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Overview

Neal T. Skipper is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom and has an active research profile focused on chemistry, materials science, and engineering. Their work spans multiple subfields, including materials chemistry, spectroscopy, physical and theoretical chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

Their main research topics cover a broad range of areas such as crystallography and molecular interactions, molecular spectroscopy and chirality, solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, advanced battery technologies research, metal-organic frameworks synthesis and applications, as well as soil and unsaturated flow.

Skipper has published extensively in venues such as Advanced Energy Materials, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Applied Clay Science, arXiv (Cornell University), and Nature Communications. Some notable recent publications include:

  • Superior Multifunctional Activity of Nanoporous Carbons with Widely Tunable Porosity: Enhanced Storage Capacities for Carbon-Dioxide, Hydrogen, Water, and Electric Charge (2020, Advanced Energy Materials)
  • High-Performance Zinc-Air Batteries with Scalable Metal-Organic Frameworks and Platinum Carbon Black Bifunctional Catalysts (2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces)
  • Strong structuring arising from weak cooperative O-H···π and C-H···O hydrogen bonding in benzene-methanol solution (2023, Nature Communications)
  • Weak Interactions in Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO)-Tertiary Amide Solutions: The Versatility of DMSO as a Solvent (2023, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B)
  • Swelling of compacted bentonite in organic solvents: Correlation of rate and extent of swelling with solvent properties (2023, Applied Clay Science)

Frequent collaborators include Christopher A. Howard, Thomas F. Headen, Camilla Di Mino, Adam J. Clancy, and Andrew G. Seel. These partnerships have contributed to a range of publications and research projects over time.

Best Publications

  • Superconductivity in the intercalated graphite compounds C6Yb and C6Ca

    Thomas E. Weller;Mark Ellerby;Siddharth S. Saxena;Robert P. Smith

  • Surface geochemistry of the clay minerals.

    Garrison Sposito;Neal T. Skipper;Rebecca Sutton;Sung-ho Park

  • Monte Carlo Molecular Modeling Studies of Hydrated Li-, Na-, and K-Smectites: Understanding the Role of Potassium as a Clay Swelling Inhibitor

    E. S. Boek;P. V. Coveney;N. T. Skipper

  • Synthesis of graphene-like nanosheets and their hydrogen adsorption capacity

    G. Srinivas;Yanwu Zhu;Richard D Piner;Neal Skipper

  • Monte Carlo simulation of interlayer molecular structure in swelling clay minerals; 1, Methodology

    N. T. Skipper;Fang-Ru Chou Chang;Garrison Sposito

  • Computer Simulation of Interlayer Molecular Structure in Sodium Montmorillonite Hydrates

    Fang-Ru Chou Chang;N. T. Skipper;Garrison Sposito

  • Computer simulation of interlayer water in 2:1 clays

    N. T. Skipper;K. Refson;J. D. C. McConnell

  • Monte Carlo simulation of interlayer molecular structure in swelling clay minerals; 2, Monolayer hydrates

    N. T. Skipper;Garrison Sposito;Fang-Ru Chou Chang

  • Production of phosphorene nanoribbons.

    Mitchell C. Watts;Loren Picco;Freddie S. Russell-Pavier;Patrick L. Cullen

  • Structure of pi-pi interactions in aromatic liquids.

    Thomas F Headen;Christopher A Howard;Neal T Skipper;Michael A Wilkinson

  • Molecular Modeling of Clay Hydration: A Study of Hysteresis Loops in the Swelling Curves of Sodium Montmorillonites

    E. S. Boek;P. V. Coveney;N. T. Skipper

  • Evidence for Asphaltene Nanoaggregation in Toluene and Heptane from Molecular Dynamics Simulations

    Thomas F. Headen;Edo S. Boek;Neal T. Skipper

  • Charged Carbon Nanomaterials: Redox Chemistries of Fullerenes, Carbon Nanotubes, and Graphenes

    Adam J. Clancy;Adam J. Clancy;Mustafa K. Bayazit;Mustafa K. Bayazit;Stephen A. Hodge;Stephen A. Hodge;Neal T. Skipper

  • Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Interfacial Structure in Lithium-Montmorillonite Hydrates

    Fang-Ru Chou Chang;N. T. Skipper;Garrison Sposito

  • Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Electrical Double-Layer Structure in Potassium−Montmorillonite Hydrates

    Fang-Ru Chou Chang;N. T. Skipper;Garrison Sposito

  • X-ray and neutron diffraction studies on concentrated aqueous solutions of sodium nitrate and silver nitrate

    N T Skipper;G W Neilson

  • DIFFRACTION AND THE STUDY OF AQUA IONS

    J. E. Enderby;S. Cummings;G. J. Herdman;G. W. Neilson

  • Understanding the behaviour of graphene oxide in Portland cement paste

    Sam Ghazizadeh;Philippe Duffour;Neal T. Skipper;Yun Bai

  • The structure of interlayer water in vermiculite

    N. T. Skipper;A. K. Soper;J. D. C. McConnell

  • The structure and dynamics of 2-dimensional fluids in swelling clays

    Neal T. Skipper;Peter A. Lock;James O. Titiloye;Jan Swenson

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan K. Soper
Alan K. Soper Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Milo S. P. Shaffer
Milo S. P. Shaffer Imperial College London
Garrison Sposito
Garrison Sposito University of California, Berkeley
Daniel T. Bowron
Daniel T. Bowron Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Paul R. Shearing
Paul R. Shearing University College London
Dan J. L. Brett
Dan J. L. Brett University College London
Angelos Michaelides
Angelos Michaelides University of Cambridge
Ivan P. Parkin
Ivan P. Parkin University College London
Edo S. Boek
Edo S. Boek Queen Mary University of London
Ronald I. Smith
Ronald I. Smith Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

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