W. H. Brattain

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

W. H. Brattain is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, W. H. Brattain has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 10 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 6 papers in Electrochemistry. Recurrent topics in W. H. Brattain's work include Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (7 papers), Semiconductor materials and interfaces (6 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (6 papers). W. H. Brattain is often cited by papers focused on Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (7 papers), Semiconductor materials and interfaces (6 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (6 papers). W. H. Brattain collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Canada. W. H. Brattain's co-authors include C. G. B. Garrett, John Bardeen, P. J. Boddy, G. L. Pearson, C. Kittel, A. M. Portis, A. F. Kip, Philip N. Sawyer, T.M. Buck and Sigmund A. Wesolowski and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Reviews of Modern Physics.

In The Last Decade

W. H. Brattain

28 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Surface Properties of Germanium

1953 415 citations W. H. Brattain, John Bardeen Bell System Technical Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. H. Brattain United States	16	1.2k	591	560	226	179	28	1.7k
D.M. Taylor United Kingdom	22	873 0.7×	417 0.7×	447 0.8×	276 1.2×	94 0.5×	85	1.6k
C. H. B. Mee United Kingdom	13	415 0.4×	439 0.7×	374 0.7×	207 0.9×	32 0.2×	40	1.0k
E.S. Yang United States	22	1.8k 1.6×	570 1.0×	1.2k 2.1×	188 0.8×	70 0.4×	129	2.2k
C. Frigeri Italy	20	1.0k 0.9×	633 1.1×	458 0.8×	336 1.5×	24 0.1×	129	1.5k
S. S. Pei United States	26	1.7k 1.5×	1.0k 1.7×	1.0k 1.8×	382 1.7×	50 0.3×	78	2.4k
K. Lehovec United States	23	1.4k 1.2×	577 1.0×	711 1.3×	168 0.7×	20 0.1×	85	1.8k
W. Theiß Germany	18	884 0.8×	1.1k 1.8×	292 0.5×	710 3.1×	66 0.4×	46	1.5k
Th. Schimmel Germany	20	661 0.6×	433 0.7×	477 0.9×	386 1.7×	71 0.4×	71	1.3k
M. J. Graham Canada	26	361 0.3×	1.1k 1.9×	237 0.4×	129 0.6×	53 0.3×	59	1.8k
F. Koch Germany	26	1.4k 1.2×	1.5k 2.6×	718 1.3×	869 3.8×	26 0.1×	88	2.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Brattain, W. H.. (1968). Genesis of the Transistor. The Physics Teacher. 6(3). 109–114. 15 indexed citations

Brattain, W. H. & P. J. Boddy. (1966). Interaction of iodide ion with germanium electrodes. Surface Science. 4(1). 18–32. 8 indexed citations

Sawyer, Philip N., et al.. (1965). ELECTROCHEMICAL PRECIPITATION OF BLOOD CELLS ON METAL ELECTRODES: AN AID IN THE SELECTION OF VASCULAR PROSTHESES?. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 53(2). 294–300. 17 indexed citations

Boddy, P. J. & W. H. Brattain. (1965). The surface conductance of germanium in aqueous electrolytes. Surface Science. 3(4). 348–358. 7 indexed citations

Sawyer, Philip N., W. H. Brattain, & P. J. Boddy. (1964). ELECTROCHEMICAL PRECIPITATION OF HUMAN BLOOD CELLS AND ITS POSSIBLE RELATION TO INTRAVASCULAR THROMBOSIS. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 51(3). 428–432. 34 indexed citations

Boddy, P. J. & W. H. Brattain. (1963). ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF THE ANODICALLY ETCHED GERMANIUM SURFACE. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 101(3). 683–696. 11 indexed citations

Boddy, P. J. & W. H. Brattain. (1963). The Distribution of Potential at the Germanium Aqueous Electrolyte Interface. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 110(6). 570–570. 25 indexed citations

Brattain, W. H. & P. J. Boddy. (1962). THE DISTRIBUTION OF POTENTIAL ACROSS THE LOW-INDEX CRYSTAL PLANES OF GERMANIUM CONTACTING AN AQUEOUS. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 48(12). 2005–2012. 5 indexed citations

Brattain, W. H. & P. J. Boddy. (1962). The Interface between Germanium and a Purified Neutral Electrolyte. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 109(7). 574–574. 65 indexed citations

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Brattain, W. H.. (1957). Surface Properties of Semiconductors. Science. 126(3265). 151–153. 11 indexed citations

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Garrett, C. G. B. & W. H. Brattain. (1956). Distribution and Cross-Sections of Fast States on Germanium Surfaces. Bell System Technical Journal. 35(5). 1041–1058. 26 indexed citations

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Buck, T.M. & W. H. Brattain. (1955). Investigations of Surface Recombination Velocities on Germanium by the Photoelectromagnetic Method. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 102(11). 636–636. 12 indexed citations

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Garrett, C. G. B. & W. H. Brattain. (1955). Physical Theory of Semiconductor Surfaces. Physical Review. 99(2). 376–387. 409 indexed citations

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Pearson, G. L. & W. H. Brattain. (1955). History of Semiconductor Research. Proceedings of the IRE. 43(12). 1794–1806. 52 indexed citations

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Brattain, W. H. & C. G. B. Garrett. (1954). SURFACE PROPERTIES OF GERMANIUM AND SILICON. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 58(6). 951–958. 12 indexed citations

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Brattain, W. H. & C. G. B. Garrett. (1954). Surface properties of semiconductors. Physica. 20(7-12). 885–892. 26 indexed citations

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Garrett, C. G. B. & W. H. Brattain. (1954). Self-Powered Semiconductor Amplifier. Physical Review. 95(4). 1091–1092. 2 indexed citations

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Portis, A. M., A. F. Kip, C. Kittel, & W. H. Brattain. (1953). Electron Spin Resonance in a Silicon Semiconductor. Physical Review. 90(5). 988–989. 58 indexed citations

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Brattain, W. H. & John Bardeen. (1953). Surface Properties of Germanium. Bell System Technical Journal. 32(1). 1–41. 415 indexed citations breakdown →

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Brattain, W. H.. (1951). The Copper Oxide Rectifier. Reviews of Modern Physics. 23(3). 203–212. 97 indexed citations

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