2026 Paul A. Midgley: 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	82	2460	2376	106	100	485	25221

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

1251
Citations
Electron tomography and holography in materials science

Paul A. Midgley;Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski

1023
Citations
In situ observation of heat-induced degradation of perovskite solar cells

Giorgio Divitini;S Cacovich;F Matteocci;L Cinà

788
Citations
Direct imaging of single-walled carbon nanotubes in cells

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

695
Citations
High-Performance Nanocatalysts for Single-Step Hydrogenations

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

692
Citations
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

646
Citations
A heterogeneous single-atom palladium catalyst surpassing homogeneous systems for Suzuki coupling.

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

617
Citations
Three-dimensional imaging of localized surface plasmon resonances of metal nanoparticles

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

589
Citations
A sol–gel monolithic metal–organic framework with enhanced methane uptake

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

535
Citations
Charge-ordered ferromagnetic phase in La 0.5 Ca 0.5 MnO 3

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

380
Citations
Structure−Activity Relationship in Nanostructured Copper−Ceria-Based Preferential CO Oxidation Catalysts

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

370
Citations
Stabilization of Single Metal Atoms on Graphitic Carbon Nitride

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

368
Citations
3D imaging of nanomaterials by discrete tomography.

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

365
Citations
Microfluidization of Graphite and Formulation of Graphene-Based Conductive Inks.

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

357
Citations
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

349
Citations
Performance-limiting nanoscale trap clusters at grain junctions in halide perovskites

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

347
Citations
Encapsulation for long-term stability enhancement of perovskite solar cells

Fabio Matteocci;Lucio Cinà;Enrico Lamanna;Stefania Cacovich

346
Citations
Stabilized tilted-octahedra halide perovskites inhibit local formation of performance-limiting phases

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314
Citations
Structural and morphological characterization of cerium oxide nanocrystals prepared by hydrothermal synthesis.

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

296
Citations
Local nanoscale phase impurities are degradation sites in halide perovskites

Unknown

280
Citations
Toxicity and imaging of multi-walled carbon nanotubes in human macrophage cells

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

255
Citations
3D Imaging of Nanomaterials by Discrete Tomography

KJ Batenburg;U Kaiser;C Kübel

2
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