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 third quarter of 2018 (July through September) are listed below.
Highlights are based on articles published since January 1, 2016.
ALL of the articles listed below 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
- 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
- Reduced Graphene Oxide-NiO/Ni Nanomembranes as Oxygen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalysts | Daoyuan Wang, Fumiya Watanabe, and Wei Zhao
- 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
- Investigation of the Electrical Properties of Polymer/Carbon Composites Exposed to Joule Heating and Heat Treatment | Reza Taherian and Mohammad Matboo Ghorbani
Dielectric Science and Materials
- 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
- Review—Organic Materials for Thermoelectric Energy Generation | Lewis M. Cowen, Jonathan Atoyo, Matthew J. Carnie, Derya Baran, and Bob C. Schroeder
- Review—Towards the Next Generation of Thermoelectric Materials: Tailoring Electronic and Phononic Properties of Nanomaterials | Olga Caballero-Calero and Roberto D’Agosta
- Effect of Bridging and Terminal Alkyl Groups on Structural and Mechanical Properties of Porous Organosilicate Films | R. Nenashev, Yingjie Wang, Chunhui Liu, N. Kotova, K. Vorotilov, Jing Zhang, Shuhua Wei, D. Seregin, A. Vishnevskiy, Jihperng (Jim) Leu, and M. R. Baklanov
- Electric and Magnetic Properties of Atomic Layer Deposited ZrO2-HfO2 Thin Films | Kristjan Kalam, Helina Seemen, Mats Mikkor, Peeter Ritslaid, Raivo Stern, Salvador Dueñas, Helena Castán, Aile Tamm, and Kaupo Kukli
Electronic Materials and Processing
- CMP Development for Ru Liner Structures beyond 14nm | Raghuveer R. Patlolla, Koichi Motoyama, Brown Peethala, Theodorus Standaert, Donald Canaperi, and Nicole Saulnier
- 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
- Perspective—Opportunities and Future Directions for Ga2O3 | Michael A. Mastro, Akito Kuramata, Jacob Calkins, Jihyun Kim, Fan Ren, and S. J. Pearton
- Properties of Atomic Layer Deposited Nanolaminates of Zirconium and Cobalt Oxides | Helina Seemen, Mihkel Rähn, Kristjan Kalam, Timo Sajavaara, Salvador Dueñas, Helena Castán, Joosep Link, Raivo Stern, Kaupo Kukli, and Aile Tamm
- Post Cleaning for FEOL CMP with Silica and Ceria Slurries | Wei-Tsu Tseng, Changhong Wu, Tim McCormack, and Ji Chul Yang
Electronic and Photonic Devices and Systems
- Optimization of Nanobelt Field Effect Transistor with a Capacitive Extended Gate for Use as a Biosensor | Chih-Wei Chen, Bak-Sau Yip, Fu-Ming Pan, and Jeng-Tzong Sheu
- Review—Field-Effect Transistor Biosensing: Devices and Clinical Applications | Yu-Cheng Syu, Wei-En Hsu, and Chih-Ting Lin
- Design and Fabrication of a Highly Stable Polymer Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposite Chemiresistive Sensor for Nitrate Ion Detection in Water | Ashwini N. Mallya and Praveen C. Ramamurthy
- 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
- 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
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
- Critical Review—Narrow-Band Nitride Phosphors for Wide Color-Gamut White LED Backlighting | Shuxing Li, Rong-Jun Xie, Takashi Takeda, and Naoto Hirosaki
- Review—Synthesis, Luminescent Properties, and Stabilities of Cesium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals | Yoshiki Iso and Tetsuhiko Isobe
- 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
- 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
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
- Two-Dimensional Electron Gas as a Basis for Low-Loss Hyperbolic Metamaterials | M. A. Mastro
- A Lateral AlGaN/GaN Diode with MIS-Gated Hybrid Anode for Ultra-Low Turn-On and High Breakdown Voltage | Qi Zhou, Yu Shi, Changxu Dong, Liyang Zhu, Dong Wei, Xiaosen Liu, Wanjun Chen, and Bo Zhang
- Simulation of Deep-Level Trap Distributions in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs and Its Influence on Transient Analysis of Drain Current | S. Mukherjee, E. E. Patrick, and M. E. Law
- 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
