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D-Index
68
Citations
12701
World Ranking
6716
National Ranking
2016

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For the development of important experimental techniques for studying chargedparticle interactions with molecular neutrals and ions, and seminal contributions in understanding the synthesis of molecules in the interstellar medium

Overview

Nigel G. Adams was affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research spanned fields primarily in Engineering and Business, Management and Accounting, with notable contributions in subfields such as Management Information Systems, Civil and Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Building and Construction, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

Their recent publications addressed topics in environmental impact assessment, radiative cooling materials, and process management. Among these were:

  • Evaluating the cradle-to-gate environmental impact and cooling performance of advanced daytime radiative cooling materials to establish a comparative framework for a novel photonic meta-concrete (2024, Environmental Sciences Europe)
  • Five guidelines to improve context-aware process selection: an Australian banking perspective (2024, Business Process Management Journal)
  • Parameter sensitivity and data uncertainty assessment of the cradle-to-gate environmental impact of state-of-the-art passive daytime radiative cooling materials (2025, Environmental Sciences Europe)

A broader overview of their work showed engagement with both engineering and business process modeling and analysis, with a focus on:

  • Business Process Modeling and Analysis
  • Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • ERP Systems Implementation and Impact
  • Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services
  • Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research

Nigel G. Adams frequently published in venues such as Environmental Sciences Europe and the Business Process Management Journal. Other outlets included:

  • Environmental Sciences Europe
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Business Process Management Journal
  • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Throughout their career, Nigel G. Adams collaborated with several researchers including Adriano Augusto, Michael Davern, Marcello La Rosa, Karen Allacker, and Laura Carlosena, with the highest frequency of coauthorship being three papers for the first three collaborators.

In recognition of their contributions to physics, Nigel G. Adams was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2004. The citation highlighted their development of experimental techniques studying charged-particle interactions with molecular neutrals and ions, as well as contributions to understanding molecular synthesis in the interstellar medium.

Best Publications

  • A KInetic Database for Astrochemistry (KIDA)

    V. Wakelam;V. Wakelam;E. Herbst;E. Herbst;J. C Loison;J. C Loison;I. W. M. Smith

  • The selected ion flow tube (SIFT); A technique for studying ion-neutral reactions

    N.G. Adams;D. Smith

  • Advances in Gas Phase Ion Chemistry

    N. G. Adams;Lucia M. Babcock

  • A laboratory study of the reactions of N+, N2+, N3+, N4+, O+, O2+, and NO+ ions with several molecules at 300 K

    D. Smith;N. G. Adams;T. M. Miller

  • The Selected Ion Flow Tube (Sift): Studies of Ion-Neutral Reactions

    D. Smith;N.G. Adams

  • Attachment coefficients for the reactions of electrons with CCl4, CCl3F, CCl2F2, CHCl3, Cl2 and SF6 determined between 200 and 600 K using the FALP technique

    D Smith;N G Adams;E Alge

  • Flowing Afterglow Studies of Formation and Reactions of Cluster Ions of O2+, O2−, and O−

    N. G. Adams;D. K. Bohme;D. B. Dunkin;F. C. Fehsenfeld

  • Product-ion distributions for some ion-molecule reactions

    N G Adams;D Smith

  • Measurements of the dissociative recombination coefficients of O2+, NO+ and NH4+ in the temperature range 200-600K

    E Alge;N G Adams;D Smith

  • An experimental survey of the reactions of NHn+ ions (n = 0 to 4) with several diatomic and polyatomic molecules at 300 K

    Nigel G. Adams;David Smith;John F. Paulson

  • Measurement of the rates of reaction of the ground and metastable excited states of O2+, NO+ and O+ with atmospheric gases at thermal energy

    J Glosik;A B Rakshit;N D Twiddy;N G Adams

  • Measurements of dissociative recombination coefficients of H+3, HCO+, N2H+, and CH+5 at 95 and 300 K using the FALP apparatus

    N. G. Adams;D. Smith;Erich Alge

  • Flowing Afterglow Studies of the Reactions of the Rare‐Gas Molecular Ions He2+, Ne2+, and Ar2+ with Molecules and Rare‐Gas Atoms

    D. K. Bohme;N. G. Adams;M. Mosesman;D. B. Dunkin

  • New H and H2 Reactions with Small Hydrocarbon Ions and Their Roles in Benzene Synthesis in Dense Interstellar Clouds

    Murray J. McEwan;Graham B. I. Scott;Nigel G. Adams;Lucia M. Babcock

  • Temperature dependence of rate coefficients for reactions of ions with dipolar molecules

    D.C. Clary;D. Smith;N.G. Adams

  • Rate coefficients for the attachment reactions of electrons with c-C7F14, CH3Br, CF3Br, CH2Br2 and CH3I determined between 200 and 600K using the FALP technique

    E Alge;N G Adams;D Smith

  • Laser induced fluorescence and vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopic studies of H‐atom production in the dissociative recombination of some protonated ions

    N. G. Adams;C. R. Herd;M. Geoghegan;D. Smith

  • Reaction of simple hydrocarbon ions with molecules at thermal energies

    D. Smith;N.G. Adams

  • A study of the reactions of the ground and metastable states of C+, N+, S+ and N2+ at 300 K

    M. Tichý;A.B. Rakshit;D.G. Lister;N.D. Twiddy

  • Some H/D exchange reactions involved in the deuteration of interstellar molecules

    D. Smith;N.G. Adams;E. Alge

  • Laboratory measurements of ion-molecule reactions pertaining to interstellar hydrocarbon synthesis.

    E. Herbst;N.G. Adams;D. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

David Smith
David Smith University of Oxford
Eric Herbst
Eric Herbst University of Virginia
Eldon E. Ferguson
Eldon E. Ferguson National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Werner Lindinger
Werner Lindinger University of Innsbruck
David C. Clary
David C. Clary University of Oxford
T. J. Millar
T. J. Millar Queen's University Belfast
Sean C. Smith
Sean C. Smith Australian National University
Patrick Thaddeus
Patrick Thaddeus Harvard University
Tilmann D. Märk
Tilmann D. Märk University of Innsbruck
Hans Böhringer
Hans Böhringer Max Planck Society

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