T.W. Scharf

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
110 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

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T.W. Scharf is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, T.W. Scharf has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Materials Chemistry, 66 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 55 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in T.W. Scharf's work include Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (57 papers), Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (41 papers) and Advanced materials and composites (27 papers). T.W. Scharf is often cited by papers focused on Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (57 papers), Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (41 papers) and Advanced materials and composites (27 papers). T.W. Scharf collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. T.W. Scharf's co-authors include Somuri V. Prasad, I. L. Singer, Rajarshi Banerjee, J. A. Barnard, H. Mohseni, Paul G. Kotula, Samir Aouadi, Ronald Ott, Dehua Yang and J. Tiley and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Langmuir.

In The Last Decade

T.W. Scharf

107 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Solid lubricants: a review

2012 637 citations T.W. Scharf, Somuri V. Prasad profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
T.W. Scharf	2.7k	2.7k	2.5k	464	462	110	4.5k
Tatsuhiko Aizawa	1.6k 0.6×	2.3k 0.9×	2.6k 1.0×	568 1.2×	416 0.9×	346	4.4k
Christopher R. Weinberger	1.9k 0.7×	2.7k 1.0×	3.7k 1.5×	380 0.8×	379 0.8×	119	4.9k
Ben D. Beake	3.7k 1.4×	2.2k 0.8×	3.2k 1.2×	645 1.4×	363 0.8×	168	5.1k
S. Van Petegem	1.4k 0.5×	3.1k 1.2×	3.3k 1.3×	407 0.9×	281 0.6×	145	4.7k
D.A. Rigney	2.9k 1.1×	3.1k 1.1×	2.7k 1.0×	210 0.5×	386 0.8×	93	4.7k
Samir Aouadi	2.3k 0.9×	1.7k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	429 0.9×	399 0.9×	96	3.3k
P. Panjan	3.3k 1.2×	1.6k 0.6×	3.3k 1.3×	1.3k 2.8×	488 1.1×	238	5.0k
Zhifeng Zhou	3.2k 1.2×	2.2k 0.8×	3.2k 1.2×	649 1.4×	569 1.2×	176	4.6k
Takahito Ohmura	1.5k 0.5×	2.4k 0.9×	2.2k 0.9×	161 0.3×	435 0.9×	167	3.4k
M. Legros	1.6k 0.6×	2.8k 1.0×	4.0k 1.6×	822 1.8×	571 1.2×	124	5.1k

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Scharf, T.W., Vladimir Puzyrev, Milo Barham, & Christopher L. Kirkland. (2024). Predicting source rock silica from igneous zircon characteristics. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 638. 118745–118745. 2 indexed citations

Haridas, Ravi Sankar, et al.. (2024). Novel SolidStir extrusion technology for enhanced conductivity cable manufacturing via in-situ exfoliation of graphite to graphene. Materials & Design. 238. 112643–112643. 8 indexed citations

Scharf, T.W., Christopher L. Kirkland, Milo Barham, Chris Yakymchuk, & Vladimir Puzyrev. (2023). Does Zircon Shape Retain Petrogenetic Information?. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 24(10). 3 indexed citations

Shirani, Asghar, T.W. Scharf, Scott D. Walck, et al.. (2023). MoVN-Cu Coatings for In Situ Tribocatalytic Formation of Carbon-Rich Tribofilms in Low-Viscosity Fuels. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(25). 30070–30082. 10 indexed citations

Scharf, T.W., et al.. (2023). Room and Elevated Temperature Sliding Friction and Wear Behavior of Al0.3CoFeCrNi and Al0.3CuFeCrNi2 High Entropy Alloys. Crystals. 13(4). 609–609. 7 indexed citations

Scharf, T.W., et al.. (2023). Quantitative estimation of closed cell porosity in low density ceramic composites using X-ray microtomography. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 127–127.

Nartu, Mohan Sai Kiran Kumar Yadav, et al.. (2023). Solid-state reaction mediated microstructural evolution in a spark plasma sintered in situ Ti–B4C composite. Materials Science and Engineering A. 885. 145601–145601. 6 indexed citations

Scharf, T.W., et al.. (2022). AnalyZr: A Python application for zircon grain image segmentation and shape analysis. Computers & Geosciences. 162. 105057–105057. 16 indexed citations

Thomas, J. F., Jon-Erik Mogonye, S.A. Mantri, et al.. (2020). Additive manufacturing of compositionally graded laser deposited titanium-chromium alloys. Additive manufacturing. 33. 101132–101132. 26 indexed citations

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Clayton, John D., et al.. (2019). Deformation and Failure Mechanics of Boron Carbide–Titanium Diboride Composites at Multiple Scales. JOM. 71(8). 2567–2575. 21 indexed citations

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Lee, Ji-Hyung, et al.. (2018). Accessibility of the pores in highly porous alumina films synthesized via sequential infiltration synthesis. Nanotechnology. 29(49). 495703–495703. 20 indexed citations

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Scharf, T.W., et al.. (2017). Microlubrication machining of 1018 steel: the effect of a biodegradable lubricant on the microstructural integrity. Lubrication Science. 29(6). 357–376. 7 indexed citations

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Gwalani, Bharat, Aditya Ayyagari, Deep Choudhuri, et al.. (2017). Microstructure and wear resistance of an intermetallic-based Al0.25Ti0.75CoCrFeNi high entropy alloy. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 210. 197–206. 61 indexed citations

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Ayyagari, Aditya, T.W. Scharf, & Sundeep Mukherjee. (2016). Dry reciprocating sliding wear behavior and mechanisms of bulk metallic glass composites. Wear. 350-351. 56–62. 23 indexed citations

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Argibay, Nicolas, Jon-Erik Mogonye, Joseph R. Michael, et al.. (2015). On the thermal stability of physical vapor deposited oxide-hardened nanocrystalline gold thin films. Journal of Applied Physics. 117(14). 7 indexed citations

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Choudhuri, Deep, et al.. (2015). High frequency reciprocating sliding wear behavior and mechanisms of quaternary metal oxide coatings. Wear. 330-331. 390–399. 16 indexed citations

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Borkar, Tushar, Jaewon Hwang, Jun Yeon Hwang, et al.. (2014). Strength versus ductility in carbon nanotube reinforced nickel matrix nanocomposites. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 29(6). 761–769. 27 indexed citations

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Rajamure, Ravi Shanker, et al.. (2014). Nanocrystalline zinc titanate coatings for corrosion protection. Nanomaterials and Energy. 3(2). 47–52. 1 indexed citations

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Borkar, Tushar, J.M. Sosa, Jun Yeon Hwang, et al.. (2014). Laser-Deposited In Situ TiC-Reinforced Nickel Matrix Composites: 3D Microstructure and Tribological Properties. JOM. 66(6). 935–942. 28 indexed citations

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Stone, D. S., Hongyu Gao, David L. Jaeger, et al.. (2014). Load-dependent high temperature tribological properties of silver tantalate coatings. Surface and Coatings Technology. 244. 37–44. 26 indexed citations

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