2026 Patrick R. Unwin: 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	95	1341	1287	57	52	494	30132
Chemistry	95	1640	1459	91	80	495	29992

Research.com Recognitions

2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Patrick R. Unwin is affiliated with the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Engineering and Chemistry, with notable contributions to subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electrochemistry, Materials Chemistry, Bioengineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Their scientific work covers various research topics, including:

Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
Analytical Chemistry and Sensors
Advancements in Battery Materials
Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
Advanced Battery Technologies Research
Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
Conducting Polymers and Applications

Patrick R. Unwin has published research in multiple venues, with frequent contributions to:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Analytical Chemistry
ChemElectroChem
Faraday Discussions
ACS Nano

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Unwin include:

"Correlative operando microscopy of oxygen evolution electrocatalysts," 2021, Nature
"Microstructural origin of locally enhanced CO2 electroreduction activity on gold," 2021, Nature Materials
"Scanning electrochemical cell microscopy: A natural technique for single entity electrochemistry," 2020, Current Opinion in Electrochemistry
"The New Era of High-Throughput Nanoelectrochemistry," 2023, Analytical Chemistry
"Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy Reveals Differences in the Ionic Environments of Gram-Positive and Negative Bacteria," 2020, Analytical Chemistry

Unwin has collaborated extensively with co-authors who have contributed repeatedly to their publications. Frequent co-authors include:

Daniel Martín-Yerga (22 collaborations)
Gabriel N. Meloni (21 collaborations)
Xiangdong Xu (19 collaborations)
Ian J. McPherson (18 collaborations)
Dimitrios Valavanis (18 collaborations)

Best Publications

Correlative operando microscopy of oxygen evolution electrocatalysts

J. Tyler Mefford;J. Tyler Mefford;Andrew R. Akbashev;Andrew R. Akbashev;Minkyung Kang;Cameron L. Bentley

618
Citations
Chemical Imaging of Surfaces with the Scanning Electrochemical Microscope

Allen J Bard;Fu Ren F. Fan;David T. Pierce;Patrick R. Unwin

605
Citations
Scanning electrochemical microscopy

Patrick Robert Unwin;Kim Martin Mckelvey

504
Citations
Combined Scanning Electrochemical−Atomic Force Microscopy

Julie V. Macpherson;Patrick R. Unwin

469
Citations
Electrochemistry of nanoparticles.

Steven E. F. Kleijn;Stanley Chi Shing Lai;Stanley Chi Shing Lai;Marc T. M. Koper;Patrick R. Unwin

422
Citations
Scanning electrochemical microscopy. 12. Theory and experiment of the feedback mode with finite heterogeneous electron-transfer kinetics and arbitrary substrate size

Allen J. Bard;Michael V. Mirkin;Patrick R. Unwin;Patrick R. Unwin;David O. Wipf

387
Citations
Scanning Electrochemical Cell Microscopy: A Versatile Technique for Nanoscale Electrochemistry and Functional Imaging

Neil Ebejer;Aleix G. Güell;Stanley Chi Shing Lai;Kim M. McKelvey

367
Citations
Localized High Resolution Electrochemistry and Multifunctional Imaging: Scanning Electrochemical Cell Microscopy

Neil Ebejer;Mathias Schnippering;Alexander W. Colburn;Martin A. Edwards

338
Citations
Electrochemical Templating of Metal Nanoparticles and Nanowires on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Networks

Thomas M. Day;Patrick R. Unwin;Neil R. Wilson;Julie V. Macpherson

322
Citations
Multifunctional nanoprobes for nanoscale chemical imaging and localized chemical delivery at surfaces and interfaces.

Yasufumi Takahashi;Andrew I. Shevchuk;Pavel Novak;Yanjun Zhang

319
Citations
Electrochemistry at carbon nanotubes: perspective and issues.

Ioana Dumitrescu;Patrick R. Unwin;Julie V. Macpherson

299
Citations
A new view of electrochemistry at highly oriented pyrolytic graphite.

Anisha N. Patel;Manon Guille Collignon;Michael A. O’Connell;Wendy O. Y. Hung

296
Citations
Scanning Electrochemical Cell Microscopy: Theory and Experiment for Quantitative High Resolution Spatially-Resolved Voltammetry and Simultaneous Ion-Conductance Measurements

Michael E. Snowden;Aleix G. Güell;Stanley Chi Shing Lai;Kim M. McKelvey

280
Citations
Electrochemical Nanoprobes for Single-Cell Analysis

Paolo Actis;Sergiy Tokar;Jan Clausmeyer;Babak Babakinejad

271
Citations
Theory and Experiment for the Substrate Generation/Tip Collection Mode of the Scanning Electrochemical Microscope: Application as an Approach for Measuring the Diffusion Coefficient Ratio of a Redox Couple

Rachel D. Martin and;Patrick R. Unwin

260
Citations
FABRICATION AND CHARACTERISATION OF NANOMETRE-SIZED PLATINUM ELECTRODES FOR VOLTAMMETRIC ANALYSIS AND IMAGING

Christopher J Slevin;Nicola J Gray;Julie V Macpherson;Mark A Webb

250
Citations
Topographical and electrochemical nanoscale imaging of living cells using voltage-switching mode scanning electrochemical microscopy

Yasufumi Takahashi;Andrew I. Shevchuk;Pavel Novak;Babak Babakinejad

245
Citations
Nanoscale surface structure–activity in electrochemistry and electrocatalysis

Cameron Luke Bentley;Minkyung Kang;Patrick R. Unwin

242
Citations
Nanoscale Electrochemistry of sp2 Carbon Materials: From Graphite and Graphene to Carbon Nanotubes

Patrick R. Unwin;Aleix G. Güell;Aleix G. Güell;Guohui Zhang

236
Citations
Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy. 17. Studies of Enzyme-Mediator Kinetics for Membrane= and Surface- Immobilized Glucose Oxidase

David T. Pierce;Patrick R. Unwin;Patrick R. Unwin;Allen J. Bard

233
Citations
Scanning micropipet contact method for high-resolution imaging of electrode surface redox activity.

Cara G. Williams;Martin A. Edwards;Anna L. Colley;Julie V. Macpherson

232
Citations
Scanning electrochemical microscopy. 9. Theory and application of the feedback mode to the measurement of following chemical reaction rates in electrode processes

Patrick R. Unwin;Allen J. Bard

227
Citations