Christopher J. Pursell

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

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Christopher J. Pursell is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atmospheric Science and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher J. Pursell has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Materials Chemistry, 13 papers in Atmospheric Science and 10 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Christopher J. Pursell's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (13 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (11 papers) and Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (8 papers). Christopher J. Pursell is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (13 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (11 papers) and Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (8 papers). Christopher J. Pursell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Bulgaria. Christopher J. Pursell's co-authors include Bert D. Chandler, Johnny Saavedra Lopez, Hieu A. Doan, Lars C. Grabow, Peter Kelly-Zion, Robert M. Rioux, Zhifeng Chen, Todd N. Whittaker, Takeshi Oka and S. Vaidya and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Christopher J. Pursell

51 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The critical role of water at the gold-titania interface in catalytic CO oxidation

2014 550 citations Johnny Saavedra Lopez, Hieu A. Doan et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher J. Pursell United States	26	1.3k	675	561	387	344	51	2.3k
Lyudmila V. Moskaleva Germany	29	1.6k 1.2×	596 0.9×	1.1k 1.9×	277 0.7×	526 1.5×	80	2.8k
Gregory F. Metha Australia	28	1.7k 1.3×	224 0.3×	565 1.0×	417 1.1×	460 1.3×	131	2.9k
David Lennon United Kingdom	26	1.8k 1.4×	1.1k 1.6×	271 0.5×	485 1.3×	260 0.8×	136	2.7k
Olivier Balmès Sweden	27	1.7k 1.3×	980 1.5×	579 1.0×	248 0.6×	256 0.7×	52	2.3k
Hacksung Kim United States	28	1.6k 1.2×	1.0k 1.5×	465 0.8×	293 0.8×	569 1.7×	65	2.9k
Erich Knözinger Germany	31	2.4k 1.9×	408 0.6×	915 1.6×	179 0.5×	564 1.6×	93	3.5k
P. Hollins United Kingdom	26	1.7k 1.3×	839 1.2×	360 0.6×	206 0.5×	390 1.1×	54	2.8k
Grant E. Johnson United States	33	2.0k 1.5×	782 1.2×	413 0.7×	177 0.5×	495 1.4×	92	3.1k
Gilbert J. Mains United States	21	1.1k 0.8×	498 0.7×	265 0.5×	291 0.8×	432 1.3×	81	2.0k
Mal‐Soon Lee United States	31	1.4k 1.1×	608 0.9×	1.0k 1.8×	311 0.8×	412 1.2×	80	3.0k

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Kumar, Gaurav, et al.. (2018). Evaluating differences in the active-site electronics of supported Au nanoparticle catalysts using Hammett and DFT studies. Nature Chemistry. 10(3). 268–274. 95 indexed citations

Lopez, Johnny Saavedra, Todd N. Whittaker, Zhifeng Chen, et al.. (2016). Controlling activity and selectivity using water in the Au-catalysed preferential oxidation of CO in H2. Nature Chemistry. 8(6). 584–589. 172 indexed citations

Lopez, Johnny Saavedra, Hieu A. Doan, Christopher J. Pursell, Lars C. Grabow, & Bert D. Chandler. (2014). The critical role of water at the gold-titania interface in catalytic CO oxidation. Science. 345(6204). 1599–1602. 550 indexed citations breakdown →

Pursell, Christopher J., Bert D. Chandler, Maela Manzoli, & F. Boccuzzi. (2012). CO Adsorption on Supported Gold Nanoparticle Catalysts: Application of the Temkin Model. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 116(20). 11117–11125. 29 indexed citations

Chandler, Bert D., et al.. (2010). Enhanced Oxygen Activation over Supported Bimetallic Au−Ni Catalysts. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 114(26). 11498–11508. 59 indexed citations

Kelly-Zion, Peter, et al.. (2009). Evaporation rates of pure hydrocarbon liquids under the influences of natural convection and diffusion. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 52(13-14). 3305–3313. 36 indexed citations

Spence, John D., Adam R. Urbach, & Christopher J. Pursell. (2007). Supramolecular Chemistry: A Capstone Course. Journal of Chemical Education. 84(11). 1785–1785. 4 indexed citations

Pursell, Christopher J., et al.. (2006). Diffusion of HDO in Pure and Acid-Doped Ice Films. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 110(38). 11064–11073. 5 indexed citations

Pursell, Christopher J. & Leon F. Phillips. (2006). Onsager heat of transport for water vapour at the surface of water and ice: thermal accommodation coefficients for water vapour on a stainless-steel surface. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 8(40). 4694–4694. 11 indexed citations

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Fathe, Kristin, et al.. (2006). Infrared Spectroscopy of Solid Hydrogen Sulfide and Deuterium Sulfide. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 110(37). 10793–10798. 21 indexed citations

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Pursell, Christopher J., et al.. (2006). Pressure independence of the Onsager heat of transport for a gas–liquid interface at high pressures. Chemical Physics Letters. 429(1-3). 153–156. 5 indexed citations

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Pursell, Christopher J., et al.. (2002). Ionization of Nitric Acid on Ice. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 106(34). 7764–7768. 21 indexed citations

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Pursell, Christopher J., et al.. (2001). Isotope exchange of D2O on H2O ice: Surface versus bulk reactivity. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 115(21). 9843–9847. 16 indexed citations

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Pursell, Christopher J., et al.. (1996). Photochemistry of Chlorine Dioxide in Polycrystalline Ice (T = 140−185 K): Production of Chloryl Chloride, Cl−(OClO). The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 100(38). 15450–15453. 26 indexed citations

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Pursell, Christopher J., et al.. (1995). Photochemistry of Chlorine Dioxide in Ice. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 99(26). 10433–10437. 47 indexed citations

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Pursell, Christopher J. & C. S. Parmenter. (1993). Vibrational energy transfer in S1 p-difluorobenzene: a comparison of low and room temperature collisions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 97(8). 1615–1621. 12 indexed citations

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Pursell, Christopher J. & David P. Weliky. (1992). Pure rotational transitions in the ν3 state of methane. Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy. 153(1-2). 303–306. 7 indexed citations

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Pursell, Christopher J., et al.. (1991). Infrared spectroscopy in an H2O2He discharge: H3O+. Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy. 149(2). 530–541. 30 indexed citations

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Pursell, Christopher J., et al.. (1990). Infrared–microwave double resonance spectroscopy of molecular ions: HN+2. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 93(1). 87–93. 10 indexed citations

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Pursell, Christopher J. & David P. Weliky. (1990). Infrared-microwave double resonance spectroscopy of CHF3 using a color center laser. Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy. 143(2). 251–257. 1 indexed citations

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