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Kevin J. Wilkinson

Kevin J. Wilkinson

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
70
Citations
15571
World Ranking
5938
National Ranking
152

Overview

Kevin J. Wilkinson is affiliated with the University of Montreal in Canada. Their research is centered primarily on Environmental Science and Materials Science, with significant contributions to the subfields of Materials Chemistry, Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Analytical Chemistry, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

Wilkinson's work focuses on a range of topics related to nanoparticles, environmental contaminants, and advanced materials. The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Analytical chemistry methods development
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis

Their recent papers demonstrate engagement with contemporary environmental challenges and nanotechnology applications. Notable publications include:

  • Technology readiness and overcoming barriers to sustainably implement nanotechnology-enabled plant agriculture, 2020, Nature Food
  • Plastics can be used more sustainably in agriculture, 2023, Communications Earth & Environment
  • Key challenges for evaluation of the safety of engineered nanomaterials, 2020, NanoImpact
  • Quantification and Characterization of Ti-, Ce-, and Ag-Nanoparticles in Global Surface Waters and Precipitation, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Multiplexed SERS Detection of Microcystins with Aptamer-Driven Core-Satellite Assemblies, 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Wilkinson has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, indicating a networked research approach. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Madjid Hadioui (13 coauthored works)
  • J. L. Auclair (9 coauthored works)
  • Caroline Peyrot (9 coauthored works)
  • François Gagné (9 coauthored works)
  • Subhasis Ghoshal (7 coauthored works)

Their research has been published across multiple venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • Nanomaterials (3 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (3 publications)
  • NanoImpact (2 publications)
  • Chemosphere (2 publications)
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • A Generalized Description of Aquatic Colloidal Interactions: The Three-colloidal Component Approach

    Jacques Buffle;Kevin J. Wilkinson;Serge Stoll;Montserrat Filella

  • Characterizing Manufactured Nanoparticles in the Environment: Multimethod Determination of Particle Sizes

    Rute F Domingos;Mohamed A Baalousha;Yon Ju-Nam;M Marcia Reid

  • Aquatic Colloids and Nanoparticles: Current Knowledge and Future Trends

    Jamie R. Lead;Kevin J. Wilkinson

  • Aggregation of titanium dioxide nanoparticles: role of a fulvic acid.

    Rute F. Domingos;Nathalie Tufenkji;Kevin J. Wilkinson

  • Diffusion of nanoparticles in a biofilm.

    Thomas-Otavio Peulen;Kevin J. Wilkinson

  • Diffusion coefficients of several rhodamine derivatives as determined by pulsed field gradient-nuclear magnetic resonance and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy.

    P.-O. Gendron;F. Avaltroni;K. J. Wilkinson

  • Technology readiness and overcoming barriers to sustainably implement nanotechnology-enabled plant agriculture

    Thilo Hofmann;Gregory Victor Lowry;Subhasis Ghoshal;Nathalie Tufenkji

  • Predicting the bioavailability of metals and metal complexes: Critical review of the biotic ligand model

    Vera I. Slaveykova;Kevin J. Wilkinson

  • Bioavailability of trace metals to aquatic microorganisms: importance of chemical, biological and physical processes on biouptake.

    Isabelle Worms;Dana Florina Simon;Dana Florina Simon;Christel Hassler;Kevin Wilkinson

  • Accumulation of natural organic matter on the surfaces of living cells: implications for the interaction of toxic solutes with aquatic biota

    Peter G.C. Campbell;Michael R. Twiss;Kevin J. Wilkinson

  • Characteristic features of the major components of freshwater colloidal organic matter revealed by transmission electron and atomic force microscopy

    Kevin Wilkinson;Eric Stéphane Balnois;Gary G. Leppard;Jacques Buffle

  • Atomic Force Microscopy of Humic Substances: Effects of pH and Ionic Strength

    Eric Balnois;Kevin J. Wilkinson;Jamie R. Lead;Jacques Buffle

  • Single molecule study of xanthan conformation using atomic force microscopy.

    Terri A. Camesano;Kevin J. Wilkinson

  • Chemical and biological leaching of aluminum from red mud.

    Pascale. Vachon;Rajeshwar D. Tyagi;Jean Christian. Auclair;Kevin J. Wilkinson

  • Humic substances are soft and permeable: evidence from their electrophoretic mobilities.

    Jérôme F. L. Duval;Kevin J. Wilkinson;Herman P. Van Leeuwen;Jacques Buffle

  • Fibrillar polysaccharides in marine macromolecular organic matter as imaged by atomic force microscopy and transmission electron microscopy

    Peter H. Santschi;Eric Balnois;Kevin J. Wilkinson;Jingwu Zhang

  • Diffusion Coefficients and Polydispersities of the Suwannee River Fulvic Acid: Comparison of Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy, Pulsed-Field Gradient Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, and Flow Field-Flow Fractionation

    Jamie R. Lead;Kevin J. Wilkinson;Eric Balnois;Benjamin J. Cutak

  • Discriminating between intra‐ and extracellular metals using chemical extractions

    Christel S. Hassler;Vera I. Slaveykova;Kevin J. Wilkinson

  • Different roles of pedogenic fulvic acids and aquagenic biopolymers on colloid aggregation and stability in freshwaters

    Kevin J. Wilkinson;Anthony Joz-Roland;Jacques Buffle

  • Physicochemical aspects of lead bioaccumulation by Chlorella vulgaris

    Vera I. Slaveykova;Kevin J. Wilkinson

  • Coagulation of colloidal material in surface waters: the role of natural organic matter

    K.J Wilkinson;J.-C Negre;J Buffle

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacques Buffle
Jacques Buffle University of Geneva
Vera I. Slaveykova
Vera I. Slaveykova University of Geneva
Nathalie Tufenkji
Nathalie Tufenkji McGill University
François Gagné
François Gagné Environment and Climate Change Canada
Christel S. Hassler
Christel S. Hassler École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Jamie R. Lead
Jamie R. Lead University of South Carolina
Peter G. C. Campbell
Peter G. C. Campbell Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Charles R. Hauser
Charles R. Hauser St. Edward's University
Nicola Senesi
Nicola Senesi University of Bari Aldo Moro
Jason M. Unrine
Jason M. Unrine University of Kentucky

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