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2022

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Materials Science

D-Index
78
Citations
35443
World Ranking
2902
National Ranking
122

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2011 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1996 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)
  • 1991 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Colin J. Humphreys is affiliated with Queen Mary University of London in the United Kingdom and works primarily in the fields of engineering and materials science. Their research spans subfields such as materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, and condensed matter physics.

The scientist has contributed notably to research topics including:

  • Graphene research and applications
  • Carbon nanotubes in composites
  • Semiconductor materials and devices
  • Advancements in battery materials
  • GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials
  • Perovskite materials and applications
  • Quantum dots synthesis and properties

Recent publication venues for Colin J. Humphreys include Physical Review B, Advanced Optical Materials, Applied Physics Reviews, ACS Nano, and Scientific Reports. Their frequent co-authors include Oliver Fenwick, Yiwei Sun, D. J. Dunstan, Ivor Guiney, and David Holec.

Selected recent papers exemplify the scope of their work:

  • Mechanical properties of graphene, 2021, Applied Physics Reviews
  • Solution-Processed Epitaxial Growth of Arbitrary Surface Nanopatterns on Hybrid Perovskite Monocrystalline Thin Films, 2020, ACS Nano
  • Wafer-Scale Graphene Anodes Replace Indium Tin Oxide in Organic Light-Emitting Diodes, 2021, Advanced Optical Materials
  • Unexpected softness of bilayer graphene and softening of A-A stacked graphene layers, 2020, Physical Review B
  • Nanomechanics of graphene oxide-bacteriophage based self-assembled porous composites, 2020, Scientific Reports

Colin J. Humphreys has been recognized with several distinctions, including election as a Fellow of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom in 2011 and as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) in 1996. They have also been a member of Academia Europaea since 1991.

Best Publications

  • Electron-energy-loss spectra and the structural stability of nickel oxide: An LSDA+U study

    S. L. Dudarev;G. A. Botton;S. Y. Savrasov;C. J. Humphreys

  • Solid-State Lighting

    Colin J. Humphreys

  • Prospects of III-nitride optoelectronics grown on Si.

    D Zhu;D J Wallis;C J Humphreys

  • Electron-beam-induced strain within InGaN quantum wells: False indium “cluster” detection in the transmission electron microscope

    T. M. Smeeton;M. J. Kappers;J. S. Barnard;M. E. Vickers

  • The scattering of fast electrons by crystals

    C J Humphreys

  • Absorption parameters in electron diffraction theory

    C. J. Humphreys;P. B. Hirsch

  • Optical and microstructural studies of InGaN∕GaN single-quantum-well structures

    D. M. Graham;A. Soltani-Vala;P. Dawson;M. J. Godfrey

  • Critical thickness calculations for InGaN/GaN

    D. Holec;Pedro Da Costa;M. J. Kappers;C. J. Humphreys

  • Luminescence from erbium-doped silicon nanocrystals in silica: Excitation mechanisms

    A. J. Kenyon;C. E. Chryssou;C. W. Pitt;T. Shimizu-Iwayama

  • Three-dimensional atom probe studies of an InxGa1−xN∕GaN multiple quantum well structure: Assessment of possible indium clustering

    Mark J. Galtrey;Rachel A. Oliver;Menno J. Kappers;Colin J. Humphreys

  • Machine Learning Predicts Laboratory Earthquakes

    Bertrand Rouet‐LeDuc;Bertrand Rouet‐LeDuc;Claudia L. Hulbert;Nicholas Lubbers;Nicholas Lubbers;Kipton M. Barros

  • Correlation of contact resistance with microstructure for Au/Ni/Al/Ti/AlGaN/GaN ohmic contacts using transmission electron microscopy

    Alex N Bright;Paul J Thomas;Matthew Weyland;Dave M Tricker

  • Carrier localization mechanisms in InxGa1?xN/GaN quantum wells

    D. Watson-Parris;M. J. Godfrey;P. Dawson;R. A. Oliver

  • Dislocation nucleation near the critical thickness in GeSi/Si strained layers

    D. J. Eaglesham;E. P. Kvam;D. M. Maher;C. J. Humphreys

  • Chemical mapping and formation of V-defects in InGaN multiple quantum wells

    Nikhil Sharma;Paul Thomas;David Tricker;Colin Humphreys

  • Dopant profiling with the scanning electron microscope—A study of Si

    S. L. Elliott;R. F. Broom;C. J. Humphreys

  • Understanding x-ray diffraction of nonpolar gallium nitride films

    M. A. Moram;C. F. Johnston;J. L. Hollander;M. J. Kappers

  • InGaN quantum dots grown by metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy employing a post-growth nitrogen anneal

    Rachel A. Oliver;G. Andrew D. Briggs;Menno J. Kappers;Colin J. Humphreys

  • A dynamical theory for the contrast of perfect and imperfect crystals in the scanning electron microscope using backscattered electrons

    J. P. Spencer;C. J. Humphreys;P. B. Hirsch

  • Carrier leakage in InGaN quantum well light-emitting diodes emitting at 480 nm

    Iestyn Pope;Peter Michael Smowton;Peter Blood;John Duncan Thomson

  • Mechanical properties of graphene

    Y Sun;D Papageorgiou;C Humphreys;D Dunstan

Frequent Co-Authors

Menno J. Kappers
Menno J. Kappers University of Cambridge
Rachel A. Oliver
Rachel A. Oliver University of Cambridge
Paul D. Brown
Paul D. Brown Mayo Clinic
Robert A. Taylor
Robert A. Taylor University of New South Wales
Gianluigi A. Botton
Gianluigi A. Botton McMaster University
Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski
Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski Forschungszentrum Jülich
Enrico Zanoni
Enrico Zanoni University of Padua
Matteo Meneghini
Matteo Meneghini University of Padua
Martin D. Dawson
Martin D. Dawson University of Strathclyde
Gaudenzio Meneghesso
Gaudenzio Meneghesso University of Padua

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