Everything about SC

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: SCA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: An additively manufactured heat-resistant Al-Ce-Sc-Zr alloy: Microstructure, mechanical properties and thermal stabilityInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: The Gold-BugThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Ab initio effective core potentials for molecular calculations. Potentials for the transition metal atoms Sc to HgCited 13,424 times
5. Go sideways: SC2A closely related topic
6. Go sideways: SC-6A closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Ab initio effective core potentials for molecular calculations. Potentials for the transition metal atoms Sc to Hg

  P. Jeffrey Hay, Willard R. Wadt · 1985 · The Journal of Chemical Physics · 13,424 citations

• Resolving surface chemical states in XPS analysis of first row transition metals, oxides and hydroxides: Sc, Ti, V, Cu and Zn

  Mark C. Biesinger, Leo W.M. Lau, Andrea R. Gerson · 2010 · Applied Surface Science · 4,685 citations

• A set of f-polarization functions for pseudo-potential basis sets of the transition metals ScCu, YAg and LaAu

  A.W. Ehlers, M. Böhme, S. Dapprich · 1993 · Chemical Physics Letters · 2,116 citations

• Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of the 1,5-Diarylpyrazole Class of Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitors: Identification of 4-[5-(4-Methylphenyl)-3- (trifluoromethyl)-1 H -pyrazol-1-yl]benzenesulfonamide (SC-58635, Celecoxib)

  Thomas D. Penning, John J. Talley, Stephen R. Bertenshaw · 1997 · Journal of Medicinal Chemistry · 1,793 citations

• Systematically convergent basis sets for transition metals. I. All-electron correlation consistent basis sets for the 3d elements Sc–Zn

  Nikolai B. Balabanov, Kirk A. Peterson · 2005 · The Journal of Chemical Physics · 1,417 citations

• Rotational properties of 21 SC galaxies with a large range of luminosities and radii, from NGC 4605 /R = 4kpc/ to UGC 2885 /R = 122 kpc/

  V. C. Rubin, N. Thonnard, W. K., Jr. Ford · 1980 · The Astrophysical Journal · 1,361 citations

• Highly correlated systems. Excitation energies of first row transition metals Sc–Cu

  Krishnan Raghavachari, Gary W. Trucks · 1989 · The Journal of Chemical Physics · 1,057 citations

• Precipitation strengthening at ambient and elevated temperatures of heat-treatable Al(Sc) alloys

  David N. Seidman, Emmanuelle A. Marquis, David C. Dunand · 2002 · Acta Materialia · 919 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• An additively manufactured heat-resistant Al-Ce-Sc-Zr alloy: Microstructure, mechanical properties and thermal stability

  Ziwei Yang, Chao Chen, Dan Li · 2023 · Materials Science and Engineering: A · 147 citations

• Unleashing the impact of ecological civilization pilot policies on green technology innovation: Evidence from a novel SC-DID model

  Dongbei Bai, Jin Hu, Muhammad Irfan · 2023 · Energy Economics · 143 citations

• Microstructure and mechanical properties of ultra-high strength Al-Zn-Mg-Cu-Sc aluminum alloy fabricated by wire + arc additive manufacturing

  Xinpeng Guo, Huijun Li, Zengxi Pan · 2022 · Journal of Manufacturing Processes · 137 citations

• Structural, electronic, mechanical and dynamical stability properties of LiAH3 (A = Sc, Ti & V) perovskite-type hydrides: A first principle study

  Areeba Siddique, Adnan Khalil, Badriah S. Almutairi · 2023 · Chemical Physics · 130 citations

• Spontaneous Exciton Dissociation in Sc-Doped Rutile TiO 2 for Photocatalytic Overall Water Splitting with an Apparent Quantum Yield of 30%

  Fei Qin, Yuyang Kang, Xingyuan San · 2025 · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 129 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• The Gold-BugEdgar Allan Poe · 1845
• Lady BaltimoreOwen Wister · 1992
• Learning PerlRandal L. Schwartz, Tom Phoenix · 1993
• Learning PythonMark Lutz, David Ascher · 1999
• JavaScriptDavid Flanagan · 1996
• Linux in a NutshellJessica Perry Hekman, Ellen Siever · 1997
• PythonMark Lutz · 1998
• Think PythonAllen B. Downey, Allen Downey · 2009

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