M.E. Best

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

M.E. Best is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, M.E. Best has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 19 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 14 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in M.E. Best's work include Magnetic properties of thin films (24 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (8 papers) and Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles (8 papers). M.E. Best is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic properties of thin films (24 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (8 papers) and Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles (8 papers). M.E. Best collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Germany. M.E. Best's co-authors include A. Moser, D. Weller, M. Doerner, L. Folks, B. D. Terris, Michael F. Toney, M. M. Schwickert, Jan-Ulrich Thiele, Wen Lee and Charles Rettner and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Macromolecules.

In The Last Decade

M.E. Best

44 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

High K/sub u/ materials approach to 100 Gbits/in/sup 2/

2000 1.1k citations D. Weller, A. Moser et al. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
M.E. Best United States	24	2.2k	1.2k	714	706	501	45	2.8k
D.N. Lambeth United States	27	1.7k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	687 1.0×	441 0.6×	1.0k 2.1×	108	3.0k
T. J. Klemmer United States	26	1.7k 0.8×	1.2k 1.0×	743 1.0×	382 0.5×	355 0.7×	81	2.4k
Kevin R. Coffey United States	35	2.1k 1.0×	1.9k 1.6×	1.5k 2.1×	610 0.9×	1.3k 2.6×	128	4.0k
J. Y. Rhee South Korea	35	836 0.4×	3.0k 2.5×	871 1.2×	848 1.2×	589 1.2×	163	3.8k
D. T. Margulies United States	17	1.6k 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	1.2k 1.7×	297 0.4×	359 0.7×	41	2.2k
Yukihiro Shimogaki Japan	25	623 0.3×	899 0.8×	909 1.3×	400 0.6×	1.8k 3.6×	262	2.6k
M. E. Twigg United States	28	815 0.4×	461 0.4×	804 1.1×	413 0.6×	1.5k 3.1×	156	2.3k
Maciej Oskar Liedke Germany	27	843 0.4×	771 0.7×	1.2k 1.7×	196 0.3×	899 1.8×	157	2.5k
P. Lubitz United States	25	1.5k 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	940 1.3×	144 0.2×	638 1.3×	105	2.3k
R. D. Twesten United States	27	1.1k 0.5×	260 0.2×	1.1k 1.5×	468 0.7×	1.7k 3.4×	59	2.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M.E. Best

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Nallathamby, Prakash D., et al.. (2015). Design and Synthesis of Nanoparticle Contrast Agents for Spectral (color) X-Ray Imaging. MRS Proceedings. 1719. 1 indexed citations

Moser, A., et al.. (2005). Writing and detecting bits near 100 GBITs/IN/sup 2/IN longitudinal magnetic recording. 374–374.

Hu, G., Thomas Thomson, M. Albrecht, et al.. (2004). Magnetic and recording properties of Co/Pd islands on prepatterned substrates. Journal of Applied Physics. 95(11). 7013–7015. 36 indexed citations

Albrecht, M., Subramaniam Ganesan, Charles Rettner, et al.. (2003). Patterned perpendicular and longitudinal media: a magnetic recording study. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 39(5). 2323–2325. 27 indexed citations

Albrecht, M., Charles Rettner, Thomas Thomson, et al.. (2003). Magnetic recording on patterned media. 36–36. 4 indexed citations

McClelland, Gary M., et al.. (2002). Nanoscale patterning of magnetic islands by imprint lithography using a flexible mold. Applied Physics Letters. 81(8). 1483–1485. 113 indexed citations

Rettner, Charles, S. Anders, Thomas Thomson, et al.. (2002). Magnetic characterization and recording properties of patterned Co/sub 70/Cr/sub 18/Pt/sub 12/ perpendicular media. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 38(4). 1725–1730. 61 indexed citations

Anders, S., Shouheng Sun, C. B. Murray, et al.. (2002). Lithography and self-assembly for nanometer scale magnetism. Microelectronic Engineering. 61-62. 569–575. 24 indexed citations

Rettner, Charles, M.E. Best, & B. D. Terris. (2001). Patterning of granular magnetic media with a focused ion beam to produce single-domain islands at <140 Gbit/in/sup 2/. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 37(4). 1649–1651. 64 indexed citations

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Weller, D., L. Folks, M.E. Best, et al.. (2001). Growth, structural, and magnetic properties of high coercivity Co/Pt multilayers. Journal of Applied Physics. 89(11). 7525–7527. 72 indexed citations

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Sonobe, Y., D. Weller, Y. Ikeda, et al.. (2001). Coupled granular/continuous medium for thermally stable perpendicular magnetic recording. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 235(1-3). 424–428. 69 indexed citations

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Sonobe, Y., D. Weller, Y. Ikeda, et al.. (2001). Thermal stability and SNR of coupled granular/continuous media. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 37(4). 1667–1670. 34 indexed citations

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Folks, L., M.E. Best, Paul Rice, et al.. (2000). Perforated tips for high-resolution in-plane magnetic force microscopy. Applied Physics Letters. 76(7). 909–911. 55 indexed citations

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Weller, D., J. E. E. Baglin, A. J. Kellock, et al.. (2000). Ion induced magnetization reorientation in Co/Pt multilayers for patterned media. Journal of Applied Physics. 87(9). 5768–5770. 78 indexed citations

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Fullerton, Eric E., D. T. Margulies, M.E. Schabes, et al.. (2000). Antiferromagnetically coupled magnetic media layers for thermally stable high-density recording. Applied Physics Letters. 77(23). 3806–3808. 208 indexed citations

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Terris, B. D., S. A. Rishton, H. J. Mamin, et al.. (1997). Atomic force microscope-based data storage using replicated media. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing Measurement and Phenomena. 15(4). 1584–1587. 2 indexed citations

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Imaino, W., H. Rosen, K. Rubin, Timothy C. Strand, & M.E. Best. (1994). <title>Extending the compact disk format to high capacity for video applications</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2338. 254–259. 5 indexed citations

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Best, M.E., J. W. Halleý, Bret J. S. Johnson, & J. L. Vallés. (1993). Water penetration in glassy polymers: Experiment and theory. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 48(2). 319–334. 4 indexed citations

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Smith, Barton A., M. Jurich, W. E. Moerner, et al.. (1993). Lightwave transmission of multiple television signals using an organic polymer electro-optic phase modulator. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2025. 499–499. 2 indexed citations

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Karis, T. E., M.E. Best, A. David Logan, et al.. (1991). Verification of tracking servo signal simulation from scanning tunneling microscope surface profiles. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1499. 366–366. 2 indexed citations

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