Kumar Virwani

4.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
50 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Kumar Virwani is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kumar Virwani has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 19 papers in Materials Chemistry and 13 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kumar Virwani's work include Semiconductor materials and devices (16 papers), Advanced Memory and Neural Computing (15 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (9 papers). Kumar Virwani is often cited by papers focused on Semiconductor materials and devices (16 papers), Advanced Memory and Neural Computing (15 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (9 papers). Kumar Virwani collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and South Korea. Kumar Virwani's co-authors include Geoffrey W. Burr, Pritish Narayanan, Hyunsang Hwang, R. M. Shelby, B. N. Kurdi, Rohit S. Shenoy, Severin Sidler, Irem Boybat, Junwoo Jang and Carmelo di Nolfo and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Kumar Virwani

49 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Neuromorphic computing using non-volatile memory

2016 818 citations Geoffrey W. Burr, R. M. Shelby et al. profile →
Experimental Demonstration and Tolerancing of a Large-Scale Neural Network (165 000 Synapses) Using Phase-Change Memory as the Synaptic Weight Element

2015 741 citations Geoffrey W. Burr, R. M. Shelby et al. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kumar Virwani United States	21	2.8k	945	703	664	414	50	3.5k
Hussein Nili United States	24	2.3k 0.8×	1.8k 1.9×	481 0.7×	565 0.9×	212 0.5×	45	3.8k
Yi Ren China	27	2.2k 0.8×	889 0.9×	642 0.9×	842 1.3×	278 0.7×	95	3.3k
Ping Feng China	28	2.0k 0.7×	617 0.7×	490 0.7×	843 1.3×	197 0.5×	78	2.6k
Haiyang Xu China	33	2.6k 1.0×	1.3k 1.4×	764 1.1×	814 1.2×	201 0.5×	106	3.5k
Gunuk Wang South Korea	42	4.3k 1.6×	1.7k 1.8×	1.4k 2.0×	930 1.4×	289 0.7×	114	5.4k
Huali Yang China	30	1.8k 0.6×	1.0k 1.1×	586 0.8×	608 0.9×	220 0.5×	123	3.3k
Jiewei Chen Hong Kong	17	2.3k 0.8×	743 0.8×	631 0.9×	774 1.2×	463 1.1×	27	3.1k
Chun Zhao China	31	2.1k 0.7×	769 0.8×	835 1.2×	497 0.7×	175 0.4×	149	2.9k
Haifeng Ling China	33	2.9k 1.0×	750 0.8×	1.1k 1.6×	936 1.4×	295 0.7×	111	3.4k
Heming Huang France	24	2.3k 0.8×	459 0.5×	329 0.5×	678 1.0×	302 0.7×	82	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Kumar Virwani

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kumar Virwani

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kumar Virwani. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kumar Virwani 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 Kumar Virwani. Kumar Virwani is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Virwani, Kumar, Younes Ansari, Khanh Nguyen, et al.. (2019). In situ AFM visualization of Li–O₂ battery discharge products during redox cycling in an atmospherically controlled sample cell. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. 10. 930–940. 10 indexed citations

Oh, Dahyun, Kumar Virwani, Loza F. Tadesse, et al.. (2017). Effect of Transition Metal Oxide Cathodes on the Oxygen Evolution Reaction in Li–O₂ Batteries. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 121(3). 1404–1411. 18 indexed citations

Nguyen, S., Sidney Cohen, T. M. Shaw, et al.. (2017). Low Hydrogen Silicon Carbon Nitride Cap for High Performance Sub-10 nm Cu-Low k Interconnect. ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology. 6(7). P429–P434. 9 indexed citations

Narayanan, Pritish, Geoffrey W. Burr, Kumar Virwani, & B. N. Kurdi. (2016). Circuit-Level Benchmarking of Access Devices for Resistive Nonvolatile Memory Arrays. IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems. 6(3). 330–338. 13 indexed citations

Padilla, Alvaro, Geoffrey W. Burr, Rohit S. Shenoy, et al.. (2015). On the Origin of Steep $I$ –$V$ Nonlinearity in Mixed-Ionic-Electronic-Conduction-Based Access Devices. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 62(3). 963–971. 7 indexed citations

