Aaron W. Thornton

7.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
83 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Aaron W. Thornton is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Aaron W. Thornton has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Materials Chemistry, 40 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 36 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Aaron W. Thornton's work include Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (34 papers), Membrane Separation and Gas Transport (31 papers) and Covalent Organic Framework Applications (23 papers). Aaron W. Thornton is often cited by papers focused on Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (34 papers), Membrane Separation and Gas Transport (31 papers) and Covalent Organic Framework Applications (23 papers). Aaron W. Thornton collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and China. Aaron W. Thornton's co-authors include Anita J. Hill, Matthew R. Hill, Kristina Konstas, Cara M. Doherty, Marta Rubio‐Martínez, Ceren Çamur, Inhar Imaz, Daniel Maspoch, Matthew R. Hill and James M. Hill and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Aaron W. Thornton

79 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

New synthetic routes towards MOF production at scale

2017 780 citations Marta Rubio‐Martínez, Ceren Çamur et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
Efficient metal ion sieving in rectifying subnanochannels enabled by metal–organic frameworks

2020 451 citations Jun Lü, Huacheng Zhang et al. Nature Materials profile →
Hydrogen Storage Materials for Mobile and Stationary Applications: Current State of the Art

2015 353 citations Aaron W. Thornton, Matthew R. Hill et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aaron W. Thornton Australia	37	3.5k	2.9k	2.1k	1.4k	1.1k	83	6.2k
Hua Jin China	34	3.6k 1.0×	2.9k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	955 0.8×	168	6.5k
Xiaoqin Zou China	42	3.6k 1.0×	3.5k 1.2×	2.2k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	768 0.7×	139	5.9k
Li‐Chiang Lin United States	43	4.0k 1.1×	4.2k 1.4×	2.7k 1.3×	745 0.5×	1.7k 1.5×	148	7.3k
Moisés A. Carreón United States	45	3.5k 1.0×	3.9k 1.3×	2.8k 1.3×	826 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	115	7.1k
Ravichandar Babarao Australia	47	5.1k 1.5×	5.8k 2.0×	2.5k 1.2×	891 0.6×	892 0.8×	116	7.8k
J. Caro Germany	43	4.3k 1.2×	4.4k 1.5×	3.2k 1.5×	948 0.7×	920 0.8×	119	7.5k
Michael Wiebcke Germany	25	4.3k 1.2×	5.5k 1.9×	1.7k 0.8×	901 0.6×	685 0.6×	82	7.1k
Watcharop Chaikittisilp Japan	38	2.9k 0.8×	2.7k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	810 0.7×	75	5.5k
Qi Sun China	49	6.0k 1.7×	4.8k 1.6×	1.3k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	145	8.9k
Jin‐Chong Tan United Kingdom	50	5.9k 1.7×	5.9k 2.0×	2.3k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	154	9.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Thornton, Aaron W., et al.. (2025). Environmental footprint of polylactic acid production utilizing cane-sugar and microalgal biomass: An LCA case study. Journal of Cleaner Production. 496. 145132–145132. 6 indexed citations

Purcell, Steven W., et al.. (2024). Length–Weight Relationships of the Prized Sea Cucumber Holothuria lessoni from In Situ and Ex Situ Measurements. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 12(12). 2283–2283.

Le, Tu C., et al.. (2023). Accelerating the prediction of CO2 capture at low partial pressures in metal-organic frameworks using new machine learning descriptors. Communications Chemistry. 6(1). 214–214. 26 indexed citations

Li, Xingya, Gengping Jiang, Meipeng Jian, et al.. (2023). Construction of angstrom-scale ion channels with versatile pore configurations and sizes by metal-organic frameworks. Nature Communications. 14(1). 286–286. 80 indexed citations

Balu, Rajkamal, Jitendra Mata, Agata Rekas, et al.. (2022). Crowder-directed interactions and conformational dynamics in multistimuli-responsive intrinsically disordered protein. Science Advances. 8(51). eabq2202–eabq2202. 9 indexed citations

Hou, Jue, Huacheng Zhang, Aaron W. Thornton, et al.. (2021). Lithium Extraction by Emerging Metal–Organic Framework‐Based Membranes. Advanced Functional Materials. 31(46). 179 indexed citations

Hill, Anita J., Aaron W. Thornton, R. H. J. Hannink, Joshua D. Moon, & Benny D. Freeman. (2020). Role of free volume in molecular mobility and performance of glassy polymers for corrosion-protective coatings. Corrosion Engineering Science and Technology The International Journal of Corrosion Processes and Corrosion Control. 55(2). 145–158. 20 indexed citations

Lü, Jun, Huacheng Zhang, Jue Hou, et al.. (2020). Efficient metal ion sieving in rectifying subnanochannels enabled by metal–organic frameworks. Nature Materials. 19(7). 767–774. 451 indexed citations breakdown →

Li, Xingya, Huacheng Zhang, Peiyao Wang, et al.. (2019). Fast and selective fluoride ion conduction in sub-1-nanometer metal-organic framework channels. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2490–2490. 240 indexed citations

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Longley, Louis, Sean M. Collins, Shichun Li, et al.. (2019). Flux melting of metal–organic frameworks. Chemical Science. 10(12). 3592–3601. 80 indexed citations

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Boer, Stephanie A., Keith F. White, Gregory P. Knowles, et al.. (2019). A Multifunctional, Charge‐Neutral, Chiral Octahedral M₁₂L₁₂ Cage. Chemistry - A European Journal. 25(36). 8489–8493. 28 indexed citations

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Qiao, Ang, Thomas D. Bennett, Haizheng Tao, et al.. (2018). A metal-organic framework with ultrahigh glass-forming ability. Science Advances. 4(3). eaao6827–eaao6827. 268 indexed citations

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Zhou, Chao, Louis Longley, Andraž Krajnc, et al.. (2018). Metal-organic framework glasses with permanent accessible porosity. Nature Communications. 9(1). 5042–5042. 186 indexed citations

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Tarzia, Andrew, Masahide Takahashi, Paolo Falcaro, et al.. (2018). High-Throughput Screening of Metal–Organic Frameworks for Macroscale Heteroepitaxial Alignment. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(47). 40938–40950. 21 indexed citations

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Rubio‐Martínez, Marta, Ceren Çamur, Aaron W. Thornton, et al.. (2017). New synthetic routes towards MOF production at scale. Chemical Society Reviews. 46(11). 3453–3480. 780 indexed citations breakdown →

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Park, Chi Hoon, So Young Lee, Doo Sung Hwang, et al.. (2016). Nanocrack-regulated self-humidifying membranes. Nature. 532(7600). 480–483. 396 indexed citations

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Babarao, Ravichandar, et al.. (2015). Porous Aromatic Frameworks Impregnated with Lithiated Fullerenes for Natural Gas Purification. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 119(17). 9347–9354. 18 indexed citations

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Thornton, Aaron W., et al.. (2015). Analytical Diffusion Mechanism (ADiM) model combining specular, Knudsen and surface diffusion. Journal of Membrane Science. 485. 1–9. 20 indexed citations

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Thornton, Aaron W. & James M. Hill. (2009). Modelling hydrogen adsorption within spherical, cylindrical and slit‐shaped cavities. AIP conference proceedings. 181–184. 1 indexed citations

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Thornton, Aaron W. & Paul Predecki. (1970). Computer Models of Polyethylene Spherulites. Journal of Applied Physics. 41(11). 4266–4273. 4 indexed citations

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