B. E. Weir

4.8k citations

96 papers · 3.6k · 2 hit papers · h-index 30

Impact in

Electrical and Electronic Engineering top 1%
- Semiconductor materials and devices
- Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design
- Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis
- Photonic and Optical Devices
- Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 1%
- Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices
- Semiconductor materials and interfaces

Papers in

Electrical and Electronic Engineering 90
- Semiconductor materials and devices 57
- Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design 35
- Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis 21
- Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies 16
- Photonic and Optical Devices 15
- Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices 12
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 41
- Semiconductor materials and interfaces 26
- Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices 18

Co-authors: P. J. Silvėrman (27 shared papers)Eugene A. Fitzgerald (11 shared papers)A. R. Kortan (4 shared papers)Y. J. Mii (4 shared papers)Y. H. Xie (3 shared papers)Md Ashraful Alam (12 shared papers)D. Monroe (15 shared papers)L. C. Feldman (21 shared papers)
Journals: Applied Physics Letters (16 papers)Journal of Applied Physics (8 papers)Electronics Letters (5 papers)Microelectronic Engineering (4 papers)Journal of Electronic Materials (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany Taiwan

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94 papers receiving 3.4k citations

B. E. Weir's Hit Papers

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Relaxed GexSi1−x structures for III–V integration with Si and high mobility two-dimensional electron gases in Si 1992 · 442 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1992 Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing Measurement and Phenomena
1991 Applied Physics Letters

