Thomas Metcalf

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 992 citations indexed

About

Thomas Metcalf is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Metcalf has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 992 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Materials Chemistry, 20 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 17 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Thomas Metcalf's work include Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (11 papers), Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence (11 papers) and Mechanical and Optical Resonators (7 papers). Thomas Metcalf is often cited by papers focused on Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (11 papers), Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence (11 papers) and Mechanical and Optical Resonators (7 papers). Thomas Metcalf collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and United Kingdom. Thomas Metcalf's co-authors include Glen A. Slack, J. L. Cohn, George S. Nolas, Vassilios Fessatidis, Xiao Liu, Brian H. Houston, Jeremy T. Robinson, Heinrich M. Jaeger, James B. Knight and Fabrizio Scarpa and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nano Letters and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Metcalf

34 papers receiving 979 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.

Glasslike Heat Conduction in High-Mobility Crystalline Semiconductors

1999 571 citations J. L. Cohn, George S. Nolas et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Metcalf United States	10	767	219	208	158	141	35	992
A. V. Inyushkin Russia	18	1.0k 1.4×	200 0.9×	231 1.1×	266 1.7×	339 2.4×	72	1.4k
Kai-Ming Ho United States	16	436 0.6×	274 1.3×	309 1.5×	182 1.2×	124 0.9×	34	932
A. Gentils France	15	730 1.0×	75 0.3×	90 0.4×	134 0.8×	82 0.6×	64	894
C. P. Khattak United States	15	433 0.6×	220 1.0×	167 0.8×	401 2.5×	133 0.9×	78	926
J. Nord Finland	11	559 0.7×	103 0.5×	147 0.7×	342 2.2×	255 1.8×	13	941
Marat Khafizov United States	23	1.2k 1.5×	52 0.2×	137 0.7×	208 1.3×	100 0.7×	87	1.5k
H. Blank Germany	17	784 1.0×	108 0.5×	170 0.8×	190 1.2×	110 0.8×	56	1.1k
T. Kobayashi Japan	16	410 0.5×	154 0.7×	64 0.3×	105 0.7×	85 0.6×	44	770
Hiroshi Maeta Japan	15	482 0.6×	91 0.4×	150 0.7×	160 1.0×	92 0.7×	80	764
М. С. Кузнецов Russia	18	794 1.0×	102 0.5×	157 0.8×	300 1.9×	60 0.4×	73	1.0k

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Molina-Ruiz, M., Khemraj Shukla, A. Ananyeva, et al.. (2024). Low mechanical loss and high refractive index in amorphous Ta2O5 films grown by magnetron sputtering. Physical Review Materials. 8(3). 1 indexed citations

Molina-Ruiz, M., A.S. Markosyan, R. Bassiri, et al.. (2023). Hydrogen-Induced Ultralow Optical Absorption and Mechanical Loss in Amorphous Silicon for Gravitational-Wave Detectors. Physical Review Letters. 131(25). 256902–256902. 2 indexed citations

Molina-Ruiz, M., Marc H. Weber, Paul M. Voyles, et al.. (2022). Structural tunability and origin of two-level systems in amorphous silicon. Physical Review Materials. 6(4). 3 indexed citations

Molina-Ruiz, M., et al.. (2021). Decoupling between propagating acoustic waves and two-level systems in hydrogenated amorphous silicon. Physical review. B.. 104(2). 2 indexed citations

Metcalf, Thomas, Xiao Liu, & M. R. Abernathy. (2018). Improving the mechanical quality factor of ultra-low-loss silicon resonators. Journal of Applied Physics. 123(23). 6 indexed citations

Metcalf, Thomas, Xiao Liu, & M. R. Abernathy. (2018). Annealing and Extended Etching Improve a Torsional Resonator for Thin Film Internal Friction Measurements. Materials Research. 21(suppl 2). 1 indexed citations

Abernathy, M. R., Xiao Liu, & Thomas Metcalf. (2018). An Overview of Research into Low Internal Friction Optical Coatings by the Gravitational Wave Detection Community. Materials Research. 21(suppl 2). 7 indexed citations

Kearney, Brian, Daniel Queen, Thomas Metcalf, et al.. (2017). From amorphous to nanocrystalline: the effect of nanograins in an amorphous matrix on the thermal conductivity of hot-wire chemical-vapor deposited silicon films. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 30(8). 85301–85301. 13 indexed citations

Shakeel, Hamza, Thomas Metcalf, & J. M. Pomeroy. (2016). Analysis of thickness and quality factor of a double paddle oscillator at room temperature. PubMed. 22. 1–3. 6 indexed citations

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Queen, Daniel, et al.. (2015). Amorphous Dielectric Thin Films with Extremely Low Mechanical Loss. Archives of Metallurgy and Materials. 60(1). 359–363. 2 indexed citations

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Queen, Daniel, Xiao Liu, Julie Karel, et al.. (2015). Light-induced metastability in pure and hydrogenated amorphous silicon. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 112(2). 26001–26001. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiao, Daniel Queen, Thomas Metcalf, Julie Karel, & F. Hellman. (2014). Hydrogen-Free Amorphous Silicon with No Tunneling States. Physical Review Letters. 113(2). 25503–25503. 1 indexed citations

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Queen, Daniel, Xiao Liu, Julie Karel, Thomas Metcalf, & F. Hellman. (2013). Excess Specific Heat in Evaporated Amorphous Silicon. Physical Review Letters. 110(13). 135901–135901. 52 indexed citations

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Metcalf, Thomas & Xiao Liu. (2012). An Ultra-High <i>Q</i> Silicon Cantilever Resonator for Thin Film Internal Friction and Young's Modulus Measurements. Diffusion and defect data, solid state data. Part B, Solid state phenomena/Solid state phenomena. 184. 325–330. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiao, Thomas Metcalf, Jeremy T. Robinson, Brian H. Houston, & Fabrizio Scarpa. (2012). Shear Modulus of Monolayer Graphene Prepared by Chemical Vapor Deposition. Nano Letters. 12(2). 1013–1017. 105 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiao, Thomas Metcalf, Jeremy T. Robinson, F. Keith Perkins, & Brian H. Houston. (2012). Internal Friction and Shear Modulus of Graphene Films. Diffusion and defect data, solid state data. Part B, Solid state phenomena/Solid state phenomena. 184. 319–324. 4 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiao, Thomas Metcalf, Qi Wang, & Douglas M. Photiadis. (2007). Elastic Properties of Several Silicon Nitride Films. MRS Proceedings. 989. 9 indexed citations

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Metcalf, Thomas, Xiao Liu, Brian H. Houston, J. E. Butler, & Tatyana I. Feygelson. (2006). Role of film–substrate interface in the internal friction of nanocrystalline diamond films. Materials Science and Engineering A. 442(1-2). 332–335.

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Cohn, J. L., George S. Nolas, Vassilios Fessatidis, Thomas Metcalf, & Glen A. Slack. (1999). Glasslike Heat Conduction in High-Mobility Crystalline Semiconductors. Physical Review Letters. 82(4). 779–782. 571 indexed citations breakdown →

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Metcalf, Thomas, James B. Knight, & Heinrich M. Jaeger. (1997). Standing wave patterns in shallow beds of vibrated granular material. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 236(3-4). 202–210. 67 indexed citations

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