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  • 2015 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society For pioneering work in thin-film and nanostructured material growth and characterization, leadership service to MRS and the materials community, and for leadership in teaching and mentoring.

Overview

Bruce M. Clemens is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and conducts research primarily in engineering and materials science. Their work spans several subfields including electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, as well as atomic and molecular physics and optics.

The scientist's research topics focus on electrocatalysts for energy conversion, solar cell performance optimization, chalcogenide semiconductor thin films, semiconductor quantum structures and devices, fuel cells and related materials, catalytic processes in materials science, and the application of machine learning in materials science.

Recent publications include:

  • In Situ X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Disentangles the Roles of Copper and Silver in a Bimetallic Catalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction (2020, Chemistry of Materials)
  • Understanding Degradation Mechanisms in SrIrO3 Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts: Chemical and Structural Microscopy at the Nanoscale (2021, Advanced Functional Materials)
  • Pulsed laser ejection of single-crystalline III-V solar cells from GaAs substrates (2023, Cell Reports Physical Science)
  • Pulsed Laser Ejection of Single-Crystalline III-V Solar Cells From GaAs Substrates (2022, arXiv (Cornell University))

Frequent co-authors include Melissa Wette, Michaela Burke Stevens, Ryan C. Davis, Drew Higgins, and Thomas F. Jaramillo.

The scientist's work is published in venues such as Chemistry of Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Cell Reports Physical Science, and arXiv (Cornell University).

Bruce M. Clemens received the Fellow of the Materials Research Society award in 2015 for contributions in thin-film and nanostructured material growth and characterization, along with service to the materials community and leadership in teaching and mentoring.

Best Publications

  • Engineering light absorption in semiconductor nanowire devices

    Linyou Cao;Justin S. White;Joon Shik Park;Jon A. Schuller

  • Crystallite coalescence: A mechanism for intrinsic tensile stresses in thin films

    W. D. Nix;B. M. Clemens

  • Plasmon enhanced solar-to-fuel energy conversion.

    Isabell Thomann;Blaise A. Pinaud;Zhebo Chen;Bruce M. Clemens

  • Investigating the role of grain boundaries in CZTS and CZTSSe thin film solar cells with scanning probe microscopy.

    Joel B. Li;Vardaan Chawla;Bruce M. Clemens

  • Resonant germanium nanoantenna photodetectors.

    Linyou Cao;Joon-Shik Park;Pengyu Fan;Bruce Clemens

  • Structure and strength of multilayers

    B.M. Clemens;H. Kung;S.A. Barnett

  • Solid-state reaction and structure in compositionally modulated zirconium-nickel and titanium-nickel films

    Bruce M. Clemens

  • Hydrogen storage in Pd nanodisks characterized with a novel nanoplasmonic sensing scheme.

    Christoph Langhammer;Igor Zoric;Bengt Herbert Kasemo;Bruce Clemens

  • Understanding Interactions between Manganese Oxide and Gold That Lead to Enhanced Activity for Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation

    Yelena Gorlin;Chia Jung Chung;Jesse D. Benck;Dennis Nordlund

  • Mn3O4 Supported on Glassy Carbon: An Active Non-Precious Metal Catalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

    Yelena Gorlin;Chia-Jung Chung;Dennis Nordlund;Bruce M. Clemens

  • Relationship between interfacial strain and the elastic response of multilayer metal films.

    Bruce M. Clemens;Gary L. Eesley

  • Epitaxial PtFe(001) thin films on MgO(001) with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy

    B. M. Lairson;M. R. Visokay;R. Sinclair;B. M. Clemens

  • Stress Determination in Textured Thin Films Using X-Ray Diffraction

    B.M. Clemens;J.A. Bain

  • Microstructure of ultrathin films of YBa2Cu3O7- delta on MgO.

    S. K. Streiffer;B. M. Lairson;C. B. Eom;B. M. Clemens

  • Epitaxial Pt(001), Pt(110), and Pt(111) films on MgO(001), MgO(110), MgO(111), and Al2O3(0001)

    B. M. Lairson;M. R. Visokay;R. Sinclair;S. Hagstrom

  • A model for dislocation behavior during deformation of Al/Al3Sc (fcc/L12) metallic multilayers

    M.A. Phillips;B.M. Clemens;W.D. Nix

  • Effect of layer-thickness fluctuations on superlattice diffraction.

    B. M. Clemens

  • Amorphous zirconium-nickel films formed by solid state reactions

    B.M. Clemens;W.L. Johnson;R.B. Schwarz

  • Void Nucleation in Passivated Interconnect Lines: Effects of Site Geometries, Interfaces, and Interface Flaws

    R. J. Gleixner;B. M. Clemens;W. D. Nix

  • Generation and detection of picosecond acoustic pulses in thin metal films

    Gary L. Eesley;Bruce M. Clemens;Carolyn A. Paddock

Frequent Co-Authors

William D. Nix
William D. Nix Stanford University
Robert Sinclair
Robert Sinclair Stanford University
James A. Bain
James A. Bain Carnegie Mellon University
Yoshio Nishi
Yoshio Nishi Stanford University
Kyeongjae Cho
Kyeongjae Cho The University of Texas at Dallas
Todd C. Hufnagel
Todd C. Hufnagel Johns Hopkins University
Stacey F. Bent
Stacey F. Bent Stanford University
Shan X. Wang
Shan X. Wang Stanford University
Thomas F. Jaramillo
Thomas F. Jaramillo Stanford University
William L. Johnson
William L. Johnson California Institute of Technology

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