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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
57
Citations
10473
World Ranking
2002
National Ranking
67

Materials Science

D-Index
57
Citations
10554
World Ranking
8020
National Ranking
247

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2021 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to semiconductor photonics technologies
  • 2016 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors

Overview

Nelson Tansu is affiliated with the University of Adelaide in Australia and has a research focus spanning materials science, physics and astronomy, and engineering. Their work concentrates on various subfields including electronic, optical and magnetic materials, materials chemistry, condensed matter physics, electrical and electronic engineering, and atomic and molecular physics and optics.

Their research topics include semiconductor devices and materials, particularly GaN-based semiconductor devices, as well as Ga2O3 and related materials. Other topics they have explored are ZnO doping and properties, semiconductor quantum structures and devices, semiconductor materials and devices, plasmonic and surface plasmon research, and graphene research and applications.

Nelson Tansu has published in several frequent venues such as:

  • IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
  • Molecules
  • Applied Physics Letters
  • Journal of Crystal Growth
  • Sensors

Some of Nelson Tansu's recent papers include:

  • A Review on the Development of Tunable Graphene Nanoantennas for Terahertz Optoelectronic and Plasmonic Applications (2020) in Sensors
  • Effect of Nitrogen Doping on the Optical Bandgap and Electrical Conductivity of Nitrogen-Doped Reduced Graphene Oxide (2021) in Molecules
  • Boron-Doped Reduced Graphene Oxide with Tunable Bandgap and Enhanced Surface Plasmon Resonance (2020) in Molecules
  • Functionalized Reduced Graphene Oxide Thin Films for Ultrahigh CO2 Gas Sensing Performance at Room Temperature (2021) in Nanomaterials
  • A Review on Graphene-Based Light Emitting Functional Devices (2020) in Molecules

Frequent collaborators in Nelson Tansu's research include Jonathan J. Wierer, Wei Sun, Justin C. Goodrich, Renbo Song, and Damir Borovac. These coauthors have contributed to multiple joint publications, reflecting ongoing collaborative efforts across their projects.

Nelson Tansu has been recognized by professional organizations for their contributions to the field. In 2021, they were named an IEEE Fellow for contributions to semiconductor photonics technologies. Earlier, in 2016, they were elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.

Best Publications

  • Approaches for high internal quantum efficiency green InGaN light-emitting diodes with large overlap quantum wells

    Hongping Zhao;Guangyu Liu;Jing Zhang;Jonathan D Poplawsky

  • Polarization engineering via staggered InGaN quantum wells for radiative efficiency enhancement of light emitting diodes

    Ronald A. Arif;Yik-Khoon Ee;Nelson Tansu

  • Self-Consistent Analysis of Strain-Compensated InGaN–AlGaN Quantum Wells for Lasers and Light-Emitting Diodes

    Hongping Zhao;R.A. Arif;Yik-Khoon Ee;N. Tansu

  • Current injection efficiency induced efficiency-droop in InGaN quantum well light-emitting diodes

    Hongping Zhao;Guangyu Liu;Ronald A. Arif;Nelson Tansu

  • Light Extraction Efficiency and Radiation Patterns of III-Nitride Light-Emitting Diodes With Colloidal Microlens Arrays With Various Aspect Ratios

    Xiao-Hang Li;Renbo Song;Yik-Khoon Ee;Pisist Kumnorkaew

  • Enhancement of light extraction efficiency of InGaN quantum wells light emitting diodes using SiO2/polystyrene microlens arrays

    Yik-Khoon Ee;Ronald A. Arif;Nelson Tansu;Pisist Kumnorkaew

  • Investigation of the deposition of microsphere monolayers for fabrication of microlens arrays.

    Pisist Kumnorkaew;Yik-Khoon Ee;Nelson Tansu;James F. Gilchrist

  • Analysis of Internal Quantum Efficiency and Current Injection Efficiency in III-Nitride Light-Emitting Diodes

    Hongping Zhao;Guangyu Liu;Jing Zhang;R. A. Arif

  • Analysis of InGaN-delta-InN quantum wells for light-emitting diodes

    Hongping Zhao;Guangyu Liu;Nelson Tansu

  • Low-threshold-current-density 1300-nm dilute-nitride quantum well lasers

    Nelson Tansu;Nicholas J. Kirsch;Luke J. Mawst

  • Effect of crystal-field split-off hole and heavy-hole bands crossover on gain characteristics of high Al-content AlGaN quantum well lasers

    Jing Zhang;Hongping Zhao;Nelson Tansu

  • Improvement in spontaneous emission rates for InGaN quantum wells on ternary InGaN substrate for light-emitting diodes

    Jing Zhang;Nelson Tansu

  • Growths of staggered InGaN quantum wells light-emitting diodes emitting at 520–525 nm employing graded growth-temperature profile

    Hongping Zhao;Guangyu Liu;Xiao-Hang Li;G. S. Huang

  • Light Extraction of Organic Light Emitting Diodes by Defective Hexagonal-Close-Packed Array

    Won Hoe Koo;Wooram Youn;Peifen Zhu;Xiao-Hang Li

  • Metalorganic Vapor Phase Epitaxy of III-Nitride Light-Emitting Diodes on Nanopatterned AGOG Sapphire Substrate by Abbreviated Growth Mode

    Yik-Khoon Ee;J.M. Biser;W. Cao;H.M. Chan

  • III-Nitride Photonics

    Nelson Tansu;Hongping Zhao;Guangyu Liu;Xiao-Hang Li

  • Efficiency-Droop Suppression by Using Large-Bandgap AlGaInN Thin Barrier Layers in InGaN Quantum-Well Light-Emitting Diodes

    Guangyu Liu;Jing Zhang;Chee Keong Tan;N. Tansu

  • Spontaneous Emission and Characteristics of Staggered InGaN Quantum-Well Light-Emitting Diodes

    R.A. Arif;Hongping Zhao;Yik-Khoon Ee;N. Tansu

  • Current injection efficiency of InGaAsN quantum-well lasers

    Nelson Tansu;Luke J. Mawst

  • Large optical gain AlGaN-delta-GaN quantum wells laser active regions in mid- and deep-ultraviolet spectral regimes

    Jing Zhang;Hongping Zhao;Nelson Tansu

Frequent Co-Authors

Hongping Zhao
Hongping Zhao The Ohio State University
Luke J. Mawst
Luke J. Mawst University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jonathan J. Wierer
Jonathan J. Wierer North Carolina State University
Jonathan D. Poplawsky
Jonathan D. Poplawsky Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Helen M. Chan
Helen M. Chan Lehigh University
Jerry R. Meyer
Jerry R. Meyer United States Naval Research Laboratory
Igor Vurgaftman
Igor Vurgaftman United States Naval Research Laboratory
Hao-Chung Kuo
Hao-Chung Kuo National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Jacob B. Khurgin
Jacob B. Khurgin Johns Hopkins University
Thomas F. Kuech
Thomas F. Kuech University of Wisconsin–Madison

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