| Theory of the scanning tunneling microscope J Tersoff, DR Hamann Physical Review B 31 (2), 805, 1985 | 6089 | 1985 |
| Modeling solid-state chemistry: Interatomic potentials for multicomponent systems J Tersoff Physical review B 39 (8), 5566, 1989 | 5204 | 1989 |
| New empirical approach for the structure and energy of covalent systems J Tersoff Physical review B 37 (12), 6991, 1988 | 4537 | 1988 |
| Theory and application for the scanning tunneling microscope J Tersoff, DR Hamann Physical review letters 50 (25), 1998, 1983 | 3717 | 1983 |
| Empirical interatomic potential for carbon, with applications to amorphous carbon J Tersoff Physical Review Letters 61 (25), 2879, 1988 | 2494 | 1988 |
| Empirical interatomic potential for silicon with improved elastic properties J Tersoff Physical Review B 38 (14), 9902, 1988 | 2033 | 1988 |
| New empirical model for the structural properties of silicon J Tersoff Physical review letters 56 (6), 632, 1986 | 1901 | 1986 |
| Schottky barrier heights and the continuum of gap states J Tersoff Physical Review Letters 52 (6), 465, 1984 | 1756 | 1984 |
| Carbon nanotubes as Schottky barrier transistors S Heinze, J Tersoff, R Martel, V Derycke, J Appenzeller, P Avouris Physical review letters 89 (10), 106801, 2002 | 1697 | 2002 |
| Self-organization in growth of quantum dot superlattices J Tersoff, C Teichert, MG Lagally Physical Review Letters 76 (10), 1675, 1996 | 1581 | 1996 |
| Electrically induced optical emission from a carbon nanotube FET JA Misewich, R Martel, P Avouris, JC Tsang, S Heinze, J Tersoff Science 300 (5620), 783-786, 2003 | 1217 | 2003 |
| Theory of semiconductor heterojunctions: The role of quantum dipoles J Tersoff Physical Review B 30 (8), 4874, 1984 | 1160 | 1984 |
| Shape transition in growth of strained islands: Spontaneous formation of quantum wires J Tersoff, RM Tromp Physical review letters 70 (18), 2782, 1993 | 1100 | 1993 |
| Ambipolar electrical transport in semiconducting single-wall carbon nanotubes R Martel, V Derycke, C Lavoie, J Appenzeller, KK Chan, J Tersoff, ... Physical review letters 87 (25), 256805, 2001 | 1072 | 2001 |
| Competing relaxation mechanisms in strained layers J Tersoff, FK LeGoues Physical review letters 72 (22), 3570, 1994 | 1072 | 1994 |
| Scanning tunneling microscopy PK Hansma, J Tersoff Journal of Applied Physics 61 (2), R1-R24, 1987 | 1008 | 1987 |
| Coarsening of self-assembled Ge quantum dots on Si (001) FM Ross, J Tersoff, RM Tromp Physical Review Letters 80 (5), 984, 1998 | 888 | 1998 |
| Scaling of excitons in carbon nanotubes V Perebeinos, J Tersoff, P Avouris Physical review letters 92 (25), 257402, 2004 | 857 | 2004 |
| Atom-selective imaging of the GaAs (110) surface RM Feenstra, JA Stroscio, J Tersoff, AP Fein Physical Review Letters 58 (12), 1192, 1987 | 795 | 1987 |
| Germanium nanowire growth below the eutectic temperature S Kodambaka, J Tersoff, MC Reuter, FM Ross Science 316 (5825), 729-732, 2007 | 787 | 2007 |
