S. J. Pennycook

11.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
217 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

S. J. Pennycook is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, S. J. Pennycook has authored 217 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 67 papers in Materials Chemistry and 50 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in S. J. Pennycook's work include Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (46 papers), Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (44 papers) and Semiconductor materials and devices (28 papers). S. J. Pennycook is often cited by papers focused on Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (46 papers), Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (44 papers) and Semiconductor materials and devices (28 papers). S. J. Pennycook collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Spain. S. J. Pennycook's co-authors include Matthew F. Chisholm, L. A. Boatner, Nigel D. Browning, D. E. Jesson, M. Varela, Won Il Park, G.‐C. Yi, S. T. Pantelides, Sheng Dai and C. León and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

S. J. Pennycook

211 papers receiving 8.1k 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.

Colossal Ionic Conductivity at Interfaces of Epitaxial ZrO ₂ :Y ₂ O ₃ /SrTiO ₃ Heterostructures

2008 630 citations M. Varela, S. J. Pennycook et al. profile →
Chemically sensitive structure-imaging with a scanning transmission electron microscope

1988 584 citations S. J. Pennycook et al. profile →
Atomic-resolution chemical analysis using a scanning transmission electron microscope

1993 392 citations Nigel D. Browning, S. J. Pennycook et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Towards an Automated Workflow for Floating-Point Analysis of GPU Kernels 2025 ·(unknown), S. J. Pennycook	0
2	Multiscale Light-Matter Dynamics in Quantum Materials: From Electrons to Topological Superlattices 2025 ·(unknown), (unknown), Ye Luo, (unknown), S. J. Pennycook, (unknown), Albert Musaelian, Anders Johansson, Boris Kozinsky, Rajiv K. Kalia, Priya Vashishta, Fuyuki Shimojo, Shinnosuke Hattori, Ken‐ichi Nomura, Aiichiro Nakano	0
3	Colon cancer biology and treatment in the era of precision oncology: A primer for Radiologists 2025 ·European Journal of Radiology ·(unknown), S. J. Pennycook, (unknown), (unknown), Russell Frood, Andrew D. Beggs, Andrew Scarsbrook, Jenny F. Seligmann, Damian Tolan	0
4	Navigating Performance, Portability, and Productivity 2021 ·Computing in Science & Engineering ·S. J. Pennycook, Jason Sewall, Douglas W. Jacobsen, Tom Deakin, Simon McIntosh‐Smith	17
5	Revisiting a Metric for Performance Portability 2021 ·S. J. Pennycook, Jason Sewall	10
6	Seeing the atoms more clearly: STEM imaging from the Crewe era to today 2012 ·Ultramicroscopy ·S. J. Pennycook	58
7	Self-organized bimetallic Ag–Co nanoparticles with tunable localized surface plasmons showing high environmental stability and sensitivity 2012 ·Nanotechnology ·Ritesh Sachan, Sagar Yadavali, Nozomi Shirato, Hare Krishna, (unknown), Gerd Duscher, S. J. Pennycook, A. K. Gangopadhyay, Hernando García, R. Kalyanaraman	56
8	Seeing the Atoms more Clearly: STEM Imaging from the Crewe Era to Today 2011 ·Microscopy and Microanalysis ·S. J. Pennycook	4
9	Aberration measurement using the Ronchigram contrast transfer function 2010 ·Ultramicroscopy ·Andrew R. Lupini, Peng Wang, P.D. Nellist, (unknown), S. J. Pennycook	34
10	Direct Imaging of Nanoscale Phase Separation inLa0.55Ca0.45MnO3: Relationship to Colossal Magnetoresistance 2009 ·Physical Review Letters ·Jing Tao, D. Niebieskikwiat, M. Varela, Weidong Luo, M. A. Schofield, Yinyan Zhu, M. B. Salamon, Jian‐Min Zuo, S. T. Pantelides, S. J. Pennycook	103
11	Impurity segregation and ordering inSi/SiO2/HfO2structures 2008 ·Physical Review B ·A. G. Marinopoulos, Klaus van Benthem, Sergey N. Rashkeev, S. J. Pennycook, Sokrates T. Pantelides	10
12	Nucleation of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes 2003 ·Physical Review Letters ·Xiaofeng Fan, R. Buczko, Alexander A. Puretzky, David B. Geohegan, Jane Y. Howe, Sokrates T. Pantelides, S. J. Pennycook	111
13	Direct experimental observation of the local electronic structure at threading dislocations in metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy grown wurtzite GaN thin films 2000 ·Applied Physics Letters ·Yan Xin, E. M. James, I. Arslan, S. Sivananthan, Nigel D. Browning, S. J. Pennycook, F. Omnès, B. Beaumont, J. P. Faurie, P. Gibart	55
14	Ab initiocalculations of rigid-body displacements at the Σ5 (210) tilt grain boundary inTiO2 2000 ·Physical review. B, Condensed matter ·Susan B. Sinnott, R. F. Wood, S. J. Pennycook	22
15	Incoherent imaging of crystals using thermally scattered electrons 1995 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·D. E. Jesson, S. J. Pennycook	168
16	Self-Limiting Growth Kinetics of 3D Coherent Islands 1995 ·MRS Proceedings ·(unknown), D. E. Jesson, S. J. Pennycook, Thomas Thundat, R. J. Warmack	11
17	Z‐contrast imaging of supported Pt and Pd clusters 1994 ·Microscopy Research and Technique ·Steven A. Bradley, Michelle J. Cohn, S. J. Pennycook	7
18	Materials Research Society Symposia Proceedings. Volume 59. Oxygen, Carbon, Hydrogen and Nitrogen in Crystalline Silicon Held in Boston, Massachusetts on 2-5 December 1985, 1986 ·Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) ·J. C. Mikkelsen, S. J. Pearton, J. W. Corbett, S. J. Pennycook	0
19	Atom Location by Axial-Electron-Channeling Analysis 1985 ·Physical Review Letters ·S. J. Pennycook, J. Narayan	49
20	Study of single-electron excitations by electron microscopy II. Cathodoluminescence image contrast from localized energy transfers 1980 ·Philosophical magazine. A/Philosophical magazine. A. Physics of condensed matter. Structure, defects and mechanical properties ·S. J. Pennycook, A. Howie	29

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