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1	Totally relaxed GexSi1−x layers with low threading dislocation densities grown on Si substrates Applied Physics Letters ·Eugene A. Fitzgerald, Y. H. Xie, M. L. Green, D. Brasen, A. R. Kortan, Jürgen Michel, Y. J. Mii, B. E. Weir Hit paper breakdown →	1991	568
2	Relaxed GexSi1−x structures for III–V integration with Si and high mobility two-dimensional electron gases in Si Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing Measurement and Phenomena ·Eugene A. Fitzgerald, Ya‐Hong Xie, D. Monroe, P. J. Silvėrman, J. M. Kuo, A. R. Kortan, (unknown), B. E. Weir Hit paper breakdown →	1992	442
3	Extremely high electron mobility in Si/GexSi1−x structures grown by molecular beam epitaxy Applied Physics Letters ·Y. J. Mii, Y. H. Xie, Eugene A. Fitzgerald, Don Monroe, (unknown), B. E. Weir, L. C. Feldman	1991	205
4	Performance of gain-guided surface emitting lasers with semiconductor distributed Bragg reflectors IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics ·G. Hasnain, K. Tai, Long Yang, Y.H. Wang, R. Fischer, J. D. Wynn, B. E. Weir, Niloy K. Dutta, A.Y. Cho	1991	153
5	Ultra-thin gate dielectrics: they break down, but do they fail? B. E. Weir, P. J. Silvėrman, D. Monroe, K.S. Krisch, Muhammad A. Alam, G. B. Alers, T. Sorsch, G. Timp, F.H. Baumann, C.T. Liu, Yubin Ma, D. Hwang	2002	121
6	Precursor ion damage and angular dependence of single event gate rupture in thin oxides IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science ·F.W. Sexton, Daniel M. Fleetwood, M.R. Shaneyfelt, P.E. Dodd, G.L. Hash, L.P. Schanwald, R.A. Loemker, K.S. Krisch, M.L. Green, B. E. Weir, P. J. Silvėrman	1998	112
7	Profiling nitrogen in ultrathin silicon oxynitrides with angle-resolved x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy Journal of Applied Physics ·Jane P. Chang, M. L. Green, Vincent M. Donnelly, R. L. Opila, Joseph Eng, J. Sapjeta, P. J. Silvėrman, B. E. Weir, Hongcheng Lu, T. Gustafsson, Eric Garfunkel	2000	111
8	Absorption and luminescence studies of free-standing porous silicon films Physical review. B, Condensed matter ·Ya Xie, Mark S. Hybertsen, William L. Wilson, S. A. Ipri, Gary E. Carver, W. L. Brown, Edwin Dons, B. E. Weir, A. R. Kortan, G. P. Watson, Adam J. Liddle	1994	95
9	A study of soft and hard breakdown - Part I: Analysis of statistical percolation conductance IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices ·Md Ashraful Alam, B. E. Weir, P. J. Silvėrman	2002	77
10	Gate oxide reliability projection to the sub-2 nm regime Semiconductor Science and Technology ·B. E. Weir, Md Ashraful Alam, J. Bude, P. J. Silvėrman, A. Ghetti, F.H. Baumann, P.W. Diodato, D. Monroe, T. Sorsch, G. Timp, Y. Ma, M.M. Brown, Abdullah Hamad, D. Hwang, Philip E. Mason	2000	66
11	Explanation of stress-induced damage in thin oxides D.J. Bude, B. E. Weir, P. J. Silvėrman	2002	63
12	Influence of surface reconstruction on the orientation of homoepitaxial silicon films Physical Review Letters ·Randall L. Headrick, B. E. Weir, J. Bevk, B. S. Freer, D. J. Eaglesham, L. C. Feldman	1990	60
13	90% coupling of top surface emitting GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well laser output into 8 µm diameter core silica fibre Electronics Letters ·K. Tai, G. Hasnain, J. D. Wynn, R. Fischer, Y.H. Wang, B. E. Weir, John Gamelin, A. Y. Cho	1990	58
14	Uncorrelated breakdown of integrated circuits Nature ·Md Ashraful Alam, R.K. Smith, B. E. Weir, P. J. Silvėrman	2002	56
15	Understanding the limits of ultrathin SiO2 and SiON gate dielectrics for sub-50 nm CMOS Microelectronic Engineering ·M. L. Green, T. Sorsch, G. Timp, David A. Muller, B. E. Weir, P. J. Silvėrman, S. Moccio, Y. O. Kim	1999	56
16	A study of soft and hard breakdown - Part II: Principles of area, thickness, and voltage scaling IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices ·Md Ashraful Alam, B. E. Weir, P. J. Silvėrman	2002	56
17	MBE growth and properties of Fe3(Al,Si) on GaAs(100) Journal of Crystal Growth ·M. Hong, H. S. Chen, J. Kwo, A. R. Kortan, J. P. Mannáerts, B. E. Weir, L. C. Feldman	1991	50
18	Mechanically and thermally stable Si-Ge films and heterojunction bipolar transistors grown by rapid thermal chemical vapor deposition at 900 °C Journal of Applied Physics ·M. L. Green, B. E. Weir, D. Brasen, Y. F. Hsieh, G. S. Higashi, A. Feygenson, L. C. Feldman, Randall L. Headrick	1991	49
19	Low-temperature homoepitaxy on Si(111) Applied Physics Letters ·B. E. Weir, B. S. Freer, Randall L. Headrick, D. J. Eaglesham, George H. Gilmer, J. Bevk, L. C. Feldman	1991	46
20	Statistically independent soft breakdowns redefine oxide reliability specifications Md Ashraful Alam, R.K. Smith, B. E. Weir, P. J. Silvėrman	2003	45

About B. E. Weir

B. E. Weir is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Surfaces, Coatings and Films, having authored 96 papers that have together received 3.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Semiconductor materials and devices (57 papers), Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design (35 papers), Semiconductor materials and interfaces (26 papers), Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis (21 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (18 papers), Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (16 papers), Photonic and Optical Devices (15 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (3.1k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (1.6k citations), Materials Chemistry (779 citations), Surfaces, Coatings and Films (100 citations) and Structural Biology (20 citations). B. E. Weir has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Taiwan. Frequent co-authors include P. J. Silvėrman, Eugene A. Fitzgerald, A. R. Kortan, Y. J. Mii, Y. H. Xie, Md Ashraful Alam, D. Monroe, L. C. Feldman, D. Brasen and Jürgen Michel. Their work appears in journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, Electronics Letters, Microelectronic Engineering and Journal of Electronic Materials.

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