2026 Peter H. Beton: 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	68	4934	4774	191	180	277	14685

Overview

Peter H. Beton is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a strong emphasis on Materials Chemistry. The scientist's work also extends into subfields including Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The main topics of their research include:

Graphene research and applications
2D Materials and Applications
MXene and MAX Phase Materials
Topological Materials and Phenomena
Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
Conducting polymers and applications
Perovskite Materials and Applications

Their recent publications illustrate a focus on advanced materials and their properties. Selected works include:

Production and processing of graphene and related materials, 2020, 2D Materials
Natural optical activity as the origin of the large chiroptical properties in π-conjugated polymer thin films, 2020, Nature Communications
Band gap measurements of monolayer h-BN and insights into carbon-related point defects, 2021, 2D Materials
High open-circuit voltage in transition metal dichalcogenide solar cells, 2020, Nano Energy
Resonant tunnelling into the two-dimensional subbands of InSe layers, 2020, Communications Physics

Peter H. Beton frequently publishes in a select group of journals, notably:

2D Materials
Small
Nanoscale
ACS Nano
Nature Communications

Collaboration is an integral part of their scientific work. Frequent co-authors include С. В. Новиков, Tin S. Cheng, Christopher J. Mellor, Jonathan Bradford, and A. Patanè, with multiple joint publications.

In addition to journal articles, they have contributed to book literature with a publication titled Fundamentals of Friction and Wear on the Nanoscale, released by Springer Nature in 2024.

Best Publications

Controlling molecular deposition and layer structure with supramolecular surface assemblies

James A. Theobald;Neil S. Oxtoby;Michael A. Phillips;Neil R. Champness

1265
Citations
Tuning the Bandgap of Exfoliated InSe Nanosheets by Quantum Confinement

Garry W. Mudd;Simon A. Svatek;Tianhang Ren;Amalia Patanè

676
Citations
Identifying carbon as the source of visible single-photon emission from hexagonal boron nitride

Noah Mendelson;Dipankar Chugh;Jeffrey R. Reimers;Jeffrey R. Reimers;Tin S. Cheng

643
Citations
Vernier templating and synthesis of a 12-porphyrin nano-ring

Melanie C. O’Sullivan;Johannes K. Sprafke;Dmitry V. Kondratuk;Corentin Rinfray

464
Citations
Production and processing of graphene and related materials

Claudia Backes;Claudia Backes;Amr M Abdelkader;Concepción Alonso;Amandine Andrieux-Ledier

456
Citations
High Broad-Band Photoresponsivity of Mechanically Formed InSe–Graphene van der Waals Heterostructures

Garry W. Mudd;Simon A. Svatek;Lee Hague;Oleg Makarovsky

387
Citations
Supramolecular Assemblies on Surfaces: Nanopatterning, Functionality, and Reactivity

Dominic P. Goronzy;Maryam Ebrahimi;Federico Rosei;Federico Rosei;Arramel

278
Citations
Resonant tunneling through the bound states of a single donor atom in a quantum well.

M. W. Dellow;M. W. Dellow;P. H. Beton;P. H. Beton;C. J. G. M. Langerak;C. J. G. M. Langerak;T. J. Foster;T. J. Foster

267
Citations
Direct band-gap crossover in epitaxial monolayer boron nitride.

C. Elias;P. Valvin;T. Pelini;A. Summerfield

255
Citations
Random Tiling and Topological Defects in a Two-Dimensional Molecular Network

Matthew O. Blunt;James C. Russell;María del Carmen Giménez-López;Juan P. Garrahan

249
Citations
Fermi-edge singularity in resonant tunneling.

A. K. Geim;P. C. Main;N. La Scala;L. Eaves

231
Citations
Templating molecular adsorption using a covalent organic framework

Matthew O. Blunt;James C. Russell;Neil R. Champness;Peter H. Beton

212
Citations
Electron-concentration-dependent quantum-well luminescence: Evidence for a negatively charged exciton

H. Buhmann;L. Mansouri;J. Wang;P. H. Beton

199
Citations
Surface-based supramolecular chemistry using hydrogen bonds.

Anna G. Slater;Luis M. A. Perdigão;Peter H. Beton;Neil R. Champness

187
Citations
Magnetoresistance of a two-dimensional electron gas in a strong periodic potential.

P. H. Beton;E. S. Alves;P. C. Main;L. Eaves

187
Citations
Manipulation of C60 molecules on a Si surface

P. H. Beton;A. W. Dunn;P. Moriarty

183
Citations
Resonant magnetotunneling through individual self-assembled InAs quantum dots.

IE Itskevich;Thomas Ihn;A Thornton;M Henini

173
Citations
Assembly and Processing of Hydrogen Bond Induced Supramolecular Nanostructures

D. L. Keeling;N. S. Oxtoby;C. Wilson;M. J. Humphry

172
Citations
Bimolecular networks and supramolecular traps on Au(111).

L M A Perdigão;E W Perkins;J Ma;P A Staniec

155
Citations
Guest-induced growth of a surface-based supramolecular bilayer

Matthew O. Blunt;James C. Russell;Maria del Carmen Gimenez-Lopez;Nassiba Taleb

152
Citations
Two-dimensional supramolecular chemistry on surfaces

Anna G. Slater;Peter H. Beton;Neil R. Champness

151
Citations
Supramolecular assemblies formed on an epitaxial graphene superstructure.

Andrew J. Pollard;Edward W. Perkins;Nicholas A. Smith;Alex Saywell

133
Citations
Atomic reconstruction in twisted bilayers of transition metal dichalcogenides

Astrid Weston;Yichao Zou;Vladimir Enaldiev;Vladimir Enaldiev;Alex Summerfield

123
Citations