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  • 2002 - Herman Skolnik Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)

Overview

Peter R. Norton was affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Their research spanned multiple areas within medicine, focusing particularly on public health, geriatrics, and social aspects of health care and urban studies.

Their work covered main fields of study such as Medicine, and subfields including General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Geriatrics and Gerontology, and Sociology and Political Science.

Key topics addressed in their research included:

  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • French Urban and Social Studies

Among Peter R. Norton's publications, two recent papers reflect these research interests:

  • "Agreement Between 2 Sources of Antipsychotic Coding Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Long-Term Care" (2023), published in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
  • "Des rivaux dans la rue: le jaywalking et la réinvention de la rue à l'ère de l'automobile" (2022), published in Habitante

Frequent collaborators in their research included:

  • Jeffrey W. Poss
  • James Silvius
  • Matthias Hoben
  • Adrian Wagg
  • Malcolm Doupe

Norton's work appeared primarily in venues such as the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association and Habitante.

Throughout their career, Peter R. Norton received recognition including the Herman Skolnik Award from the American Chemical Society in 2002.

Best Publications

  • Review of the lubrication of metallic surfaces by zinc dialkyl-dithiophosphates

    Mark A. Nicholls;Than Do;Peter R. Norton;Masoud Kasrai

  • Kinetic Oscillations in the Platinum-Catalyzed Oxidation of Co

    G. Ertl;P. R. Norton;J. Rüstig

  • The interaction of CO and Pt(100). I. Mechanism of adsorption and Pt phase transition

    R. J. Behm;P. A. Thiel;P. R. Norton;G. Ertl

  • The interaction of CO and Pt(100). II. Energetic and kinetic parameters

    P. A. Thiel;R. J. Behm;P. R. Norton;G. Ertl

  • Biological efficacy of electroless-deposited silver on plasma activated polyurethane.

    J E Gray;P R Norton;R Alnouno;C L Marolda

  • Effects of dissolved hydrogen and elastic and plastic deformation on active dissolution of pipeline steel in anaerobic groundwater of near-neutral pH

    B.T. Lu;J.L. Luo;P.R. Norton;H.Y. Ma

  • Effects of Hydrogen on Semiconductivity of Passive Films and Corrosion Behavior of 310 Stainless Steel

    M. Z. Yang;J. L. Luo;Q. Yang;L. J. Qiao

  • Thermal desorption of oxygen from a Pd(110) surface

    J.-W. He;P.R. Norton

  • Topography and nanomechanical properties of tribochemical films derived from zinc dialkyl and diaryl dithiophosphates

    J.F. Graham;C. McCague;P.R. Norton

  • Surface science studies of selective catalytic reduction of NO: Progress in the last ten years

    Yuhai Hu;Keith Griffiths;Peter R. Norton

  • Absolute coverages and hysteresis phenomena associated with the CO‐induced Pt(100) hex⇄(1×1) phase transition

    T. E. Jackman;K. Griffiths;J. A. Davies;P. R. Norton

  • Nanometer scale chemomechanical characterization of antiwear films

    M.A. Nicholls;P.R. Norton;G.M. Bancroft;M. Kasrai

  • The S‐passivation of Ge(100)‐(1×1)

    G. W. Anderson;M. C. Hanf;P. R. Norton;Z. H. Lu

  • Mechanism of an adsorbate-induced surface phase transformation: CO on Pt(100)

    P.A. Thiel;R.J. Behm;P.R. Norton;G. Ertl

  • Spatially Controlled Cell Adhesion via Micropatterned Surface Modification of Poly(dimethylsiloxane)

    Natasha Patrito;Claire Mccague;Peter R. Norton;Nils O. Petersen

  • Interaction of oxygen with a Pd(110) surface. I: Structures and coverages

    Jian‐Wei He;Ulrich Memmert;Keith Griffiths;Peter R. Norton

  • Chemical and Mechanical Properties of ZDDP Antiwear Films on Steel and Thermal Spray Coatings Studied by XANES Spectroscopy and Nanoindentation Techniques

    Mark A. Nicholls;Than Do;Peter R. Norton;G. Michael Bancroft

  • Interaction of oxygen with a Pd(110) surface. II. Kinetics and energetics

    Jian‐Wei He;Ulrich Memmert;Peter R. Norton

  • Electrochemical investigation of the effects of hydrogen on the stability of the passive film on iron

    J.G. Yu;J.L. Luo;P.R. Norton

  • Surface and interfacial alloys of Pd with Cu(100): structure, photoemission and CO chemisorption

    T.D. Pope;K. Griffiths;P.R. Norton

Frequent Co-Authors

Jing-Li Luo
Jing-Li Luo Shenzhen University
Joseph G. Shapter
Joseph G. Shapter University of Queensland
G.M. Bancroft
G.M. Bancroft University of Western Ontario
Yang-Tse Cheng
Yang-Tse Cheng University of Kentucky
Hany Aziz
Hany Aziz University of Waterloo
Tom K. Woo
Tom K. Woo University of Ottawa
Vladimir P. Zhdanov
Vladimir P. Zhdanov Russian Academy of Sciences
Richard J. Puddephatt
Richard J. Puddephatt University of Western Ontario
Tsun-Kong Sham
Tsun-Kong Sham University of Western Ontario
Steve M. Heald
Steve M. Heald Argonne National Laboratory

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