David J. Willock

9.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
183 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

David J. Willock is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, David J. Willock has authored 183 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Materials Chemistry, 63 papers in Organic Chemistry and 62 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in David J. Willock's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (64 papers), Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (51 papers) and Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (22 papers). David J. Willock is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (64 papers), Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (51 papers) and Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (22 papers). David J. Willock collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Russia. David J. Willock's co-authors include Graham J. Hutchings, Stuart H. Taylor, Christopher J. Kiely, Qian He, Nikolaos Dimitratos, Robert L. Jenkins, Simon Aldridge, Rudy Coquet, C. Richard A. Catlow and David Morgan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

David J. Willock

180 papers receiving 8.0k 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.

Aqueous Au-Pd colloids catalyze selective CH ₄ oxidation to CH ₃ OH with O ₂ under mild conditions

2017 579 citations Nishtha Agarwal, Nikolaos Dimitratos et al. profile →
Direct Catalytic Conversion of Methane to Methanol in an Aqueous Medium by using Copper‐Promoted Fe‐ZSM‐5

2012 528 citations Qian He, Robert L. Jenkins et al. profile →
Role of the Support in Gold-Containing Nanoparticles as Heterogeneous Catalysts

2020 367 citations Meenakshisundaram Sankar, Qian He et al. Chemical Reviews profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The Important Role of Alloy–Oxide Interfaces in Controlling Methanol Formation in CO ₂ Hydrogenation 2026 ·ACS Catalysis ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Louise R. Smith, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), David J. Willock, (unknown), Andrew J. Logsdail, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	0
2	Size-dependent effects of Cu° nanoparticles on electronic properties and ethanol dehydrogenation catalysis via Cu⁺-O-Cu⁺ species 2024 ·Materials Today Chemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), Alejandro López‐Castillo, (unknown), Daniela Zanchet, Mala A. Sainna, David J. Willock, Jean Marcel R. Gallo, J.B.O. Santos, J.M.C. Bueno	1
3	Investigating physicochemical properties of MgO catalysts for the gas phase conversion of glycerol 2024 ·ARKIVOC ·(unknown), Louise R. Smith, Mark Douthwaite, Nicholas F. Dummer, David J. Willock, Graham J. Hutchings, Stuart H. Taylor	1
4	The selective oxidation of methane to methanol using in situ generated H₂O₂ over palladium-based bimetallic catalysts 2023 ·Catalysis Science & Technology ·James Carter, Richard J. Lewis, (unknown), Christopher T. Williams, Thomas E. Davies, Tian Qin, Nicholas F. Dummer, David Morgan, David J. Willock, Xi Liu, Stuart H. Taylor, Graham J. Hutchings	12
5	A DFT study of the catalytic ODH of n-hexane over a cluster model of vanadium oxide 2023 ·Molecular Catalysis ·(unknown), Holger B. Friedrich, Hendrik G. Kruger, David J. Willock	1
6	Au-ZSM-5 catalyses the selective oxidation ofCH4 to CH3OH andCH3COOH using O2 2022 ·Nature Catalysis ·Guodong Qi, Thomas E. Davies, Ali Nasrallah, Mala A. Sainna, Alexander G. R. Howe, Richard J. Lewis, Matthew G. Quesne, C. Richard A. Catlow, David J. Willock, Qian He, Donald Bethell, Mark J. Howard, Barry A. Murrer, Brian Harrison, Christopher J. Kiely, Xingling Zhao, Feng Deng, Jun Xu, Graham J. Hutchings	174
