| Carbon nanostructures OA Shenderova, VV Zhirnov, DW Brenner Critical reviews in solid state and material sciences 27 (3-4), 227-356, 2002 | 1113 | 2002 |
| Limits to binary logic switch scaling-a gedanken model VV Zhirnov, RK Cavin, JA Hutchby, GI Bourianoff Proceedings of the IEEE 91 (11), 1934-1939, 2003 | 702 | 2003 |
| Science and engineering beyond Moore's law RK Cavin, P Lugli, VV Zhirnov Proceedings of the IEEE 100 (Special Centennial Issue), 1720-1749, 2012 | 403 | 2012 |
| Nucleic acid memory V Zhirnov, RM Zadegan, GS Sandhu, GM Church, WL Hughes Nature materials 15 (4), 366-370, 2016 | 292 | 2016 |
| Extending the road beyond CMOS JA Hutchby, GI Bourianoff, VV Zhirnov, JE Brewer IEEE circuits and devices magazine 18 (2), 28-41, 2002 | 253 | 2002 |
| Negative capacitance to the rescue? VV Zhirnov, RK Cavin Nature Nanotechnology 3 (2), 77-78, 2008 | 252 | 2008 |
| Electron field emission for ultrananocrystalline diamond films AR Krauss, O Auciello, MQ Ding, DM Gruen, Y Huang, VV Zhirnov, ... Journal of Applied Physics 89 (5), 2958-2967, 2001 | 243 | 2001 |
| Field emission from silicon spikes with diamond coatings VV Zhirnov, EI Givargizov, PS Plekhanov Journal of Vacuum Science Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer …, 1995 | 154 | 1995 |
| Electron emission from diamond coated silicon field emitters J Liu, VV Zhirnov, GJ Wojak, AF Myers, WB Choi, JJ Hren, SD Wolter, ... Applied physics letters 65 (22), 2842-2844, 1994 | 138 | 1994 |
| Scaling limits of resistive memories VV Zhirnov, R Meade, RK Cavin, G Sandhu Nanotechnology 22 (25), 254027, 2011 | 135 | 2011 |
| Deterministically doped field-effect devices and methods of making same DJC Herr, VV Zhirnov US Patent 7,015,546, 2006 | 128 | 2006 |
| Emerging nanoelectronic devices A Chen, J Hutchby, V Zhirnov, G Bourianoff John Wiley & Sons, 2014 | 124 | 2014 |
| Voltage-time dilemma of pure electronic mechanisms in resistive switching memory cells H Schroeder, VV Zhirnov, RK Cavin, R Waser Journal of applied physics 107 (5), 2010 | 118 | 2010 |
| Field emission from silicon and molybdenum tips coated with diamond powder by dielectrophoresis WB Choi, JJ Cuomo, VV Zhirnov, AF Myers, JJ Hren Applied physics letters 68 (5), 720-722, 1996 | 115 | 1996 |
| Wide band gap materials for field emission devices VV Zhirnov, GJ Wojak, WB Choi, JJ Cuomo, JJ Hren Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films 15 (3 …, 1997 | 109 | 1997 |
| New frontiers: Self-assembly and nanoelectronics VV Zhirnov, DJC Herr Computer 34 (1), 34-43, 2001 | 107 | 2001 |
| Microstructure and field emission of diamond particles on silicon tips EI Givargizov, VV Zhirnov, AN Stepanova, EV Rakova, AN Kiselev, ... Applied surface science 87, 24-30, 1995 | 104 | 1995 |
| Field emission characteristics of diamond coated silicon field emitters J Liu, VV Zhirnov, AF Myers, GJ Wojak, WB Choi, JJ Hren, SD Wolter, ... Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer …, 1995 | 104 | 1995 |
| Research directions and challenges in nanoelectronics RK Cavin, VV Zhirnov, DJC Herr, A Avila, J Hutchby Journal of Nanoparticle Research 8, 841-858, 2006 | 99 | 2006 |
| Application of aluminum nitride films for electronic devices AF Belyanin, LL Bouilov, VV Zhirnov, AI Kamenev, KA Kovalskij, ... Diamond and Related Materials 8 (2-5), 369-372, 1999 | 94 | 1999 |
