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Materials Science

D-Index
53
Citations
22819
World Ranking
9045
National Ranking
2197

Chemistry

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53
Citations
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12889
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Phillip Christopher 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 Phillip Christopher sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 111 publications — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Phillip Christopher 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 Phillip Christopher sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Phillip Christopher is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their work predominantly focuses on the field of Materials Science, with a research emphasis on several subfields including Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Catalysis, Mechanical Engineering, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

Their research spans multiple main topics, notably Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, and Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction.

Phillip Christopher has contributed frequently to a number of scientific journals, with notable recurring publications in ACS Energy Letters, ACS Catalysis, Microscopy and Microanalysis, Journal of the American Chemical Society, and JACS Au.

Collaborative research features prominently in their work. Frequent co-authors include Xiaoqing Pan, Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, Jaeha Lee, Jordan Finzel, and Xingxu Yan, with collaboration counts ranging from 10 to 15 joint works per coauthor.

Recent scientific papers authored or co-authored by Phillip Christopher reflect a focus on catalysis, photocatalysis, and heterogeneous catalyst systems. These include:

  • Light-driven methane dry reforming with single atomic site antenna-reactor plasmonic photocatalysts, 2020, published in Nature Energy
  • First-principles design of a single-atom-alloy propane dehydrogenation catalyst, 2021, published in Science
  • Bifunctional hydroformylation on heterogeneous Rh-WOx pair site catalysts, 2022, published in Nature
  • Plasmon-driven carbon-fluorine (C(sp3)-F) bond activation with mechanistic insights into hot-carrier-mediated pathways, 2020, published in Nature Catalysis
  • Limits of Detection for EXAFS Characterization of Heterogeneous Single-Atom Catalysts, 2023, published in ACS Catalysis

Best Publications

  • Plasmonic-metal nanostructures for efficient conversion of solar to chemical energy

    Suljo Linic;Phillip Christopher;David B. Ingram

  • Visible-light-enhanced catalytic oxidation reactions on plasmonic silver nanostructures

    Phillip Christopher;Hongliang Xin;Suljo Linic

  • Quantifying hot carrier and thermal contributions in plasmonic photocatalysis

    Linan Zhou;Dayne F. Swearer;Chao Zhang;Hossein Robatjazi

  • Direct Photocatalysis by Plasmonic Nanostructures

    Matthew J. Kale;Talin Avanesian;Phillip Christopher

  • Singular characteristics and unique chemical bond activation mechanisms of photocatalytic reactions on plasmonic nanostructures

    Phillip Christopher;Hongliang Xin;Andiappan Marimuthu;Suljo Linic

  • Adsorbate-mediated strong metal–support interactions in oxide-supported Rh catalysts

    John C. Matsubu;Shuyi Zhang;Leo DeRita;Nebojsa S. Marinkovic

  • Catalyst Architecture for Stable Single Atom Dispersion Enables Site-Specific Spectroscopic and Reactivity Measurements of CO Adsorbed to Pt Atoms, Oxidized Pt Clusters, and Metallic Pt Clusters on TiO2

    Leo DeRita;Sheng Dai;Sheng Dai;Kimberly Lopez-Zepeda;Kimberly Lopez-Zepeda;Nicholas Pham;Nicholas Pham

  • Isolated Metal Active Site Concentration and Stability Control Catalytic CO2 Reduction Selectivity

    John C. Matsubu;Vanessa N. Yang;Phillip Christopher

  • Light-driven methane dry reforming with single atomic site antenna-reactor plasmonic photocatalysts

    Linan Zhou;John Mark P. Martirez;John Mark P. Martirez;Jordan Finzel;Chao Zhang

  • Structural evolution of atomically dispersed Pt catalysts dictates reactivity

    Leo DeRita;Joaquin Resasco;Sheng Dai;Alexey Boubnov

  • Enhancing Photochemical Activity of Semiconductor Nanoparticles with Optically Active Ag Nanostructures: Photochemistry Mediated by Ag Surface Plasmons

    Phillip Christopher;David B. Ingram;Suljo Linic

  • Engineering Selectivity in Heterogeneous Catalysis: Ag Nanowires as Selective Ethylene Epoxidation Catalysts

    Phillip Christopher;Suljo Linic

  • Utilizing Quantitative in Situ FTIR Spectroscopy To Identify Well-Coordinated Pt Atoms as the Active Site for CO Oxidation on Al2O3-Supported Pt Catalysts

    Matthew J. Kale;Phillip Christopher

  • First-principles design of a single-atom–alloy propane dehydrogenation catalyst

    Ryan T. Hannagan;Georgios Giannakakis;Romain Réocreux;Julia Schumann;Julia Schumann

  • Predictive Model for the Design of Plasmonic Metal/Semiconductor Composite Photocatalysts

    David B. Ingram;Phillip Christopher;Jonathan L. Bauer;Suljo Linic

  • Catalytic and photocatalytic transformations on metal nanoparticles with targeted geometric and plasmonic properties.

    Suljo Linic;Phillip Christopher;Phillip Christopher;Hongliang Xin;Andiappan Marimuthu

  • Bifunctional hydroformylation on heterogeneous Rh-WOx pair site catalysts

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  • Hot Charge Carrier Transmission from Plasmonic Nanostructures

    Phillip Christopher;Martin Moskovits

  • Approaches for Understanding and Controlling Interfacial Effects in Oxide-Supported Metal Catalysts

    Insoo Ro;Joaquin Resasco;Phillip Christopher

  • Rh single atoms on TiO2 dynamically respond to reaction conditions by adapting their site.

    Yan Tang;Chithra Asokan;Mingjie Xu;George W. Graham;George W. Graham

  • Controlling catalytic selectivity on metal nanoparticles by direct photoexcitation of adsorbate-metal bonds.

    Matthew J. Kale;Talin Avanesian;Hongliang Xin;Hongliang Xin;Jun Yan

  • Balancing Near-Field Enhancement, Absorption, and Scattering for Effective Antenna–Reactor Plasmonic Photocatalysis

    Kun Li;Nathaniel J. Hogan;Matthew J. Kale;Naomi J. Halas

Frequent Co-Authors

Suljo Linic
Suljo Linic University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Xiaoqing Pan
Xiaoqing Pan University of California, Irvine
Naomi J. Halas
Naomi J. Halas Rice University
Sheng Dai
Sheng Dai East China University of Science and Technology
George W. Graham
George W. Graham University of California, Irvine
Sheng Dai
Sheng Dai Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Charles E. Wyman
Charles E. Wyman University of California, Riverside
Peter Nordlander
Peter Nordlander Rice University
Emily A. Carter
Emily A. Carter Princeton University
Paul J. Dauenhauer
Paul J. Dauenhauer University of Minnesota

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