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Benjamin Hatton

Benjamin Hatton

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
36
Citations
12585
World Ranking
8541
National Ranking
342

Overview

Benjamin Hatton is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada, where their research primarily focuses on several domains within engineering and materials science. Their work bridges diverse fields with a significant concentration on biomedical engineering and electrical and electronic engineering, along with orthodontics, surfaces and coatings, and mechanical engineering.

The scientist's main research areas include dental materials and restorations, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, bone tissue engineering materials, advanced ceramic materials synthesis, surface modification and superhydrophobicity, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, and adhesion, friction, and surface interactions.

Hatton's publication record features papers in leading journals, with multiple works in venues such as ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, ACS Applied Bio Materials, Scientific Reports, and Biomedicines. These publications demonstrate a diverse engagement with applied materials and biomedical topics.

  • Transparent Organogel Films Showing Extremely Efficient and Durable Anti-Icing Performance (2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces)
  • Designing Tailored Gas Diffusion Layers with Pore Size Gradients via Electrospinning for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (2020, ACS Applied Energy Materials)
  • Glycoside hydrolase processing of the Pel polysaccharide alters biofilm biomechanics and Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence (2023, npj Biofilms and Microbiomes)
  • Preventing Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms on Indwelling Catheters by Surface-Bound Enzymes (2021, ACS Applied Bio Materials)
  • Lubrication dynamics of swollen silicones to limit long term fouling and microbial biofilms (2020, Soft Matter)

Collaborations form an important part of Hatton's research output, with frequent co-authors including Dalal Asker, Grace M. De Souza, Raphael Kay, Charlie Katrycz, and Natália Almeida Bastos. These collaborations indicate active engagement in interdisciplinary research networks.

  • Dalal Asker
  • Grace M. De Souza
  • Raphael Kay
  • Charlie Katrycz
  • Natália Almeida Bastos

Hatton's work extends across engineering disciplines, highlighting contributions to both fundamental materials science and applied biomedical engineering problems. Their research on bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing intersects with medical device materials, particularly with regard to biofilm prevention and surface-bound enzymatic treatments.

Overall, Benjamin Hatton's profile illustrates an active research agenda focused on advanced materials synthesis, engineering of biomedical interfaces, and surface chemistry, contributing to various scientific and technological applications in health and energy fields.

Best Publications

  • Bioinspired self-repairing slippery surfaces with pressure-stable omniphobicity

    Tak-Sing Wong;Sung Kang;Sindy K. Y. Tang;Elizabeth J. Smythe

  • Design of ice-free nanostructured surfaces based on repulsion of impacting water droplets.

    Lidiya Mishchenko;Benjamin Hatton;Vaibhav Bahadur;J. Ashley Taylor

  • A bioinspired omniphobic surface coating on medical devices prevents thrombosis and biofouling

    Daniel Leslie;Anna Waterhouse;Julia B Berthet;Julia B Berthet;Julia B Berthet;Thomas M Valentin

  • Assembly of large-area, highly ordered, crack-free inverse opal films

    Benjamin Hatton;Lidiya Mishchenko;Stan Davis;Kenneth H. Sandhage

  • Past, Present, and Future of Periodic Mesoporous OrganosilicasThe PMOs

    Benjamin Hatton;Kai Landskron;Wesley Whitnall;Douglas Perovic

  • Transparency and damage tolerance of patternable omniphobic lubricated surfaces based on inverse colloidal monolayers

    Nicolas Vogel;Rebecca A. Belisle;Benjamin Hatton;Tak Sing Wong;Tak Sing Wong

  • Materials chemistry for low-k materials

    Benjamin D. Hatton;Kai Landskron;William J. Hunks;Mark R. Bennett

  • Multifunctional ferrofluid-infused surfaces with reconfigurable multiscale topography

    Wendong Wang;Wendong Wang;Jaako V.I. Timonen;Jaako V.I. Timonen;Andreas Carlson;Andreas Carlson;Dirk-Michael Drotlef

  • Liquid-Infused Silicone As a Biofouling-Free Medical Material

    Noah MacCallum;Caitlin Howell;Philseok Kim;Derek Sun

  • Encoding Complex Wettability Patterns in Chemically Functionalized 3D Photonic Crystals

    Ian B. Burgess;Lidiya Mishchenko;Benjamin D. Hatton;Mathias Kolle

  • Periodic mesoporous organosilicas containing interconnected [Si(CH2)]3 rings.

    Kai Landskron;Benjamin D. Hatton;Doug D. Perovic;Geoffrey A. Ozin

  • Predictive Model for Ice Formation on Superhydrophobic Surfaces

    Vaibhav Bahadur;Lidiya Mishchenko;Benjamin Hatton;J. Ashley Taylor

  • Fine-tuning the degree of stem cell polarization and alignment on ordered arrays of high-aspect-ratio nanopillars.

    Michael A. Bucaro;Yolanda Vasquez;Benjamin D. Hatton;Joanna Aizenberg

  • Spin‐Coated Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica Thin Films—Towards a New Generation of Low‐Dielectric‐Constant Materials

    Benjamin D. Hatton;Kai Landskron;Wesley Whitnall;Doug D. Perovic

  • Nickel@Siloxene catalytic nanosheets for high-performance CO 2 methanation

    Xiaoliang Yan;Xiaoliang Yan;Wei Sun;Wei Sun;Liming Fan;Paul N. Duchesne

  • Towards the synthetic all-optical computer: science fiction or reality?

    André Arsenault;Sébastien Fournier-Bidoz;Benjamin Hatton;Hernán Míguez

  • Spatial Control of Condensation and Freezing on Superhydrophobic Surfaces with Hydrophilic Patches

    Lidiya Mishchenko;Mughees Khan;Joanna Aizenberg;Benjamin D. Hatton;Benjamin D. Hatton

  • Mechanical stability enhancement by pore size and connectivity control in colloidal crystals by layer-by-layer growth of oxide

    Hernan Miguez;Geoffrey Alan Ozin;San Ming Yang;Nicolas Tetreault

  • Dense, bubble-free ceramic deposits from aqueous suspensions by electrophoretic deposition

    Tetsuo Uchikoshi;Kiyoshi Ozawa;Benjamin D. Hatton;Yoshio Sakka

  • Slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces and biological applications thereof

    Joanna Aizenberg;Benjamin Hatton;Donald Elliott Ingber;Michael Super

  • Food-Safe Modification of Stainless Steel Food-Processing Surfaces to Reduce Bacterial Biofilms

    Tarek S Awad;Dalal Asker;Dalal Asker;Benjamin D Hatton

Frequent Co-Authors

Joanna Aizenberg
Joanna Aizenberg Harvard University
Geoffrey A. Ozin
Geoffrey A. Ozin University of Toronto
Yoshio Sakka
Yoshio Sakka National Institute for Materials Science
Donald E. Ingber
Donald E. Ingber Harvard University
Aimy Bazylak
Aimy Bazylak University of Toronto
Marko Loncar
Marko Loncar Harvard University
Kenneth H. Sandhage
Kenneth H. Sandhage Purdue University West Lafayette
Vladimir Kitaev
Vladimir Kitaev Wilfrid Laurier University
Hernán Míguez
Hernán Míguez Spanish National Research Council
Xi Yao
Xi Yao City University of Hong Kong

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