Aled D. Roberts

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Aled D. Roberts is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Aled D. Roberts has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Biomaterials, 6 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 5 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Aled D. Roberts's work include Silk-based biomaterials and applications (5 papers), Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (5 papers) and Graphene research and applications (2 papers). Aled D. Roberts is often cited by papers focused on Silk-based biomaterials and applications (5 papers), Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (5 papers) and Graphene research and applications (2 papers). Aled D. Roberts collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Singapore and Czechia. Aled D. Roberts's co-authors include Haifei Zhang, Xu Li, Nigel S. Scrutton, Jonny J. Blaker, Xu Li, Eriko Takano, Rainer Breitling, Suxi Wang, William Finnigan and Li Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

Aled D. Roberts

18 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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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.

Porous carbon spheres and monoliths: morphology control, pore size tuning and their applications as Li-ion battery anode materials

2014 576 citations Aled D. Roberts, Xu Li et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aled D. Roberts United Kingdom	14	472	449	314	176	168	18	1.0k
Haoran An China	15	568 1.2×	391 0.9×	477 1.5×	170 1.0×	82 0.5×	39	1.1k
Luting Song China	20	944 2.0×	610 1.4×	459 1.5×	189 1.1×	143 0.9×	38	1.4k
Anastasios C. Manikas Greece	20	182 0.4×	312 0.7×	416 1.3×	253 1.4×	155 0.9×	42	912
Liyuan Wang China	19	741 1.6×	556 1.2×	263 0.8×	309 1.8×	91 0.5×	51	1.3k
Chuanming Yu China	11	326 0.7×	194 0.4×	140 0.4×	115 0.7×	182 1.1×	14	706
Xiaohui Sun China	16	202 0.4×	215 0.5×	254 0.8×	122 0.7×	92 0.5×	50	825
Yu Shao China	20	756 1.6×	144 0.3×	280 0.9×	112 0.6×	94 0.6×	45	1.2k
X XU China	15	399 0.8×	134 0.3×	411 1.3×	161 0.9×	201 1.2×	34	1.0k
Hui Ma China	20	433 0.9×	242 0.5×	293 0.9×	295 1.7×	53 0.3×	50	906

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18 of 18 papers shown

Roberts, Aled D. & Nigel S. Scrutton. (2023). StarCrete: A starch-based biocomposite for off-world construction. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 13(1). 8 indexed citations

Roberts, Aled D., Rainer Breitling, Eriko Takano, et al.. (2021). Blood, sweat, and tears: extraterrestrial regolith biocomposites with in vivo binders. Materials Today Bio. 12. 100136–100136. 32 indexed citations

Roberts, Aled D., K.A.P. Payne, Sebastian C. Cosgrove, et al.. (2021). Enzyme immobilisation on wood-derived cellulose scaffolds via carbohydrate-binding module fusion constructs. Green Chemistry. 23(13). 4716–4732. 29 indexed citations

Roberts, Aled D., Derren J. Heyes, Ahu Gümrah Dumanlı, et al.. (2021). Design and fabrication of recombinant reflectin-based multilayer reflectors: bio-design engineering and photoisomerism induced wavelength modulation. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 14580–14580. 12 indexed citations

Roberts, Aled D., Jet‐Sing M. Lee, Adrián Magaz, et al.. (2020). Hierarchically Porous Silk/Activated-Carbon Composite Fibres for Adsorption and Repellence of Volatile Organic Compounds. Molecules. 25(5). 1207–1207. 7 indexed citations

Roberts, Aled D., William Finnigan, Paul P. Kelly, et al.. (2020). Non-covalent protein-based adhesives for transparent substrates—bovine serum albumin vs. recombinant spider silk. Materials Today Bio. 7. 100068–100068. 28 indexed citations

Finnigan, William, Aled D. Roberts, Cosimo Ligorio, et al.. (2020). The effect of terminal globular domains on the response of recombinant mini-spidroins to fiber spinning triggers. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 10671–10671. 28 indexed citations

Roberts, Aled D., Paul P. Kelly, Jennifer Bain, et al.. (2019). Graphene–aramid nanocomposite fibres via superacid co-processing. Chemical Communications. 55(78). 11703–11706. 14 indexed citations

Roberts, Aled D., William Finnigan, Paul P. Kelly, et al.. (2019). Synthetic biology for fibers, adhesives, and active camouflage materials in protection and aerospace. MRS Communications. 9(2). 486–504. 21 indexed citations

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Magaz, Adrián, Aled D. Roberts, Sheida Faraji, et al.. (2018). Porous, Aligned, and Biomimetic Fibers of Regenerated Silk Fibroin Produced by Solution Blow Spinning. Biomacromolecules. 19(12). 4542–4553. 64 indexed citations

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Roberts, Aled D., Jet‐Sing M. Lee, Siew Yee Wong, Xu Li, & Haifei Zhang. (2017). Nitrogen-rich activated carbon monoliths via ice-templating with high CO₂ and H₂ adsorption capacities. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 5(6). 2811–2820. 32 indexed citations

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Woodward, Robert T., et al.. (2016). High-Surface-Area, Emulsion-Templated Carbon Foams by Activation of polyHIPEs Derived from Pickering Emulsions. Materials. 9(9). 776–776. 25 indexed citations

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Liu, Xia, et al.. (2015). Carbon nanofibers by pyrolysis of self-assembled perylene diimide derivative gels as supercapacitor electrode materials. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 3(30). 15513–15522. 23 indexed citations

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Roberts, Aled D., Xu Li, & Haifei Zhang. (2015). Hierarchically porous sulfur-containing activated carbon monoliths via ice-templating and one-step pyrolysis. Carbon. 95. 268–278. 47 indexed citations

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Roberts, Aled D., Suxi Wang, Li Xu, & Haifei Zhang. (2014). Hierarchical porous nitrogen-rich carbon monoliths via ice-templating: high capacity and high-rate performance as lithium-ion battery anode materials. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2(42). 17787–17796. 50 indexed citations

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Roberts, Aled D., Xu Li, & Haifei Zhang. (2014). Porous carbon spheres and monoliths: morphology control, pore size tuning and their applications as Li-ion battery anode materials. Chemical Society Reviews. 43(13). 4341–4356. 576 indexed citations breakdown →

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Roberts, Aled D. & Haifei Zhang. (2013). Poorly water-soluble drug nanoparticles via solvent evaporation in water-soluble porous polymers. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 447(1-2). 241–250. 20 indexed citations

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Giardiello, Marco, Tom O. McDonald, Jet‐Sing M. Lee, et al.. (2013). Reactions of hydrophobic organic nanoparticle mixtures in water: nanoparticle-on-nanoparticle oxidative dye bleaching. Green Chemistry. 15(6). 1590–1590. 3 indexed citations

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