Toby Sainsbury

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
23 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Toby Sainsbury is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Toby Sainsbury has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Materials Chemistry, 9 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 5 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Toby Sainsbury's work include Graphene research and applications (14 papers), Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (7 papers) and Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research (5 papers). Toby Sainsbury is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (14 papers), Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (7 papers) and Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research (5 papers). Toby Sainsbury collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ireland and United States. Toby Sainsbury's co-authors include H. Hadavinia, Samireh Vahid, Gholamhossein Liaghat, Jonathan N. Coleman, Tao Zhang, Zhiming Wang, I.T. McGovern, Amro Satti, Donald Fitzmaurice and Yurii K. Gun’ko and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Chemistry of Materials.

In The Last Decade

Toby Sainsbury

23 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Improving the fracture toughness and the strength of epoxy using nanomaterials – a review of the current status

2015 661 citations H. Hadavinia, Tao Zhang et al. Nanoscale profile →
Oxygen Radical Functionalization of Boron Nitride Nanosheets

2012 494 citations Toby Sainsbury, Amro Satti et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Toby Sainsbury United Kingdom	17	1.6k	741	619	484	390	23	2.4k
Tzong‐Ming Lee Taiwan	24	1.6k 1.0×	1.2k 1.7×	605 1.0×	512 1.1×	336 0.9×	41	2.5k
A. Eitan United States	10	1.1k 0.7×	656 0.9×	402 0.6×	452 0.9×	426 1.1×	10	1.8k
Yuan-Li Huang Taiwan	18	1.7k 1.1×	908 1.2×	977 1.6×	440 0.9×	350 0.9×	24	2.7k
Hanxun Qiu China	30	1.6k 1.0×	838 1.1×	565 0.9×	246 0.5×	186 0.5×	87	2.4k
Jiang Zhu China	14	1.1k 0.7×	550 0.7×	315 0.5×	465 1.0×	379 1.0×	38	1.7k
Chih‐Chun Teng Taiwan	24	1.8k 1.1×	1.2k 1.6×	718 1.2×	429 0.9×	376 1.0×	38	2.8k
Mei‐Hui Tsai Taiwan	30	1.5k 0.9×	1.4k 1.8×	627 1.0×	374 0.8×	481 1.2×	96	2.7k
Mitra Yoonessi United States	19	874 0.5×	960 1.3×	537 0.9×	243 0.5×	159 0.4×	31	1.7k
M.T. Martı́nez Spain	23	1.3k 0.8×	865 1.2×	571 0.9×	204 0.4×	219 0.6×	49	2.1k
Chang‐Jian Weng Taiwan	19	1.1k 0.7×	917 1.2×	556 0.9×	155 0.3×	218 0.6×	34	2.0k

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Naftaly, Mira, et al.. (2018). Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy as a novel metrology tool for liquid-phase exfoliated few-layer graphene. Nanotechnology. 30(2). 25709–25709. 10 indexed citations

Paton, Keith R., et al.. (2017). Enhancement of Fracture Toughness of Epoxy Nanocomposites by Combining Nanotubes and Nanosheets as Fillers. Materials. 10(10). 1179–1179. 78 indexed citations

Hadavinia, H., Tao Zhang, Gholamhossein Liaghat, et al.. (2017). Improving the fracture toughness properties of epoxy using graphene nanoplatelets at low filler content. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(3). 85–96. 86 indexed citations

Sainsbury, Toby, et al.. (2017). Progress towards the development of a rapid analytical approach for separation of 226 Ra using dibenzo-18-crown-6 ether functionalised silica (SiO 2 ) disks. Radiation Physics and Chemistry. 140. 57–60. 4 indexed citations

Paton, Keith R., et al.. (2017). Production of few-layer graphene by microfluidization. Materials Research Express. 4(2). 25604–25604. 47 indexed citations

Brennan, Barry, Steven J. Spencer, Natalie A. Belsey, et al.. (2017). Structural, chemical and electrical characterisation of conductive graphene-polymer composite films. Applied Surface Science. 403. 403–412. 26 indexed citations

Sainsbury, Toby, et al.. (2016). Covalent Carbene Functionalization of Graphene: Toward Chemical Band-Gap Manipulation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 8(7). 4870–4877. 47 indexed citations

Hadavinia, H., et al.. (2015). Improving the fracture toughness and the strength of epoxy using nanomaterials – a review of the current status. Nanoscale. 7(23). 10294–10329. 661 indexed citations breakdown →

Sainsbury, Toby, et al.. (2014). Dibromocarbene Functionalization of Boron Nitride Nanosheets: Toward Band Gap Manipulation and Nanocomposite Applications. Chemistry of Materials. 26(24). 7039–7050. 87 indexed citations

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Sainsbury, Toby, Amro Satti, Peter May, et al.. (2012). Covalently Functionalized Hexagonal Boron Nitride Nanosheets by Nitrene Addition. Chemistry - A European Journal. 18(35). 10808–10812. 72 indexed citations

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Sainsbury, Toby, Amro Satti, Peter May, et al.. (2012). Oxygen Radical Functionalization of Boron Nitride Nanosheets. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 134(45). 18758–18771. 494 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cano, Manuela, Umar Khan, Toby Sainsbury, et al.. (2012). Improving the mechanical properties of graphene oxide based materials by covalent attachment of polymer chains. Carbon. 52. 363–371. 231 indexed citations

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Pacilè, D., M. Papagno, Tomáš Škála, et al.. (2010). Excitons at the B K edge of boron nitride nanotubes probed by x-ray absorption spectroscopy. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 22(29). 295301–295301. 4 indexed citations

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Sainsbury, Toby, et al.. (2010). Kevlar Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes for Next-Generation Composites. Chemistry of Materials. 22(6). 2164–2171. 38 indexed citations

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Stolarczyk, Jacek K., Toby Sainsbury, & Donald Fitzmaurice. (2007). Evaluation of interactions between functionalised multi-walled carbon nanotubes and ligand-stabilised gold nanoparticles using surface element integration. Journal of Computer-Aided Materials Design. 14(1). 151–165. 8 indexed citations

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Sainsbury, Toby, Takashi Ikuno, David Okawa, et al.. (2007). Self-Assembly of Gold Nanoparticles at the Surface of Amine- and Thiol-Functionalized Boron Nitride Nanotubes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 111(35). 12992–12999. 178 indexed citations

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Ikuno, Takashi, Toby Sainsbury, David Okawa, Jean M. J. Fréchet, & Alex Zettl. (2007). Amine-functionalized boron nitride nanotubes. Solid State Communications. 142(11). 643–646. 131 indexed citations

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Sainsbury, Toby, Jacek K. Stolarczyk, & Donald Fitzmaurice. (2005). An Experimental and Theoretical Study of the Self-Assembly of Gold Nanoparticles at the Surface of Functionalized Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 109(34). 16310–16325. 51 indexed citations

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Sainsbury, Toby & Donald Fitzmaurice. (2004). Carbon-Nanotube-Templated and Pseudorotaxane-Formation-Driven Gold Nanowire Self-Assembly. Chemistry of Materials. 16(11). 2174–2179. 55 indexed citations

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Sainsbury, Toby & Donald Fitzmaurice. (2004). Templated Assembly of Semiconductor and Insulator Nanoparticles at the Surface of Covalently Modified Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes. Chemistry of Materials. 16(19). 3780–3790. 72 indexed citations

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