Robert M. Rioux

10.2k citations

115 papers · 8.8k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 41

Impact in

Catalysis top 0.5%
- Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 0.5%
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
- Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques

Papers in

Catalysis 25
- Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions 20
Materials Chemistry 77
- Catalytic Processes in Materials Science 39
- Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis 13
- Copper-based nanomaterials and applications 10

Co-authors: Gábor A. Somorjai A. Paul Alivisatos Can K. Erdonmez Yadong Yin Steven M. Hughes Peidong Yang James D. Hoefelmeyer Hyunjoon Song
Journals: ACS Catalysis (16 papers)Journal of the American Chemical Society (9 papers)Journal of Catalysis (7 papers)Catalysis Today (6 papers)The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (5 papers)
Partner nations: United States China Bulgaria

In The Last Decade

Robert M. Rioux

112 papers receiving 8.7k citations

Hit Papers

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High-Surface-Area Catalyst Design: Synthesis, Characterization, and Reaction Studies of Platinum Nanoparticles in Mesoporous SBA-15 Silica 2004 · 520 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

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it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2004 The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
2004 eScholarship (California Digital Library)

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1	Defect-Driven Redox Interplay on Anatase TiO ₂ : Surface-Structure Dependent Activation for CO ₂ Hydrogenation Catalysis Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Xiaobo Chen, Yonghyuk Lee, Seunghwa Hong, Cerda Thompson, Sabrina M. Gericke, Greg D. Barber, Zhihengyu Chen, Jonahí S. Serrano-Heredia, Christopher J. Tassone, Robert M. Rioux, Phillip Christopher, Simon R. Bare, Meng Li, Dmitri N. Zakharov, Anastassia N. Alexandrova, Ashley R. Head, Guangwen Zhou, M Vieth	2025	2
2	A Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) Bayesian inference approach to analyze apparent activation barriers and reaction orders from microreactor data Journal of Catalysis ·一信穎川, Griffin A. Canning, Robert M. Rioux, Michael J. Janik	2025	0
3	Complementary Reducing Agents are Responsible for Temporally Distinct Nucleation and Growth Phases During the Polyol Synthesis of Ag Nanocubes Angewandte Chemie ·Griffin A. Canning, Mateusz Lewandowski, Wei-Ru Cho, 直彦英, Eunju Bae, Rueben Pfukwa, Bert Klumperman, Robert M. Rioux	2024	1
4	Active-site isolation in intermetallics enables precise identification of elementary reaction kinetics during olefin hydrogenation Nature Catalysis ·Haoran He, Griffin A. Canning, Angela Nguyen, Anish Dasgupta, Randall J. Meyer, Robert M. Rioux, Michael J. Janik	2023	28
5	Direct Determination of High-Affinity Binding Constants by Continuous Injection Isothermal Titration Calorimetry The Journal of Physical Chemistry B ·Ji Woong Chang, Haulasifa, Antonios Armaou, Robert M. Rioux	2023	2
6	Atomic control of active-site ensembles in ordered alloys to enhance hydrogenation selectivity Nature Chemistry ·Anish Dasgupta, Haoran He, Letícia Pereira de Brito Sampaio, Shun‐Li Shang, Haejin In, Randall J. Meyer, Zi‐Kui Liu, Michael J. Janik, Robert M. Rioux	2022	106
7	Understanding the Solution-Phase Growth of Cu and Ag Nanowires and Nanocubes from First Principles Langmuir ·Kristen A. Fichthorn, Zihao Chen, Zhifeng Chen, Robert M. Rioux, Myung Jun Kim, Benjamin J. Wiley	2021	15
8	Chemical Identity of Poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) End Groups Impact Shape Evolution During the Synthesis of Ag Nanostructures Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Eunju Bae, Rueben Pfukwa, Zhifeng Chen, Justin Anderson, Bert Klumperman, Robert M. Rioux	2020	38
9	Revisiting the Polyol Synthesis of Silver Nanostructures: Role of Chloride in Nanocube Formation ACS Nano ·Zhifeng Chen, Tonnam Balankura, Kristen A. Fichthorn, Robert M. Rioux	2019	107
