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Overview

John H. Harding is affiliated with the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, with significant contributions to materials chemistry, biomaterials, biomedical engineering, atmospheric science, and atomic and molecular physics and optics.

The scientist has published extensively on topics related to calcium carbonate crystallization and inhibition, nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions, force microscopy techniques and applications, crystallization and solubility studies, ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials, solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography, as well as radioactive element chemistry and processing.

Some recent publications authored or co-authored by John H. Harding include:

  • The importance of the bacterial cell wall in uranium(vi) biosorption (2020), Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • The transformation of amorphous calcium carbonate to calcite and classical nucleation theory (2022), Journal of Crystal Growth
  • Amino Acid and Oligopeptide Effects on Calcium Carbonate Solutions (2020), Crystal Growth & Design
  • Understanding crystal nucleation mechanisms: where do we stand? General discussion (2022), Faraday Discussions
  • Dynamic tilting in perovskites (2023), Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances

These works address fundamental processes in crystallization, nucleation, and materials characterization, often intersecting with environmental and biochemical applications.

Frequent collaborators of John H. Harding comprise Colin L. Freeman, Stephen R. Yeandel, Rik Brydson, Johanna M. Galloway, and Aaron R. Finney.

Publications are regularly featured in venues such as:

  • Faraday Discussions
  • Langmuir
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Journal of Crystal Growth
  • Crystal Growth & Design

Best Publications

  • Graphitic nanofilms as precursors to wurtzite films: theory.

    Colin L. Freeman;Frederik Claeyssens;Neil L. Allan;John H. Harding

  • Growth of ZnO thin films—experiment and theory

    Frederik Claeyssens;Colin L. Freeman;Neil L. Allan;Ye Sun

  • Dopant ion radius and ionic conductivity in cerium dioxide

    V. Butler;C.R.A. Catlow;B.E.F. Fender;J.H. Harding

  • Tuning hardness in calcite by incorporation of amino acids.

    Yi Yeoun Kim;Joseph D. Carloni;Beatrice Demarchi;David Sparks

  • The thermodynamics of calcite nucleation at organic interfaces: Classical vs. non-classical pathways

    Q. Hu;Q. Hu;M. H. Nielsen;M. H. Nielsen;C. L. Freeman;L. M. Hamm

  • Computer simulation of defects in ionic solids

    J H Harding

  • Interface stability and the growth of optical quality perovskites on MgO.

    R. A. McKee;F. J. Walker;E. D. Specht;G. E. Jellison

  • Atomistic Simulation of the Dissociative Adsorption of Water on Calcite Surfaces

    Sebastien Kerisit;Stephen C. Parker;John H. Harding

  • The calculation of defect parameters in UO2

    R. A. Jackson;A. D. Murray;J. H. Harding;C. R. A. Catlow

  • A recommendation for the thermal conductivity of UO2

    J.H. Harding;D.G. Martin

  • Effects of cationic substitution on structural defects in layered cathode materials LiNiO2

    Hungru Chen;James A. Dawson;John H. Harding

  • Lithium Intercalation into Vanadium Pentoxide: a Theoretical Study

    J. S. Braithwaite;C. R. A. Catlow;J. D. Gale;J. H. Harding

  • New Forcefields for Modeling Biomineralization Processes

    Colin L. Freeman;John H. Harding;David J. Cooke;James A. Elliott

  • The surface structure of CeO2(001) single crystals studied by elevated temperature STM

    H. Nörenberg;J.H. Harding

  • Biological Control on Calcite Crystallization by Polysaccharides

    Mingjun Yang;S. L. Svane Stipp;John Harding

  • Computational techniques at the organic-inorganic interface in biomineralization.

    John H. Harding;Dorothy M. Duffy;Maria L. Sushko;P. Mark Rodger

  • Hartree-Fock cluster computations of defect and perfect ionic crystal properties

    J.H. Harding;A.H. Harker;P.B. Keegstra;R. Pandey

  • ATOMISTIC MODELLING OF THE METAL/OXIDE INTERFACE WITH IMAGE INTERACTIONS

    D.M. Duffy;J.H. Harding;A.M. Stoneham

  • Structural Control of Crystal Nuclei by an Eggshell Protein

    Colin L. Freeman;John H. Harding;David Quigley;P. Mark Rodger

  • Molecular dynamics simulations of compressible ions

    M. Wilson;P. A. Madden;N. C. Pyper;J. H. Harding

Frequent Co-Authors

Deborah M. Haines
Deborah M. Haines Western University of Health Sciences
Neil L. Allan
Neil L. Allan University of Bristol
Stephen C. Parker
Stephen C. Parker University of Bath
Derek C. Sinclair
Derek C. Sinclair University of Sheffield
C. R. A. Catlow
C. R. A. Catlow University College London
Julian D. Gale
Julian D. Gale Curtin University
John A. Venables
John A. Venables Arizona State University
Frederik Claeyssens
Frederik Claeyssens University of Sheffield
Curtis W. Marean
Curtis W. Marean Arizona State University
Michael Chazan
Michael Chazan University of Toronto

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