2026 Patrick R. Briddon: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	73	3858	3733	158	148	510	18905

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Materials Science

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Overview

Patrick R. Briddon is affiliated with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom and specializes in materials science and engineering. Their work primarily focuses on the chemistry and properties of diamond and carbon-based materials, as well as semiconductor devices, oxide electronic structures, and thin film mechanics.

The scientist's research covers several main fields of study, including:

Materials Science
Engineering

Within these broader fields, their subfields of expertise include:

Materials Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Mechanics of Materials
Biomedical Engineering

The central topics addressed in their research span:

Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
Semiconductor materials and devices
Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
Graphene research and applications
Metal and Thin Film Mechanics
ZnO doping and properties

Patrick R. Briddon's recent publications illustrate a focus on diamond defects, surface chemistry, and semiconductor surfaces. Significant papers include:

"Doubly charged silicon vacancy center, Si-N complexes, and photochromism in N and Si codoped diamond," 2020, Physical Review B
"Structure and electron affinity of the 4H-SiC (0001) surfaces: a methodological approach for polar systems," 2021, Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
"A computational study of nanodiamond surface radicals and nitrogen-vacancy charge fluctuations," 2020, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
"Density functional theory study of Al, Ga and in impurities in diamond," 2024, Diamond and Related Materials
"Density functional investigation of boron incorporation in silicon-vacancy complexes," 2020, Diamond and Related Materials

The venues where their work has frequently appeared include:

Diamond and Related Materials
Physical Review B
Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
Applied Surface Science

Patrick collaborates regularly with several co-authors across multiple publications, including:

M. J. Rayson
Jonathan P. Goss
Claire J. Meara
J. P. Goss
J.M.A. Beattie

Best Publications

Structure and energetics of the vacancy in graphite

AA El-Barbary;RH Telling;CP Ewels;CP Ewels;MI Heggie

687
Citations
Plasmon spectroscopy of free-standing graphene films

T. Eberlein;U. Bangert;R. R. Nair;R. Jones

609
Citations
Electric-field control of magnetic order above room temperature

R. O. Cherifi;V. Ivanovskaya;L. C. Phillips;A. Zobelli

588
Citations
Electronic structure of InAs/GaAs self-assembled quantum dots.

M. A. Cusack;P. R. Briddon;M. Jaros

515
Citations
Theory of Li in ZnO: A limitation for Li-based p-type doping

MG Wardle;JP Goss;PR Briddon

429
Citations
The Twelve-Line 1.682 eV Luminescence Center in Diamond and the Vacancy-Silicon Complex

J P Goss;R Jones;S J Breuer;P R Briddon

416
Citations
Theory of Threading Edge and Screw Dislocations in GaN

J. Elsner;R. Jones;P. K. Sitch;V. D. Porezag

399
Citations
DEEP ACCEPTORS TRAPPED AT THREADING-EDGE DISLOCATIONS IN GAN

J Elsner;J Elsner;R Jones;M I Heggie;P K Sitch

389
Citations
Structure, electronics, and interaction of hydrogen and oxygen on diamond surfaces

S. J. Sque;R. Jones;P. R. Briddon

327
Citations
Oxygen and dioxygen centers in Si and Ge: Density-functional calculations

J Coutinho;R Jones;P R Briddon;Sven Öberg

277
Citations
First-principles study of the diffusion of hydrogen in ZnO.

M. G. Wardle;J. P. Goss;P. R. Briddon

269
Citations
Strained graphene: tight-binding and density functional calculations

R M Ribeiro;Vitor M Pereira;N M R Peres;P R Briddon

233
Citations
Theory of hydrogen in diamond

J.P. Goss;R. Jones;M.I. Heggie;C.P. Ewels

214
Citations
Vacancy-impurity complexes and limitations for implantation doping of diamond

J. P. Goss;P. R. Briddon;Mark Rayson;S. J. Sque

209
Citations
Stacking faults in 3C-, 4H-, and 6H-SiC polytypes investigated by an ab initio supercell method

Ulf Lindefelt;Ulf Lindefelt;Hisaomi Iwata;Hisaomi Iwata;Sven Öberg;Patrick R. Briddon

202
Citations
Ab initio investigation of the native defects in diamond and self-diffusion

S. J. Breuer;P. R. Briddon

198
Citations
Autocatalysis During Fullerene Growth

B. R. Eggen;M. I. Heggie;G. Jungnickel;C. D. Latham

198
Citations
Adatoms and nanoengineering of carbon

C.P Ewels;M.I Heggie;P.R Briddon

196
Citations
Metastable Frenkel pair defect in graphite: source of Wigner energy?

CP Ewels;RH Telling;AA El-Barbary;MI Heggie

191
Citations
Donor and acceptor states in diamond

J.P. Goss;P.R. Briddon;R. Jones;S. Sque

190
Citations
Native Point Defects in ZnO

A. M. Gsiea;J. P. Goss;P. R. Briddon;Ramadan. M. Al-habashi

7
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