2026 G. Thornton: Chemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Chemistry	60	9641	8726	547	490	299	13703

Research.com Recognitions

2008 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For the pioneering use of synchrotron radiation techniques and scanning probe methods to explore the surface chemical physics of metal oxides

Overview

G. Thornton is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Materials Science and Energy, with specific focuses on Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist's work investigates several advanced topics, including catalytic processes in materials science, TiO₂ photocatalysis and solar cells, electronic and structural properties of oxides, advanced photocatalysis techniques, quantum dots synthesis and properties, catalysis and oxidation reactions, and electrocatalysts for energy conversion.

Recent publications by G. Thornton include:

Ce=O Terminated CeO₂ (2021), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
TiO₂ Polarons in the Time Domain: Implications for Photocatalysis (2022), published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
Photoexcitation of bulk polarons in rutile TiO₂ (2021), published in Physical Review B
Polaron-Adsorbate Coupling at the TiO₂(110)-Carboxylate Interface (2021), published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
Direct Visualization of a Gold Nanoparticle Electron Trapping Effect (2022), published in Journal of the American Chemical Society

Frequent co-authors of G. Thornton include:

David C. Grinter
Chi L. Pang
Hicham Idriss
Alex J. Tanner
Chi Ming Yim

They have published frequently in the following venues:

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Angewandte Chemie

G. Thornton has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2008 for contributions involving synchrotron radiation techniques and scanning probe methods to study the surface chemical physics of metal oxides.

Best Publications

Satellite structure in the X-ray photoelectron spectra of some binary and mixed oxides of lanthanum and cerium

Peter Burroughs;Andrew Hamnett;Anthony F. Orchard;Geoffrey Thornton

1096
Citations
Direct visualization of defect-mediated dissociation of water on TiO2(110)

Oier Bikondoa;Chi L. Pang;Roslinda Ithnin;Christopher A. Muryn

733
Citations
Imaging water dissociation on TiO 2 (110)

I. M. Brookes;C. A. Muryn;G. Thornton

431
Citations
Relaxation of TiO 2 ( 110 ) -( 1 × 1 ) Using Surface X-Ray Diffraction

G. Charlton;P. B. Howes;C. L. Nicklin;P. Steadman

397
Citations
Electron traps and their effect on the surface chemistry of TiO2 (110)

Anthoula C. Papageorgiou;Nikolaos S. Beglitis;Chi L. Pang;Gilberto Teobaldi

322
Citations
Structure and dynamics of liquid water on rutile TiO 2 ( 110 )

Li-Min Liu;Changjun Zhang;Geoff Thornton;Angelos Michaelides

240
Citations
Size-Dependent Dissociation of Carbon Monoxide on Cobalt Nanoparticles

Anders Tuxen;Sophie Carenco;Mahati Chintapalli;Mahati Chintapalli;Cheng-Hao Chuang;Cheng-Hao Chuang

237
Citations
EFFECT OF STOICHIOMETRY ON THE STRUCTURE OF TIO2(110)

Murray Pw;Condon Ng;Thornton G

224
Citations
Revisiting the Surface Structure of TiO 2 ( 110 ) : A Quantitative low-Energy Electron Diffraction Study

R. Lindsay;A. Wander;A. Ernst;B. Montanari

197
Citations
Added row model of TiO 2 ( 110 ) 1 × 2

C. L. Pang;S. A. Haycock;H. Raza;P. W. Murray

173
Citations
Structures of Fe 3 O 4 (111) surfaces observed by scanning tunneling microscopy

A. R. Lennie;N. G. Condon;F. M. Leibsle;P. W. Murray

159
Citations
Biphase Ordering of Iron Oxide Surfaces.

N. G. Condon;F. M. Leibsle;A. R. Lennie;P. W. Murray

156
Citations
Fe3O4(111) termination of α-Fe2O3(0001)

N.G. Condon;P.W. Murray;F.M. Leibsle;G. Thornton

144
Citations
Imaging the polar and non-polar surfaces of ZnO with STM

T.M. Parker;N.G. Condon;R. Lindsay;F.M. Leibsle

128
Citations
Biphase ordering on Fe 3 O 4 (111)

N. G. Condon;F. M. Leibsle;T. Parker;A. R. Lennie

127
Citations
Surface relaxation of SrTiO3(001)

G. Charlton;S. Brennan;C.A. Muryn;R. McGrath

122
Citations
Atomic-resolution STM of a system with strongly correlated electrons:NiO(001) surface structure and defect sites

M. R. Castell;P. L. Wincott;N. G. Condon;C. Muggelberg

121
Citations
One-dimensional reactivity in catalysis studied with the scanning tunnelling microscope

F. M. Leibsle;P. W. Murray;S. M. Francis;G. Thornton

116
Citations
Step and point defect effects on TiO2(100) reactivity

C.A. Muryn;P.J. Hardman;J.J. Crouch;G.N. Raiker

116
Citations
Effects of exchange, correlation, and numerical approximations on the computed properties of the rutile TiO 2 (100) surface

J. Muscat;N. M. Harrison;G. Thornton

106
Citations
Alkali-metal–to–substrate charge transfer in TiO 2 (100) c (2×2)K

K. Prabhakaran;D. Purdie;R. Casanova;C. A. Muryn

105
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher A. Muryn University of Manchester

David J. Vaughan University of Manchester

Nicholas M. Harrison Imperial College London

Robert Lindsay University of Glasgow

Kevin C. Prince Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste

Gerald S. Frankel The Ohio State University

Philippe Marcus Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

Michael Bowker Cardiff University

Sam Haq University of Liverpool

Daniel A. Fischer National Institute of Standards and Technology

External Links

Personal website of G. Thornton

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