Thai-Truong D. Tran

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 865 citations indexed

About

Thai-Truong D. Tran is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Thai-Truong D. Tran has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 865 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 14 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 13 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Thai-Truong D. Tran's work include Nanowire Synthesis and Applications (19 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (11 papers) and Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (9 papers). Thai-Truong D. Tran is often cited by papers focused on Nanowire Synthesis and Applications (19 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (11 papers) and Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (9 papers). Thai-Truong D. Tran collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Thai-Truong D. Tran's co-authors include Kar Wei Ng, Connie J. Chang-Hasnain, Wai Son Ko, Roger Chen, Linus C. Chuang, Forrest Sedgwick, Fanglu Lu, Hao Sun, Indrasen Bhattacharya and Michael Moewe and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nano Letters and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Thai-Truong D. Tran

19 papers receiving 836 citations

Hit Papers

Nanolasers grown on silicon 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Nanolasers grown on silicon
    2011 403 citations Roger Chen, Thai-Truong D. Tran et al. Nature Photonics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thai-Truong D. Tran United States 13 650 613 544 235 91 20 865
Wai Son Ko United States 11 582 0.9× 538 0.9× 496 0.9× 219 0.9× 85 0.9× 21 793
Linus C. Chuang United States 13 877 1.3× 994 1.6× 705 1.3× 432 1.8× 131 1.4× 26 1.2k
B. Mayer Switzerland 11 524 0.8× 478 0.8× 503 0.9× 164 0.7× 64 0.7× 23 704
Ningfeng Huang United States 13 530 0.8× 678 1.1× 378 0.7× 239 1.0× 95 1.0× 21 838
Adam C. Scofield United States 12 426 0.7× 456 0.7× 297 0.5× 178 0.8× 60 0.7× 25 621
Masahiko Hata Japan 23 1.1k 1.8× 265 0.4× 423 0.8× 175 0.7× 66 0.7× 75 1.2k
Linus E. Jensen Sweden 5 390 0.6× 480 0.8× 295 0.5× 316 1.3× 83 0.9× 5 670
I. V. Shtrom Russia 15 330 0.5× 420 0.7× 355 0.7× 198 0.8× 131 1.4× 63 614
O. Wunnicke Netherlands 13 712 1.1× 700 1.1× 656 1.2× 405 1.7× 153 1.7× 26 1.2k
Arthur J. Pitera United States 22 1.4k 2.2× 401 0.7× 764 1.4× 241 1.0× 40 0.4× 46 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Thai-Truong D. Tran

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thai-Truong D. Tran

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Thai-Truong D. Tran. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Thai-Truong D. Tran. The network helps show where Thai-Truong D. Tran may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thai-Truong D. Tran

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Thai-Truong D. Tran. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Thai-Truong D. Tran based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Thai-Truong D. Tran. Thai-Truong D. Tran is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Malheiros‐Silveira, Gilliard N., Fanglu Lu, Indrasen Bhattacharya, et al.. (2017). III–V Compound Semiconductor Nanopillars Monolithically Integrated to Silicon Photonics. ACS Photonics. 4(5). 1021–1025. 10 indexed citations
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Lu, Fanglu, Indrasen Bhattacharya, Hao Sun, et al.. (2017). Nanopillar quantum well lasers directly grown on silicon and emitting at silicon-transparent wavelengths. Optica. 4(7). 717–717. 45 indexed citations
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Ko, Wai Son, et al.. (2016). Ultrahigh Responsivity-Bandwidth Product in a Compact InP Nanopillar Phototransistor Directly Grown on Silicon. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 33368–33368. 24 indexed citations
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Malheiros‐Silveira, Gilliard N., Fanglu Lu, Indrasen Bhattacharya, et al.. (2016). Integration of III-V Nanopillar Resonator to In-Plane Silicon Waveguides. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 5. STh1L.5–STh1L.5. 3 indexed citations
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Ko, Wai Son, Thai-Truong D. Tran, Indrasen Bhattacharya, et al.. (2015). Illumination Angle Insensitive Single Indium Phosphide Tapered Nanopillar Solar Cell. Nano Letters. 15(8). 4961–4967. 22 indexed citations
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Li, Kun, Kar Wei Ng, Thai-Truong D. Tran, et al.. (2015). Wurtzite-Phased InP Micropillars Grown on Silicon with Low Surface Recombination Velocity. Nano Letters. 15(11). 7189–7198. 17 indexed citations
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Chen, Roger, Kar Wei Ng, Wai Son Ko, et al.. (2014). Nanophotonic integrated circuits from nanoresonators grown on silicon. Nature Communications. 5(1). 4325–4325. 58 indexed citations
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Tran, Thai-Truong D., Hao Sun, Kar Wei Ng, et al.. (2014). High Brightness InP Micropillars Grown on Silicon with Fermi Level Splitting Larger than 1 eV. Nano Letters. 14(6). 3235–3240. 17 indexed citations
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Ng, Kar Wei, Wai Son Ko, Roger Chen, et al.. (2014). Composition Homogeneity in InGaAs/GaAs Core–Shell Nanopillars Monolithically Grown on Silicon. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 6(19). 16706–16711. 9 indexed citations
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Sun, Hao, F. Ren, Kar Wei Ng, et al.. (2014). Nanopillar Lasers Directly Grown on Silicon with Heterostructure Surface Passivation. ACS Nano. 8(7). 6833–6839. 23 indexed citations
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Li, Kun, Hao Sun, F. Ren, et al.. (2013). Tailoring the Optical Characteristics of Microsized InP Nanoneedles Directly Grown on Silicon. Nano Letters. 14(1). 183–190. 41 indexed citations
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Lu, Fanglu, Thai-Truong D. Tran, Wai Son Ko, et al.. (2012). Nanolasers grown on silicon-based MOSFETs. Optics Express. 20(11). 12171–12171. 31 indexed citations
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Ng, Kar Wei, Wai Son Ko, Thai-Truong D. Tran, et al.. (2012). Unconventional Growth Mechanism for Monolithic Integration of III–V on Silicon. ACS Nano. 7(1). 100–107. 42 indexed citations
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Chen, Roger, Thai-Truong D. Tran, Kar Wei Ng, et al.. (2011). Nanolasers grown on silicon. Nature Photonics. 5(3). 170–175. 403 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chuang, Linus C., Michael Moewe, Kar Wei Ng, et al.. (2011). GaAs nanoneedles grown on sapphire. Applied Physics Letters. 98(12). 31 indexed citations
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Ng, Kar Wei, Wai Son Ko, Roger Chen, et al.. (2010). Nanolasers grown on polycrystalline silicon. 78–79.
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Chuang, Linus C., Forrest Sedgwick, Roger Chen, et al.. (2010). GaAs-Based Nanoneedle Light Emitting Diode and Avalanche Photodiode Monolithically Integrated on a Silicon Substrate. Nano Letters. 11(2). 385–390. 81 indexed citations
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Chen, Roger, Thai-Truong D. Tran, Kar Wei Ng, et al.. (2010). All-semiconductor nanolasers on silicon. 93. 473–474. 4 indexed citations
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Chuang, Linus C., Kar Wei Ng, Thai-Truong D. Tran, et al.. (2010). Single Crystalline GaAs Nanoneedles Grown on 46% Lattice-Mismatched Sapphire with Bright Luminescence. 90. CThV1–CThV1. 2 indexed citations
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Chuang, Linus C., Roger Chen, Forrest Sedgwick, et al.. (2010). InGaAs QW Nanopillar Light Emitting Diodes Monolithically Grown on a Si Substrate. 68. CMFF6–CMFF6. 2 indexed citations

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