Narayanan, Pritish, Geoffrey W. Burr, Rohit S. Shenoy, et al.. (2015). Exploring the Design Space for Crossbar Arrays Built With Mixed-Ionic-Electronic-Conduction (MIEC) Access Devices. IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society. 3(5). 423–434. 22 indexed citations

Virwani, Kumar, Geoffrey W. Burr, R. M. Shelby, & Pritish Narayanan. (2015). (Invited) Large Crossbar Arrays for Storage Class Memory and Non-Von Neumann Computing. ECS Meeting Abstracts. MA2015-02(16). 771–771. 1 indexed citations

Burr, Geoffrey W., R. M. Shelby, Severin Sidler, et al.. (2015). Experimental Demonstration and Tolerancing of a Large-Scale Neural Network (165 000 Synapses) Using Phase-Change Memory as the Synaptic Weight Element. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 62(11). 3498–3507. 741 indexed citations breakdown →

Narayanan, Pritish, Geoffrey W. Burr, Rohit S. Shenoy, Kumar Virwani, & B. N. Kurdi. (2014). Circuit-level benchmarking of access devices for resistive nonvolatile memory arrays. 2 8. 29.7.1–29.7.4. 9 indexed citations

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Virwani, Kumar, S. E. Harrison, Aakash Pushp, et al.. (2014). Controlled removal of amorphous Se capping layer from a topological insulator. Applied Physics Letters. 105(24). 17 indexed citations

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Burr, Geoffrey W., Rohit S. Shenoy, Kumar Virwani, et al.. (2014). Access devices for 3D crosspoint memory. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Nanotechnology and Microelectronics Materials Processing Measurement and Phenomena. 32(4). 292 indexed citations

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Burr, Geoffrey W., Kumar Virwani, Rohit S. Shenoy, et al.. (2013). Recovery dynamics and fast (sub-50ns) read operation with Access Devices for 3D crosspoint memory based on mixed-ionic-electronic-conduction (MIEC). Symposium on VLSI Technology. 18 indexed citations

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Lee, Victor Y., et al.. (2013). Mesoporous Organosilicate Films Using Cross-Linked Micelle Pore Generators. Chemistry of Materials. 25(12). 2441–2449. 2 indexed citations

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Ayothi, Ramakrishnan, Jed W. Pitera, Linda K. Sundberg, et al.. (2012). Fundamental study of extreme UV resist line edge roughness: Characterization, experiment, and modeling. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Nanotechnology and Microelectronics Materials Processing Measurement and Phenomena. 30(6). 06F506–06F506. 2 indexed citations

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Virwani, Kumar, Alvaro Padilla, Geoffrey W. Burr, et al.. (2011). Evidence of Crystallization–Induced Segregation in the Phase Change Material Te-Rich GST. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 158(10). H965–H965. 41 indexed citations

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Malshe, Ajay P., K. P. Rajurkar, Kumar Virwani, et al.. (2010). Tip-based nanomanufacturing by electrical, chemical, mechanical and thermal processes. CIRP Annals. 59(2). 628–651. 76 indexed citations

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Dai, Qiu, David Berman, Kumar Virwani, et al.. (2010). Self-Assembled Ferrimagnet−Polymer Composites for Magnetic Recording Media. Nano Letters. 10(8). 3216–3221. 117 indexed citations

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Raoux, Simone, C. Cabral, L. Krusin‐Elbaum, et al.. (2009). Phase transitions in Ge–Sb phase change materials. Journal of Applied Physics. 105(6). 80 indexed citations

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Virwani, Kumar, Ajay P. Malshe, & K. P. Rajurkar. (2007). Understanding Sub-20 nm Breakdown Behavior of Liquid Dielectrics. Physical Review Letters. 99(1). 17601–17601. 21 indexed citations

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Virwani, Kumar, Ajay P. Malshe, & K. P. Rajurkar. (2007). Understanding Dielectric Breakdown and Related Tool Wear Characteristics in Nanoscale Electro-Machining Process. CIRP Annals. 56(1). 217–220. 17 indexed citations

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