W. N. Gill

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

W. N. Gill is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, W. N. Gill has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 14 papers in Computational Mechanics and 14 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in W. N. Gill's work include Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media (8 papers), Copper Interconnects and Reliability (8 papers) and Optical Coatings and Gratings (6 papers). W. N. Gill is often cited by papers focused on Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media (8 papers), Copper Interconnects and Reliability (8 papers) and Optical Coatings and Gratings (6 papers). W. N. Gill collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and South Korea. W. N. Gill's co-authors include R. Sankarasubramanian, Joel L. Plawsky, Allen J. Barduhn, Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, A. K. Jain, Peter Wayner, Richard J. Nunge, S. Nitta, Eli Ruckenstein and Chi Tien and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

W. N. Gill

50 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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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.

Exact analysis of unsteady convective diffusion

1970 437 citations W. N. Gill, R. Sankarasubramanian Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences profile →

Peers

W. N. Gill

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Leonid A. Dombrovsky Russia

M. Shapiro Israel

N. B. Vargaftik Russia

Michael D. Mantle United Kingdom

J. H. Dunsmuir United States

William N. Gill United States

N. V. Churaev Russia

Mark Linne United States

J. Sträub Germany

Noushine Shahidzadeh Netherlands

Leonid A. Dombrovsky Russia

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. N. Gill

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W. N. Gill. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W. N. Gill 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. N. Gill. W. N. Gill is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Gill, W. N., et al.. (2006). Fabrication of ultrathin (∼100nm), low-index nanoporous silica films for photonic devices: Role of substrate adhesion on the film thickness. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing Measurement and Phenomena. 24(3). 1109–1116. 5 indexed citations

Xi, Jingtian, Woojin Cho, Joel L. Plawsky, et al.. (2005). Omnidirectional reflector using nanoporous SiO_2 as a low-refractive-index material. Optics Letters. 30(12). 1518–1518. 62 indexed citations

Xi, Jingtian, Christian Wetzel, Th. Gessmann, et al.. (2005). Internal omni-directional reflector using a low refractive index material for light-emitting diodes. 84. 144–146 Vol. 1. 1 indexed citations

Saxena, R. K., et al.. (2004). Stability of thin copper films on mesoporous dielectrics. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 350. 14–22. 15 indexed citations

Nitta, S., Aadhar Jain, Peter Wayner, W. N. Gill, & Joel L. Plawsky. (1999). Effect of sol rheology on the uniformity of spin-on silica xerogel films. Journal of Applied Physics. 86(10). 5870–5878. 26 indexed citations

Shareef, Iqbal, Gary W. Rubloff, & W. N. Gill. (1996). Role of gas phase reactions in subatmospheric chemical-vapor deposition ozone/TEOS processes for oxide deposition. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing Measurement and Phenomena. 14(2). 772–788. 11 indexed citations

Verhoeven, J. D., W. N. Gill, Jan A. Puszynski, & Rajiv M. Ginde. (1989). Macrosegregation during convection-free plane front solidification. Journal of Crystal Growth. 97(2). 254–266. 1 indexed citations

Verhoeven, J. D., W. N. Gill, Jan A. Puszynski, & Rajiv M. Ginde. (1988). Macrosegregation during convection-free plane front solidification. Journal of Crystal Growth. 89(2-3). 189–201. 8 indexed citations

Gill, W. N., et al.. (1984). Thermocapillary-driven convection in supported and floating-zone crystallization. Advances in Space Research. 4(5). 15–22. 11 indexed citations

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Gill, W. N. & R. S. Subramanian. (1980). Discussion: “On Laminar Dispersion for Flow Through Round Tubes” (Yu, J. S., 1979, ASME J. Appl. Mech., 46, pp. 750–756). Journal of Applied Mechanics. 47(4). 975–976. 5 indexed citations

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Marmur, Abraham, W. N. Gill, & Eli Ruckenstein. (1976). Kinetics of cell deposition under the action of an external field. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 38(6). 713–721. 19 indexed citations

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Sankarasubramanian, R. & W. N. Gill. (1974). Correction to ‘Unsteady convective diffusion with interphase mass transfer’. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 341(1626). 407–408. 23 indexed citations

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Doshi, Mahendra R. & W. N. Gill. (1974). Turbulent Flow in a Tube With Wall Suction. Journal of Heat Transfer. 96(2). 251–252. 5 indexed citations

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Sankarasubramanian, R. & W. N. Gill. (1973). Unsteady convective diffusion with interphase mass transfer. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 333(1592). 115–132. 205 indexed citations

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Gill, W. N. & R. Sankarasubramanian. (1972). Dispersion of non-uniformly distributed time-variable continuous sources in time-dependent flow. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 327(1569). 191–208. 50 indexed citations

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Sankarasubramanian, R. & W. N. Gill. (1972). Dispersion from a prescribed concentration distribution in time variable flow. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 329(1579). 479–492. 31 indexed citations

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Gill, W. N., R. Sankarasubramanian, & Geoffrey Ingram Taylor. (1971). Dispersion of a non-uniform slug in time-dependent flow. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 322(1548). 101–117. 141 indexed citations

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Gill, W. N. & R. Sankarasubramanian. (1970). Exact analysis of unsteady convective diffusion. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 316(1526). 341–350. 437 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gill, W. N.. (1967). A note on the solution of transient dispersion problems. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 298(1454). 335–339. 159 indexed citations

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Gill, W. N., et al.. (1965). Concentration Polarization Effects in a Reverse Osmosis System. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Fundamentals. 4(4). 433–439. 45 indexed citations

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