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R. Bruce Lennox

R. Bruce Lennox

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Chemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
10487
World Ranking
10764
National Ranking
289

Overview

R. Bruce Lennox is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and specializes in materials science with a focus on materials chemistry. Their research includes several interrelated subfields such as electronic, optical, and magnetic materials, organic chemistry, catalysis, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

Their work covers main topics including gold and silver nanoparticles synthesis and applications, nanoparticles synthesis and applications in general, nanomaterials for catalytic reactions, catalytic processes in materials science, catalysts for methane reforming, CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts, and advancements in liquid crystal research.

Key recent publications by Lennox include:

  • Insight into the Role of Ag in the Seed-Mediated Growth of Gold Nanorods: Implications for Biomedical Applications, 2021, ACS Applied Nano Materials
  • Catalytic hydrogenation of CO2 from air via porous silica-supported Au nanoparticles in aqueous solution, 2021, Green Chemistry
  • Polymer Functionalized Nanoparticles in Blue Phase LC: Effect of Particle Shape, 2021, Nanomaterials
  • Sentiment analysis abstract database, 2021, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Sentiment analysis abstract database, 2021, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Lennox frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable coauthors include Jun Zhu, Siting Ni, Ranjan Roy, Chao-Jun Li, and Manlin Zhang.

They have published multiple times in venues such as ACS Applied Nano Materials and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), with additional contributions to Green Chemistry and Nanomaterials.

Best Publications

  • Structure and Dynamics in Alkanethiolate Monolayers Self-Assembled on Gold Nanoparticles: A DSC, FT-IR, and Deuterium NMR Study

    Antonella Badia;Louis Cuccia;Linette Demers;and Fred Morin

  • Gold−Sulfur Bonding in 2D and 3D Self-Assembled Monolayers: XPS Characterization

    † Marie-Caroline Bourg;and Antonella Badia;R. Bruce Lennox

  • Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold Nanoparticles

    Antonella Badia;Shanti Singh;Linette Demers;Louis Cuccia

  • Polymer-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles with High Grafting Densities

    Muriel K. Corbierre;Neil S. Cameron;R. Bruce Lennox

  • New insights into Brust-Schiffrin metal nanoparticle synthesis.

    Paul J. G. Goulet;R. Bruce Lennox

  • Insulating Properties of Self-Assembled Monolayers Monitored by Impedance Spectroscopy

    Emmanuelle Boubour and;R. Bruce Lennox

  • Gold nanoparticle/polymer nanocomposites: dispersion of nanoparticles as a function of capping agent molecular weight and grafting density.

    Muriel K. Corbierre;Neil S. Cameron;Mark Sutton;Khalid Laaziri

  • Interfacial behavior of block polyelectrolytes. 1. Evidence for novel surface micelle formation

    Jiayi Zhu;Adi Eisenberg;R. Bruce Lennox

  • Polystyrene−Poly(ethylene oxide) Diblock Copolymers Form Well-Defined Surface Aggregates at the Air/Water Interface

    Juliet K. Cox;Kui Yu;Bruce Constantine;and Adi Eisenberg

  • Assessment of 4-(dimethylamino)pyridine as a capping agent for gold nanoparticles.

    Valérie J. Gandubert;R. Bruce Lennox

  • Potential-Induced Defects in n-Alkanethiol Self-Assembled Monolayers Monitored by Impedance Spectroscopy

    Emmanuelle Boubour and;R. Bruce Lennox

  • Ferrocenylalkylthiolates as a Probe of Heterogeneity in Binary Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold

    Lawrence Yoon Suk Lee;Todd C Sutherland;Simona Rucareanu;R Bruce Lennox

  • Biosensor device and method

    R. Bruce Lennox;Robert S. Hodges;Randall T. Irvin

  • Cantilever-based sensing: the origin of surface stress and optimization strategies

    Michel Godin;Vincent Tabard-Cossa;Yoichi Miyahara;Tanya Monga

  • Place Exchange Reactions of Alkyl Thiols on Gold Nanoparticles

    Adil Kassam;Glen Bremner;Brad Clark;Gerardo Ulibarri

  • Nanoparticle motion within glassy polymer melts.

    Hongyu Guo;Gilles Bourret;Muriel K. Corbierre;Simona Rucareanu

  • Stability of ω-Functionalized Self-Assembled Monolayers as a Function of Applied Potential

    Emmanuelle Boubour and;R. Bruce Lennox

  • Preparation of Thiol-Capped Gold Nanoparticles by Chemical Reduction of Soluble Au(I)−Thiolates

    Muriel K. Corbierre and;R. Bruce Lennox

  • SELF-ORDERING OF DIBLOCK COPOLYMERS FROM SOLUTION

    Z. Li;W. Zhao;Y. Liu;M.H. Rafailovich

  • Entanglement-controlled subdiffusion of nanoparticles within concentrated polymer solutions.

    Hongyu Guo;Gilles Bourret;R. Bruce Lennox;Mark Sutton

  • Interfacial behavior of block polyelectrolytes. 4. Polymorphism of (quasi) two-dimensional micelles

    Jiayi Zhu;R. Bruce Lennox;Adi Eisenberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Grutter
Peter Grutter McGill University
Adi Eisenberg
Adi Eisenberg McGill University
Dmitrii F. Perepichka
Dmitrii F. Perepichka McGill University
Kui Yu
Kui Yu Sichuan University
John W. Goodby
John W. Goodby University of York
David R. Bundle
David R. Bundle University of Alberta
Roland Bennewitz
Roland Bennewitz Leibniz Association
Oleksandr Voznyy
Oleksandr Voznyy University of Toronto
Christopher J. Barrett
Christopher J. Barrett McGill University
Tewodros Asefa
Tewodros Asefa Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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