Kevin Robbie

8.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
58 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Kevin Robbie is a scholar working on Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin Robbie has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films, 23 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 22 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Kevin Robbie's work include Optical Coatings and Gratings (37 papers), Photonic Crystals and Applications (17 papers) and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (12 papers). Kevin Robbie is often cited by papers focused on Optical Coatings and Gratings (37 papers), Photonic Crystals and Applications (17 papers) and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (12 papers). Kevin Robbie collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Sweden. Kevin Robbie's co-authors include Michael J. Brett, Cristina Buzea, Ivan I. Pacheco, Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Jeremy C. Sit, Kate Kaminska, Gisia Beydaghyan, T. Smy, D. Vick and Tim Brown and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical review. B, Condensed matter and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Kevin Robbie

56 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Nanomaterials and nanoparticles: Sources and toxicity

2007 2.4k citations Cristina Buzea, Kevin Robbie et al. profile →
Sculptured thin films and glancing angle deposition: Growth mechanics and applications

1997 814 citations Kevin Robbie, Michael J. Brett Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films profile →
Chiral sculptured thin films

1996 521 citations Kevin Robbie, Michael J. Brett et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kevin Robbie Canada	28	2.8k	2.2k	1.9k	1.5k	1.5k	58	6.3k
François Rossi Italy	50	3.2k 1.2×	1.1k 0.5×	2.6k 1.4×	1.6k 1.1×	540 0.4×	253	7.9k
Wolfgang E. S. Unger Germany	43	2.9k 1.1×	1.7k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	1.9k 1.3×	436 0.3×	254	6.6k
E. Sacher Canada	50	4.0k 1.5×	1.0k 0.5×	2.8k 1.5×	2.7k 1.9×	615 0.4×	294	9.1k
Brij M. Moudgil United States	43	2.9k 1.1×	563 0.3×	2.9k 1.6×	834 0.6×	839 0.6×	164	7.8k
Lei Li China	39	3.7k 1.3×	838 0.4×	1.8k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	640 0.4×	279	7.3k
William A. Ducker United States	48	1.8k 0.6×	1.9k 0.8×	3.0k 1.6×	1.5k 1.0×	3.9k 2.7×	155	10.1k
Holger Schönherr Germany	51	2.2k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	3.4k 1.8×	2.4k 1.6×	1.7k 1.2×	307	9.5k
Ferdinand Hofer Austria	46	3.2k 1.2×	1.0k 0.5×	1.9k 1.0×	2.4k 1.6×	1.1k 0.8×	264	7.3k
Jeffrey T. Koberstein United States	51	4.1k 1.5×	1.4k 0.6×	1.9k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	333 0.2×	139	10.1k
Zbǐgniew Adamczyk Poland	47	2.0k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	2.7k 1.5×	1.0k 0.7×	524 0.4×	268	7.9k

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Zhang, Zhe, Gabriela Díaz de Barboza, Rahul A. More, et al.. (2025). Rapid Development of High Concentration Protein Formulation Driven by High-Throughput Technologies. Pharmaceutical Research. 42(1). 151–171. 1 indexed citations

Sutton, Mark, et al.. (2009). X-ray reflectometry characterization of porous silicon films prepared by a glancing-angle deposition method. Physical Review B. 79(12). 18 indexed citations

Hodgkinson, Ian J., Qi Wu, Matthew D. Arnold, et al.. (2006). Biaxial thin-film coated-plate polarizing beam splitters. Applied Optics. 45(7). 1563–1563. 6 indexed citations

Robbie, Kevin, et al.. (2006). Oxidation of evaporated porous silicon rugate filters. Applied Optics. 45(32). 8298–8298. 8 indexed citations

Buzea, Cristina & Kevin Robbie. (2005). State of the art in thin film thickness and deposition rate monitoring sensors. Reports on Progress in Physics. 68(2). 385–409. 51 indexed citations

Beydaghyan, Gisia, et al.. (2005). Ex situ ellipsometric investigation of nanocolumns inclination angle of obliquely evaporated silicon thin films. Applied Physics Letters. 87(15). 36 indexed citations

Brown, Tim & Kevin Robbie. (2004). Deposition geometry and substrate motion effects on crystal texture of copper thin films. APS. 2004. 1 indexed citations

Robbie, Kevin, Gisia Beydaghyan, Tim Brown, et al.. (2004). Ultrahigh vacuum glancing angle deposition system for thin films with controlled three-dimensional nanoscale structure. Review of Scientific Instruments. 75(4). 1089–1097. 150 indexed citations

Beydaghyan, Gisia, Kate Kaminska, Tim Brown, & Kevin Robbie. (2004). Enhanced birefringence in vacuum evaporated silicon thin films. Applied Optics. 43(28). 5343–5343. 41 indexed citations

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Kaminska, Kate & Kevin Robbie. (2004). Birefringent omnidirectional reflector. Applied Optics. 43(7). 1570–1570. 45 indexed citations

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Kaminska, Kate, Tim Brown, Gisia Beydaghyan, & Kevin Robbie. (2003). Vacuum evaporated porous silicon photonic interference filters. Applied Optics. 42(20). 4212–4212. 74 indexed citations

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Robbie, Kevin, et al.. (2003). Mechanical properties of microspring thin films fabricated by glancing angle deposition (GLAD). 3. 1616–1620. 1 indexed citations

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Hodgkinson, Ian J., Qi Wu, B. Knight, Akhlesh Lakhtakia, & Kevin Robbie. (2000). Vacuum deposition of chiral sculptured thin films with high optical activity. Applied Optics. 39(4). 642–642. 116 indexed citations

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Elezzabi, A. Y., Jeremy C. Sit, Jonathan F. Holzman, Kevin Robbie, & Michael J. Brett. (1999). Thin film vertical diffraction gratingsfabricated using glancing angle deposition. Electronics Letters. 35(6). 491–493. 3 indexed citations

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Vick, D., L. J. Friedrich, S. K. Dew, et al.. (1999). Self-shadowing and surface diffusion effects in obliquely deposited thin films. Thin Solid Films. 339(1-2). 88–94. 150 indexed citations

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Robbie, Kevin, Jeremy C. Sit, & Michael J. Brett. (1998). Advanced techniques for glancing angle deposition. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing Measurement and Phenomena. 16(3). 1115–1122. 419 indexed citations

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Hodgkinson, Ian J., et al.. (1997). Vacuum deposition of biaxial films with surface-aligned principal axes and large birefringence Δn. Optical Interference Coatings. TuA.3–TuA.3. 1 indexed citations

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Robbie, Kevin, et al.. (1997). Inhomogeneous thin film optical filters fabricatedusing glancing angle deposition. Electronics Letters. 33(14). 1213–1214. 45 indexed citations

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Backhouse, C., Kevin Robbie, James E. Parks, et al.. (1996). Electrostatic scattering of ionic species in low pressure sputtering of Ti and TiN. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 14(4). 2175–2181. 1 indexed citations

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Robbie, Kevin, Michael J. Brett, & Akhlesh Lakhtakia. (1995). First thin film realization of a helicoidal bianisotropic medium. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 13(6). 2991–2993. 202 indexed citations

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