W. E. Spear

10.1k citations

155 papers · 7.6k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 43

Ceramics and Composites top 0.5%
- Glass properties and applications 12
Materials Chemistry top 0.5%
- Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence 72
- Phase-change materials and chalcogenides 15
- Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography 8
Electrical and Electronic Engineering top 0.5%
- Thin-Film Transistor Technologies 97
- Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies 53
- Semiconductor materials and devices 25
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 1%
- Semiconductor materials and interfaces 19
Nuclear Energy and Engineering top 5%

Co-authors: P. G. Le Comber David Anderson A. Madan A.J. Snell P. G. LeComber Kenneth D. Mackenzie L. S. Miller R.A.G. Gibson
Cited by: Ceramics and Composites Materials Chemistry Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Journals: Philosophical Magazine B (32 papers)Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids (28 papers)Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids (7 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Germany

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W. E. Spear

152 papers receiving 7.1k citations

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1	Peter George Lecomber, 19 February 1941 - 9 September 1992 Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society ·W. E. Spear	1994	1
2	An investigation of the phosphorous doping mechanism in a-Si by sweep-out experiments Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids ·R. Nkwayeb,W. E. Spear	1991	6
3	Electronic and optical properties of a-Si _1-x C _x films prepared from a H ₂ -diluted mixture of SiH ₄ and CH ₄ Philosophical Magazine B ·S. H. Baker,W. E. Spear,R.A.G. Gibson	1990	82
4	A new approach to sweep-out experiments of band-tail carriers in a-Si Philosophical Magazine Letters ·W. E. Spear,Vladimir Joassin,G. von Plessen	1989	2
5	The Bakerian Lecture, 1988 - Amorphous semiconductors: a new generation of electronic materials Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·W. E. Spear	1988	3
6	The extended-state hole mobility in amorphous silicon Philosophical Magazine Letters ·XU Yon,W. E. Spear	1988	9
7	Substitutional and interstitial doping of amorphous silicon nitride Philosophical Magazine B ·Muireann Toibin,P. G. Le Comber,W. E. Spear	1988	6
8	Some new results on transport and density of state distribution in glow discharge microcrystalline silicon Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids ·P. G. LeComber,G. Willeke,W. E. Spear	1983	58
9	The characteristics and properties of optimised amorphous silicon field effect transistors Applied Physics A ·Kenneth D. Mackenzie,A.J. Snell,I. D. French,P. G. LeComber,W. E. Spear	1983	70
10	Recent applied developments in the amorphous silicon field Thin Solid Films ·W. E. Spear,P. G. Le Comber,A.J. Snell,R.A.G. Gibson	1982	11
11	HYDROGEN PROFILING IN GAS PHASE DOPED AND ION IMPLANTED AMORPHOUS SILICON FILMS Le Journal de Physique Colloques ·F.J. Demond,Gerhard Müller,Paveena Thaw-udom,H. Mannsperger,S. Kalbitzer,P. G. Le Comber,W. E. Spear	1981	7
12	Photoconductivity studies of the mobility edge in amorphous silicon Philosophical Magazine B ·W. E. Spear,X. Li,P. G. Le Comber	1981	17
13	ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON FILMS PREPARED IN A GLOW DISCHARGE PLASMA Le Journal de Physique Colloques ·W. E. Spear,G. Willeke,P. G. Le Comber,A. G. Fitzgerald	1981	13
14	Qualitative differences in manifest object representations: Implications for a multidimensional model of psychological functioning. Journal of Abnormal Psychology ·W. E. Spear,Diego S. Almeida	1981	17
15	Application of amorphous silicon field effect transistors in integrated circuits Applied Physics A ·A.J. Snell,W. E. Spear,P. G. Le Comber,Katrin Mackenzie	1981	42
16	The lifetime of injected carriers in amorphous silicon p–n junctions Philosophical Magazine B ·A.J. Snell,W. E. Spear,P. G. Le Comber	1981	14
17	The interpretation of transport results in amorphous silicon Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids ·W. E. Spear,D Allan,Patricia Ejenawome Dele-Ochei,خلفة نادية	1980	37
18	Doped amorphous silicon and its application in photovoltaic devices R.A.G. Gibson,P. G. Le Comber,W. E. Spear	1978	2
19	Electron mobility and edge emission in CdS crystals British Journal of Applied Physics ·G.W. Bradberry,W. E. Spear	1964	13
20	Carrier mobility and charge transport in monoclinic Se crystals Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids ·W. E. Spear	1961	35

About W. E. Spear

W. E. Spear is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Ceramics and Composites, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and General Psychology, having authored 155 papers that have together received 7.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (97 papers), Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence (72 papers), Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (53 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (25 papers), Semiconductor materials and interfaces (19 papers), Phase-change materials and chalcogenides (15 papers), Glass properties and applications (12 papers) and Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ceramics and Composites (815 citations), Materials Chemistry (5.2k citations), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (6.1k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (1.7k citations) and Nuclear Energy and Engineering (19 citations). W. E. Spear has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include P. G. Le Comber, David Anderson, A. Madan, A.J. Snell, P. G. LeComber, Kenneth D. Mackenzie, L. S. Miller, R.A.G. Gibson, J. Mort and D. I. Jones. Their work appears in journals such as Philosophical Magazine B, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Applied Physics A and Philosophical Magazine Letters.

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