Ashleigh E. Baber

5.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
50 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Ashleigh E. Baber is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ashleigh E. Baber has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Materials Chemistry, 21 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 17 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ashleigh E. Baber's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (28 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (17 papers) and Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (16 papers). Ashleigh E. Baber is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (28 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (17 papers) and Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (16 papers). Ashleigh E. Baber collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and United Kingdom. Ashleigh E. Baber's co-authors include E. Charles H. Sykes, Heather L. Tierney, Timothy J. Lawton, April D. Jewell, Darı́o Stacchiola, Kumudu Mudiyanselage, Sanjaya D. Senanayake, José A. Rodríguez, Matthew B. Boucher and Emily A. Lewis and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Ashleigh E. Baber

50 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

Isolated Metal Atom Geometries as a Strategy for Selectiv... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2014 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. Isolated Metal Atom Geometries as a Strategy for Selective Heterogeneous Hydrogenations
    2012 1.4k citations Matthew B. Boucher, April D. Jewell et al. profile →
  2. Highly active copper-ceria and copper-ceria-titania catalysts for methanol synthesis from CO 2
    2014 1.3k citations Kumudu Mudiyanselage, F. Xu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ashleigh E. Baber United States 29 3.4k 1.9k 1.7k 874 788 50 4.8k
Swetlana Schauermann Germany 35 3.0k 0.9× 1.4k 0.8× 853 0.5× 778 0.9× 1.0k 1.3× 99 3.9k
Aravind Asthagiri United States 39 3.5k 1.0× 2.7k 1.4× 3.0k 1.8× 197 0.2× 721 0.9× 105 5.7k
Philipp N. Pleßow Germany 30 1.9k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 936 0.5× 801 0.9× 417 0.5× 97 3.3k
Heather L. Tierney United States 20 1.7k 0.5× 614 0.3× 896 0.5× 690 0.8× 592 0.8× 42 2.7k
April D. Jewell United States 21 1.7k 0.5× 593 0.3× 795 0.5× 612 0.7× 493 0.6× 77 2.8k
Tomofumi Tada Japan 42 3.2k 1.0× 2.0k 1.1× 1.2k 0.7× 1.3k 1.5× 838 1.1× 159 5.9k
Klaus Attenkofer United States 30 2.0k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 2.2k 1.3× 275 0.3× 423 0.5× 103 4.3k
Shouzhong Zou United States 40 2.5k 0.7× 435 0.2× 3.4k 2.0× 598 0.7× 421 0.5× 89 5.4k
Chloé Thieuleux France 35 2.7k 0.8× 807 0.4× 364 0.2× 1.2k 1.4× 347 0.4× 121 4.4k
Alexander Birkner Germany 34 2.4k 0.7× 977 0.5× 550 0.3× 529 0.6× 290 0.4× 83 3.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Baber, Ashleigh E., et al.. (2025). Ethanol dehydrogenation and autocatalytic dehydration on oxidized Cu(111). Surface Science. 755. 122699–122699. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, F., Wei An, Ashleigh E. Baber, et al.. (2022). Enhanced Oxide Reduction by Hydrogen at Cuprous Oxide–Copper Interfaces near Ascending Step Edges. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 126(44). 18645–18651. 7 indexed citations
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Boyle, David, et al.. (2018). Low–temperature exchange of hydrogen and deuterium between molecular ethanol and water on Au(111). Surface Science. 680. 1–5. 7 indexed citations
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Mudiyanselage, Kumudu, Si Luo, Hyun You Kim, et al.. (2015). How to stabilize highly active Cu+ cations in a mixed-oxide catalyst. Catalysis Today. 263. 4–10. 12 indexed citations
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Xu, F., Kumudu Mudiyanselage, Ashleigh E. Baber, et al.. (2014). Redox-Mediated Reconstruction of Copper during Carbon Monoxide Oxidation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 118(29). 15902–15909. 71 indexed citations
