| Observation of giant diffusivity along dislocation cores M Legros, G Dehm, E Arzt, TJ Balk Science 319 (5870), 1646-1649, 2008 | 477 | 2008 |
| Tensile and compressive microspecimen testing of bulk nanoporous gold TJ Balk, C Eberl, Y Sun, KJ Hemker, DS Gianola Jom 61, 26-31, 2009 | 141 | 2009 |
| Parallel glide: unexpected dislocation motion parallel to the substrate in ultrathin copper films TJ Balk, G Dehm, E Arzt Acta Materialia 51 (15), 4471-4485, 2003 | 139 | 2003 |
| Small-scale plasticity in thin Cu and Al films G Dehm, TJ Balk, H Edongué, E Arzt Microelectronic Engineering 70 (2-4), 412-424, 2003 | 137 | 2003 |
| A multi-step dealloying method to produce nanoporous gold with no volume change and minimal cracking Y Sun, TJ Balk Scripta Materialia 58 (9), 727-730, 2008 | 134 | 2008 |
| Mechanical properties of bulk single crystalline nanoporous gold investigated by millimetre-scale tension and compression testing NJ Briot, T Kennerknecht, C Eberl, TJ Balk Philosophical Magazine 94 (8), 847-866, 2014 | 129 | 2014 |
| Dealloying of Au–Ag thin films with a composition gradient: Influence on morphology of nanoporous Au X Lu, TJ Balk, R Spolenak, E Arzt Thin solid films 515 (18), 7122-7126, 2007 | 124 | 2007 |
| Frontiers in thermionic cathode research DM Kirkwood, SJ Gross, TJ Balk, MJ Beck, J Booske, D Busbaher, ... IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices 65 (6), 2061-2071, 2018 | 96 | 2018 |
| System and method for new product clearance and development N Smrcka, R Rosales, T Balk US Patent App. 09/782,131, 2002 | 87 | 2002 |
| Microstructure, stability and thermomechanical behavior of crack-free thin films of nanoporous gold Y Sun, KP Kucera, SA Burger, TJ Balk Scripta Materialia 58 (11), 1018-1021, 2008 | 86 | 2008 |
| High resolution transmission electron microscopy of dislocation core dissociations in gold and iridium TJ Balk, KJ Hemker Philosophical Magazine A 81 (6), 1507-1531, 2001 | 75 | 2001 |
| Investigation of dealloying in Au–Ag thin films by quantitative electron probe microanalysis X Lu, E Bischoff, R Spolenak, TJ Balk Scripta Materialia 56 (7), 557-560, 2007 | 74 | 2007 |
| Plasticity and interfacial dislocation mechanisms in epitaxial and polycrystalline Al films constrained by substrates G Dehm, T Wagner, TJ Balk, E Arzt, BJ Inkson Journal of Materials Sciences and Technology 18 (02), 113, 2002 | 74 | 2002 |
| Developing scaling relations for the yield strength of nanoporous gold NJ Briot, TJ Balk Philosophical Magazine 95 (27), 2955-2973, 2015 | 70 | 2015 |
| The mechanical behavior of nanoporous gold thin films Y Sun, J Ye, Z Shan, AM Minor, TJ Balk Jom 59, 54-58, 2007 | 65 | 2007 |
| Evolution of structure, composition, and stress in nanoporous gold thin films with grain-boundary cracks Y Sun, TJ Balk Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 39, 2656-2665, 2008 | 53 | 2008 |
| Controlled ligament coarsening in nanoporous gold by annealing in vacuum versus nitrogen Y Sun, SA Burger, TJ Balk Philosophical Magazine 94 (10), 1001-1011, 2014 | 48 | 2014 |
| Achieving finer pores and ligaments in nanoporous palladium–nickel thin films WC Li, TJ Balk Scripta Materialia 62 (3), 167-169, 2010 | 47 | 2010 |
| Dislocation dynamics in sub-micron confinement: recent progress in Cu thin film plasticity G Dehm, T John Balk, B Blanckenhagen, P Gumbsch, E Arzt International Journal of Materials Research 93 (5), 383-391, 2022 | 45 | 2022 |
| Scandate cathode surface characterization: Emission testing, elemental analysis and morphological evaluation X Liu, Q Zhou, TL Maxwell, BK Vancil, MJ Beck, TJ Balk Materials Characterization 148, 188-200, 2019 | 45 | 2019 |
