P. A. Thomas

10.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
180 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

P. A. Thomas is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, P. A. Thomas has authored 180 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 136 papers in Materials Chemistry, 69 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 67 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in P. A. Thomas's work include Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (104 papers), Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics (56 papers) and Multiferroics and related materials (49 papers). P. A. Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (104 papers), Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics (56 papers) and Multiferroics and related materials (49 papers). P. A. Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and United States. P. A. Thomas's co-authors include G. O. Jones, A. M. Glazer, Reese H. Clark, Joyce L. Peabody, Dean S. Keeble, Semën Gorfman, Jacob L. Jones, J. Kreisel, B.E. Watts and J. Kreisel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

P. A. Thomas

176 papers receiving 8.3k 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.

Investigation of the structure and phase transitions in the novel A-site substituted distorted perovskite compound Na_0.5Bi_0.5TiO₃

2002 846 citations G. O. Jones, P. A. Thomas Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
P. A. Thomas	6.7k	4.1k	3.6k	2.7k	1.3k	180	8.5k
Takuya Hasegawa	4.0k 0.6×	1.5k 0.4×	2.0k 0.5×	378 0.1×	314 0.2×	252	5.7k
Dominique Thiaudière	1.7k 0.3×	310 0.1×	446 0.1×	533 0.2×	248 0.2×	149	3.2k
H. Liang	7.5k 1.1×	909 0.2×	3.8k 1.1×	274 0.1×	606 0.5×	294	8.3k
G. André	2.8k 0.4×	4.4k 1.1×	457 0.1×	230 0.1×	736 0.6×	314	6.7k
Ian W. Boyd	3.3k 0.5×	801 0.2×	3.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.4×	610 0.5×	307	6.2k
Michael Zäch	2.4k 0.4×	1.2k 0.3×	2.3k 0.7×	2.3k 0.8×	974 0.8×	60	5.9k
Michael G. Spencer	4.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.3×	3.2k 0.9×	1.5k 0.5×	1.6k 1.2×	243	7.4k
Reine Wallenberg	7.6k 1.1×	1.1k 0.3×	5.8k 1.6×	6.3k 2.3×	3.4k 2.7×	232	13.1k
Satoshi Uchida	6.7k 1.0×	2.6k 0.6×	3.5k 1.0×	648 0.2×	1.0k 0.8×	274	13.7k
Stefan Fischer	3.5k 0.5×	595 0.1×	2.4k 0.7×	1.2k 0.4×	685 0.5×	110	5.5k

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Huband, Steven, Dean S. Keeble, Nan Zhang, et al.. (2017). Relationship between the structure and optical properties of lithium tantalate at the zero-birefringence point. Journal of Applied Physics. 121(2). 13 indexed citations

Huband, Steven, Dean S. Keeble, Nan Zhang, et al.. (2017). Crystallographic and optical study of LiNb_1 − xTa_xO₃. Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science Crystal Engineering and Materials. 73(3). 498–506. 14 indexed citations

Zhang, Nan, Hiroko Yokota, A. M. Glazer, et al.. (2017). Local-scale structures across the morphotropic phase boundary in PbZr_1−xTi _x O₃. IUCrJ. 5(1). 73–81. 29 indexed citations

McNulty, Jason A., et al.. (2017). Unprecedented phase transition sequence in the perovskite Li_0.2Na_0.8NbO₃. IUCrJ. 4(3). 215–222. 9 indexed citations

Fabrizi, F., P. A. Thomas, G. Nisbet, & Stephen P. Collins. (2015). Identification of inversion domains in KTiOPO₄viaresonant X-ray diffraction. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances. 71(4). 361–367. 4 indexed citations

Bartasyte, Ausrine, Valentina Plaušinaitienė, A. Abrutis, et al.. (2014). Thickness dependent stresses and thermal expansion of epitaxial LiNbO3 thin films on C-sapphire. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 149-150. 622–631. 13 indexed citations

Keeble, Dean S., Feres Benabdallah, P. A. Thomas, Mario Maglione, & Jens Kreisel. (2013). Revised structural phase diagram of (Ba0.7Ca0.3TiO3)-(BaZr0.2Ti0.8O3). Applied Physics Letters. 102(9). 315 indexed citations

Veal, T. D., Ana M. Sánchez, Oliver Bierwagen, et al.. (2012). ヘテロエピタキシャル半導体におけるキャリア移動度に及ぼす帯電した転位密度の変動の影響:サファイア上に成長させたSnO 2 の場合. Physical Review B. 86(24). 1–245315. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Nan, Hiroko Yokota, A. M. Glazer, & P. A. Thomas. (2011). The not so simple cubic structure of PbZr_1 − xTi_xO₃ (PZT): complex local structural effects in perovskites. Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science. 67(6). 461–466. 23 indexed citations

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Hofmann, Annette, et al.. (2011). Reversibility of cadmium sorption to calcite revisited. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 368(1). 434–442. 17 indexed citations

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Yokota, Hiroko, et al.. (2011). Neutron powder diffraction refinement of PbZr_1 − xTi_xO₃. Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science. 67(5). 386–398. 64 indexed citations

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Norberg, Stefan T., P. A. Thomas, & Matthew G. Tucker. (2011). A neutron total scattering study of local coordination in KTiOPO₄from room temperature to 900 °C. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 23(17). 175401–175401. 12 indexed citations

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May-Smith, T.C., Michalis N. Zervas, R.W. Eason, et al.. (2010). Growth of crystalline garnet mixed films, superlattices and multilayers for optical applications via shuttered Combinatorial Pulsed Laser Deposition. Optics Express. 18(24). 24679–24679. 16 indexed citations

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Thomas, P. A., et al.. (2008). Structural study of K_xNa_1 − xNbO₃ (KNN) for compositions in the range x = 0.24–0.36. Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science. 65(1). 22–28. 54 indexed citations

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Janolin, Pierre‐Eymeric, Pierre Bouvier, J. Kreisel, et al.. (2008). High-Pressure Effect onPbTiO3: An Investigation by Raman and X-Ray Scattering up to 63 GPa. Physical Review Letters. 101(23). 237601–237601. 92 indexed citations

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Ren, Zhong, Siyuan Yu, Jessica Marshall, David Walker, & P. A. Thomas. (2007). Fabrication of waveguides by inductively coupled plasma etching on LiNbO 3 /LiTaO 3 single crystal film by liquid phase epitaxy growth. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6781. 67812H–67812H.

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Janolin, Pierre‐Eymeric, Brahim Dkhil, Pierre Bouvier, J. Kreisel, & P. A. Thomas. (2006). Pressure instabilities up to 46 GPa in the relaxor ferroelectric PbZn{sub 1/3}Nb{sub 2/3}O{sub 3}. Physical Review B. 73(9). 1 indexed citations

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Thomas, P. A., et al.. (2003). Enteral glutamine supplementation and morbidity in low birth weight infants. The Journal of Pediatrics. 142(6). 662–668. 72 indexed citations

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Jones, G. O., J. Kreisel, & P. A. Thomas. (2002). A structural study of the (Na _{1− x} K _x ) _0.5 Bi _0.5 TiO ₃ perovskite series as a function of substitution ( x ) and temperature. Powder Diffraction. 17(4). 301–319. 128 indexed citations

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Jones, G. O. & P. A. Thomas. (2002). Investigation of the structure and phase transitions in the novel A-site substituted distorted perovskite compound Na_0.5Bi_0.5TiO₃. Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science. 58(2). 168–178. 846 indexed citations breakdown →

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