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Baber, Ashleigh E., Xiaofang Yang, Hyun You Kim, et al.. (2014). Stabilization of Catalytically Active Cu+ Surface Sites on Titanium–Copper Mixed‐Oxide Films. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(21). 5336–5340. 58 indexed citations
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Baber, Ashleigh E., Kumudu Mudiyanselage, Sanjaya D. Senanayake, et al.. (2013). Assisted deprotonation of formic acid on Cu(111) and self-assembly of 1D chains. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 15(29). 12291–12291. 34 indexed citations
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Baber, Ashleigh E., F. Xu, Filip Dvořák, et al.. (2013). In Situ Imaging of Cu2O under Reducing Conditions: Formation of Metallic Fronts by Mass Transfer. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135(45). 16781–16784. 81 indexed citations
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Mudiyanselage, Kumudu, Hyun You Kim, Sanjaya D. Senanayake, et al.. (2013). Probing adsorption sites for CO on ceria. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 15(38). 15856–15856. 39 indexed citations
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Tierney, Heather L., Colin J. Murphy, April D. Jewell, et al.. (2011). Experimental demonstration of a single-molecule electric motor. Nature Nanotechnology. 6(10). 625–629. 214 indexed citations
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Lawton, Timothy J., Javier Carrasco, Ashleigh E. Baber, Angelos Michaelides, & E. Charles H. Sykes. (2011). Visualization of Hydrogen Bonding and Associated Chirality in Methanol Hexamers. Physical Review Letters. 107(25). 256101–256101. 40 indexed citations
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Jewell, April D., et al.. (2010). Time-resolved studies of individual molecular rotors. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 22(26). 264006–264006. 33 indexed citations
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Bellisario, Darin O., April D. Jewell, Heather L. Tierney, Ashleigh E. Baber, & E. Charles H. Sykes. (2010). Adsorption, Assembly, and Dynamics of Dibutyl Sulfide on Au{111}. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 114(34). 14583–14589. 35 indexed citations
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Tierney, Heather L., Jeong Woo Han, April D. Jewell, et al.. (2010). Chirality and Rotation of Asymmetric Surface-Bound Thioethers. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 115(4). 897–901. 28 indexed citations
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Tierney, Heather L., April D. Jewell, Ashleigh E. Baber, Erin V. Iski, & E. Charles H. Sykes. (2010). Dynamics of Molecular Adsorption and Rotation on Nonequilibrium Sites. Langmuir. 26(19). 15350–15355. 10 indexed citations
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Tierney, Heather L., Ashleigh E. Baber, April D. Jewell, et al.. (2009). Mode‐Selective Electrical Excitation of a Molecular Rotor. Chemistry - A European Journal. 15(38). 9678–9680. 31 indexed citations
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Tierney, Heather L., Ashleigh E. Baber, John R. Kitchin, & E. Charles H. Sykes. (2009). Hydrogen Dissociation and Spillover on Individual Isolated Palladium Atoms. Physical Review Letters. 103(24). 246102–246102. 236 indexed citations
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Baber, Ashleigh E., Heather L. Tierney, & E. Charles H. Sykes. (2008). A Quantitative Single-Molecule Study of Thioether Molecular Rotors. ACS Nano. 2(11). 2385–2391. 83 indexed citations
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Jensen, Stephen C., Ashleigh E. Baber, Heather L. Tierney, & E. Charles H. Sykes. (2007). Adsorption, Interaction, and Manipulation of Dibutyl Sulfide on Cu{111}. ACS Nano. 1(1). 22–29. 22 indexed citations
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Baber, Ashleigh E., Stephen C. Jensen, Erin V. Iski, & E. Charles H. Sykes. (2006). Extraordinary Atomic Mobility of Au{111} at 80 Kelvin: Effect of Styrene Adsorption. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 128(48). 15384–15385. 28 indexed citations

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