Tien T. Tsong

11.6k citations

330 papers · 8.9k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 49

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 0.2%
Biomedical Engineering top 0.2%
Materials Chemistry top 1%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering top 5%
Atmospheric Science top 1%

Co-authors: Erwin W. Müller G. L. Kellogg Ing‐Shouh Hwang Chonglin Chen S. B. McLane Peter H. Bartels Yee S. Ng Tsu‐Yi Fu
Topics: Advanced Materials Characterization Techniques (220 papers)Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (166 papers)Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (88 papers)
Cited by: Metals and Alloys Structural Biology Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Journals: Nature Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Physical Review Letters
Partner nations: United States Taiwan Japan

In The Last Decade

Tien T. Tsong

322 papers receiving 8.6k citations

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Field Ion Microscopy, Principles and Applications

1970 455 citations Erwin W. Müller, Tien T. Tsong et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Xenon gas field ion source from a single-atom tip 2017 ·Nanotechnology ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Tsu‐Yi Fu,Chia-Seng Chang,Tien T. Tsong,Ing‐Shouh Hwang	7
2	Fabrication of CoPt Ultra-Sharp Single Atom Tips 2011 ·Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology ·Tsu‐Yi Fu,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Ing‐Shouh Hwang,Tien T. Tsong	0
3	A single-atom sharp iridium tip as an emitter of gas field ion sources 2009 ·Nanotechnology ·Hong-Shi Kuo,Ing‐Shouh Hwang,Tsu‐Yi Fu,(unknown),Yi‐Hsien Lu,(unknown),(unknown),Tien T. Tsong	17
4	Two-dimensional dopant profiling by electrostatic force microscopy using carbon nanotube modified cantilevers 2008 ·Nanotechnology ·(unknown),Yuan‐Chih Chang,C.-C. Hsu,Wei–Hsiang Lin,Chih‐I Wu,Chia‐Seng Chang,Tien T. Tsong,Wei‐Yen Woon,(unknown),(unknown)	6
5	Determining the Film Thickness and Probing the Interface Structure with Characteristic Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy 2006 ·Chinese Journal of Physics ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Wei-Bin Su,Cheng‐Shang Chang,Tien T. Tsong	1
6	Oscillatory adatom-adatom interactions of ID and 2D surface diffusion systems 2005 ·Chinese Journal of Physics ·(unknown),(unknown),Tien T. Tsong	1
7	Self-Organized Growth of Nanopucks on Pb Quantum Islands 2005 ·Physical Review Letters ·Hsin‐Yu Lin,Ya‐Ping Chiu,(unknown),(unknown),Tsu‐Yi Fu,Chia-Seng Chang,Tien T. Tsong	25
8	Hydrogen-Adsorption Induced Atomic Rearrangement of a Pb Monolayer on Si(111) 2005 ·Physical Review Letters ·Ing‐Shouh Hwang,Shih‐Hsin Chang,Chung-Kai Fang,Lih‐Juann Chen,Tien T. Tsong	7
9	Observation of Finite-Size Effects on a Structural Phase Transition of 2D Nanoislands 2004 ·Physical Review Letters ·Ing‐Shouh Hwang,Shih‐Hsin Chang,Chung-Kai Fang,Lih‐Juann Chen,Tien T. Tsong	35
10	Vertical Friedel Oscillations in Interface-Induced Surface Charge Modulations of Ultrathin Quantum Islands 2003 ·Physical Review Letters ·Wen‐Bin Jian,Wei-Bin Su,Chia-Seng Chang,Tien T. Tsong	39
11	Nondissociative adsorption of O2 on the Si(111)-7×7 surface 2002 ·Physical Review B ·M.-H. Tsai,(unknown),Ing‐Shouh Hwang,Tien T. Tsong	2
12	Direct Observation of Electromigration of Si Magic Clusters on Si(111) Surfaces 2000 ·Physical Review Letters ·Mon‐Shu Ho,Ing‐Shouh Hwang,Tien T. Tsong	25
13	Dynamic behaviour of a small atomic cluster on an Ir(001) surface 1995 ·Philosophical Magazine Letters ·Chonglin Chen,Tien T. Tsong,(unknown),Lihua Zhang	1
14	Experimental studies of the behaviour of single adsorbed atoms on solid surfaces 1988 ·Reports on Progress in Physics ·Tien T. Tsong	136
15	Use of a scanning tunneling microscope to rectify optical frequencies and measure an operational tunneling time 1988 ·Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films ·A. A. Lucas,P. H. Cutler,T. E. Feuchtwang,Tien T. Tsong,T. E. Sullivan,(unknown),Nguyễn Quang Hưng,P. J. Silvėrman	34
16	Atomic structure and compositional analysis of solid surfaces using pulsed-laser ToF atom-probe and field ion microscopy 1988 ·Applied Surface Science ·Tien T. Tsong	1
17	Atomic structures of epitaxial overlayers of bcc Fe on fcc Rh surfaces 1987 ·Surface Science Letters ·(unknown),Tien T. Tsong	1
18	Initial stages of iridium-semiconductor compound formation: A field-ion-microscope study of interface atomic structures 1986 ·Physical Review Letters ·(unknown),(unknown),Tien T. Tsong	10
19	Growth of thin single crystal NiSi2 films on Si surfaces, a field ion microscope study 1985 ·Applied Physics Letters ·(unknown),(unknown),Tien T. Tsong	7
20	Field emission and related topics : Erwin W. Müller Festschrift volume 1978 ·Erwin W. Müller,P. H. Cutler,Tien T. Tsong	1

About Tien T. Tsong

Tien T. Tsong is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Structural Biology and Biomedical Engineering, having authored 330 papers that have together received 8.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced Materials Characterization Techniques (220 papers), Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (166 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (88 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Metals and Alloys (469 citations), Structural Biology (253 citations) and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (5.5k citations). Tien T. Tsong has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and Japan. Frequent co-authors include Erwin W. Müller, G. L. Kellogg, Ing‐Shouh Hwang, Chonglin Chen, S. B. McLane, Peter H. Bartels, Yee S. Ng, Tsu‐Yi Fu, Wei-Bin Su and E. W. Müller. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

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