J. Tersoff

54.8k total citations · 21 hit papers
251 papers, 41.4k citations indexed

About

J. Tersoff is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Tersoff has authored 251 papers receiving a total of 41.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 158 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 100 papers in Materials Chemistry and 97 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in J. Tersoff's work include Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (59 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (56 papers) and Semiconductor materials and interfaces (49 papers). J. Tersoff is often cited by papers focused on Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (59 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (56 papers) and Semiconductor materials and interfaces (49 papers). J. Tersoff collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Australia. J. Tersoff's co-authors include D. R. Hamann, Phaedon Avouris, R. M. Tromp, Frances M. Ross, M. C. Reuter, Vasili Perebeinos, M. G. Lagally, F. K. LeGoues, Stefan Heinze and Richard Martel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

J. Tersoff

248 papers receiving 40.2k citations

Hit Papers

Theory of the scanning tunneling microscope 1983 2026 1997 2011 1985 1989 1988 1983 1988 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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.

  1. Theory of the scanning tunneling microscope
    1985 3.4k citations J. Tersoff et al. profile →
  2. Modeling solid-state chemistry: Interatomic potentials for multicomponent systems
    1989 3.4k citations J. Tersoff profile →
  3. New empirical approach for the structure and energy of covalent systems
    1988 2.7k citations J. Tersoff profile →
  4. Theory and Application for the Scanning Tunneling Microscope
    1983 2.0k citations J. Tersoff et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  5. Empirical Interatomic Potential for Carbon, with Applications to Amorphous Carbon
    1988 1.6k citations J. Tersoff Physical Review Letters profile →
  6. Empirical interatomic potential for silicon with improved elastic properties
    1988 1.2k citations J. Tersoff profile →
  7. Schottky Barrier Heights and the Continuum of Gap States
    1984 1.1k citations J. Tersoff Physical Review Letters profile →
  8. New empirical model for the structural properties of silicon
    1986 1.1k citations J. Tersoff Physical Review Letters profile →
  9. Self-Organization in Growth of Quantum Dot Superlattices
    1996 962 citations J. Tersoff et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  10. Carbon Nanotubes as Schottky Barrier Transistors
    2002 953 citations Stefan Heinze, J. Tersoff et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  11. Electrically Induced Optical Emission from a Carbon Nanotube FET
    2003 724 citations Phaedon Avouris, Stefan Heinze et al. profile →
  12. Shape transition in growth of strained islands: Spontaneous formation of quantum wires
    1993 697 citations J. Tersoff, R. M. Tromp Physical Review Letters profile →
  13. Theory of semiconductor heterojunctions: The role of quantum dipoles
    1984 696 citations J. Tersoff profile →
  14. Competing relaxation mechanisms in strained layers
    1994 651 citations J. Tersoff et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  15. Ambipolar Electrical Transport in Semiconducting Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes
    2001 592 citations C. Lavoie, J. Tersoff et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  16. Coarsening of Self-Assembled Ge Quantum Dots on Si(001)
    1998 565 citations Frances M. Ross, J. Tersoff et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  17. Structure and Electronic Transport in Graphene Wrinkles
    2012 532 citations Tony Low, Vasili Perebeinos et al. profile →
  18. Scaling of Excitons in Carbon Nanotubes
    2004 529 citations Vasili Perebeinos, J. Tersoff et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  19. Germanium Nanowire Growth Below the Eutectic Temperature
    2007 493 citations Suneel Kodambaka, J. Tersoff et al. profile →
  20. Atom-selective imaging of the GaAs(110) surface
    1987 457 citations J. Tersoff et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  21. Scanning tunneling microscopy
    1987 434 citations J. Tersoff et al. profile →