10	Effects of chloride ions in acid-catalyzed biomass dehydration reactions in polar aprotic solvents Nature Communications ·Max A. Mellmer, Chotitath Sanpitakseree, Benginur Demir, Heather L. Reister, Muhammad Soffiudin, Peng Bai, Robert L. Johnson, Theodore W. Walker, Brent H. Shanks, Robert M. Rioux, Matthew Neurock, James A. Dumesic	2019	135
11	Evaluating differences in the active-site electronics of supported Au nanoparticle catalysts using Hammett and DFT studies Nature Chemistry ·Gaurav Kumar, Maria Grazia Conforti, 鲍骏, Ze Sun, Keith Forrester, Robert M. Rioux, Christopher J. Pursell, Michael J. Janik, Bert D. Chandler	2018	95
12	Controlling activity and selectivity using water in the Au-catalysed preferential oxidation of CO in H2 Nature Chemistry ·Johnny Saavedra Lopez, Todd N. Whittaker, Zhifeng Chen, Christopher J. Pursell, Robert M. Rioux, Bert D. Chandler	2016	172
13	Nerve growth factor stimulates axon outgrowth through negative regulation of growth cone actomyosin restraint of microtubule advance Molecular Biology of the Cell ·Stephen G. Turney, Mostafa H. Ahmed, Indra Chandrasekar, Robert B. Wysolmerski, Zoe M. Goeckeler, Robert M. Rioux, George M. Whitesides, Paul C. Bridgman	2015	47
14	Seeded growth induced amorphous to crystalline transformation of niobium oxide nanostructures Nanoscale ·Subhra Jana, Robert M. Rioux	2012	14
15	Highly regio- and stereoselective hydrothiolation of acetylenes with thiols catalyzed by a well-defined supported Rh complex Chemical Communications ·Yong Yang, Robert M. Rioux	2011	108
16	Highly Dispersed Pd-SBA15 Materials from Tris(tert-butoxy)siloxy Complexes of Pd(II) ACS Catalysis ·Yeon Seok Choi, Eric G. Moschetta, Jeffrey T. Miller, Meg E. Fasulo, Meredith J. McMurdo, Robert M. Rioux, T. Don Tilley	2011	26
17	Controlling the Orientation and Synaptic Differentiation of Myotubes with Micropatterned Substrates Biophysical Journal ·Jacinthe Gingras, Robert M. Rioux, Damien Cuvelier, Nicholas A. Geisse, Jeff W. Lichtman, George M. Whitesides, L. Mahadevan, Joshua R. Sanes	2009	41
18	Clusters, surfaces, and catalysis Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Gábor A. Somorjai, A. M. Contreras, Max Montano, Robert M. Rioux	2006	218
19	Formation of hollow nanocrystals through the nanoscale kirkendall \neffect eScholarship (California Digital Library) ·Yadong Yin, Robert M. Rioux, Can K. Erdonmez, Steven M. Hughes, Gábor A. Somorjai, A. Paul Alivisatos Hit paper breakdown →	2004	3185
20	Left Displaced Abomasum American Association of Bovine Practitioners Conference Proceedings ·Luc DesCôteaux, Xu Yingpo, Aleksandr Nikolaev, F. Zhao, Robert M. Rioux, P. Dubreuil	2001	2

About Robert M. Rioux

Robert M. Rioux is a scholar working on Catalysis, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Organic Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry, having authored 115 papers that have together received 8.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (39 papers), Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (20 papers), Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (17 papers), Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies (16 papers), Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (15 papers), Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis (13 papers), Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (10 papers) and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Catalysis (1.3k citations), Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (2.3k citations), Materials Chemistry (5.7k citations), Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (1.3k citations) and Organic Chemistry (2.0k citations). Robert M. Rioux has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and Bulgaria. Frequent co-authors include Gábor A. Somorjai, A. Paul Alivisatos, Can K. Erdonmez, Yadong Yin, Steven M. Hughes, Peidong Yang, James D. Hoefelmeyer, Hyunjoon Song, Yong Yang and Zhifeng Chen. Their work appears in journals such as ACS Catalysis, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Catalysis, Catalysis Today and The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

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