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10831
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12121
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Michael Nolan publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael Nolan sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 220 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Michael Nolan D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael Nolan sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michael Nolan is a researcher affiliated with the Tyndall National Institute in Ireland, specializing in materials science and engineering. Their work spans multiple subfields, including materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, as well as biomedical engineering.

Their main research areas focus on semiconductor materials and devices, catalytic processes in materials science, copper interconnects and reliability, advanced photocatalysis techniques, electronic and structural properties of oxides, 2D materials and applications, and metal and thin film mechanics.

Michael Nolan has contributed extensively to scientific literature, publishing in frequent venues such as ECS Meeting Abstracts, Chemistry of Materials, Dalton Transactions, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

Recent publications include:

  • Mo doped TiO 2: impact on oxygen vacancies, anatase phase stability and photocatalytic activity (2020) in Journal of Physics Materials
  • Highly Sensitive SERS Detection of Neonicotinoid Pesticides. Complete Raman Spectral Assignment of Clothianidin and Imidacloprid (2020) in The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • Hydrogen evolution on non-metal oxide catalysts (2020) in Journal of Physics Energy
  • Cobalt Metal ALD: Understanding the Mechanism and Role of Zinc Alkyl Precursors as Reductants for Low-Resistivity Co Thin Films (2021) in Chemistry of Materials
  • Large Piezoelectric Response and Ferroelectricity in Li and V/Nb/Ta Co-Doped w-AlN (2020) in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Michael Nolan collaborates frequently with a core group of co-authors, including Arbresha Muriqi, Anjana Devi, Ji Liu, Detlef Rogalla, and Cara-Lena Nies.

Best Publications

  • The electronic structure of oxygen vacancy defects at the low index surfaces of ceria

    Michael Nolan;Stephen C. Parker;Graeme W. Watson

  • Density functional theory studies of the structure and electronic structure of pure and defective low index surfaces of ceria

    Michael Nolan;Sonja Grigoleit;Dean C. Sayle;Stephen C. Parker

  • The p-type conduction mechanism in Cu2O: a first principles study

    Michael Nolan;Simon D. Elliott

  • Oxygen vacancy formation and migration in ceria

    Michael Nolan;Michael Nolan;Joanne E. Fearon;Graeme W. Watson

  • Silicon nanowire band gap modification.

    Michael Nolan;Sean O'Callaghan;Giorgos Fagas;James C. Greer

  • Cu-Doped TiO2: Visible Light Assisted Photocatalytic Antimicrobial Activity

    Snehamol Mathew;Priyanka Ganguly;Stephen Rhatigan;Vignesh Kumaravel

  • Reduction mechanisms of the CuO(111) surface through surface oxygen vacancy formation and hydrogen adsorption

    Yasheng Maimaiti;Michael Nolan;Simon D. Elliott

  • The surface dependence of CO adsorption on Ceria.

    Michael Nolan;Graeme W. Watson

  • Design of Novel Visible Light Active Photocatalyst Materials: Surface Modified TiO2

    Michael Nolan;Anna Iwaszuk;Aoife K. Lucid;John J. Carey

  • Enhanced oxygen vacancy formation in ceria (111) and (110) surfaces doped with divalent cations

    Michael Nolan

  • Key scientific challenges in current rechargeable non-aqueous Li-O2 batteries: experiment and theory.

    Mahesh Datt Bhatt;Mahesh Datt Bhatt;Hugh Geaney;Hugh Geaney;Michael Nolan;Colm O'Dwyer;Colm O'Dwyer

  • Electronic structure of point defects in controlled self-doping of the TiO2 (110) surface: Combined photoemission spectroscopy and density functional theory study

    Michael Nolan;Simon D. Elliott;James S. Mulley;Roger A. Bennett

  • Spinel-Structured ZnCr2O4 with Excess Zn Is the Active ZnO/Cr2O3 Catalyst for High-Temperature Methanol Synthesis

    Huiqing Song;Daniel Laudenschleger;John J. Carey;Holger Ruland

  • Effect of Cu doping on the anatase-to-rutile phase transition in TiO2 photocatalysts: Theory and experiments

    Ciara Byrne;Lorraine Moran;Daphne Hermosilla;Noemí Merayo

  • In Situ Investigation of Methane Dry Reforming on Metal/Ceria(111) Surfaces: Metal–Support Interactions and C−H Bond Activation at Low Temperature

    Zongyuan Liu;Pablo Lustemberg;Ramón A. Gutiérrez;John J. Carey

  • Hole localization in Al doped silica: A DFT + U description.

    Michael Nolan;Graeme W. Watson

  • Reduction of NO2 on ceria surfaces.

    Michael Nolan;Stephen C. Parker;Graeme W. Watson

  • Vacancy formation and CO adsorption on gold-doped ceria surfaces

    Michael Nolan;Victor Soto Verdugo;Horia Metiu

  • Charge Compensation and Ce3+ Formation in Trivalent Doping of the CeO2(110) Surface: The Key Role of Dopant Ionic Radius

    Michael Nolan

  • CeO2 catalysed conversion of CO, NO2 and NO from first principles energetics

    Michael Nolan;Stephen C. Parker;Graeme W. Watson

Frequent Co-Authors

Graeme W. Watson
Graeme W. Watson Trinity College Dublin
Suresh C. Pillai
Suresh C. Pillai Atlantic Technological University
Hiroaki Tada
Hiroaki Tada Nagoya University
Steven J. Hinder
Steven J. Hinder University of Surrey
Kimberly A. Gray
Kimberly A. Gray Northwestern University
Syed A. M. Tofail
Syed A. M. Tofail University of Limerick
Stephen C. Parker
Stephen C. Parker University of Bath
Anjana Devi
Anjana Devi Ruhr University Bochum
Justin D. Holmes
Justin D. Holmes University College Cork
David Wei Zhang
David Wei Zhang Fudan University

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