To recognize the innovative research gaining attention across the diverse span of its topical interest areas, the Society highlights the top five most-downloaded journal articles in each TIA during each quarter of the year.
The most-downloaded ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology articles by TIA during the second quarter of 2018 (April through June) are listed below.
Highlights are based on articles published since January 1, 2016.
Articles marked OA are open access.
Carbon Nanostructures and Devices
- Review—The Beautiful Molecule: 30 Years of C60 and Its Derivatives | Steve F. A. Acquah, Anastasia V. Penkova, Denis A. Markelov, Anna S. Semisalova, Branden E. Leonhardt, and James M. Magi | OA
- Review—Critical Considerations of High Quality Graphene Synthesized by Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition for Electronic and Energy Storage Devices | Mohd Asyadi Azam, Nor Najihah Zulkapli, Norasimah Dorah, Raja Noor Amalina Raja Seman, Mohd Hanafi Ani, Mohd Shukri Sirat, Edhuan Ismail, Fatin Bazilah Fauzi, Mohd Ambri Mohamed, and Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis | OA
- Review—Electrochemical Growth of Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene from Ambient Carbon Dioxide: Synergy with Conventional Gas-Phase Growth Mechanisms | Anna Douglas and Cary L. Pint | OA
- Wearable Sensor System Powered by a Biofuel Cell for Detection of Lactate Levels in Sweat | S. O. Garcia, Y. V. Ulyanova, R. Figueroa-Teran, K. H. Bhatt, S. Singhal, and P. Atanassov
- Reduced Graphene Oxide-NiO/Ni Nanomembranes as Oxygen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalysts | Daoyuan Wang, Fumiya Watanabe, and Wei Zhao | OA
Dielectric Science and Materials
- Review—Organic Materials for Thermoelectric Energy Generation | Lewis M. Cowen, Jonathan Atoyo, Matthew J. Carnie, Derya Baran, and Bob C. Schroeder | OA
- Review—Investigation and Review of the Thermal, Mechanical, Electrical, Optical, and Structural Properties of Atomic Layer Deposited High-k Dielectrics: Beryllium Oxide, Aluminum Oxide, Hafnium Oxide, and Aluminum Nitride | John T. Gaskins, Patrick E. Hopkins, Devin R. Merrill, Sage R. Bauers, Erik Hadland, David C. Johnson, Donghyi Koh, Jung Hwan Yum, Sanjay Banerjee, Bradley J. Nordell, Michelle M. Paquette, Anthony N. Caruso, William A. Lanford, Patrick Henry, Liza Ross, Han Li, Liyi Li, Marc French, Antonio M. Rudolph, and Sean W. King | OA
- Review—Towards the Next Generation of Thermoelectric Materials: Tailoring Electronic and Phononic Properties of Nanomaterials | Olga Caballero-Calero and Roberto D’Agosta | OA
- Capacitance Stability in Polymer Tantalum Capacitors with PEDOT Counter Electrodes | Y. Freeman, I. Luzinov, R. Burtovyy, P. Lessner, W. R. Harrell, S. Chinnam, and J. Qazi | OA
- Review—Micro and Nano-Engineering Enabled New Generation of Thermoelectric Generator Devices and Applications | Jhonathan P. Rojas, Devendra Singh, Salman B. Inayat, Galo A. Torres Sevilla, Hossain M. Fahad, and Muhammad M. Hussain | OA
Electronic Materials and Processing
- Review—Silicon Nitride and Silicon Nitride-Rich Thin Film Technologies: Trends in Deposition Techniques and Related Applications | Alain E. Kaloyeros, Fernando A. Jové, Jonathan Goff, and Barry Arkles | OA
- Perspective—Opportunities and Future Directions for Ga2O3 | Michael A. Mastro, Akito Kuramata, Jacob Calkins, Jihyun Kim, Fan Ren, and S. J. Pearton | OA
- Post Cleaning for FEOL CMP with Silica and Ceria Slurries | Wei-Tsu Tseng, Changhong Wu, Tim McCormack, and Ji Chul Yang | OA
