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Julian D. Gale

Julian D. Gale

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Chemistry
Australia
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
83
Citations
43162
World Ranking
2887
National Ranking
80

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Julian D. Gale is affiliated with Curtin University in Australia and is an active researcher in the field of Materials Science. Their work primarily focuses on Materials Chemistry, Biomaterials, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, with contributions also in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including:

  • Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Crystallography and molecular interactions
  • Iron oxide chemistry and applications
  • Clay minerals and soil interactions
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography

Julian D. Gale has published frequently in several venues, notable for their volume of affiliated publications:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  • Crystal Growth & Design
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Their recent papers, indicating a continuing research interest in crystallization and molecular interactions, include:

  • "Crystal Nucleation and Growth of Inorganic Ionic Materials from Aqueous Solution: Selected Recent Developments, and Implications" (2022), published in Small
  • "Ion Pairing and Multiple Ion Binding in Calcium Carbonate Solutions Based on a Polarizable AMOEBA Force Field and Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics" (2020), published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • "Uncovering the Role of Bicarbonate in Calcium Carbonate Formation at Near-Neutral pH" (2021), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Introducing the crystalline phase of dicalcium phosphate monohydrate" (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • "CrystalGrower: a generic computer program for Monte Carlo modelling of crystal growth" (2020), published in Chemical Science

Frequent collaborators reflect a network of co-authors engaged in complementary research areas. Collaborators include:

  • Paolo Raiteri
  • Denis Gebauer
  • Raffaella Demichelis
  • Blake Armstrong
  • Peter R. Spackman

Best Publications

  • The SIESTA method for ab initio order-N materials simulation

    José M Soler;Emilio Artacho;Julian D Gale;Alberto García

  • GULP: A computer program for the symmetry-adapted simulation of solids

    Julian D. Gale

  • The general utility lattice program (GULP)

    Julian D. Gale;Andrew L. Rohl

  • Pre-nucleation clusters as solute precursors in crystallisation

    Denis Gebauer;Matthias Kellermeier;Julian D. Gale;Lennart Bergström

  • The SIESTA method; developments and applicability.

    Emilio Artacho;Emilio Artacho;E Anglada;O Diéguez;J D Gale

  • Siesta: Recent developments and applications

    Alberto García;Nick Rübner Papior;Arsalan Akhtar;Emilio Artacho

  • Stable prenucleation mineral clusters are liquid-like ionic polymers

    Raffaella Demichelis;Paolo Raiteri;Julian D. Gale;David Quigley

  • Microscopic Evidence for Liquid-Liquid Separation in Supersaturated CaCO3 Solutions

    Adam F. Wallace;Adam F. Wallace;Lester O. Hedges;Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez;Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez;Paolo Raiteri

  • Calcium Carbonate Polyamorphism and Its Role in Biomineralization : How Many Amorphous Calcium Carbonates Are There?

    Julyan H. E. Cartwright;Antonio G. Checa;Julian D. Gale;Denis Gebauer

  • Empirical potential derivation for ionic materials

    J. D. Gale

  • Water Is the Key to Nonclassical Nucleation of Amorphous Calcium Carbonate

    Paolo Raiteri;Julian D. Gale

  • The prediction of inorganic crystal structures using a genetic algorithm and energy minimisation

    Scott M. Woodley;Peter D. Battle;Julian D. Gale;C Richard A. Catlow

  • Origin of the negative thermal expansion in and

    Alexandra K A Pryde;Kenton D Hammonds;Martin T Dove;Volker Heine

  • Self-consistent interatomic potentials for the simulation of binary and ternary oxides

    Timothy S. Bush;Julian D. Gale;C. Richard A. Catlow;Peter D. Battle

  • Carbon-Based Metal-Free Catalysts for Electrocatalytic Reduction of Nitrogen for Synthesis of Ammonia at Ambient Conditions.

    Shenlong Zhao;Xunyu Lu;Lianzhou Wang;Julian Gale

  • COMPUTER SIMULATION STUDIES OF BULK REDUCTION AND OXYGEN MIGRATION IN CEO2-ZRO2 SOLID SOLUTIONS

    Gabriele Balducci;Jan Kašpar;Paolo Fornasiero;Mauro Graziani

  • Derivation of an accurate force-field for simulating the growth of calcium carbonate from aqueous solution : a new model for the calcite-water interface

    Paolo Raiteri;Julian D. Gale;David Quigley;P. Mark Rodger

  • GULP: Capabilities and prospects

    Julian D. Gale

  • Dopant and proton incorporation in perovskite-type zirconates

    R.A. Davies;M.S. Islam;J.D. Gale

  • Simulating micrometre-scale crystal growth from solution

    Stefano Piana;Manijeh Reyhani;Julian D. Gale

  • Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

    John M. Seddon;Julian D. Gale

Frequent Co-Authors

Paolo Raiteri
Paolo Raiteri Curtin University
Andrew L. Rohl
Andrew L. Rohl Curtin University
C. R. A. Catlow
C. R. A. Catlow University College London
Mike C. Payne
Mike C. Payne University of Cambridge
Ben Slater
Ben Slater University College London
Daniel Sánchez-Portal
Daniel Sánchez-Portal University of the Basque Country
Emilio Artacho
Emilio Artacho University of Cambridge
José M. Soler
José M. Soler Autonomous University of Madrid
Peter D. Battle
Peter D. Battle University of Oxford
Pablo Ordejón
Pablo Ordejón Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia

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