Robert Freer

7.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
219 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Robert Freer is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Freer has authored 219 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 164 papers in Materials Chemistry, 121 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 42 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Robert Freer's work include Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (73 papers), Microwave Dielectric Ceramics Synthesis (63 papers) and Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (53 papers). Robert Freer is often cited by papers focused on Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (73 papers), Microwave Dielectric Ceramics Synthesis (63 papers) and Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (53 papers). Robert Freer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Japan. Robert Freer's co-authors include Feridoon Azough, Robert J. Cernik, Jiwei Fan, Anthony V. Powell, Eung Soo Kim, Byung Sam Chun, C. Leach, Victor Ferreira, J.L. Baptista and Demie Kepaptsoglou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Robert Freer

207 papers receiving 5.8k 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.

Effects of packing fraction and bond valence on microwave dielectric properties of A2+B6+O4 (A2+: Ca, Pb, Ba; B6+: Mo, W) ceramics

2010 459 citations Robert Freer et al. Journal of the European Ceramic Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Freer United Kingdom	39	4.6k	3.0k	1.2k	744	554	219	6.0k
Wolfgang Windl United States	40	5.1k 1.1×	3.1k 1.0×	885 0.7×	319 0.4×	454 0.8×	186	7.2k
Katharine Page United States	46	5.5k 1.2×	3.5k 1.2×	2.2k 1.8×	275 0.4×	290 0.5×	173	8.2k
Masanori Mitome Japan	37	5.8k 1.3×	2.0k 0.6×	1.4k 1.1×	243 0.3×	215 0.4×	159	7.7k
Robin W. Grimes United Kingdom	61	10.2k 2.2×	2.9k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.5×	885 1.6×	307	12.3k
Kurt E. Sickafus United States	44	8.0k 1.8×	2.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	1.4k 1.9×	924 1.7×	248	9.7k
Shin‐ichi Hirano Japan	28	3.5k 0.8×	2.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	461 0.6×	132 0.2×	226	4.6k
Michael A. Carpenter United Kingdom	44	4.6k 1.0×	1.4k 0.4×	3.0k 2.5×	974 1.3×	1.7k 3.1×	223	7.4k
Zhongwu Wang United States	50	5.9k 1.3×	2.6k 0.9×	1.6k 1.3×	196 0.3×	729 1.3×	140	7.1k
S. A. Solin United States	39	6.0k 1.3×	2.7k 0.9×	863 0.7×	805 1.1×	792 1.4×	189	8.1k
George S. Nolas United States	52	11.4k 2.5×	3.4k 1.1×	3.3k 2.7×	507 0.7×	422 0.8×	245	12.8k

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Freer, Robert, et al.. (2025). Thermoelectric properties and figure of merit of Cu ₂ ZnSnS ₄. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 13(32). 16763–16777.

Andrews, Jessica L., et al.. (2024). Thermoelectric properties of A-site deficient reduced Sr0.775La0.15-xEuxTiO3-δ (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.15). Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 45(2). 116901–116901. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Xiaodong, Mark A. Buckingham, Paribesh Acharyya, et al.. (2024). Ultra-low thermal conductivity in a perovskite oxide thermoelectric through entropy engineering. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 44(7). 4666–4679. 16 indexed citations

McNaughter, Paul D., Xiaodong Liu, Andrey V. Kretinin, et al.. (2024). Exceptional Thermoelectric Performance of Cu₂(Zn,Fe,Cd)SnS₄ Thin Films. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(9). 11516–11527. 4 indexed citations

McNaughter, Paul D., Feridoon Azough, Xiaodong Liu, et al.. (2023). Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance of Tin(II) Sulfide Thin Films Prepared by Aerosol Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 6(8). 4462–4474. 9 indexed citations

Liu, Xiaodong, Demie Kepaptsoglou, Ewa Jakubczyk, et al.. (2023). High Power Factor Nb-Doped TiO₂ Thermoelectric Thick Films: Toward Atomic Scale Defect Engineering of Crystallographic Shear Structures. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(4). 5071–5085. 5 indexed citations

Tippireddy, Sahil, Feridoon Azough, Animesh Bhui, et al.. (2023). Enhancement of thermoelectric properties of CuFeS₂ through formation of spinel-type microprecipitates. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 11(42). 22960–22970. 7 indexed citations

Skelton, Jonathan M., et al.. (2023). A combined experimental and modelling approach for the evaluation of the thermoelectric properties of Ag-doped SnS. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 12(2). 508–520. 7 indexed citations

Liu, Xiaodong, Demie Kepaptsoglou, Andrew G. Thomas, et al.. (2021). Controlling the Thermoelectric Properties of Nb-Doped TiO₂ Ceramics through Engineering Defect Structures. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(48). 57326–57340. 26 indexed citations

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Paul, Manosh C., Tracy Sweet, Gao Min, et al.. (2017). A coupled optical-thermal-electrical model to predict the performance of hybrid PV/T-CCPC roof-top systems. Renewable Energy. 112. 166–186. 24 indexed citations

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Yankovich, Andrew B., Chenyu Zhang, Thomas J. A. Slater, et al.. (2016). Non-rigid registration and non-local principle component analysis to improve electron microscopy spectrum images. Nanotechnology. 27(36). 364001–364001. 36 indexed citations

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Cotton, Ian, et al.. (2013). Insulation performance evaluation of high temperature wire candidates for aerospace electrical machine winding application. 253–256. 22 indexed citations

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Bell, Andrew J. & Robert Freer. (2009). Introduction to the special issue on electroceramics. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control. 56(9). 1784–1784. 1 indexed citations

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Fan, Jiwei, et al.. (2009). Characterisation of SnO2–CoO–MnO–Nb2O5 ceramics. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 30(2). 545–548. 12 indexed citations

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Freer, Robert, H. Hughes, Feridoon Azough, & D. Iddles. (2003). Control of Ordering and Dielectric Properties in Ba(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3-Ba(Ga1/2Ta1/2)O3 Microwave Dielectric Ceramics. 1111–1111. 5 indexed citations

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Freer, Robert, et al.. (1997). Grain Boundary Structures in Electronic Ceramics. Key engineering materials. 132-136. 1155–1158. 5 indexed citations

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Freer, Robert, et al.. (1990). The physics and chemistry of carbides, nitrides, and borides : proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on the Physics and Chemistry of Carbides, Nitrides, and Borides, Manchester, U.K., 18-22 September, 1989. Kluwer Academic Publishers eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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Freer, Robert. (1982). Solid State Diffusion. Physics Bulletin. 33(10). 367–370. 1 indexed citations

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Freer, Robert & J. N. Sherwood. (1981). Diffusion in organic liquids. 3. The isotope mass effect and diffusivity of cyclohexane diffusing in a range of solvents. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 85(1). 102–106. 14 indexed citations

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Freer, Robert. (1981). Diffusion in silicate minerals and glasses: A data digest and guide to the literature. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 76(4). 440–454. 314 indexed citations

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