W. J. Fan

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
240 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

W. J. Fan is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, W. J. Fan has authored 240 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 179 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 141 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 68 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in W. J. Fan's work include Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (116 papers), GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials (53 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (48 papers). W. J. Fan is often cited by papers focused on Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (116 papers), GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials (53 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (48 papers). W. J. Fan collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, China and United States. W. J. Fan's co-authors include Jian‐Bai Xia, Xiao Wei Sun, S. J. Chua, Soon Fatt Yoon, Swee Tiam Tan, X. H. Zhang, B. J. Chen, Hoi Sing Kwok, Tow Chong Chong and Yee‐Chia Yeo and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

W. J. Fan

228 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

Blueshift of optical band gap in ZnO thin films grown by ... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Blueshift of optical band gap in ZnO thin films grown by metal-organic chemical-vapor deposition
    2005 667 citations Xiao Wei Sun, W. J. Fan et al. profile →

Peers

W. J. Fan
Chao Zhang Australia
Roger K. Lake United States
Craig M. Herzinger United States
O.B. Shchekin United States
Frank Cichos Germany
L. Faraone Australia
L.K.J. Vandamme Netherlands
Jing‐Tao Lü China
Soon Fatt Yoon Singapore
Shawn-Yu Lin United States
Chao Zhang Australia
W. J. Fan
Citations per year, relative to W. J. Fan W. J. Fan (= 1×) peers Chao Zhang

Countries citing papers authored by W. J. Fan

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Fields of papers citing papers by W. J. Fan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. J. Fan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W. J. Fan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W. J. Fan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with W. J. Fan. W. J. Fan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Zhao, Pengyun, Na Li, Jiayin Wang, et al.. (2024). Study on the effect mechanism of functional graphene oxide on the performance of polymer electrolyte membrane for fuel cells. Journal of Membrane Science. 713. 123359–123359. 5 indexed citations
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Fan, W. J., et al.. (2024). Preparation and biological activity study of Ti13Nb13Zr surface nanotubes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10(4). 159–166. 2 indexed citations
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Huo, Gui‐Fei, Weitao Xu, Yi Han, et al.. (2024). Expanded Azahelicenes with Large Dissymmetry Factors. Angewandte Chemie. 136(18). 3 indexed citations
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Yang, Jing, et al.. (2023). Electric-field-induced semiconductor-semimetal phase transition of GeTe/SnSe van der Waals heterojunction. Physics Letters A. 478. 128922–128922. 2 indexed citations
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Tan, Chuan Seng, et al.. (2023). Theoretical insights into the amplified optical gain of hexagonal germanium by strain engineering. RSC Advances. 13(17). 11324–11336. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Jing, et al.. (2023). Vertical electric-field controlled electronic properties of MoSe2/MnPSe3 van der Waals heterojunction. Physica B Condensed Matter. 665. 415076–415076. 4 indexed citations
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Joo, Hyo‐Jun, Dong‐Ho Kang, Simone Assali, et al.. (2022). Direct bandgap GeSn nanowires enabled with ultrahigh tension from harnessing intrinsic compressive strain. Applied Physics Letters. 120(20). 4 indexed citations
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Sun, Yiming, Wei Gao, Xueping Li, et al.. (2021). Anti-ambipolar behavior and photovoltaic effect in p-MoTe2/n-InSe heterojunctions. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 9(32). 10372–10380. 39 indexed citations
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Liu, Wenbo, Yiming Ma, Zongrui Wang, et al.. (2021). Improving the hole transport performance of perovskite solar cells through adjusting the mobility of the as-synthesized conjugated polymer. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 9(10). 3421–3428. 14 indexed citations
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Wu, Shaoteng, Hao Zhou, Qimiao Chen, et al.. (2021). Suspended germanium membranes photodetector with tunable biaxial tensile strain and location-determined wavelength-selective photoresponsivity. Applied Physics Letters. 119(19). 7 indexed citations
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Kang, Yuye, Shengqiang Xu, Kaizhen Han, et al.. (2021). Ge0.95Sn0.05 Gate-All-Around p-Channel Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors with Sub-3 nm Nanowire Width. Nano Letters. 21(13). 5555–5563. 28 indexed citations
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Tobing, Landobasa Y. M., Alana Mauluidy Soehartono, Tomasz Czyszanowski, et al.. (2021). Interplays of Dipole and Charge‐Transfer‐Plasmon Modes in Capacitively and Conductively Coupled Dimer with High Aspect Ratio Nanogaps. Advanced Optical Materials. 9(22). 5 indexed citations
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Lin, Tao, Bin Yao, Qian Yue, et al.. (2021). Vertically stacked Bi2Se3/MoTe2 heterostructure with large band offsets for nanoelectronics. Nanoscale. 13(36). 15403–15414. 41 indexed citations
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Tong, Jinchao, et al.. (2020). Comparative study of U- and U4-split-ring resonator-based metasurfaces for sensing in near- and mid-infrared region. Journal of Optics. 22(12). 125104–125104. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Wenbo, Yiming Ma, Zongrui Wang, et al.. (2020). Improving the Fill Factor of Perovskite Solar Cells by Employing an Amine-tethered Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Polymer as the Dopant-free Hole Transport Layer. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 3(10). 9600–9609. 31 indexed citations
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Song, Zhigang, et al.. (2019). Effect of Size on the Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of Cubic CsPbBr3 Quantum Dots. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 56(1). 1–7. 6 indexed citations
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Hubarevich, Aliaksandr, W. J. Fan, Haomin Wang, et al.. (2018). Optical haze of randomly arranged silver nanowire transparent conductive films with wide range of nanowire diameters. AIP Advances. 8(3). 13 indexed citations
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