k 0.9×	232	13.1k
E. H. Conrad United States	29	12.0k 1.1×	5.4k 0.6×	4.0k 0.9×	3.5k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	70	13.6k
Eicke R. Weber United States	29	7.7k 0.7×	7.6k 0.9×	2.7k 0.6×	2.3k 0.5×	3.0k 2.5×	118	12.0k
Sanjay K. Banerjee United States	45	14.7k 1.4×	10.9k 1.3×	3.8k 0.9×	5.3k 1.2×	2.0k 1.7×	424	19.5k
Thomas Seyller Germany	56	14.0k 1.3×	6.4k 0.8×	6.8k 1.6×	3.5k 0.8×	1.7k 1.4×	202	16.9k
Claire Berger France	57	18.5k 1.8×	7.7k 0.9×	6.3k 1.5×	5.3k 1.2×	2.1k 1.8×	174	21.2k
Phillip N. First United States	33	13.7k 1.3×	5.9k 0.7×	5.4k 1.2×	3.6k 0.8×	1.9k 1.6×	73	15.6k
Knut Deppert Sweden	52	5.8k 0.5×	6.9k 0.8×	4.3k 1.0×	8.7k 2.0×	1.1k 0.9×	189	12.1k
Enge Wang China	58	8.3k 0.8×	4.1k 0.5×	3.4k 0.8×	2.7k 0.6×	1.6k 1.3×	206	12.2k

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Geiregat, Pieter, Arjan J. Houtepen, Laxmi Kishore Sagar, et al.. (2017). Continuous-wave infrared optical gain and amplified spontaneous emission at ultralow threshold by colloidal HgTe quantum dots. Nature Materials. 17(1). 35–42. 120 indexed citations

Allan, G. & Christophe Delerue. (2012). Tight-binding calculations of the optical properties of HgTe nanocrystals. Physical Review B. 86(16). 59 indexed citations

Allan, G. & Christophe Delerue. (2011). Optimization of Carrier Multiplication for More Effcient Solar Cells: The Case of Sn Quantum Dots. ACS Nano. 5(9). 7318–7323. 24 indexed citations

Delerue, Christophe, G. Allan, Joep J. H. Pijpers, & Mischa Bonn. (2010). Carrier multiplication in bulk and nanocrystalline semiconductors: Mechanism, efficiency, and interest for solar cells. Physical Review B. 81(12). 74 indexed citations

Driel, A. Floris van, et al.. (2005). Frequency-Dependent Spontaneous Emission Rate from CdSe and CdTe Nanocrystals: Influence of Dark States. Physical Review Letters. 95(23). 236804–236804. 163 indexed citations

Delerue, Christophe, et al.. (2005). Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy of conjugated oligomers weakly bonded to Si(100) surfaces: A theoretical study. Physical Review B. 71(16). 11 indexed citations

Perdigão, Luı́s M. A., D. Deresmes, B. Grandidier, et al.. (2004). Semiconducting Surface Reconstructions ofp-Type Si(100) Substrates at 5 K. Physical Review Letters. 92(21). 216101–216101. 36 indexed citations

Delerue, Christophe, G. Allan, & M. Lannoo. (2003). Dimensionality-Dependent Self-Energy Corrections and Exchange-Correlation Potential in Semiconductor Nanostructures. Physical Review Letters. 90(7). 76803–76803. 31 indexed citations

Allan, G., Christophe Delerue, & Yann‐Michel Niquet. (2001). Luminescence polarization of silicon nanocrystals. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 63(20). 33 indexed citations

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Delerue, Christophe, et al.. (2001). Tight Binding for Complex Semiconductor Systems. physica status solidi (b). 227(1). 115–149. 15 indexed citations

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Richards, David, B. Jusserand, G. Allan, C. Priester, & B. Etienne. (1996). Electron spin-flip Raman scattering in asymmetric quantum wells: Spin orientation. Solid-State Electronics. 40(1-8). 127–131. 18 indexed citations

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Priester, C., I. Lefebvre, G. Allan, & M. Lannoo. (1993). Strained Layer Growth: how do 3d Islands Relax Strains?. MRS Proceedings. 317. 12 indexed citations

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Priester, C., G. Allan, & M. Lannoo. (1988). Band-edge deformation potentials in a tight-binding framework. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 37(14). 8519–8522. 94 indexed citations

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Priester, C., G. Allan, & M. Lannoo. (1988). Accuracy of zero-charge and zero-dipole approximations for the determination of valence-band offsets at semiconductor heterojunctions. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Microelectronics Processing and Phenomena. 6(4). 1290–1294. 23 indexed citations

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Allan, G.. (1987). Atomic surface relaxation. Progress in Surface Science. 25(1-4). 43–56. 6 indexed citations

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Priester, C., G. Allan, & M. Lannoo. (1986). Tight-binding calculation of the band offset at the Ge-GaAs (110) interface using a local charge-neutrality condition. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 33(10). 7386–7388. 34 indexed citations

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Allan, G.. (1984). A linear prediction of the recursion coefficients. Journal of Physics C Solid State Physics. 17(22). 3945–3955. 38 indexed citations

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Allan, G.. (1979). Relaxation and force constant near A platinum stepped surface. Surface Science. 85(1). 37–44. 29 indexed citations

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Allan, G., et al.. (1968). Structure de la bande d du nickel du palladium et du platine en couplage 1. s. Journal de physique. 29(10). 885–895. 5 indexed citations

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Allan, G., W.M. Lomer, R. D. Lowde, & C. G. Windsor. (1968). Susceptibility and Intra-Atomic Exchange in Nickel. Physical Review Letters. 20(17). 933–936. 23 indexed citations

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