2026 Nigel D. Browning: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	103	928	885	35	33	826	35157

Research.com Recognitions

2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
2013 - Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America For distinguished contributions in (scanning) transmission electron microscopy; developing advanced spatial, temporal and spectroscopic techniques to better understand fundamental issues in physical and life sciences.
2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2002 - Burton Medal, Mineralogical Society of America

Overview

Nigel D. Browning is affiliated with the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on fields including Engineering and Materials Science, with significant work in subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Structural Biology, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist's work encompasses a range of topics, including:

Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis
Advancements in Battery Materials
Covalent Organic Framework Applications
Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications

Recent publications by Nigel D. Browning include:

Accelerated Synthesis and Discovery of Covalent Organic Framework Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Peroxide Production, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
Using sound to synthesize covalent organic frameworks in water, 2022, Nature Synthesis
A Pyrene-4,5,9,10-Tetraone-Based Covalent Organic Framework Delivers High Specific Capacity as a Li-Ion Positive Electrode, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
Efficient hole abstraction for highly selective oxidative coupling of methane by Au-sputtered TiO2 photocatalysts, 2023, Nature Energy
Integrated Covalent Organic Framework/Carbon Nanotube Composite as Li-Ion Positive Electrode with Ultra-High Rate Performance, 2021, Advanced Energy Materials

Their frequent co-authors are:

Mounib Bahri
Jack Wells
Alex W. Robinson
Amirafshar Moshtaghpour
Daniel Nicholls

Nigel D. Browning has published extensively in notable venues, including:

Microscopy and Microanalysis
arXiv (Cornell University)
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Journal of Microscopy
BIO Web of Conferences

Over the course of their career, Nigel D. Browning has received several awards:

Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America (2013), for contributions in scanning transmission electron microscopy and development of advanced spatial, temporal, and spectroscopic techniques to understand fundamental issues in physical and life sciences
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2012
Burton Medal, Mineralogical Society of America, 2002

Best Publications

High temperature ferromagnetism with a giant magnetic moment in transparent co-doped SnO(2-delta).

S. B. Ogale;R. J. Choudhary;J. P. Buban;S. E. Lofland

1082
Citations
Comet 81P/Wild 2 under a microscope.

Don Brownlee;Peter Tsou;Jérôme Aléon;Conel M O'd Alexander

1018
Citations
Formation Of The Spinel Phase In The Layered Composite Cathode Used In Li-Ion Batteries

Meng Gu;Ilias Belharouak;Jianming Zheng;Huiming Wu

994
Citations
Atomic-resolution chemical analysis using a scanning transmission electron microscope

N. D. Browning;M. F. Chisholm;S. J. Pennycook

681
Citations
High Energy Density Lithium–Sulfur Batteries: Challenges of Thick Sulfur Cathodes

Dongping Lv;Jianming Zheng;Qiuyan Li;Xi Xie

539
Citations
Direct in Situ Determination of the Mechanisms Controlling Nanoparticle Nucleation and Growth

Taylor J. Woehl;James E. Evans;Ilke Arslan;William D. Ristenpart

458
Citations
Structural and Chemical Evolution of Li- and Mn-Rich Layered Cathode Material

Jianming Zheng;Pinghong Xu;Meng Gu;Jie Xiao

416
Citations
Controlled growth of nanoparticles from solution with in situ liquid transmission electron microscopy.

James E. Evans;Katherine L. Jungjohann;Nigel D. Browning;Ilke Arslan

407
Citations
Smart Align—a new tool for robust non-rigid registration of scanning microscope data

Lewys Jones;Hao Yang;Timothy J. Pennycook;Timothy J. Pennycook;Matthew S. J. Marshall

405
Citations
Methane Oxidation to Methanol Catalyzed by Cu-Oxo Clusters Stabilized in NU-1000 Metal-Organic Framework.

Takaaki Ikuno;Jian Zheng;Aleksei Vjunov;Maricruz Sanchez-Sanchez

378
Citations
Synthesis of phase-pure and monodisperse iron oxide nanoparticles by thermal decomposition

Ryan D. Hufschmid;Hamed Arami;R. Matthew Ferguson;Marcela Gonzales

355
Citations
Imaging of Transient Structures Using Nanosecond in Situ TEM

Judy S. Kim;Judy S. Kim;Thomas LaGrange;Bryan W. Reed;Mitra L. Taheri

353
Citations
Observation and Quantification of Nanoscale Processes in Lithium Batteries by Operando Electrochemical (S)TEM

B. L. Mehdi;J. Qian;E. Nasybulin;C. Park

353
Citations
Hierarchically Engineered Mesoporous Metal-Organic Frameworks toward Cell-free Immobilized Enzyme Systems

Peng Li;Qishui Chen;Timothy C. Wang;Nicolaas A. Vermeulen

353
Citations
Bottom-up construction of a superstructure in a porous uranium-organic crystal

Peng Li;Nicolaas A. Vermeulen;Christos D. Malliakas;Diego A. Gómez-Gualdrón

352
Citations
Demonstration of an Electrochemical Liquid Cell for Operando Transmission Electron Microscopy Observation of the Lithiation/Delithiation Behavior of Si Nanowire Battery Anodes

Meng Gu;Lucas R. Parent;B. Layla Mehdi;Raymond R. Unocic

348
Citations
Investigation of the Mechanism of Mg Insertion in Birnessite in Nonaqueous and Aqueous Rechargeable Mg-Ion Batteries

Xiaoqi Sun;Victor Duffort;B. Layla Mehdi;Nigel D. Browning

332
Citations
A Single-Site Platinum CO Oxidation Catalyst in Zeolite KLTL: Microscopic and Spectroscopic Determination of the Locations of the Platinum Atoms

Joseph D. Kistler;Nutchapon Chotigkrai;Nutchapon Chotigkrai;Pinghong Xu;Bryan Enderle

331
Citations
Ferromagnetism in laser deposited anatase Ti 1-x Co x O 2-δ films

S. R. Shinde;S. B. Ogale;S. Das Sarma;J. R. Simpson

320
Citations
Probing the Failure Mechanism of SnO2 Nanowires for Sodium-Ion Batteries

Meng Gu;Akihiro Kushima;Yuyan Shao;Ji Guang Zhang

318
Citations
Practical aspects of atomic resolution imaging and analysis in STEM

E.M James;N.D Browning

310
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