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82
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25221
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2458
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Paul A. Midgley publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul A. Midgley sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 485 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Paul A. Midgley D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul A. Midgley sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Paul A. Midgley is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and specializes in research primarily within the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their work spans a variety of subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist's research topics cover an extensive range of areas, reflecting interdisciplinary expertise. Among the main topics are Perovskite Materials and Applications, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties, Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques, Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films, Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications, and Microstructure and Mechanical Properties.

Midgley has contributed to multiple recent papers published in high-impact venues. Notable publications include:

  • Performance-limiting nanoscale trap clusters at grain junctions in halide perovskites (2020, Nature)
  • Stabilized tilted-octahedra halide perovskites inhibit local formation of performance-limiting phases (2021, Science)
  • Local nanoscale phase impurities are degradation sites in halide perovskites (2022, Nature)
  • Revisiting metal fluorides as lithium-ion battery cathodes (2021, Nature Materials)
  • Direct Imaging of Correlated Defect Nanodomains in a Metal-Organic Framework (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Midgley include Duncan N. Johnstone, Sean M. Collins, Tiarnan A. S. Doherty, Samuel D. Stranks, and Phillip Crout.

Midgley's work has been published frequently in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Microscopy and Microanalysis, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Chemical Science, and Ultramicroscopy.

Recognition for contributions to the scientific community includes election as a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 2014.

Best Publications

  • 3D electron microscopy in the physical sciences: the development of Z-contrast and EFTEM tomography

    Paul A Midgley;Matthew Weyland

  • Electron tomography and holography in materials science

    Paul A. Midgley;Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski

  • In situ observation of heat-induced degradation of perovskite solar cells

    Giorgio Divitini;S Cacovich;F Matteocci;L Cinà

  • Direct imaging of single-walled carbon nanotubes in cells

    Alexandra E. Porter;Mhairi Gass;Karin Muller;Jeremy N. Skepper

  • High-Performance Nanocatalysts for Single-Step Hydrogenations

    John Meurig Thomas;Brian F. G. Johnson;Robert Raja;Gopinathan Sankar

  • Learning from Nature to Improve the Heat Generation of Iron-Oxide Nanoparticles for Magnetic Hyperthermia Applications

    Carlos Martinez-Boubeta;Konstantinos Simeonidis;Antonios Makridis;Makis Angelakeris

  • A heterogeneous single-atom palladium catalyst surpassing homogeneous systems for Suzuki coupling.

    Zupeng Chen;Evgeniya Vorobyeva;Sharon J. Mitchell;Edvin Fako

  • Three-dimensional imaging of localized surface plasmon resonances of metal nanoparticles

    Olivia Nicoletti;Francisco de la Peña;Rowan K. Leary;Daniel J. Holland

  • A sol–gel monolithic metal–organic framework with enhanced methane uptake

    Tian Tian;Zhixin Zeng;Diana Vulpe;Mirian Elizabeth Casco

  • Charge-ordered ferromagnetic phase in La 0.5 Ca 0.5 MnO 3

    James C. Loudon;Neil D. Mathur;Paul A. Midgley

  • Structure−Activity Relationship in Nanostructured Copper−Ceria-Based Preferential CO Oxidation Catalysts

    D. Gamarra;G. Munuera;A. B. Hungria;M. Fernandez-Garcia

  • Stabilization of Single Metal Atoms on Graphitic Carbon Nitride

    Zupeng Chen;Sharon Mitchell;Evgeniya Vorobyeva;Rowan K. Leary

  • 3D imaging of nanomaterials by discrete tomography.

    K.J. Batenburg;S. Bals;J. Sijbers;C. Kübel

  • Microfluidization of Graphite and Formulation of Graphene-Based Conductive Inks.

    Panagiotis G. Karagiannidis;Stephen A. Hodge;Lucia Lombardi;Flavia Tomarchio

  • Z-Contrast tomography: a technique inthree-dimensional nanostructural analysis based on Rutherfordscattering

    Paul A. Midgley;Matthew Weyland;John Meurig Thomas;John Meurig Thomas;Brian F. G. Johnson

  • Performance-limiting nanoscale trap clusters at grain junctions in halide perovskites

    Tiarnan A. S. Doherty;Andrew J. Winchester;Stuart Macpherson;Duncan N. Johnstone

  • Encapsulation for long-term stability enhancement of perovskite solar cells

    Fabio Matteocci;Lucio Cinà;Enrico Lamanna;Stefania Cacovich

  • Stabilized tilted-octahedra halide perovskites inhibit local formation of performance-limiting phases

    Unknown

  • Structural and morphological characterization of cerium oxide nanocrystals prepared by hydrothermal synthesis.

    Kenji Kaneko;Koji Inoke;Bert Freitag;Ana B. Hungria

  • Local nanoscale phase impurities are degradation sites in halide perovskites

    Unknown

  • Toxicity and imaging of multi-walled carbon nanotubes in human macrophage cells

    Crystal Cheng;Karin H. Müller;Krzysztof K.K. Koziol;Jeremy N. Skepper

  • 3D Imaging of Nanomaterials by Discrete Tomography

    KJ Batenburg;U Kaiser;C Kübel

Frequent Co-Authors

John Meurig Thomas
John Meurig Thomas University of Cambridge
Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski
Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski Forschungszentrum Jülich
Matthew Weyland
Matthew Weyland Monash University
Ana B. Hungría
Ana B. Hungría University of Cádiz
Caterina Ducati
Caterina Ducati University of Cambridge
Neil D. Mathur
Neil D. Mathur University of Cambridge
Kenji Kaneko
Kenji Kaneko Kyushu University
Martin Saunders
Martin Saunders Yale University
Thomas D. Bennett
Thomas D. Bennett University of Cambridge
Giorgio Divitini
Giorgio Divitini Italian Institute of Technology

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