Ngoc C. Tran

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Ngoc C. Tran is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ngoc C. Tran has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 5 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 4 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ngoc C. Tran's work include Semiconductor materials and devices (8 papers), Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (5 papers) and Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (3 papers). Ngoc C. Tran is often cited by papers focused on Semiconductor materials and devices (8 papers), Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (5 papers) and Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (3 papers). Ngoc C. Tran collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and South Korea. Ngoc C. Tran's co-authors include J. R. Conrad, R.A. Dodd, F. J. Worzala, Joachim Radtke, C. R. Aita, K. Sridharan, Scott Roberts, Jack Y. Josefowicz, Y. H. Shing and R. P. Fetherston and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films and Nanomaterials.

In The Last Decade

Ngoc C. Tran

13 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Plasma source ion-implantation technique for surface modification of materials

1987 942 citations J. R. Conrad, Joachim Radtke et al. Journal of Applied Physics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ngoc C. Tran United States	8	756	644	606	270	132	13	1.2k
C. Nender Sweden	16	826 1.1×	855 1.3×	571 0.9×	343 1.3×	102 0.8×	38	1.2k
W. G. Sainty Australia	18	640 0.8×	572 0.9×	831 1.4×	408 1.5×	115 0.9×	26	1.3k
S. Berg Sweden	17	877 1.2×	912 1.4×	745 1.2×	209 0.8×	169 1.3×	33	1.4k
J.L. Andújar Spain	23	802 1.1×	644 1.0×	1.3k 2.2×	168 0.6×	139 1.1×	89	1.6k
Johan Nijs Netherlands	15	347 0.5×	665 1.0×	437 0.7×	132 0.5×	126 1.0×	67	1.1k
R.P. Howson United Kingdom	21	516 0.7×	801 1.2×	780 1.3×	397 1.5×	246 1.9×	72	1.5k
J. Ishikawa Japan	17	294 0.4×	573 0.9×	532 0.9×	187 0.7×	159 1.2×	88	992
A. Bensaoula United States	18	589 0.8×	648 1.0×	798 1.3×	180 0.7×	203 1.5×	131	1.5k
C.A. Carosella United States	16	342 0.5×	309 0.5×	444 0.7×	211 0.8×	84 0.6×	53	805
K. Macák Sweden	12	1.2k 1.6×	773 1.2×	1.1k 1.7×	254 0.9×	70 0.5×	15	1.4k

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Yoon, Im Taek, et al.. (2020). Polarity Control of ZnO Films Grown on Ferroelectric (0001) LiNbO3 Substrates without Buffer Layers by Pulsed-Laser Deposition. Nanomaterials. 10(2). 380–380. 4 indexed citations

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Chang, Shuenn‐Yih, et al.. (2017). A One-Parameter Controlled Dissipative Unconditionally Stable Explicit Algorithm for Time History Analysis. Scientia Iranica. 0(0). 0–0. 2 indexed citations

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Sridharan, K., et al.. (1995). Distribution of incident ions and retained dose analysis for a wedge-shaped target in plasma source ion implantation. Journal of Applied Physics. 77(3). 1015–1019. 36 indexed citations

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Aita, C. R., et al.. (1991). The air-exposed surface of sputter deposited silicon carbide studied by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 9(3). 1351–1354. 35 indexed citations

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Aita, C. R. & Ngoc C. Tran. (1991). Core level and valence band x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of gold oxide. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 9(3). 1498–1500. 39 indexed citations

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Aita, C. R., et al.. (1989). Sputter deposition of gold in rare-gas (Ar,Ne)–O2 discharges. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 7(3). 1697–1701. 11 indexed citations

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Conrad, J. R., Joachim Radtke, R.A. Dodd, F. J. Worzala, & Ngoc C. Tran. (1987). Plasma source ion-implantation technique for surface modification of materials. Journal of Applied Physics. 62(11). 4591–4596. 942 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tran, Ngoc C., et al.. (1986). Comparison of Kinetics of TiSi₂ Formation on Si(100) and Si(111). MRS Proceedings. 71. 1 indexed citations

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Aita, C. R., et al.. (1985). Characterization of Sputter Deposited Al-Nitride And Al-Oxide by X-Ray Photoelectron Loss Spectroscopy. MRS Proceedings. 60. 5 indexed citations

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Tran, Ngoc C., et al.. (1985). XPS/AES investigation of cross contamination in a plasma etcher. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Microelectronics Processing and Phenomena. 3(3). 889–892. 7 indexed citations

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Aita, C. R. & Ngoc C. Tran. (1984). Sputter deposition of platinum films in argon/oxygen and neon/oxygen discharges. Journal of Applied Physics. 56(4). 958–963. 47 indexed citations

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Shing, Y. H., et al.. (1983). Sputtered Bi2Te3 and PbTe thin films. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 1(2). 503–506. 44 indexed citations

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Aita, C. R. & Ngoc C. Tran. (1983). Rare gas-oxygen effects on the rf sputter deposition of platinum. Journal of Applied Physics. 54(10). 6051–6052. 11 indexed citations

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