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Materials Science

D-Index
58
Citations
8396
World Ranking
7821
National Ranking
304

Chemistry

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Graham J. Leggett publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Graham J. Leggett sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 188 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Graham J. Leggett D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Graham J. Leggett sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Graham J. Leggett is affiliated with the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science, Engineering, and Physics and Astronomy. Their research spans a variety of scientific domains, with a particular focus on subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Molecular Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Surfaces, Coatings and Films.

Their work covers diverse topics, including:

  • Polymer Surface Interaction Studies
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Strong Light-Matter Interactions
  • Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials

Leggett has authored research published in a variety of scientific venues, with the most frequent including:

  • Langmuir
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Chemical Science
  • Advanced Functional Materials

Recent publications provide insight into the range of Leggett's research interests and contributions. These include:

  • "Adsorption of silver nano-particles modified activated carbon filter media for indoor formaldehyde removal" (2020, Chemical Physics Letters)
  • "Engineering and Controlling Perovskite Emissions via Optical Quasi-Bound-States-in-the-Continuum" (2023, Advanced Functional Materials)
  • "Hydrophilic Aldehyde-Functional Polymer Brushes: Synthesis, Characterization, and Potential Bioapplications" (2023, Macromolecules)
  • "Rationally seeded computational protein design of ɑ-helical barrels" (2024, Nature Chemical Biology)
  • "Active control of strong plasmon-exciton coupling in biomimetic pigment-polymer antenna complexes grown by surface-initiated polymerisation from gold nanostructures" (2022, Chemical Science)

Collaboration is an important aspect of Leggett's work. Frequent co-authors include Edwin C. Johnson, Steven P. Armes, Rokas Petrenas, Thomas A. A. Oliver, and Derek N. Woolfson, reflecting a network of research partnerships across multiple projects.

Best Publications

  • Protein adsorption and human osteoblast-like cell attachment and growth on alkylthiol on gold self-assembled monolayers.

    Colin A. Scotchford;Christopher P. Gilmore;Elaine Cooper;Graham J. Leggett

  • Templated formation of giant polymer vesicles with controlled size distributions

    Jonathan R. Howse;Richard A. L. Jones;Giuseppe Battaglia;Robert E. Ducker;Robert E. Ducker

  • Friction Force Microscopy of Self-Assembled Monolayers: Influence of Adsorbate Alkyl Chain Length, Terminal Group Chemistry, and Scan Velocity

    Nicholas J. Brewer;and Ben D. Beake;Graham J. Leggett

  • INFLUENCE OF ADSORBATE ORDERING ON RATES OF UV PHOTOOXIDATION OF SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS

    David A. Hutt;Graham J. Leggett

  • Zwitterionic poly(amino acid methacrylate) brushes

    Abdullah M. Alswieleh;Nan Cheng;Irene Canton;Burcin Ustbas

  • Poly(glycerol monomethacrylate)-Poly(benzyl methacrylate) Diblock Copolymer Nanoparticles via RAFT Emulsion Polymerization: Synthesis, Characterization, and Interfacial Activity

    Victoria J. Cunningham;Abdullah M. Alswieleh;Kate L. Thompson;Mark Williams

  • Matching the Resolution of Electron Beam Lithography by Scanning Near-Field Photolithography

    Shuqing Sun;Graham J. Leggett

  • Nanoscale molecular patterns fabricated by using scanning near-field optical lithography.

    Shuqing Sun;Karen S. L. Chong;Graham J. Leggett

  • Interaction of carboxylic acids with the oxyhydroxide surface of aluminium: poly(acrylic acid), acetic acid and propionic acid on pseudoboehmite

    M.R. Alexander;G. Beamson;C.J. Blomfield;G. Leggett

  • Structure and Mechanism of Photooxidation of Self-assembled Monolayers of Alkylthiols on Silver Studied by XPS and Static SIMS

    David A. Hutt;Elaine Cooper;Graham J. Leggett

  • Growth of human osteoblast‐like cells on alkanethiol on gold self‐assembled monolayers: The effect of surface chemistry

    Colin A. Scotchford;Elaine Cooper;Graham J. Leggett;Sandra Downes

  • Influence of tail-group hydrogen bonding on the stabilities of self-assembled monolayers of alkylthiols on gold

    Elaine Cooper† and;Graham J. Leggett

  • Static Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Studies of Self-Assembled Monolayers: Influence of Adsorbate Chain Length and Terminal Functional Group on Rates of Photooxidation of Alkanethiols on Gold

    Elaine Cooper;Graham J. Leggett

  • Oxidation of self-assembled monolayers by UV light with a wavelength of 254 nm.

    Nicholas J. Brewer;Rachel E. Rawsterne;Sherry Kothari;Graham J. Leggett

  • Nanoindentation and nanoscratch testing of uniaxially and biaxially drawn poly(ethylene terephthalate) film

    B.D. Beake;G.J. Leggett

  • Integration of energy and electron transfer processes in the photosynthetic membrane of Rhodobacter sphaeroides.

    Michaël L. Cartron;John D. Olsen;Melih Sener;Philip J. Jackson

  • Chemical Force Microscopy of Mixed Self-Assembled Monolayers of Alkanethiols on Gold: Evidence for Phase Separation

    Nicholas J. Brewer;Graham J. Leggett

  • Scanning near-field photolithography—surface photochemistry with nanoscale spatial resolution

    Graham J. Leggett

  • Friction Force Microscopy of Alkylphosphonic Acid and Carboxylic Acids Adsorbed on the Native Oxide of Aluminum

    Trevor T. Foster;Morgan R. Alexander;Graham J. Leggett;Eoghan Mcalpine

  • Approaches to the immobilization of proteins at surfaces for analysis by scanning tunneling microscopy

    G. J. Leggett;C. J. Roberts;P. M. Williams;M. C. Davies

Frequent Co-Authors

C. Neil Hunter
C. Neil Hunter University of Sheffield
Steven P. Armes
Steven P. Armes University of Sheffield
John C. Vickerman
John C. Vickerman University of Manchester
Jason Micklefield
Jason Micklefield University of Manchester
Stephen D. Evans
Stephen D. Evans University of Leeds
Clive J. Roberts
Clive J. Roberts University of Nottingham
Morgan R. Alexander
Morgan R. Alexander University of Nottingham
P.H. Shipway
P.H. Shipway University of Nottingham
Martyn C. Davies
Martyn C. Davies University of Nottingham
Buddy D. Ratner
Buddy D. Ratner University of Washington

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