Thomas Becker

4.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
111 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Thomas Becker is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Becker has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 26 papers in Materials Chemistry and 22 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Thomas Becker's work include Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (15 papers), Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition (10 papers) and Forensic Fingerprint Detection Methods (7 papers). Thomas Becker is often cited by papers focused on Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (15 papers), Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition (10 papers) and Forensic Fingerprint Detection Methods (7 papers). Thomas Becker collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Germany and United States. Thomas Becker's co-authors include Kateřina Lepková, Benjamin T. H. Varcoe, Berthold‐Georg Englert, H. Walther, Deepak Dwivedi, Frieder Mugele, Júlia Reisser, Maíra Proietti, Boyan Slat and Jan de Sonneville and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Becker

103 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Cavity quantum electrodynamics

2006 728 citations Thomas Becker et al. profile →
Carbon steel corrosion: a review of key surface properties and characterization methods

2017 438 citations Thomas Becker et al. profile →
The vertical distribution of buoyant plastics at sea: an observational study in the North Atlantic Gyre

2015 375 citations Thomas Becker et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Becker Australia	27	1.1k	870	565	526	412	111	3.6k
Nicholas W. M. Ritchie United States	20	857 0.8×	838 1.0×	644 1.1×	343 0.7×	565 1.4×	95	3.6k
Daniel Chateigner France	41	4.4k 4.0×	477 0.5×	1.5k 2.6×	392 0.7×	959 2.3×	227	9.5k
Zhe Wang China	47	763 0.7×	204 0.2×	792 1.4×	102 0.2×	762 1.8×	263	6.2k
Nobumichi Tamura United States	53	3.9k 3.5×	822 0.9×	3.9k 6.9×	172 0.3×	1.2k 2.9×	345	10.6k
Luca Lutterotti Italy	37	6.4k 5.7×	457 0.5×	1.5k 2.7×	133 0.3×	879 2.1×	122	9.9k
Klaus G. Nickel Germany	39	2.1k 1.9×	312 0.4×	847 1.5×	151 0.3×	1.1k 2.6×	129	5.6k
Peter Moeck United States	17	1.9k 1.7×	316 0.4×	560 1.0×	91 0.2×	416 1.0×	94	3.2k
Bo Chen China	41	1.4k 1.2×	360 0.4×	499 0.9×	45 0.1×	638 1.5×	284	5.8k
Eric Lifshin United States	14	1.0k 0.9×	289 0.3×	867 1.5×	67 0.1×	477 1.2×	61	3.5k
Matteo Chiesa United Arab Emirates	41	2.9k 2.6×	959 1.1×	1.9k 3.4×	196 0.4×	1.6k 3.9×	229	6.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Becker

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Becker

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Becker

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Thomas Becker. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Thomas Becker 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 Thomas Becker. Thomas Becker is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Fattahi, Ehsan, et al.. (2025). Surrogate modeling of shrinkage due to drying using physics-informed machine learning method. Physics of Fluids. 37(7).

Xie, Shengli, et al.. (2025). The effect of airflow velocity on dispersion and triboelectric separation of fine food powders. Powder Technology. 469. 121882–121882.

Fattahi, Ehsan, et al.. (2024). A parameterized physics-informed machine learning approach for solving heat and mass transfer equations in the drying process. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 158. 107897–107897. 10 indexed citations

Becker, Thomas, et al.. (2024). Plasma Treatment after NiSi-Based Ohmic Contact Formation on 4H-SiC to Enhance Adhesion of Subsequent Backside Metallization. Diffusion and defect data, solid state data. Part B, Solid state phenomena/Solid state phenomena. 359. 79–84.

Becker, Thomas, et al.. (2024). Modelling-Augmented Failure Diagnostics in Planar SiC MOS Devices Using TDDB Measurements. Diffusion and defect data, solid state data. Part B, Solid state phenomena/Solid state phenomena. 361. 93–98.

Fattahi, Ehsan, et al.. (2023). A trial solution for imposing boundary conditions of partial differential equations in physics-informed neural networks. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 127. 107236–107236. 7 indexed citations

Guiot, Eric, F. Allibert, J. Leib, et al.. (2023). Proven Power Cycling Reliability of Ohmic Annealing Free SiC Power Device through the Use of SmartSiC<sup>TM</sup> Substrate. Materials science forum. 1092. 201–207. 3 indexed citations

Becker, Thomas, et al.. (2023). The Influence of Extended Defects in 4H-SiC Epitaxial Layers on Gate Oxide Performance and Reliability. Materials science forum. 1090. 127–133. 2 indexed citations

Stephens, David, Thomas Weiser, Jorge Mera, et al.. (2022). Adapting a Telehealth Network for Emergency COVID-19 Pandemic Response, 2020-2021. Public Health Reports. 138(2_suppl). 17S–22S. 2 indexed citations

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Becker, Thomas, et al.. (2019). Application of confocal, SHG and atomic force microscopy for characterizing the structure of the most superficial layer of articular cartilage. Journal of Microscopy. 275(3). 159–171. 15 indexed citations

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Wright, Phillip J., et al.. (2017). Laser-Based Formation of Copper Nanoparticles in Aqueous Solution: Optical Properties, Particle Size Distributions, and Formation Kinetics*. Australian Journal of Chemistry. 70(11). 1212–1218. 1 indexed citations

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Becker, Thomas, et al.. (2017). Fundamental studies of the adhesion of explosives to textile and non-textile surfaces. Forensic Science International. 273. 88–95. 21 indexed citations

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Mo, Jingxin, Paul K. Eggers, Xianjue Chen, et al.. (2015). Shear induced carboplatin binding within the cavity of a phospholipid mimic for increased anticancer efficacy. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 10414–10414. 34 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shaokun, Lihong Liu, Vishnu Pareek, et al.. (2014). Effects of broth composition and light condition on antimicrobial susceptibility testing of ionic silver. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 105. 42–46. 13 indexed citations

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Poinern, Gérrard Eddy Jai, et al.. (2013). Electrochemical synthesis, characterisation, and preliminary biological evaluation of an anodic aluminium oxide membrane with a pore size of 100 nanometres for a Potential Cell Culture Substrate. eSpace (Curtin University). 3(6). 119–131. 7 indexed citations

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Becker, Thomas, Stuart I. Hodgetts, Alan R. Harvey, et al.. (2013). Magnetic field directed fabrication of conducting polymer nanowires. Chemical Communications. 49(64). 7138–7138. 9 indexed citations

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Becker, Thomas, et al.. (2010). In Situ Characterisation of Protein Interactions with Hydrogel Polymers via AFM. eSpace (Curtin University). 874. 1 indexed citations

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Siebert, Thorsten, et al.. (2007). Error Estimations in Digital Image Correlation Technique. Applied Mechanics and Materials. 7-8. 265–270. 26 indexed citations

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Becker, Thomas. (1999). Bibliotheca Utopica?. BIBLIOTHEK Forschung und Praxis. 23(1). 1 indexed citations

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Becker, Thomas. (1992). Transparent service reconfiguration after node failures. 212–223. 4 indexed citations

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