W. E. Frieze

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

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W. E. Frieze is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, W. E. Frieze has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 18 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 14 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in W. E. Frieze's work include Muon and positron interactions and applications (35 papers), Copper Interconnects and Reliability (18 papers) and Atomic and Molecular Physics (11 papers). W. E. Frieze is often cited by papers focused on Muon and positron interactions and applications (35 papers), Copper Interconnects and Reliability (18 papers) and Atomic and Molecular Physics (11 papers). W. E. Frieze collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Australia. W. E. Frieze's co-authors include David W. Gidley, A. F. Yee, T. L. Dull, Hristo Hristov, G. B. Demaggio, Kelvin G. Lynn, Ming Zhu, Jianing Sun, E. Todd Ryan and Albert F. Yee and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Advanced Materials and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

W. E. Frieze

39 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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Interface and Surface Effects on the Glass Transition in Thin Polystyrene Films

1997 480 citations G. B. Demaggio, W. E. Frieze et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. E. Frieze United States	20	1.2k	999	586	532	447	39	2.0k
Toshiyuki Ohdaira Japan	29	1.9k 1.6×	1.4k 1.4×	801 1.4×	1.3k 2.5×	425 1.0×	221	3.3k
M. A. Alam United Kingdom	25	696 0.6×	670 0.7×	393 0.7×	228 0.4×	323 0.7×	73	1.7k
Marc H. Weber United States	25	657 0.6×	1.4k 1.4×	582 1.0×	1.3k 2.5×	489 1.1×	113	2.5k
Christoph Hugenschmidt Germany	25	1.3k 1.1×	896 0.9×	255 0.4×	669 1.3×	679 1.5×	171	2.3k
W. Anwand Germany	29	1.1k 1.0×	2.2k 2.2×	740 1.3×	1.5k 2.8×	359 0.8×	226	3.3k
T. W. Capehart United States	25	442 0.4×	710 0.7×	414 0.7×	521 1.0×	805 1.8×	50	2.0k
J.C. Parlebas France	25	373 0.3×	1.5k 1.5×	483 0.8×	444 0.8×	974 2.2×	147	2.7k
P. Asoka‐Kumar United States	23	1.4k 1.2×	1.4k 1.4×	315 0.5×	875 1.6×	346 0.8×	82	2.6k
Astrid Pundt Germany	31	753 0.6×	2.4k 2.4×	434 0.7×	584 1.1×	698 1.6×	141	3.5k
N. K. Sahoo India	24	345 0.3×	1.3k 1.3×	332 0.6×	996 1.9×	506 1.1×	180	2.3k

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Liu, Ming, Antek G. Wong‐Foy, Richard S. Vallery, et al.. (2010). Evolution of Nanoscale Pore Structure in Coordination Polymers During Thermal and Chemical Exposure Revealed by Positron Annihilation. Advanced Materials. 22(14). 1598–1601. 61 indexed citations

Peng, Hua-Gen, W.D. Wang, Kaiyang Zeng, et al.. (2007). Pore Sealing by NH[sub 3] Plasma Treatment of Porous Low Dielectric Constant Films. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 154(4). G85–G85. 29 indexed citations

Peng, Huagen, et al.. (2005). Revealing hidden pore structure in nanoporous thin films using positronium annihilation lifetime spectroscopy. Applied Physics Letters. 86(12). 10 indexed citations

Peng, Hua-Gen, Richard S. Vallery, W. E. Frieze, et al.. (2005). Determining Pore Structure and Growth Mechanisms in Templated Nanoporous Low-k Films. MRS Proceedings. 863. 2 indexed citations

Sun, Jianing, Yifan Hu, W. E. Frieze, Wei Chen, & David W. Gidley. (2003). How Pore Size and Surface Roughness Affect Diffusion Barrier Continuity on Porous Low-k Films. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 150(5). F97–F97. 28 indexed citations

Sun, Jianing, David W. Gidley, Yifan Hu, W. E. Frieze, & E. Todd Ryan. (2002). Depth-profiling plasma-induced densification of porous low-k thin films using positronium annihilation lifetime spectroscopy. Applied Physics Letters. 81(8). 1447–1449. 37 indexed citations

Dull, T. L., W. E. Frieze, David W. Gidley, Jianing Sun, & A. F. Yee. (2001). Determination of Pore Size in Mesoporous Thin Films from the Annihilation Lifetime of Positronium. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 105(20). 4657–4662. 250 indexed citations

Gidley, David W., W. E. Frieze, T. L. Dull, et al.. (2000). Determination of pore-size distribution in low-dielectric thin films. Applied Physics Letters. 76(10). 1282–1284. 162 indexed citations

Gidley, David W., et al.. (1999). Positronium annihilation in mesoporous thin films. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 60(8). R5157–R5160. 241 indexed citations

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Gidley, D. W., G. B. Demaggio, W. E. Frieze, et al.. (1997). Positron Depth-Profiling of Polymer Interfaces. Materials science forum. 255-257. 635–637. 6 indexed citations

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Xie, Li, G. B. Demaggio, W. E. Frieze, et al.. (1995). Positronium Formation as a Probe of Polymer Surfaces and Thin Films. Physical Review Letters. 74(24). 4947–4950. 131 indexed citations

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Gidley, D. W., W. E. Frieze, T. L. Dull, et al.. (1994). An overview of the Michigan Positron Microscope Program. AIP conference proceedings. 303. 391–398. 1 indexed citations

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Frieze, W. E., David W. Gidley, A. Rich, & J. Van House. (1990). Positron re-emission microscopy and its applications. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment. 299(1-3). 409–412. 2 indexed citations

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Frieze, W. E., et al.. (1990). Positron tunneling microscopy. Solid State Communications. 74(10). 1079–1083. 6 indexed citations

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Gidley, David W. & W. E. Frieze. (1988). Reemitted-positron spectroscopy of thin metal films. Physical Review Letters. 60(12). 1193–1196. 51 indexed citations

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Mayer, R., et al.. (1987). Low-energy electron and positron diffraction measurements and analysis on Cu(100). Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 35(7). 3102–3110. 57 indexed citations

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Lynn, Kelvin G., W. E. Frieze, & Peter J. Schultz. (1984). Measurement of the Positron Surface-State Lifetime for Al. Physical Review Letters. 52(13). 1137–1140. 83 indexed citations

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Fischer, D. A., K. G. Lynn, & W. E. Frieze. (1983). Reemitted-Positron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy: A Novel Probe of Adsorbate Vibrational Levels. Physical Review Letters. 50(15). 1149–1152. 32 indexed citations

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Frieze, W. E., E. A. Hinds, V. W. Hughes, & F. M. J. Pichanick. (1981). Experiments on the2P3state of helium. IV. Measurement of the2P03−2P23fine-structure interval. Physical review. A, General physics. 24(1). 279–287. 43 indexed citations

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Egan, P. O., et al.. (1975). Positronium: Precision determination of the ground-state fine-structure interval Δv, and measurement of density shifts in the noble gases. Physics Letters A. 54(5). 412–414. 17 indexed citations

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