Peers

J. Tersoff
Comparison fields: 5 of 130
  • Materials Chemistry 24.0k
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 20.9k
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering 16.9k
  • Biomedical Engineering 10.2k
  • Condensed Matter Physics 2.9k
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Alex Zettl United States
M. Cardona Germany
D. R. Hamann United States
R. Jones United Kingdom
G. Dresselhaus United States
Steven M. George United States
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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Long Range and Collective Impact of Au Surface Adatoms on Nanofin Growth
2023 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·Babak Nikoobakht, Aaron C. Johnston‐Peck, J. Tersoff
1
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Tuning the Doping of Epitaxial Graphene on a Conventional Semiconductor via Substrate Surface Reconstruction
2021 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters ·(unknown), Luca Persichetti, Paola Gori, Olivia Pulci, Marco Bianchi, L. Di Gaspare, J. Tersoff, Camilla Coletti, Philip Hofmann, M. De Seta, Luca Camilli
4
3
Chip-Scale Droop-Free Fin Light-Emitting Diodes Using Facet-Selective Contacts
2021 ·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·(unknown), Yuqin Zong, Amit Agrawal, Elias Garratt, Ryan Beams, J. Tersoff, M. S. Shur, Babak Nikoobakht
11
4
Modeling of qubit coherence variability due to two-level systems
2021 ·Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·J. Tersoff, (unknown)
0
5
High-brightness lasing at submicrometer enabled by droop-free fin light-emitting diodes (LEDs)
2020 ·Science Advances ·Babak Nikoobakht, (unknown), Yuqin Zong, Amit Agrawal, M. S. Shur, J. Tersoff
35
6
Band Structure and Contact Resistance of Carbon Nanotubes Deformed by a Metal Contact
2017 ·Physical Review Letters ·(unknown), J. Tersoff, Vasili Perebeinos
24
7
Approaching the ideal elastic strain limit in silicon nanowires
2016 ·Science Advances ·Hongti Zhang, J. Tersoff, Shang Xu, Huixin Chen, Qiaobao Zhang, Kaili Zhang, Yong Yang, Chun‐Sing Lee, K. N. Tu, Ju Li, Yang Lü
199
8
Interface dynamics and crystal phase switching in GaAs nanowires
2016 ·Nature ·Daniel Jacobsson, Federico Panciera, J. Tersoff, M. C. Reuter, Sebastian Lehmann, Stephan Hofmann, Kimberly A. Dick, Frances M. Ross
278
9
Deformation and Scattering in Graphene over Substrate Steps
2012 ·Physical Review Letters ·Tony Low, Vasili Perebeinos, J. Tersoff, Phaedon Avouris
75
10
High-density integration of carbon nanotubes via chemical self-assembly
2012 ·Nature Nanotechnology ·Hongsik Park, Ali Afzali, Shu‐Jen Han, George S. Tulevski, Aaron D. Franklin, J. Tersoff, J. B. Hannon, Wilfried Haensch
254
11
Step-Flow Kinetics in Nanowire Growth
2010 ·Physical Review Letters ·Cheng‐Yen Wen, J. Tersoff, M. C. Reuter, Eric A. Stach, Frances M. Ross
72
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埋込みSiGe/Si(001)島の三次元等組成プロフィル
2007 ·Applied Physics Letters ·Georgios Katsaros, M. Stoffel, Armando Rastelli, Oliver G. Schmidt, Klaus Kern, J. Tersoff
0
13
Diameter-Independent Kinetics in the Vapor-Liquid-Solid Growth of Si Nanowires
2006 ·Physical Review Letters ·Suneel Kodambaka, J. Tersoff, M. C. Reuter, Frances M. Ross
224
14
Electromigration Forces on Ions in Carbon Nanotubes
2005 ·Physical Review Letters ·Stefan Heinze, Neng-Ping Wang, J. Tersoff
32
15
Mobile Ambipolar Domain in Carbon-Nanotube Infrared Emitters
2004 ·Physical Review Letters ·Marcus Freitag, Jia Chen, J. Tersoff, James C. Tsang, Qiang Fu, Jie Liu, Phaedon Avouris
117
16
An off-normal fibre-like texture in thin films on single-crystal substrates
2003 ·Nature ·Christophe Detavernier, Ahmet S. Özcan, Jean Jordan‐Sweet, E.A. Stach, J. Tersoff, F. M. Ross, C. Lavoie
166
17
Barrierless Formation and Faceting of SiGe Islands on Si(001)
2002 ·Physical Review Letters ·J. Tersoff, Brian J. Spencer, Armando Rastelli, H. von Känel
132
18
Influence of Supersaturation on Surface Structure
2002 ·Physical Review Letters ·J. B. Hannon, J. Tersoff, M. C. Reuter, R. M. Tromp
14
19
Phase Coexistence during Surface Phase Transitions
2001 ·Physical Review Letters ·J. B. Hannon, F.‐J. Meyer zu Heringdorf, J. Tersoff, R. M. Tromp
47
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Island growth of Ge on Si(001) and CoSi2 on Si(111) studied with UHV electron microscopy
1999 ·Journal of Electron Microscopy ·F. M. Ross, J. Tersoff, R. M. Tromp, M. C. Reuter, P. A. Bennett
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