W. C. Dash

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

W. C. Dash is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, W. C. Dash has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 11 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 7 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in W. C. Dash's work include Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (10 papers), Semiconductor materials and interfaces (8 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (3 papers). W. C. Dash is often cited by papers focused on Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (10 papers), Semiconductor materials and interfaces (8 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (3 papers). W. C. Dash collaborates with scholars based in United States. W. C. Dash's co-authors include Roger H. Newman, W. W. Tyler, V. A. Phillips, H. R. Philipp, Hannelore Ehrenreich, A. R. Moore, Robert L. Sproull and A. G. Tweet and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Review of Scientific Instruments.

In The Last Decade

W. C. Dash

16 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Intrinsic Optical Absorption in Single-Crystal Germanium and Silicon at 77°K and 300°K

1955 826 citations W. C. Dash, Roger H. Newman Physical Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. C. Dash United States	13	1.3k	825	792	331	172	17	1.9k
M. S. Abrahams United States	23	1.3k 1.1×	763 0.9×	1.2k 1.5×	239 0.7×	174 1.0×	54	2.0k
F. A. Trumbore United States	22	2.0k 1.6×	920 1.1×	1.4k 1.8×	270 0.8×	186 1.1×	47	2.6k
J. Hornstra Netherlands	12	804 0.6×	747 0.9×	922 1.2×	221 0.7×	105 0.6×	23	1.7k
D. Gerstenberg United States	13	1.1k 0.9×	725 0.9×	545 0.7×	293 0.9×	204 1.2×	20	2.0k
M. Lichtensteiger United States	21	1.0k 0.8×	907 1.1×	675 0.9×	110 0.3×	161 0.9×	36	1.7k
J. A. Borders United States	20	648 0.5×	632 0.8×	366 0.5×	250 0.8×	585 3.4×	45	1.4k
L. H. Germer United States	25	677 0.5×	700 0.8×	1.0k 1.3×	220 0.7×	110 0.6×	45	1.8k
D. J. Silversmith United States	24	1.1k 0.9×	831 1.0×	334 0.4×	281 0.8×	201 1.2×	63	1.7k
F. Abelès France	17	518 0.4×	337 0.4×	675 0.9×	417 1.3×	191 1.1×	45	1.4k
B. L. Crowder United States	24	1.5k 1.2×	841 1.0×	694 0.9×	180 0.5×	698 4.1×	41	2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. C. Dash

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All Works

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17 of 17 papers shown

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Dash, W. C.. (1962). A Method for Measuring the Thickness of Epitaxial Silicon Films. Journal of Applied Physics. 33(7). 2395–2396. 8 indexed citations

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Phillips, V. A. & W. C. Dash. (1962). Electron Microscopy of Prismatic Dislocations in Silicon. Journal of Applied Physics. 33(2). 568–569. 21 indexed citations

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Philipp, H. R., W. C. Dash, & Hannelore Ehrenreich. (1962). Piezoreflectance in Ge. Physical Review. 127(3). 762–765. 26 indexed citations

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Dash, W. C. & A. G. Tweet. (1961). Observing Dislocations in Crystals. Scientific American. 205(4). 107–116. 3 indexed citations

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Dash, W. C.. (1960). Gold-Induced Climb of Dislocations in Silicon. Journal of Applied Physics. 31(12). 2275–2283. 87 indexed citations

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Dash, W. C.. (1960). Improvements on the Pedestal Method of Growing Silicon and Germanium Crystals. Journal of Applied Physics. 31(4). 736–737. 43 indexed citations

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Dash, W. C.. (1959). Growth of Silicon Crystals Free from Dislocations. Journal of Applied Physics. 30(4). 459–474. 255 indexed citations

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Dash, W. C.. (1958). Silicon Crystals Free of Dislocations. Journal of Applied Physics. 29(4). 736–737. 80 indexed citations

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Dash, W. C.. (1958). Evidence of Dislocation Jogs in Deformed Silicon. Journal of Applied Physics. 29(4). 705–709. 94 indexed citations

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Dash, W. C.. (1958). Generation of Prismatic Dislocation Loops in Silicon Crystals. Physical Review Letters. 1(11). 400–402. 36 indexed citations

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Dash, W. C.. (1958). Distorted Layers in Silicon Produced by Grinding and Polishing. Journal of Applied Physics. 29(2). 228–229. 12 indexed citations

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Tyler, W. W. & W. C. Dash. (1957). Dislocation Arrays in Germanium. Journal of Applied Physics. 28(11). 1221–1224. 26 indexed citations

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Dash, W. C.. (1956). Copper Precipitation on Dislocations in Silicon. Journal of Applied Physics. 27(10). 1193–1195. 329 indexed citations

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Dash, W. C.. (1955). Effect of Crystal Distortion upon Change of Resistivity of Silicon by Heat Treatment. Physical Review. 97(2). 354–354. 2 indexed citations

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Dash, W. C. & Roger H. Newman. (1955). Intrinsic Optical Absorption in Single-Crystal Germanium and Silicon at 77°K and 300°K. Physical Review. 99(4). 1151–1155. 826 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dash, W. C.. (1953). Optical Absorption and Photoconduction in the Visible and Near Infrared in Single Crystals of BaO. Physical Review. 92(1). 68–76. 27 indexed citations

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Sproull, Robert L., W. C. Dash, W. W. Tyler, & A. R. Moore. (1951). Growth and Manipulation of Barium Oxide Crystals. Review of Scientific Instruments. 22(6). 410–414. 25 indexed citations

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