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William D. Nix

Active 1965–2016

60
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40,783
Citations
60
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Citations

Citations per year for William D. Nix1968: 1 citations1969: 2 citations1970: 2 citations1971: 2 citations1972: 3 citations1974: 2 citations1976: 4 citations1977: 2 citations1981: 1 citations1982: 1 citations1983: 1 citations1984: 2 citations1986: 5 citations1987: 2 citations1988: 15 citations1989: 7 citations1990: 12 citations1991: 2 citations1992: 28 citations1993: 18 citations1994: 14 citations1995: 12 citations1996: 20 citations1997: 23 citations1998: 37 citations1999: 65 citations2000: 63 citations2001: 46 citations2002: 80 citations2003: 81 citations2004: 79 citations2005: 92 citations2006: 125 citations2007: 73 citations2008: 113 citations2009: 109 citations2010: 91 citations2011: 77 citations2012: 92 citations2013: 120 citations2014: 107 citations2015: 113 citations2016: 109 citations2017: 108 citations2018: 89 citations2019: 102 citations2020: 81 citations2021: 66 citations2022: 57 citations2023: 42 citations2024: 32 citations2025: 14 citations2026: 2 citations1973: no citations, so this year is not shown1975: no citations, so this year is not shown1978–1980: no citations, so these years are not shown1985: no citations, so this year is not shown

Citation sources

Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 845 citing papers, 38.9% of this breakdownChina: 312 citing papers, 14.3% of this breakdownGermany: 140 citing papers, 6.4% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 119 citing papers, 5.5% of this breakdownSouth Korea: 82 citing papers, 3.8% of this breakdownFrance: 51 citing papers, 2.3% of this breakdownAustralia: 49 citing papers, 2.3% of this breakdownJapan: 47 citing papers, 2.2% of this breakdownCanada: 42 citing papers, 1.9% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 42 citing papers, 1.9% of this breakdownItaly: 36 citing papers, 1.7% of this breakdownSingapore: 35 citing papers, 1.6% of this breakdown
0%38.9%Other 17.2%

Institutions

Fields

  • Engineering61.5%
  • Materials Science23.8%
  • Physics and Astronomy3.2%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.9%
  • Medicine1.9%
  • Dentistry1.9%
  • Other5.8%

Topics

  • Metal and Thin Film Mechanics8.2%
  • Advancements in Battery Materials6.6%
  • Microstructure and mechanical properties5.7%
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies4.4%
  • Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications3.1%
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication2.9%
  • Other69.1%

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  1. What is the Young's Modulus of Silicon?

    Authors: Matthew A. Hopcroft, William D. Nix, Thomas W. Kenny - Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems 2010 cited by 2,046

  2. Indentation size effects in crystalline materials: A law for strain gradient plasticity

    Authors: William D. Nix, Huajian Gao - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 1998 cited by 4,331

  3. Size dependence of mechanical properties of gold at the micron scale in the absence of strain gradients

    Authors: Julia R. Greer, W. C. Oliver, William D. Nix - Acta Materialia 2005 cited by 1,498

  4. Effects of the substrate on the determination of thin film mechanical properties by nanoindentation

    Authors: Ranjana Saha, William D. Nix - Acta Materialia 2002 cited by 1,546

  5. Mechanism-based strain gradient plasticity— I. Theory

    Authors: Huajian Gao, Y. Huang, William D. Nix, John W. Hutchinson - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 1999 cited by 2,226

  6. Size-dependent fracture of Si nanowire battery anodes

    Authors: Ill Ryu, Jang Wook Choi, Yi Cui, William D. Nix - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 2011 cited by 421

  7. A method for interpreting the data from depth-sensing indentation instruments

    Authors: M. Doerner, William D. Nix - Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources 1986 cited by 2,815

  8. Sample Dimensions Influence Strength and Crystal Plasticity

    Authors: Michael D. Uchic, Dennis M. Dimiduk, J.N. Florando, William D. Nix - Science 2004 cited by 2,315

  9. Interconnected Silicon Hollow Nanospheres for Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes with Long Cycle Life

    Authors: Yan Yao, Matthew T. McDowell, Ill Ryu, Hui Wu, Nian Liu, Liangbing Hu, William D. Nix, Yi Cui - Nano Letters 2011 cited by 1,443

  10. Nanoscale gold pillars strengthened through dislocation starvation

    Authors: Julia R. Greer, William D. Nix - Physical Review B 2006 cited by 920

  11. A new bulge test technique for the determination of Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio of thin films

    Authors: Joost J. Vlassak, William D. Nix - Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources 1992 cited by 698

  12. Studying the Kinetics of Crystalline Silicon Nanoparticle Lithiation with In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy

    Authors: Matthew T. McDowell, Ill Ryu, Seok Woo Lee, Chongmin Wang, William D. Nix, Yi Cui - Advanced Materials 2012 cited by 623

  13. Analysis of elastic and plastic deformation associated with indentation testing of thin films on substrates

    Authors: A. Bhattacharya, William D. Nix - International Journal of Solids and Structures 1988 cited by 538

  14. A micro-indentation study of superplasticity in Pb, Sn, and Sn-38 wt% Pb

    Authors: Merrilea J. Mayo, William D. Nix - Acta Metallurgica 1988 cited by 439

  15. Finite element simulation of indentation experiments

    Authors: A. Bhattacharya, William D. Nix - International Journal of Solids and Structures 1988 cited by 345

  16. Analysis of the accuracy of the bulge test in determining the mechanical properties of thin films

    Authors: Martha Small, William D. Nix - Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources 1992 cited by 292

  17. Mechanism-based strain gradient crystal plasticity—I. Theory

    Authors: Chung‐Souk Han, Huajian Gao, Yonggang Huang, William D. Nix - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 2004 cited by 283

  18. Formation of chiral branched nanowires by the Eshelby Twist

    Authors: Jia Zhu, Hailin Peng, A. F. Marshall, D. M. Barnett, William D. Nix, Yi Cui - Nature Nanotechnology 2008 cited by 247

  19. Two-dimensional thermal oxidation of silicon—I. Experiments

    Authors: Dah-Bin Kao, J.P. McVittie, William D. Nix, Krishna C. Saraswat - IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices 1987 cited by 207

  20. Mechanical properties of thin films

    Authors: William D. Nix - Metallurgical Transactions A 1989 cited by 2,532

  21. 25th Anniversary Article: Understanding the Lithiation of Silicon and Other Alloying Anodes for Lithium‐Ion Batteries

    Authors: Matthew T. McDowell, Seok Woo Lee, William D. Nix, Yi Cui - Advanced Materials 2013 cited by 1,630

  22. In Situ TEM of Two-Phase Lithiation of Amorphous Silicon Nanospheres

    Authors: Matthew T. McDowell, Seok Woo Lee, Justin T. Harris, Brian A. Korgel, Chongmin Wang, William D. Nix, Yi Cui - Nano Letters 2013 cited by 856

  23. Determination of indenter tip geometry and indentation contact area for depth-sensing indentation experiments

    Authors: K. W. McElhaney, Joost J. Vlassak, William D. Nix - Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources 1998 cited by 817

  24. Crystallite coalescence: A mechanism for intrinsic tensile stresses in thin films

    Authors: William D. Nix, B Clemens - Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources 1999 cited by 650