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D-Index
87
Citations
18355
World Ranking
2007
National Ranking
601

Nitin K. Ingle 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 Nitin K. Ingle sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 153 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nitin K. Ingle 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 Nitin K. Ingle sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 87 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Organic chemistry
  • Oxygen
  • Hydrogen

Nitin K. Ingle mainly focuses on Silicon oxide, Silicon, Substrate, Remote plasma and Etching. His Silicon oxide study combines topics in areas such as Optoelectronics, Silicon nitride and Trench. His Silicon study incorporates themes from Chemical vapor deposition, Dielectric, Environmental chemistry, Carbon and Dry etching.

Layer and Composite material are inextricably linked to his Substrate research. Nitin K. Ingle combines subjects such as Selectivity, Titanium nitride, Plasma etching and Nitrogen with his study of Remote plasma. His Etching research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Oxide and Fluorine.

His most cited work include:

  • Chemical vapor deposition of high quality flow-like silicon dioxide using a silicon containing precursor and atomic oxygen (371 citations)
  • Gas distribution showerhead (243 citations)
  • Doping of dielectric layers (241 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary scientific interests are in Substrate, Silicon oxide, Etching, Remote plasma and Silicon. His Substrate research focuses on Chemical vapor deposition and how it relates to Polysilazane. His Silicon oxide research integrates issues from Oxide, Inorganic chemistry, Etch pit density, Annealing and Oxide thin-film transistor.

The study incorporates disciplines such as Optoelectronics and Silicon nitride in addition to Etching. His Remote plasma research includes elements of Substrate, Titanium nitride, Semiconductor, Analytical chemistry and Selectivity. His research integrates issues of Environmental chemistry, Dielectric and Nitrogen in his study of Silicon.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Substrate (40.59%)
  • Silicon oxide (38.82%)
  • Etching (38.24%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2020)?

  • Etching (38.24%)
  • Semiconductor (11.18%)
  • Optoelectronics (29.41%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Nitin K. Ingle mostly deals with Etching, Semiconductor, Optoelectronics, Substrate and Remote plasma. His study in Etching is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Inorganic chemistry, Silicon and Material removal. His Semiconductor research incorporates themes from Gas plasma and Trench.

His studies in Optoelectronics integrate themes in fields like Layer, Substrate and Silicon oxide. His Silicon oxide research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Silicon nitride and Line. His studies deal with areas such as Stacking and Adapter as well as Remote plasma.

Between 2015 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • High aspect ratio 3-d flash memory device (56 citations)
  • Saving ion-damaged spacers (55 citations)
  • SiN spacer profile patterning (52 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Organic chemistry
  • Oxygen
  • Semiconductor

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Semiconductor, Remote plasma, Etching, Optoelectronics and Substrate. His work carried out in the field of Semiconductor brings together such families of science as Inert and Trench. His work deals with themes such as Inorganic chemistry and Silicon, which intersect with Etching.

Nitin K. Ingle combines topics linked to Silicon oxide with his work on Optoelectronics. He carries out multidisciplinary research, doing studies in Silicon oxide and NAND gate. He has researched Silicon nitride in several fields, including Titanium nitride and Tungsten.

Best Publications

  • Chemical vapor deposition of high quality flow-like silicon dioxide using a silicon containing precursor and atomic oxygen

    Nitin K. Ingle;Zheng Yuan;Paul Gee;Kedar Sapre

  • Doping of dielectric layers

    Brian S. Underwood;Nitin K. Ingle;Abhijit Basu Mallick

  • Gas distribution showerhead

    Karthik Janakiraman;Nitin K. Ingle;Zheng Yuan;Steven E. Gianoulakis

  • Gap-fill depositions introducing hydroxyl-containing precursors in the formation of silicon containing dielectric materials

    Nitin K. Ingle;Shan Wong;Xinyun Xia;Vikash Banthia

  • Methods of thin film process

    Nitin K. Ingle;Jing Tang;Yi Zheng;Zheng Yuan

  • Formation of silicon oxide using non-carbon flowable cvd processes

    Jingmei Liang;Nitin K. Ingle;Shankar Venkataraman

  • Wet oxidation process performed on a dielectric material formed from a flowable cvd process

    Linlin Wang;Abhijit Basu Mallick;Nitin K. Ingle

  • Dry-etch for silicon-and-nitrogen-containing films

    Yunyu Wang;Anchuan Wang;Jingchun Zhang;Nitin K. Ingle

  • Flowable silicon-carbon-nitrogen layers for semiconductor processing

    Abhijit Basu Mallick;Nitin K. Ingle;Linlin Wang;Brian S. Underwood

  • Selective suppression of dry-etch rate of materials containing both silicon and nitrogen

    Yunyu Wang;Anchuan Wang;Jingchun Zhang;Nitin K. Ingle

  • Stress management for tensile films

    Jingmei Liang;Anjana M. Patel;Nitin K. Ingle;Shankar Venkataraman

  • Selective etch of silicon by way of metastable hydrogen termination

    Anchuan Wang;Jingchun Zhang;Nitin K. Ingle;Young S. Lee

  • Post-planarization densification

    Jingmei Liang;Nitin K. Ingle;Shankar Venkataraman

  • Selective etch for silicon films

    Jingchun Zhang;Anchuan Wang;Nitin K. Ingle

  • Treatments for decreasing etch rates after flowable deposition of silicon-carbon-and-nitrogen-containing layers

    Brian S. Underwood;Linlin Wang;Sanjay Kamath;Abhijit Basu Mallick

  • Remote plasma burn-in

    Jingmei Liang;Lili Ji;Nitin K. Ingle

  • Flowable silicon-and-carbon-containing layers for semiconductor processing

    Abhijit Basu Mallick;Nitin K. Ingle

  • Invertable pattern loading with dry etch

    Jing Tang;Nitin Ingle;Dongqing Yang;Shankar Venkataraman

  • Dry-etch for silicon-and-carbon-containing films

    Jingchun Zhang;Anchuan Wang;Nitin K. Ingle;Yunyu Wang

  • Uniform dry etch in two stages

    Dongqing Yang;Jing Tang;Nitin Ingle

Frequent Co-Authors

Dmitry Lubomirsky
Dmitry Lubomirsky Applied Materials (United States)
Mei Chang
Mei Chang Applied Materials (United States)
Ellie Yieh
Ellie Yieh Applied Materials (United States)
Srinivas D. Nemani
Srinivas D. Nemani Applied Materials (United States)
Timothy W. Weidman
Timothy W. Weidman Applied Materials (United States)
Saurabh Lodha
Saurabh Lodha Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

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