7	Methane Oxidation to Methanol 2022 ·Chemical Reviews ·Nicholas F. Dummer, David J. Willock, Qian He, Mark J. Howard, Richard J. Lewis, Guodong Qi, Stuart H. Taylor, Jun Xu, (unknown), Christopher J. Kiely, Graham J. Hutchings	176
8	Materials and Molecular Modeling at the Exascale 2022 ·Computing in Science & Engineering ·Thomas W. Keal, (unknown), Alexey A. Sokol, (unknown), Matt Probert, Clotilde S. Cucinotta, David J. Willock, Andrew J. Logsdail, Andrea Zen, P. J. Hasnip, Ian J. Bush, Matthew B. Watkins, Dario Alfè, Chris‐Kriton Skylaris, Basile F. E. Curchod, Qiong Cai, Scott M. Woodley	5
9	Investigating the Effects of Surface Adsorbates on Gold and Palladium Deposition on Carbon 2021 ·Topics in Catalysis ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Philip R. Davies, David Morgan, Mala A. Sainna, David J. Willock	1
10	The interaction of CO with a copper(ii) chloride oxy-chlorination catalyst 2020 ·Faraday Discussions ·Shaoliang Guan, (unknown), John M. Winfield, Claire Wilson, Donald A. MacLaren, David Morgan, Philip R. Davies, David J. Willock, David Lennon	3
11	Role of the Support in Gold-Containing Nanoparticles as Heterogeneous Catalysts breakdown → 2020 ·Chemical Reviews ·Meenakshisundaram Sankar, Qian He, Rebecca V. Engel, Mala A. Sainna, Andrew J. Logsdail, Alberto Roldán, David J. Willock, Nishtha Agarwal, Christopher J. Kiely, Graham J. Hutchings	367
12	A combined periodic DFT and QM/MM approach to understand the radical mechanism of the catalytic production of methanol from glycerol 2020 ·Faraday Discussions ·Mala A. Sainna, (unknown), (unknown), Louise R. Smith, (unknown), H. Donald Brooke Jenkins, Mark Douthwaite, Nicholas F. Dummer, C. Richard A. Catlow, Graham J. Hutchings, Stuart H. Taylor, Andrew J. Logsdail, David J. Willock	7
13	A DFT mechanistic study of the ODH of n-hexane over isolated H3VO4 2018 ·Molecular Catalysis ·(unknown), Holger B. Friedrich, Hendrik G. Kruger, David J. Willock	3
14	Structural behaviour of copper chloride catalysts during the chlorination of CO to phosgene 2018 ·Faraday Discussions ·Shaoliang Guan, Philip R. Davies, Emma K. Gibson, David Lennon, (unknown), John M. Winfield, June Callison, Peter P. Wells, David J. Willock	6
15	The Effects of Dopants on the Cu–ZrO₂ Catalyzed Hydrogenation of Levulinic Acid 2018 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry ·Jun Hirayama, (unknown), Sarwat Iqbal, Mark Douthwaite, Satoshi Ishikawa, Peter J. Miedziak, Jonathan K. Bartley, Jennifer K. Edwards, Qian He, Robert L. Jenkins, Toru Murayama, C. Reece, Wataru Ueda, David J. Willock, Graham J. Hutchings	1
16	Investigating the influence of acid sites in continuous methane oxidation with N₂O over Fe/MFI zeolites 2017 ·Catalysis Science & Technology ·(unknown), Nicholas F. Dummer, James Carter, Christopher T. Williams, Greg Shaw, David J. Willock, Stuart H. Taylor, (unknown), Randall J. Meyer, Madan M. Bhasin, Graham J. Hutchings	36
17	The adsorption of Cu on the CeO₂(110) surface 2017 ·Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Arunabhiram Chutia, Emma K. Gibson, Matthew R. Farrow, Peter P. Wells, David O. Scanlon, Nikolaos Dimitratos, David J. Willock, C. Richard A. Catlow	21
18	Theory and simulation in heterogeneous gold catalysis 2008 ·Chemical Society Reviews ·Rudy Coquet, (unknown), David J. Willock	121
19	Carbonyl analogues? Analysis of Fe–E (E = B, Al, Ga) bonding in cationic terminal diyl complexes by density functional theory 2004 ·Dalton Transactions ·Simon Aldridge, Andrea Rossin, D.L. Coombs, David J. Willock	60
20	Perfluoroaryl boryl complexes: synthesis, spectroscopic and structural characterisation of a complex containing the bis(pentafluorophenyl)boryl ligand 2001 ·Chemical Communications ·Simon Aldridge, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), David J. Willock, Mark E. Light, (unknown)	12

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