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James R. Bolton

James R. Bolton

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Chemistry
Canada
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
81
Citations
30406
World Ranking
3189
National Ranking
72

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 1991 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1966 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

James R. Bolton is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with particular attention to water quality and treatment technologies. Their work spans several specialized subfields including Water Science and Technology, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Bioengineering, Atmospheric Science, and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

Their research interests cover topics such as Advanced Oxidation Water Treatment, Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis, Analytical Chemistry and Sensors, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Chemistry and Stereochemistry Studies, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, and various other Chemistry Research Topics.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by James R. Bolton include the following:

  • Practical Chemical Actinometry-A Review, 2021, Photochemistry and Photobiology
  • Sensitivity of Bacteria, Protozoa, Viruses, and Other Microorganisms to Ultraviolet Radiation, 2021, Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • Disinfection by-product formation during UV/Chlorine treatment of pesticides in a novel UV-LED reactor at 285 nm and the mitigation impact of GAC treatment, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Electrical Energy Consumption of Multiscale UV-AOP Reactors for Micropollutant Removal in Drinking Water: Facilitated Prediction by Reaction Rate Constants Measured on a Mini-Fluidic Photoreaction System, 2023, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Ultraviolet actinometry - Determination of the incident photon flux and quantum yields for photochemical systems using low-pressure and ultraviolet light-emitting diode light sources, 2022, Journal of environmental chemical engineering

James R. Bolton frequently publishes in these venues:

  • Photochemistry and Photobiology
  • Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Journal of environmental chemical engineering

They collaborate regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Hadas Mamane
  • Dana Pousty
  • Mengkai Li
  • Zhe Sun
  • Zhimin Qiang

Throughout their career, James R. Bolton has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 1991 and was a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1966.

Best Publications

  • Electron Spin Resonance: Elementary Theory and Practical Applications

    John E. Wertz;James R. Bolton

  • Electron paramagnetic resonance : elementary theory and practical applications

    John A. Weil;James R. Bolton;John E. Wertz;Harvey A. Buckmaster

  • Standardization of Methods for Fluence (UV Dose) Determination in Bench-Scale UV Experiments

    James R. Bolton;Karl G. Linden

  • Photochemistry of nitrite and nitrate in aqueous solution: a review

    John Mack;James R. Bolton

  • Figures-of-merit for the technical development and application of advanced oxidation technologies for both electric- and solar-driven systems (IUPAC Technical Report)

    James R. Bolton;Keith G. Bircher;William Tumas;Chadwick A. Tolman

  • Electron Spin Resonance

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  • Electron Paramagnetic Resonance

    John A. Weil;James R. Bolton

  • Limiting and realizable efficiencies of solar photolysis of water

    James R. Bolton;Stewart J. Strickler;John S. Connolly

  • An Electron Spin Resonance Study of the Spin Adducts of OH and HO2 Radicals with Nitrones in the Ultraviolet Photolysis of Aqueous Hydrogen Peroxide Solutions

    John R. Harbour;Vivian Chow;James R. Bolton

  • Determination of the Quantum Yield for the Photochemical Generation of Hydroxyl Radicals in TiO2 Suspensions

    Lizhong Sun† and;James R. Bolton

  • Solar photoproduction of hydrogen: A review

    James R. Bolton

  • Biological applications of electron spin resonance

    John E. Wertz;James R. Bolton

  • FERRIOXALATE-MEDIATED PHOTODEGRADATION OF ORGANIC POLLUTANTS IN CONTAMINATED WATER

    Ali Safarzadeh-Amiri;James R. Bolton;Stephen R. Cater

  • The Use of Iron in Advanced Oxidation Processes

    Ali Safarzadeh-Amiri;James R. Bolton;Stephen R. Cater

  • Photolysis of aqueous free chlorine species (HOCl and OCl) with 254 nm ultraviolet light

    Yangang Feng;Daniel W Smith;James R Bolton

  • Mechanism of the Degradation of 1,4-Dioxane in Dilute Aqueous Solution Using the UV/Hydrogen Peroxide Process

    Mihaela I. Stefan;James R. Bolton

  • Determination of the quantum yields of the potassium ferrioxalate and potassium iodide–iodate actinometers and a method for the calibration of radiometer detectors

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  • Inactivation of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts using medium- and low-pressure ultraviolet radiation.

    Stephen A Craik;Daniela Weldon;Gordon R Finch;James R Bolton

  • UV/H2O2 Treatment of Methyl tert-Butyl Ether in Contaminated Waters

    Stephen R. Cater;Mihaela I. Stefan;James R. Bolton;Ali Safarzadeh-Amiri

  • Electron transfer in inorganic, organic, and biological systems.

    James R. Bolton;Noboru Mataga;George McLendon

  • Kinetics and mechanism of the degradation and mineralization of acetone in dilute aqueous solution sensitized by the UV photolysis of hydrogen peroxide

    Mihaela I. Stefan;and Aitken R. Hoy;James R. Bolton

  • Photocatalytic Efficiency Variability in TiO2 Particles

    Georg Riegel;James R. Bolton

  • Photochemical conversion and storage of solar energy

    James R. Bolton

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin J. Stillman
Martin J. Stillman University of Western Ontario
Miodrag Belosevic
Miodrag Belosevic University of Alberta
Michael R. Wasielewski
Michael R. Wasielewski Northwestern University
George Porter
George Porter Royal Institution of Great Britain
Roger M. Leblanc
Roger M. Leblanc University of Miami
William E. Geiger
William E. Geiger University of Vermont
John Connolly
John Connolly University College Dublin
Richard Cammack
Richard Cammack King's College London
David O. Hall
David O. Hall King's College London
Daniel W. Smith
Daniel W. Smith University of Alberta

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