Thomas G. Parton

764 total citations · 2 hit papers
13 papers, 548 citations indexed

About

Thomas G. Parton is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas G. Parton has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 548 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Biomaterials, 5 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 3 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Thomas G. Parton's work include Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (6 papers), Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (4 papers) and Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (3 papers). Thomas G. Parton is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (6 papers), Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (4 papers) and Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (3 papers). Thomas G. Parton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Japan and Germany. Thomas G. Parton's co-authors include Silvia Vignolini, Richard Parker, Bruno Frka‐Petesic, Johannes S. Haataja, Gea T. van de Kerkhof, Qingchen Shen, Zihao Lu, Aurimas Narkevicius, Michaël De Volder and Xiwei Shan and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Thomas G. Parton

12 papers receiving 543 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Structural Color from Cellulose Nanocrystals or Chitin Nanocrystals: Self-Assembly, Optics, and Applications

2023 121 citations Bruno Frka‐Petesic, Thomas G. Parton et al. Chemical Reviews profile →
Structurally Colored Radiative Cooling Cellulosic Films

2022 120 citations Wenkai Zhu, Qingchen Shen et al. Advanced Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas G. Parton United Kingdom	8	257	122	118	103	89	13	548
Bernd A. F. Kopera Germany	10	241 0.9×	108 0.9×	41 0.3×	41 0.4×	225 2.5×	14	590
Fengxiang Chen China	15	91 0.4×	57 0.5×	81 0.7×	34 0.3×	160 1.8×	31	673
Xiaoxiang Wen China	12	114 0.4×	60 0.5×	94 0.8×	18 0.2×	130 1.5×	26	373
Shijia Yang China	11	31 0.1×	42 0.3×	65 0.6×	185 1.8×	74 0.8×	29	456
Elena Vasileva Sweden	8	202 0.8×	35 0.3×	54 0.5×	8 0.1×	114 1.3×	12	483
Ji‐Dong Liu China	17	90 0.4×	54 0.4×	88 0.7×	29 0.3×	227 2.6×	42	675
Xiaoye Geng China	13	36 0.1×	28 0.2×	19 0.2×	90 0.9×	79 0.9×	15	647
Katarina Adstedt United States	9	188 0.7×	114 0.9×	35 0.3×	25 0.2×	70 0.8×	12	425
Robert Sinko United States	12	414 1.6×	24 0.2×	30 0.3×	60 0.6×	232 2.6×	15	722
Matti S. Toivonen Finland	6	412 1.6×	55 0.5×	20 0.2×	19 0.2×	137 1.5×	7	562

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13 of 13 papers shown

Hassan, Fathy, Chun Lam Clement Chan, Thomas G. Parton, et al.. (2025). Tuning the Circularly Polarized Reflection from Cholesteric Hydroxypropyl Cellulose Using Molecular Photoswitches. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 65(1). e20839–e20839.

Parton, Thomas G., Richard Parker, Bruno Frka‐Petesic, et al.. (2025). Tailoring the Morphology of Cellulose Nanocrystals via Controlled Aggregation. ACS Nano. 19(27). 25228–25242. 1 indexed citations

Parton, Thomas G., et al.. (2024). Angle-resolved optical spectroscopy of photonic cellulose nanocrystal films reveals the influence of additives on the mechanism of kinetic arrest. Soft Matter. 20(17). 3695–3707. 8 indexed citations

Pandya, Raj, Lorenzo Valzania, Fei Xia, et al.. (2023). Three-dimensional operando optical imaging of particle and electrolyte heterogeneities inside Li-ion batteries. Nature Nanotechnology. 18(10). 1185–1194. 41 indexed citations

Haataja, Johannes S., Gianni Jacucci, Thomas G. Parton, Lukas Schertel, & Silvia Vignolini. (2023). Topological invariance in whiteness optimisation. Communications Physics. 6(1). 137–137. 5 indexed citations

Parker, Richard, Thomas G. Parton, Chun Lam Clement Chan, et al.. (2023). Bioinspired Photonic Materials from Cellulose: Fabrication, Optical Analysis, and Applications. Accounts of Materials Research. 4(6). 522–535. 42 indexed citations

Frka‐Petesic, Bruno, Thomas G. Parton, Camila Honorato‐Rios, et al.. (2023). Structural Color from Cellulose Nanocrystals or Chitin Nanocrystals: Self-Assembly, Optics, and Applications. Chemical Reviews. 123(23). 12595–12756. 121 indexed citations breakdown →

Kwon, Jun‐Young, Thomas G. Parton, Youngeun Choi, et al.. (2023). Chiral Se Nanobrooms with Wavelength and Polarization Sensitive Scattering. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(29). 3 indexed citations

Kerkhof, Gea T. van de, Lukas Schertel, Thomas G. Parton, et al.. (2022). Polysaccharide metabolism regulates structural colour in bacterial colonies. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 19(190). 20220181–20220181. 3 indexed citations

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Parton, Thomas G., Richard Parker, Gea T. van de Kerkhof, et al.. (2022). Chiral self-assembly of cellulose nanocrystals is driven by crystallite bundles. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2657–2657. 128 indexed citations

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Zhu, Wenkai, Qingchen Shen, Thomas G. Parton, et al.. (2022). Structurally Colored Radiative Cooling Cellulosic Films. Advanced Science. 9(26). e2202061–e2202061. 120 indexed citations breakdown →

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Narkevicius, Aurimas, Richard Parker, Jordi Ferrer Orri, et al.. (2022). Revealing the Structural Coloration of Self‐Assembled Chitin Nanocrystal Films. Advanced Materials. 34(31). e2203300–e2203300. 46 indexed citations

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Zhu, Bonan, Villads Egede Johansen, Gen Kamita, et al.. (2020). Hyperspectral Imaging of Photonic Cellulose Nanocrystal Films: Structure of Local Defects and Implications for Self-Assembly Pathways. ACS Nano. 14(11). 15361–15373. 30 indexed citations

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