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Citations
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285
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2011 - David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics, American Physical Society
  • 2011 - David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics
  • 2011 - SPIE Fellow
  • 2009 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society
  • 2005 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For development of advanced semiconductor processing techniques and understanding of the role of defects and impurities on compound semiconductor devices
  • 2001 - IEEE Fellow For development of advanced semiconductor processing techniques and their application to compound semiconductor devices.

Overview

Stephen J. Pearton is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research is primarily concentrated within the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with substantial contributions to subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Condensed Matter Physics.

The scientist's work covers topics including Ga2O3 and related materials, ZnO doping and properties, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Semiconductor materials and devices, GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials, Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides, and Radiation Effects in Electronics.

Frequent publication venues for the scientist include:

  • ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology
  • Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films
  • Journal of Applied Physics
  • Applied Physics Letters
  • Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Nanotechnology and Microelectronics Materials Processing Measurement and Phenomena

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Stephen J. Pearton are:

  • Artificial Neuron and Synapse Devices Based on 2D Materials, 2021, Small
  • Review-Radiation Damage in Wide and Ultra-Wide Bandgap Semiconductors, 2021, ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology
  • Deep level defect states in β-, α-, and ɛ-Ga2O3 crystals and films: Impact on device performance, 2022, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films
  • Demonstration of 4.7 kV breakdown voltage in NiO/β-Ga2O3 vertical rectifiers, 2022, Applied Physics Letters
  • Diffusion of dopants and impurities in β-Ga2O3, 2021, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films

Frequent co-authors with whom Stephen J. Pearton has collaborated include:

  • F. Ren
  • Jian-Sian Li
  • A. Y. Polyakov
  • Chao-Ching Chiang
  • Aman Haque

The scientist has received several awards and honors throughout their career. These include recognition as a SPIE Fellow in 2011 and the David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics awarded in 2011 by the American Physical Society. Stephen J. Pearton was also named a Fellow of the Materials Research Society in 2009, a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2005 with a citation noting development of advanced semiconductor processing techniques and understanding defects and impurities on compound semiconductor devices, and an IEEE Fellow in 2001 recognized for similar contributions in semiconductor processing techniques applied to compound semiconductor devices.

Best Publications

  • The Blue Laser Diode: The Complete Story

    Shuji Nakamura;Stephen Pearton;Gerhard Fasol

  • Recent progress in processing and properties of ZnO

    S.J. Pearton;D.P. Norton;K. Ip;Y.W. Heo

  • A review of Ga2O3 materials, processing, and devices

    S. J. Pearton;Jiancheng Yang;Patrick H. Cary;F. Ren

  • GAN : PROCESSING, DEFECTS, AND DEVICES

    S. J. Pearton;J. C. Zolper;R. J. Shul;F. Ren

  • Whispering-gallery mode microdisk lasers

    S. L. McCall;A. F. J. Levi;R. E. Slusher;S. J. Pearton

  • Zinc oxide bulk, thin films and nanostructures : processing, properties and applications

    C. Jagadish;S. J. Pearton

  • Wide band gap ferromagnetic semiconductors and oxides

    S. J. Pearton;C. R. Abernathy;M. E. Overberg;G. T. Thaler

  • Hydrogen in crystalline semiconductors

    S. J. Pearton;J. W. Corbett;T. S. Shi

  • Recent advances in processing of ZnO

    S. J. Pearton;D. P. Norton;K. Ip;Y. W. Heo

  • ZnO: growth, doping & processing

    David P. Norton;Y. W. Heo;M. Ivill;K. Ip

  • ZnO nanowire growth and devices

    Y.W. Heo;D.P. Norton;L.C. Tien;Y. Kwon

  • Dilute magnetic semiconducting oxides

    S J Pearton;W H Heo;M Ivill;D P Norton

  • Hydrogen-selective sensing at room temperature with ZnO nanorods

    H. T. Wang;B. S. Kang;F. Ren;L. C. Tien

  • Optically detected carrier confinement to one and zero dimension in GaAs quantum well wires and boxes

    J. Cibert;P. M. Petroff;G. J. Dolan;S. J. Pearton

  • Single-electron capacitance spectroscopy of discrete quantum levels.

    R. C. Ashoori;H. L. Stormer;J. S. Weiner;L. N. Pfeiffer

  • Fabrication and performance of GaN electronic devices

    S.J. Pearton;F. Ren;A.P. Zhang;K.P. Lee

  • Hydrogen interactions with defects in crystalline solids

    S. M. Myers;M. I. Baskes;H. K. Birnbaum;J. W. Corbett

  • Perspective: Ga2O3 for ultra-high power rectifiers and MOSFETS

    Stephen J. Pearton;Fan Ren;Marko Tadjer;Jihyun Kim

  • Advances in wide bandgap materials for semiconductor spintronics

    S.J. Pearton;C.R. Abernathy;D.P. Norton;A.F. Hebard

  • Ferromagnetism in Mn-implanted ZnO:Sn single crystals

    D. P. Norton;S. J. Pearton;A. F. Hebard;N. Theodoropoulou

Frequent Co-Authors

Fan Ren
Fan Ren University of Florida
C. R. Abernathy
C. R. Abernathy University of Florida
David P. Norton
David P. Norton University of Florida
Brent P. Gila
Brent P. Gila University of Florida
Ji Hyun Kim
Ji Hyun Kim Seoul National University
R. G. Wilson
R. G. Wilson General Motors (United States)
A. Y. Polyakov
A. Y. Polyakov National University of Science and Technology
Young-Woo Heo
Young-Woo Heo Kyungpook National University
J. M. Zavada
J. M. Zavada New York University
Andrei Osinsky
Andrei Osinsky Corning (United States)

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