Fiona Smail

1.4k total citations
20 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Fiona Smail is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Catalysis and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Fiona Smail has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Materials Chemistry, 3 papers in Catalysis and 3 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Fiona Smail's work include Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (12 papers), Graphene research and applications (10 papers) and Thermal properties of materials (4 papers). Fiona Smail is often cited by papers focused on Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (12 papers), Graphene research and applications (10 papers) and Thermal properties of materials (4 papers). Fiona Smail collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and China. Fiona Smail's co-authors include Adam Boies, Alan H. Windle, Martin G. Hitzler, Stephen K. Ross, Martyn Poliakoff, Martin Pick, Thurid Gspann, Lee Weller, James A. Elliott and Wei Tan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Communications and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Fiona Smail

19 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Fiona Smail United Kingdom 15 703 373 198 137 133 20 1.1k
Daeho Kim South Korea 18 477 0.7× 186 0.5× 88 0.4× 75 0.5× 202 1.5× 44 839
А. С. Иванов Russia 22 792 1.1× 239 0.6× 139 0.7× 371 2.7× 264 2.0× 113 1.4k
Hongyu Zhao China 16 431 0.6× 128 0.3× 214 1.1× 89 0.6× 77 0.6× 49 797
Suitao Qi China 20 734 1.0× 244 0.7× 329 1.7× 58 0.4× 385 2.9× 54 1.3k
Xinli Jia Singapore 21 783 1.1× 408 1.1× 271 1.4× 117 0.9× 450 3.4× 44 1.3k
Yuan Yin China 18 367 0.5× 211 0.6× 155 0.8× 186 1.4× 34 0.3× 57 1.1k
Elby Titus Portugal 24 1.0k 1.4× 292 0.8× 160 0.8× 160 1.2× 80 0.6× 89 1.4k
Aleš Stýskalík Czechia 17 494 0.7× 166 0.4× 97 0.5× 70 0.5× 116 0.9× 50 772
Xiaojun Liu China 21 708 1.0× 189 0.5× 213 1.1× 166 1.2× 92 0.7× 60 1.1k
Xiaoying Sun China 14 450 0.6× 153 0.4× 85 0.4× 62 0.5× 151 1.1× 33 887

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fiona Smail

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All Works

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Zhang, Xiao, Wei Tan, Tian Carey, et al.. (2023). Enhanced composite thermal conductivity by percolated networks of in-situ confined-grown carbon nanotubes. Nano Research. 16(11). 12821–12829. 8 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiao, Michaël De Volder, Wenbin Zhou, et al.. (2022). Simultaneously enhanced tenacity, rupture work, and thermal conductivity of carbon nanotube fibers by raising effective tube portion. Science Advances. 8(50). eabq3515–eabq3515. 38 indexed citations
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Gspann, Thurid, Adarsh Kaniyoor, Wei Tan, et al.. (2021). Catalyst-Mediated Enhancement of Carbon Nanotube Textiles by Laser Irradiation: Nanoparticle Sweating and Bundle Alignment. Catalysts. 11(3). 368–368. 4 indexed citations
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Brunet, Paul, et al.. (2020). Surfactant-free synthesis of copper nanoparticles and gas phase integration in CNT-composite materials. Nanoscale Advances. 3(3). 781–788. 12 indexed citations
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Boies, Adam, et al.. (2019). Agglomeration Dynamics of 1D Materials: Gas‐Phase Collision Rates of Nanotubes and Nanorods. Small. 15(27). e1900520–e1900520. 32 indexed citations
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Tan, Wei, Joe C. Stallard, Fiona Smail, Adam Boies, & N.A. Fleck. (2019). The mechanical and electrical properties of direct-spun carbon nanotube mat-epoxy composites. Carbon. 150. 489–504. 33 indexed citations
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Weller, Lee, Fiona Smail, James A. Elliott, et al.. (2019). Mapping the parameter space for direct-spun carbon nanotube aerogels. Carbon. 146. 789–812. 100 indexed citations
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Smail, Fiona, Adam Boies, & Alan H. Windle. (2019). Direct spinning of CNT fibres: Past, present and future scale up. Carbon. 152. 218–232. 77 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiao, Wei Tan, Fiona Smail, et al.. (2018). High-fidelity characterization on anisotropic thermal conductivity of carbon nanotube sheets and on their effects of thermal enhancement of nanocomposites. Nanotechnology. 29(36). 365708–365708. 14 indexed citations
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Stallard, Joe C., Wei Tan, Fiona Smail, et al.. (2018). The mechanical and electrical properties of direct-spun carbon nanotube mats. Extreme Mechanics Letters. 21. 65–75. 59 indexed citations
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Duchet‐Rumeau, Jannick, et al.. (2018). Ex-PAN carbon fibers vs carbon nanotubes fibers: From conventional epoxy based composites to multiscale composites. European Polymer Journal. 106. 9–18. 17 indexed citations
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Smail, Fiona, et al.. (2017). The Dependence of CNT Aerogel Synthesis on Sulfur-driven Catalyst Nucleation Processes and a Critical Catalyst Particle Mass Concentration. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 14519–14519. 66 indexed citations
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Smail, Fiona, et al.. (2016). The influence of carbon source and catalyst nanoparticles on CVD synthesis of CNT aerogel. Chemical Engineering Journal. 314. 388–395. 63 indexed citations
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Boyles, Matthew, Lesley Young, David M. Brown, et al.. (2015). Multi-walled carbon nanotube induced frustrated phagocytosis, cytotoxicity and pro-inflammatory conditions in macrophages are length dependent and greater than that of asbestos. Toxicology in Vitro. 29(7). 1513–1528. 132 indexed citations
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Gspann, Thurid, Fiona Smail, & Alan H. Windle. (2014). Spinning of carbon nanotube fibres using the floating catalyst high temperature route: purity issues and the critical role of sulphur. Faraday Discussions. 173. 47–65. 103 indexed citations
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Gray, William K., Fiona Smail, Martin G. Hitzler, Stephen K. Ross, & Martyn Poliakoff. (1999). The Continuous Acid-Catalyzed Dehydration of Alcohols in Supercritical Fluids:  A New Approach to the Cleaner Synthesis of Acetals, Ketals, and Ethers with High Selectivity. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 121(46). 10711–10718. 72 indexed citations
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Hitzler, Martin G., Fiona Smail, Martyn Poliakoff, & Stephen K. Ross. (1998). Friedel–Crafts alkylation in supercritical fluids: continuous, selective and clean. Chemical Communications. 359–360. 60 indexed citations
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Hitzler, Martin G., Fiona Smail, Stephen K. Ross, & Martyn Poliakoff. (1998). Selective Catalytic Hydrogenation of Organic Compounds in Supercritical Fluids as a Continuous Process. Organic Process Research & Development. 2(3). 137–146. 122 indexed citations

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