Paul O'Brien

Paul O'Brien 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 O'Brien sits on this spectrum.

Paul O'Brien 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 O'Brien sits on this spectrum.

Research.com Recognitions

• 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
• 2013 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences

Overview

Best Publications

• Nanocrystalline semiconductors: Synthesis, properties, and perspectives

  Tito Trindade;Paul O'brien;Nigel L. Pickett

  1843
  Citations

• Understanding the factors that govern the deposition and morphology of thin films of ZnO from aqueous solution

  Kuveshni Govender;David S. Boyle;Peter B. Kenway;Paul O'Brien

  954
  Citations

• Production of few-layer phosphorene by liquid exfoliation of black phosphorus

  Jack R. Brent;Nicky Savjani;Edward A. Lewis;Sarah J. Haigh

  824
  Citations

• Synthesis, Properties, and Applications of Transition Metal-Doped Layered Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

  Aleksander A. Tedstone;David J. Lewis;Paul O’Brien

  581
  Citations

• The association between sterilizing activity and drug distribution into tuberculosis lesions

  Brendan Prideaux;Laura E. Via;Matthew D. Zimmerman;Seokyong Eum

  510
  Citations

• A Low Curing Temperature Silver Ink for Use in Ink‐Jet Printing and Subsequent Production of Conductive Tracks

  Angela L. Dearden;Patrick J. Smith;Dong Youn Shin;Nuno Reis

  452
  Citations

• Synthesis of Black TiOx Nanoparticles by Mg Reduction of TiO2 Nanocrystals and their Application for Solar Water Evaporation

  Miaomiao Ye;Jia Jia;Zhejian Wu;Chenxi Qian

  422
  Citations

• Synthesis of CdS and CdSe Nanocrystallites Using a Novel Single-Molecule Precursors Approach

  Tito Trindade and;Paul O'Brien;Xiao-mei Zhang

  392
  Citations

• Precursor Chemistry for Main Group Elements in Semiconducting Materials

  Mohammad Azad Malik;Mohammad Afzaal;Paul O’Brien

  383
  Citations

• Optical properties of ZnO nanocrystals doped with Cd, Mg, Mn, and Fe ions.

  Y. S. Wang;P. John Thomas;P. O'brien

  375
  Citations

• Quantum-dot concentrator and thermodynamic model for the global redshift

  Keith Barnham;Jose Luis Marques;John Hassard;Paul O’Brien

  365
  Citations

• Developing an understanding of the processes controlling the chemical bath deposition of ZnS and CdS

  Paul O'Brien;John McAleese

  357
  Citations

• Air-stable single-source precursors for the synthesis of chalcogenide semiconductor nanoparticles

  M. Azad Malik;Neerish Revaprasadu;Paul O'brien

  344
  Citations

• Hybrid polymer/metal oxide solar cells based on ZnO columnar structures

  Ana M. Peiró;Punniamoorthy Ravirajan;Kuveshni Govender;David S. Boyle

  337
  Citations

• Room-Temperature Lasing Observed from ZnO Nanocolumns Grown by Aqueous Solution Deposition

  Kuveshni Govender;David S. Boyle;Paul O'brien;David Binks

  326
  Citations

• Recent developments in II–VI and III–VI semiconductors and their applications in solar cells

  Mohammad Afzaal;Paul O'Brien

  325
  Citations

• CVD of Compound Semiconductors

  Anthony C. Jones;Paul O'Brien

  302
  Citations

• Mesocrystals: a new class of solid materials.

  Lei Zhou;Paul O'Brien

  286
  Citations

• Tin(II) Sulfide (SnS) Nanosheets by Liquid-Phase Exfoliation of Herzenbergite: IV-VI Main Group Two-Dimensional Atomic Crystals

  Jack R. Brent;David J. Lewis;Tommy Lorenz;Edward A. Lewis

  285
  Citations

• Preparation of nanoparticle materials

  Paul O'Brien;Nigel Pickett

  281
  Citations

• A Simple Route to the Synthesis of Core/Shell Nanoparticles of Chalcogenides

  M. Azad Malik;Paul O'Brien, ,† and;Neerish Revaprasadu

  275
  Citations