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Defects

Defects is an academic concept referring to deviations from the ideal structural or compositional order within a material system, distinguished by their role in influencing the physical, mechanical, or functional properties of solids across disciplines such as condensed matter physics, crystal structure, metallurgy, solid state physics, surface science, cheese science, egg science, and poultry meat science.

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Defects In Crystals

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11.5K

Structural Defects in Graphene

Florian Banhart, Jani Kotakoski, Arkady V. Krasheninnikov · ACS Nano · 2010 · 3.3K citations

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Defects in epitaxial multilayers I. Misfit dislocations

Jacqueline M. Matthews · Journal of Crystal Growth · 1974 · 3.1K citations

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Probing the Nature of Defects in Graphene by Raman Spectroscopy

Axel Eckmann, Alexandre Felten, Artem Mishchenko et al. · Nano Letters · 2012 · 2.3K citations · Full text

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The topological theory of defects in ordered media

N. David Mermin · Reviews of Modern Physics · 1979 · 2.2K citations

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Scanning Confocal Optical Microscopy and Magnetic Resonance on Single Defect Centers

Achim D. Gruber, A. Dräbenstedt, C. Tietz et al. · Science · 1997 · 1.8K citations

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Authors

26.7K

  1. WJ
    William J. Weber

    Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States

    36 publications · 4.1K citations

    30

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  2. FG
    Fei Gao

    Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States

    41 publications · 3.6K citations

    27

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  3. CR
    C. Richard A. Catlow

    University College London, United Kingdom

    35 publications · 1.7K citations

    26

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  4. JM
    Joachim Maier

    Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Germany

    27 publications · 1.7K citations

    24

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  5. TG
    Tibor Grasser

    TU Wien, Austria

    34 publications · 2K citations

    23

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3.9K

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    58 h-index

    1.2K publications

    51.8K citations

  2. Oak Ridge National Laboratory

    Oak Ridge, United States

    53 h-index

    396 publications

    31.3K citations

  3. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    47 h-index

    259 publications

    17.1K citations

  4. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    46 h-index

    270 publications

    14.6K citations

  5. Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives

    Paris, France

    46 h-index

    363 publications

    16.3K citations

  6. IBM Research - Thomas J. Watson Research Center

    Yorktown Heights, United States

    45 h-index

    178 publications

    27.6K citations

  7. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    44 h-index

    187 publications

    12.7K citations

  8. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    43 h-index

    594 publications

    24.1K citations

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  1. Physical review. B, Condensed matter

    PRB · 389 publications · 25.1K citations

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  2. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 249 publications · 22.7K citations

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  3. Journal of Applied Physics

    513 publications · 21.9K citations

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  4. Physical Review B

    PRB · 223 publications · 21.3K citations

    68

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  5. Applied Physics Letters

    413 publications · 17.4K citations

    66

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