G. Thornton

16.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
347 papers, 13.1k citations indexed

About

G. Thornton is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Surfaces, Coatings and Films. According to data from OpenAlex, G. Thornton has authored 347 papers receiving a total of 13.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 223 papers in Materials Chemistry, 125 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 77 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films. Recurrent topics in G. Thornton's work include Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (115 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (97 papers) and Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (77 papers). G. Thornton is often cited by papers focused on Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (115 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (97 papers) and Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (77 papers). G. Thornton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. G. Thornton's co-authors include Chi L. Pang, C.A. Muryn, R. Lindsay, Anthony F. Orchard, P. W. Murray, Peter Burroughs, A. Hamnett, N. G. Condon, F. M. Leibsle and P.L. Wincott and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

G. Thornton

340 papers receiving 12.9k 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.

Satellite structure in the X-ray photoelectron spectra of some binary and mixed oxides of lanthanum and cerium

1976 934 citations G. Thornton et al. profile →
Direct visualization of defect-mediated dissociation of water on TiO2(110)

2006 548 citations Oier Bikondoa, Chi L. Pang et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Operando Characterization of Electrochemistry at the Rutile TiO₂(110)/0.1 M HCl Interface Using Ambient Pressure XPS 2024 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·(unknown), Conor Byrne, (unknown), Zoë Henderson, Katherine B. Holt, Alexander I. Large, Georg Held, Alex S. Walton, G. Thornton	4
2	Zero Threshold for Water Adsorption on MAPbBr₃ 2023 ·Small ·(unknown), Thomas J. Macdonald, (unknown), (unknown), Julia A. Davies, Helen H. Fielding, G. Thornton	3
3	Fabrication of Isolated Iron Nanowires 2023 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters ·David C. Grinter, (unknown), Chi L. Pang, Chi Ming Yim, C.A. Muryn, (unknown), Francesco Maccherozzi, S. S. Dhesi, Masahiko Suzuki, Tsuneo Yasue, T. Koshikawa, G. Thornton	0
4	Structure and reactivity of model CeO₂ surfaces 2022 ·Journal of Physics Condensed Matter ·David C. Grinter, G. Thornton	5
5	Direct Visualization of a Gold Nanoparticle Electron Trapping Effect 2022 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·(unknown), Khabiboulakh Katsiev, Byeongjin Baek, George T. Harrison, G. Thornton, Hicham Idriss	16
6	Ce=O Terminated CeO ₂ 2021 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·David C. Grinter, Michael Allan, (unknown), (unknown), Gustavo E. Murgida, (unknown), Chi L. Pang, Hicham Idriss, M. V. Ganduglia-Pirovano, G. Thornton	31
7	Polaron-Adsorbate Coupling at the TiO₂(110)-Carboxylate Interface 2021 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters ·(unknown), Bo Wen, (unknown), Yu Zhang, Ricardo Grau‐Crespo, Helen H. Fielding, Annabella Selloni, G. Thornton	19
8	A combined laboratory and synchrotron in-situ photoemission study of the rutile TiO₂ (110)/water interface 2021 ·Journal of Physics D Applied Physics ·Conor Byrne, (unknown), (unknown), David C. Grinter, Kanak Roy, Wilson Quevedo, Georg Held, G. Thornton, Alex S. Walton	7
9	Photoexcitation of bulk polarons in rutile TiO2 2021 ·Physical review. B. ·(unknown), Bo Wen, Yu Zhang, Yuandong Niu, Helen H. Fielding, Annabella Selloni, G. Thornton	17
10	Ce=O Terminated CeO ₂ 2021 ·Angewandte Chemie ·David C. Grinter, Michael Allan, (unknown), (unknown), Gustavo E. Murgida, (unknown), Chi L. Pang, Hicham Idriss, M. V. Ganduglia-Pirovano, G. Thornton	3
11	State-Selective Dynamics of TiO ₂ Charge-Carrier Trapping and Recombination 2019 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters ·Yu Zhang, (unknown), Chi L. Pang, Céphise Cacho, Richard T. Chapman, Emma Springate, Helen H. Fielding, G. Thornton	27
12	Water-Induced Reversal of the TiO₂(011)-(2 × 1) Surface Reconstruction: Observed with in Situ Surface X-ray Diffraction 2019 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·Hadeel Hussain, Mahmoud Ahmed, X. Torrelles, David C. Grinter, Grégory Cabailh, Oier Bikondoa, Chris Nicklin, Ulrich Aschauer, R. Lindsay, G. Thornton	8
13	Structure of a Superhydrophilic Surface: Wet Chemically Prepared Rutile-TiO₂(110)(1 × 1) 2019 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·(unknown), Hadeel Hussain, X. Torrelles, Grégory Cabailh, Oier Bikondoa, Chris Nicklin, G. Thornton, R. Lindsay	16
14	Visualization of Water-Induced Surface Segregation of Polarons on Rutile TiO₂(110) 2018 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters ·Chi Ming Yim, Ji Chen, Yu Zhang, (unknown), Chi L. Pang, David C. Grinter, Hendrik Bluhm, Miquel Salmerón, C.A. Muryn, Angelos Michaelides, G. Thornton	37
15	Structure of the SnO2(110)-(4 x 1) Surface 2017 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·(unknown), (unknown), K. Pussi, Johan Gustafson, Mikhail Shipilin, Andreas Schaefer, (unknown), Jonathan Rawle, Chris Nicklin, G. Thornton, (unknown), Bjørk Hammer, Edvin Lundgren	1
16	Self-Assembled Metallic Nanowires on a Dielectric Support: Pd on Rutile TiO₂(110) 2008 ·Nano Letters ·(unknown), Grégory Cabailh, Chi L. Pang, C.A. Muryn, S. A. Cavill, Helder Marchetto, A. Potenza, S. S. Dhesi, G. Thornton	17
17	The Stability of Polar Oxide Surfaces 2001 ·Physical Review Letters ·A. Wander, F. Schedin, P. Steadman, Andrew N. Norris, R. McGrath, (unknown), G. Thornton, (unknown)	2
18	The Fast Neutron Flux Spectrum Aboard Mars Odyssey During Cruise 2001 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·W. C. Feldman, T. H. Prettyman, R. L. Tokar, W. V. Boynton, R. C. Byrd, Kenneth R. Fuller, O. Gasnault, Jonathan L. Longmire, R. H. Olsher, S. A. Storms, G. Thornton	1
19	NEXAFS study of CO adsorption on ZnO(0001)–O and ZnO(0001)–O/Cu 1999 ·Surface Science ·R. Lindsay, A. Gutiérrez-Sosa, G. Thornton, Audunn Ludviksson, Stephen C. Parker, Charles T. Campbell	26
20	Performance of the VUV beamline 4.1 at the SRS, Daresbury Laboratory 1998 ·Journal of Synchrotron Radiation ·V.R. Dhanak, Alexander G. Shard, C.A. Muryn, P.L. Wincott, G. Thornton	1

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