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Philip Lightfoot is affiliated with the University of St Andrews in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on materials science, with a strong emphasis on materials chemistry. They have produced a substantial body of work across several subfields, including electrical and electronic engineering, inorganic chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and condensed matter physics.

The scientist's research covers several key topics: crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, perovskite materials and applications, solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography, crystal structures and properties, inorganic chemistry and materials, and polyoxometalates synthesis and applications.

Among their recent papers are the following publications:

  • Structural chemistry of layered lead halide perovskites containing single octahedral layers (2021, IUCrJ)
  • Structural Diversity in Layered Hybrid Perovskites, A2PbBr4 or AA'PbBr4, Templated by Small Disc-Shaped Amines (2020, Inorganic Chemistry)
  • Polarity and Ferromagnetism in Two-Dimensional Hybrid Copper Perovskites with Chlorinated Aromatic Spacers (2022, Chemistry of Materials)
  • Unprecedented tin iodide perovskite-like structures featuring ordering of organic moieties (2020, Chemical Communications)
  • Structural Features in Some Layered Hybrid Copper Chloride Perovskites: ACuCl4 or A2CuCl4 (2021, Inorganic Chemistry)

Philip Lightfoot collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, Jason A. McNulty, Alasdair J. Bradford, Stephen Lee, and Ceng Han.

Their research has been published repeatedly in notable scientific venues. These include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemistry of Materials
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Dalton Transactions
  • Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances

Best Publications

  • Crystal Structure of the Polymer Electrolyte Poly(ethylene oxide)3:LiCF3SO3.

    P. Lightfoot;M. A. Mehta;P. G. Bruce

  • Ferroelectric-Paraelectric Transition in BiFeO 3 : Crystal Structure of the Orthorhombic β Phase

    Donna C. Arnold;Kevin S. Knight;Finlay D. Morrison;Philip Lightfoot

  • CRYSTAL STRUCTURE DETERMINATION FROM POWDER DIFFRACTION DATA BY MONTE CARLO METHODS

    Kenneth D. M. Harris;Maryjane Tremayne;Philip Lightfoot;Peter G. Bruce

  • The structure of SrRuO3 by time-of-flight neutron powder diffraction

    C. W. Jones;P. D. Battle;P. Lightfoot;W. T. A. Harrison

  • Pressure-induced charge transfer and dTc/dP in YBa2Cu3O7−x

    J.D. Jorgensen;Shiyou Pei;P. Lightfoot;D.G. Hinks

  • Cation disorder in ferroelectric Aurivillius phases of the typeBi2ANb2O9(A=Ba, Sr, Ca)

    Susan M. Blake;Mark J. Falconer;Mark McCreedy;Philip Lightfoot

  • Understanding ferroelectricity in layered perovskites: new ideas and insights from theory and experiments

    Nicole A. Benedek;James M. Rondinelli;Hania Djani;Phillippe Ghosez

  • A Variable-Temperature Powder Neutron Diffraction Study of Ferroelectric Bi4Ti3O12

    Charles H. Hervoches;Philip Lightfoot

  • Structural Behavior of the Four-Layer Aurivillius-Phase Ferroelectrics SrBi4Ti4O15 and Bi5Ti3FeO15

    Charles H. Hervoches;Alan Snedden;Richard Riggs;Susan H. Kilcoyne

  • The widespread occurrence of negative thermal expansion in zeolites

    Philip Lightfoot;David A. Woodcock;Martin J. Maple;Luis A. Villaescusa

  • Solid-state transformations of zinc 1,4-benzenedicarboxylates mediated by hydrogen-bond-forming molecules.

    Mark Edgar;Robert Mitchell;Alexandra M. Z. Slawin;Philip Lightfoot

  • High-temperature phase transitions of hexagonal YMnO 3

    Alexandra S. Gibbs;Kevin S. Knight;Philip Lightfoot

  • Orientation dependence of ferroelectric properties of pulsed-laser-ablated Bi4−xNdxTi3O12 films

    A Garg;Zoe Barber;M Dawber;James Scott

  • The polar phase of NaNbO(3): a combined study by powder diffraction, solid-state NMR, and first-principles calculations.

    Karen E Johnston;Chiu C Tang;Julia E Parker;Kevin S Knight

  • Synthesis, Structure and Properties of Related Microporous N,N‘-Piperazinebismethylenephosphonates of Aluminum and Titanium

    Christian Serre;John A. Groves;Philip Lightfoot;Alexandra M. Z. Slawin

  • The structural consequences of charge disproportionation in mixed-valence iron oxides. I. The crystal structure of Sr2LaFe3O8.94 at room temperature and 50 K

    P.D. Battle;T.C. Gibb;P. Lightfoot

  • Metal–organic co-ordination frameworks based on mixed N- and O-donor ligands: crystal structures of [Co(phth)2(bipy)] and [Co2(mal)2(bipy)(H2O)2] (phth = phthalate, mal = malonate, bipy = 4,4′-bipyridine)†

    Philip Lightfoot;Alan Snedden

  • Orientation Dependence of Ferroelectric Properties of Pulsed-Laser-Ablated Bi4-xNdxTi3O12 Films

    A. Garg;A. Snedden;P. Lightfoot;M. Dawber

  • Unusual High‐Temperature Structural Behaviour in Ferroelectric Bi2WO6

    Neil A. McDowell;Kevin S. Knight;Kevin S. Knight;Philip Lightfoot

  • The first route to large pore metal phosphonates

    John A. Groves;Stuart R. Miller;Stewart J. Warrender;Caroline Mellot-Draznieks

Frequent Co-Authors

Russell E. Morris
Russell E. Morris University of St Andrews
Paul A. Wright
Paul A. Wright University of St Andrews
Alexandra M. Z. Slawin
Alexandra M. Z. Slawin University of St Andrews
Kevin S. Knight
Kevin S. Knight University College London
Peter G. Bruce
Peter G. Bruce University of Oxford
Miguel A. Camblor
Miguel A. Camblor Spanish National Research Council
Wuzong Zhou
Wuzong Zhou University of St Andrews
Anthony K. Cheetham
Anthony K. Cheetham University of Cambridge
Marc Leblanc
Marc Leblanc University of Avignon
Chiu C. Tang
Chiu C. Tang University of Manchester

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