William D. Sproul

5.1k total citations
71 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

William D. Sproul is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, William D. Sproul has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 63 papers in Materials Chemistry and 22 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in William D. Sproul's work include Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (67 papers), Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (56 papers) and Semiconductor materials and devices (19 papers). William D. Sproul is often cited by papers focused on Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (67 papers), Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (56 papers) and Semiconductor materials and devices (19 papers). William D. Sproul collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and China. William D. Sproul's co-authors include Jianliang Lin, John J. Moore, P. Yashar, Yip-Wah Chung, Ming‐Show Wong, Brajendra Mishra, P.J. Rudnik, Dong Li, Vinayak P. Dravid and Jochen M. Schneider and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

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William D. Sproul

70 papers receiving 4.2k citations

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Structure and properties of Cr2O3 coatings deposited using DCMS, PDCMS, and DOMS 2015 ·Surface and Coatings Technology ·Jianliang Lin, William D. Sproul	48
2	Diamond like carbon films deposited by HiPIMS using oscillatory voltage pulses 2014 ·Surface and Coatings Technology ·Jianliang Lin, William D. Sproul, Ronghua Wei, Roman Chistyakov	69
3	A comparison of the oxidation behavior of CrN films deposited using continuous dc, pulsed dc and modulated pulsed power magnetron sputtering 2012 ·Surface and Coatings Technology ·Jianliang Lin, Ningyi Zhang, William D. Sproul, John J. Moore	61
4	Structurally laminated CrN films deposited by multi pulse modulated pulsed power magnetron sputtering 2011 ·Surface and Coatings Technology ·Jianliang Lin, William D. Sproul, John J. Moore, Roman Chistyakov, (unknown)	11
5	High temperature oxidation behavior of CrN/AlN superlattice films 2010 ·Thin Solid Films ·Jianliang Lin, John J. Moore, Jun Wang, William D. Sproul	26
6	High rate deposition of thick CrN and Cr2N coatings using modulated pulse power (MPP) magnetron sputtering 2010 ·Surface and Coatings Technology ·Jianliang Lin, William D. Sproul, John J. Moore, Sabrina Lee, (unknown)	132
7	Modulated pulse power sputtered chromium coatings 2009 ·Thin Solid Films ·Jianliang Lin, John J. Moore, William D. Sproul, Brajendra Mishra, (unknown)	66
8	The structure and mechanical and tribological properties of TiBCN nanocomposite coatings 2009 ·Acta Materialia ·Jianliang Lin, John J. Moore, Brajendra Mishra, Malki Pinkas, William D. Sproul	138
9	Superhard Coating Materials 2003 ·MRS Bulletin ·Yip-Wah Chung, William D. Sproul	29
10	Recent developments in plasma assisted physical vapour deposition 2000 ·Journal of Physics D Applied Physics ·Jochen M. Schneider, S. L. Rohde, William D. Sproul, A. Matthews	78
11	Deposition and mechanical properties of polycrystalline Y₂O₃/ZrO₂ superlattices 1999 ·Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources ·P. Yashar, Scott A. Barnett, Lars Hultman, William D. Sproul	26
12	Conventional and ionized magnetron sputter‐deposition of nanocrystalline titanium diboride thin films 1998 ·Tribology Letters ·Meiling Wu, (unknown), Vinayak P. Dravid, Yip‐Wah Chung, Ming‐Show Wong, William D. Sproul	14
13	Synthesis of Coatings With Hardness Exceeding 40 GPa by Magnetron Sputtering 1998 ·Journal of Tribology ·Mei-Ling Wu, (unknown), Yip-Wah Chung, Ming‐Show Wong, William D. Sproul	11
14	Synthesis of superhard carbon nitride composite coatings 1995 ·Applied Physics Letters ·Dong Li, Xi Chu, Shangcong Cheng, (unknown), Vinayak P. Dravid, Yip-Wah Chung, (unknown), William D. Sproul	124
15	Composition, structure and tribological properties of amorphous carbon nitride coatings 1994 ·Surface and Coatings Technology ·Dong Li, Eric C. Cutiongco, Yip-Wah Chung, Ming‐Show Wong, William D. Sproul	68
16	Analytical electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy studies of carbon nitride thin films 1993 ·Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films ·Ming Y. Chen, (unknown), Xi Lin, Vinayak P. Dravid, Yip-Wah Chung, Ming‐Show Wong, William D. Sproul	200
17	Multi-cathode unbalanced magnetron sputtering systems 1991 ·Surface and Coatings Technology ·William D. Sproul	29
18	High rate reactive sputtering of MoNx coatings 1991 ·Surface and Coatings Technology ·P.J. Rudnik, Michael E. Graham, William D. Sproul	36
19	High rate reactive sputtering in an opposed cathode closed-field unbalanced magnetron sputtering system 1990 ·Surface and Coatings Technology ·William D. Sproul, P.J. Rudnik, Michael E. Graham, S. L. Rohde	83
20	High rate reactively sputtered TiN coatings on high speed steel drills 1985 ·Thin Solid Films ·William D. Sproul, Robert A. Rothstein	93

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