S. Tougaard

11.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
242 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

S. Tougaard is a scholar working on Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Radiation. According to data from OpenAlex, S. Tougaard has authored 242 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 216 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films, 135 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 106 papers in Radiation. Recurrent topics in S. Tougaard's work include Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (215 papers), X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis (106 papers) and Semiconductor materials and devices (63 papers). S. Tougaard is often cited by papers focused on Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (215 papers), X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis (106 papers) and Semiconductor materials and devices (63 papers). S. Tougaard collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Spain and Belgium. S. Tougaard's co-authors include F. Yubero, Dahlang Tahir, Nicolas Pauly, A. Jabłoński, Peter Sigmund, Ib Chorkendorff, Henrik Hansen, C. Jansson, John Walton and Neal Fairley and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Physical review. B, Condensed matter and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

S. Tougaard

241 papers receiving 9.4k 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.

Systematic and collaborative approach to problem solving using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

2021 889 citations S. Tougaard, David Morgan et al. profile →
Quantitative analysis of the inelastic background in surface electron spectroscopy

1988 379 citations S. Tougaard Surface and Interface Analysis profile →
Influence of elastic and inelastic scattering on energy spectra of electrons emitted from solids

1982 370 citations S. Tougaard et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	What more can be done with XPS? Highly informative but underused approaches to XPS data collection and analysis 2025 ·Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films ·Donald R. Baer, (unknown), David J. H. Cant, Scott A. Chambers, Hagai Cohen, Pınar Aydoğan Göktürk, David Morgan, Andrey Shchukarev, Peter M. A. Sherwood, Şefik Süzer, S. Tougaard, John F. Watts	3
2	Determination of the Primary Excitation Spectra in XPS and AES 2023 ·Nanomaterials ·Nicolas Pauly, F. Yubero, S. Tougaard	6
3	Using the inelastic background in hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy for a depth-resolved analysis of the CdS/Cu(In,Ga)Se2 interface 2021 ·Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films ·Dirk Hauschild, Ralph Steininger, Dimitrios Hariskos, Wolfram Witte, S. Tougaard, Clemens Heske, L. Weinhardt	7
4	Theoretical study toward rationalizing inelastic background analysis of buried layers in XPS and HAXPES 2019 ·Surface and Interface Analysis ·(unknown), S. Tougaard	24
5	Probing deeper by hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy 2014 ·Applied Physics Letters ·(unknown), O. Renault, E. Martínez, Blanka Detlefs, V. Delaye, J. Zegenhagen, (unknown), G. Grenet, S. Tougaard	29
6	Inelastic background analysis of HAXPES spectra: towards enhanced bulk sensitivity in photoemission 2014 ·Surface and Interface Analysis ·(unknown), O. Renault, E. Martínez, Blanka Detlefs, J. Zegenhagen, G. Grenet, S. Tougaard	22
7	Electronic and optical properties of Cu, CuO and Cu₂O studied by electron spectroscopy 2012 ·Journal of Physics Condensed Matter ·Dahlang Tahir, S. Tougaard	443
8	Dielectric description of the angular dependence of the loss structure in core level photoemission 2012 ·Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena ·F. Yubero, S. Tougaard	5
9	XPS for non-destructive depth profiling and 3D imaging of surface nanostructures 2010 ·Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry ·Shaaker Hajati, S. Tougaard	37
10	Nondestructive quantitative XPS imaging of depth distribution of atoms on the nanoscale 2008 ·Surface and Interface Analysis ·Shaaker Hajati, (unknown), (unknown), S. Tougaard	22
11	Electronic properties of ultrathin (HfO2)x(SiO2)1−x dielectrics on Si (100) 2007 ·Journal of Applied Physics ·Hua Jin, Suhk Kun Oh, (unknown), Hee Jae Kang, S. Tougaard	23
12	What nano-physical properties can be determined by analysis of elastic peak accompanied by its inelastic background tail in XPS and AES spectra? (Special Issue on Quantitative Surface Chemical Analysis in honor of Kazuhiro Yoshihara) 2006 ·Journal of Surface Analysis ·Shaaker Hajati, S. Tougaard	2
13	What nano-physical properties can be determined by analysis of elastic peak accompanied by its inelastic background tail in XPS and AES spectra? 2006 ·University of Southern Denmark Research Portal (University of Southern Denmark) ·Shaaker Hajati, S. Tougaard	1
14	Algorithm for automatic x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy data processing and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy imaging 2005 ·Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films ·S. Tougaard	20
15	QUEELS software package for calculation of surface effects in electron spectra 2004 ·Surface and Interface Analysis ·S. Tougaard, F. Yubero	72
16	X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy study of the first stages of ZnO growth and nanostructure dependence of the effects of polarization at ZnO/SiO2 and ZnO/Al2O3 interfaces 2003 ·Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films ·(unknown), F. Yubero, J.P. Espinós, Agustín R. González‐Elipe, S. Tougaard	23
17	Universality Classes of Inelastic Electron Scattering Cross-sections 1997 ·Surface and Interface Analysis ·S. Tougaard	263
18	Study of electron backscattering within the approximation of discrete flows 1995 ·Surface and Interface Analysis ·(unknown), S. Tougaard	10
19	Quantitative analysis of REELS spectra of ZrO ₂ : Determination of the dielectric loss function and inelastic mean free paths 1994 ·Surface and Interface Analysis ·F. Yubero, J. M. Sanz, J.F. Trigo, E. Elizalde, S. Tougaard	43
20	Non‐destructive depth profiling through quantitative analysis of surface electron spectra 1989 ·Surface and Interface Analysis ·S. Tougaard, Henrik Hansen	82

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