- Potassium Oleate as a Dissolution and Corrosion Inhibitor during Chemical Mechanical Planarization of Chemical Vapor Deposited Co Films for Interconnect Applications | R. Popuri, H. Amanapu, C. K. Ranaweera, N. K. Baradanahalli, and S. V. Babu | OA
- Citric Acid as a Complexing Agent in Chemical Mechanical Polishing Slurries for Cobalt Films for Interconnect Applications | R. Popuri, K. V. Sagi, S. R. Alety, B. C. Peethala, H. Amanapu, R. Patlolla, and S. V. Babu | OA
Electronic and Photonic Devices and Systems
- Review—Group III-Nitride-Based Ultraviolet Light-Emitting Diodes: Ways of Increasing External Quantum Efficiency | Jae-Seong Park, Jong Kyu Kim, Jaehee Cho, and Tae-Yeon Seong | OA
- Editors’ Choice—Review—Semiconductor Integrated Radar for Sensing Applications | Jenshan Lin, Changzhi Li, Chia-Chan Chang, Tsung-Heng Tsai, Domenico Zito, and Sheng-Fuh Chang | OA
- Editors’ Choice—Field-Effect Transistor-Based Biosensors and a Portable Device for Personal Healthcare | Pei-Chi Chen, Yen-Wen Chen, Indu Sarangadharan, Chen-Pin Hsu, Chih-Chen Chen, Shu-Chu Shiesh, Gwo-Bin Lee, and Yu-Lin Wang | OA
- A Comprehensive Model for Whole Cell Sensing and Transmembrane Potential Measurement Using FET Biosensors | Anil Kumar Pulikkathodi, Indu Sarangadharan, Yi-Hong Chen, Geng-Yen Lee, Jen-Inn Chyi, Gwo-Bin Lee, and Yu-Lin Wang | OA
- Chemical Doping Effects of Gas Molecules on Black Phosphorus Field-Effect Transistors | Suhyun Kim, Geonyeop Lee, and Jihyun Kim | OA
Luminescence and Display Materials, Devices, and Processing
- Review—Light Emission from Thin Film Solar Cell Materials: An Emerging Infrared and Visible Light Emitter | Yoshihiko Kanemitsu, Makoto Okano, Le Quang Phuong, and Yasuhiro Yamada | OA
- Review—Synthesis, Luminescent Properties, and Stabilities of Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals | Yoshiki Iso and Tetsuhiko Isobe | OA
- Critical Review—Narrow-Band Nitride Phosphors for Wide Color-Gamut White LED Backlighting | Shuxing Li, Rong-Jun Xie, Takashi Takeda, and Naoto Hirosaki | OA
- Review—Phosphor Plates for High-Power LED Applications: Challenges and Opportunities toward Perfect Lighting | Yoon Hwa Kim, Noolu S. M. Viswanath, Sanjith Unithrattil, Ha Jun Kim, and Won Bin Im | OA
- Critical Review—Water-Soluble Near-Infrared Fluorophores Emitting over 1000 nm and Their Application to In Vivo Imaging in the Second Optical Window (1000–1400 nm) | Setsuko Tsuboi, Sayumi Yamada, Yuko Nakane, Takao Sakata, Hidehiro Yasuda, and Takashi Jin | OA
Cross Disciplinary
- Planar Ohmic Contacts to Al45Ga0.55N/Al0.3Ga0.7N High Electron Mobility Transistors | B. A. Klein, A. G. Baca, A. M. Armstrong, A. A. Allerman, C. A. Sanchez, E. A. Douglas, M. H. Crawford, M. A. Miller, P. G. Kotula, T. R. Fortune, and V. M. Abate | OA
- Two-Dimensional Electron Gas as a Basis for Low-Loss Hyperbolic Metamaterials | M. A. Mastro | OA
- High Voltage GaN Lateral Photoconductive Semiconductor Switches | Andrew D. Koehler, Travis J. Anderson, Ani Khachatrian, Anindya Nath, Marko J. Tadjer, Stephen P. Buchner, Karl D. Hobart, and Fritz J. Kub | OA
- Device Characteristics of AlGaN/GaN HEMTs with p-GaN Cap Layer | Chih-Hao Li, Yan-Cheng Jiang, Hsin-Chang Tsai, Yi-Nan Zhong, and Yue-ming Hsin | OA
- Review—Recent Advancement in Charge- and Photo-Assisted Non-Contact Electrical Characterization of SiC, GaN, and AlGaN/GaN HEMT | Marshall Wilson, Andrew Findlay, Alexandre Savtchouk, John D’Amico, Robert Hillard, Fumimasa Horikiri, and Jacek Lagowski | OA
