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Diederik Depla

Diederik Depla

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
46
Citations
9903
World Ranking
11343
National Ranking
132

Diederik Depla publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Diederik Depla sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 269 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Diederik Depla D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Diederik Depla sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Diederik Depla is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and has contributed extensively to research in engineering and materials science. Their work primarily focuses on metal and thin film mechanics, semiconductor materials and devices, as well as related interdisciplinary topics.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Engineering
  • Materials Science

Within these broader areas, Depla has specialized in several subfields such as:

  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Computational Mechanics

Their research topics cover:

  • Metal and Thin Film Mechanics
  • Semiconductor materials and devices
  • Copper Interconnects and Reliability
  • Ion-surface interactions and analysis
  • High-Temperature Coating Behaviors
  • Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
  • High Entropy Alloys Studies

Diederik Depla has published numerous articles, with significant appearances in key scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Surface and Coatings Technology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Vacuum
  • Acta Materialia
  • Applied Surface Science

Their recent publications illustrate the range of their research focus:

  • On the grain size-thickness correlation for thin films (2021) in Acta Materialia
  • Influence of the nitrogen content on the structure and properties of MoNbTaVW high entropy alloy thin films (2020) in Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  • Diazonium chemistry surface treatment of piezoelectric polyhydroxybutyrate scaffolds for enhanced osteoblastic cell growth (2020) in Applied Materials Today
  • Sputter yield measurements to evaluate the target state during reactive magnetron sputtering (2020) in Surface and Coatings Technology
  • Mechanical properties of CoCrCuFeNi multi-principal element alloy thin films on Kapton substrates (2020) in Surface and Coatings Technology

Depla collaborates regularly with a number of researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Josja Van Bever
  • Bogdan V. Parakhonskiy
  • André G. Skirtach
  • Zhaoxia Rao
  • Eric Chason

Best Publications

  • Determination of the V2p XPS binding energies for different vanadium oxidation states (V5+ to V0+)

    Geert Silversmit;Diederik Depla;Hilde Poelman;Guy B. Marin

  • Biaxial alignment in sputter deposited thin films

    S. Mahieu;P. Ghekiere;D. Depla;R. De Gryse

  • Reactive Sputter Deposition

    Diederik Depla;Stijn Mahieu

  • Magnetron sputter deposition: Linking discharge voltage with target properties

    D. Depla;S. Mahieu;R. De Gryse

  • Understanding the discharge voltage behavior during reactive sputtering of oxides

    D. Depla;S. Heirwegh;S. Mahieu;J. Haemers

  • Reactive sputter deposition of TiN layers: modelling the growth by characterization of particle fluxes towards the substrate

    Stijn Mahieu;Diederik Depla

  • Synthesis, crystal structures, and luminescence properties of carboxylate based rare-earth coordination polymers.

    Roel Decadt;Kristof Van Hecke;Diederik Depla;Karen Leus

  • An XPS study on the surface reduction of V2O5(001) induced by Ar+ ion bombardment

    Geert Silversmit;Diederik Depla;Hilde Poelman;Guy B. Marin

  • Discharge voltage measurements during magnetron sputtering

    D. Depla;G. Buyle;J. Haemers;R. De Gryse

  • Target poisoning during reactive magnetron sputtering: Part I: the influence of ion implantation

    D. Depla;R. De Gryse

  • Sputter Deposition Processes

    Diederik Depla;Stijn Mahieu;Joseph Greene

  • High entropy alloy thin films deposited by magnetron sputtering of powder targets

    Bert Braeckman;Francis Boydens;H Hidalgo;P Dutheil

  • Magnetron sputter deposition as visualized by Monte Carlo modeling

    Diederik Depla;Wouter Leroy

  • Tutorial: Hysteresis during the reactive magnetron sputtering process

    Koen Strijckmans;Roeland Schelfhout;Diederik Depla

  • Towards a more complete model for reactive magnetron sputtering

    D Depla;S Heirwegh;S Mahieu;R De Gryse

  • Physico-chemical characterization of nanofiltration membranes.

    Katleen Boussu;Jérémie De Baerdemaeker;Jérémie De Baerdemaeker;Charles Dauwe;Marc Weber

  • A heterogeneous Ru-hydroxyapatite catalyst for mild racemization of alcohols

    Stijn Wuyts;Dirk E. De Vos;Francis Verpoort;Diederik Depla

  • Mechanisms of target poisoning during magnetron sputtering as investigated by real-time in situ analysis and collisional computer simulation

    D Guttler;B Abendroth;R Grotzschel;W Moller

  • Extracting organic contaminants from water using the metal-organic framework CrIII(OH)·{O2C-C6H4-CO2}.

    Michael Maes;Stijn Schouteden;Luc Alaerts;Diederik Depla

  • Target poisoning during reactive magnetron sputtering: Part II: the influence of chemisorption and gettering

    D. Depla;R. De Gryse

  • Monte Carlo simulation of the transport of atoms in DC magnetron sputtering

    S. Mahieu;G. Buyle;D. Depla;S. Heirwegh

  • Determination of the effective electron emission yields of compound materials

    D Depla;X Y Li;S Mahieu;R De Gryse

Frequent Co-Authors

Annemie Bogaerts
Annemie Bogaerts University of Antwerp
Hilde Poelman
Hilde Poelman Ghent University
Dirk Poelman
Dirk Poelman Ghent University
Guy Marin
Guy Marin Ghent University
Oleg I. Lebedev
Oleg I. Lebedev Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
G. Van Tendeloo
G. Van Tendeloo University of Antwerp
Dirk De Vos
Dirk De Vos KU Leuven
Roman A. Surmenev
Roman A. Surmenev Tomsk Polytechnic University
Kim Verbeken
Kim Verbeken Ghent University
Isabel Van Driessche
Isabel Van Driessche Ghent University

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