2026 Robin W. Grimes: 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	72	4107	3977	163	153	316	16484

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Research.com Recognitions

2018 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
2013 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)

Overview

Robin W. Grimes is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and engineering, with significant contributions to materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, inorganic chemistry, aerospace engineering, and ceramics and composites.

The main topics of their work include:

Nuclear Materials and Properties
Nuclear materials and radiation effects
Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
Radioactive element chemistry and processing
Nuclear reactor physics and engineering
Fusion materials and technologies
Glass properties and applications

Their notable recent papers include:

Self-diffusion in garnet-type Li7La3Zr2O12 solid electrolytes, 2021, Scientific Reports
Using molecular dynamics to predict the solidus and liquidus of mixed oxides (Th,U)O2, (Th,Pu)O2 and (Pu,U)O2, 2020, Journal of Nuclear Materials
Thermal conductivity variation in uranium dioxide with gadolinia additions, 2020, Journal of Nuclear Materials
Examining the thermal properties of unirradiated nuclear grade graphite between 750 and 2500 K, 2020, Journal of Nuclear Materials
A molecular dynamics method to identify the liquidus and solidus in a binary phase diagram, 2020, Computational Materials Science

Publication venues frequently chosen by Robin W. Grimes include:

Journal of Nuclear Materials
Journal of Applied Physics
The Philosophical Magazine A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Applied Physics
Scientific Reports
Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Frequent coauthors in their research are:

Navaratnarajah Kuganathan
A. Chroneos
Conor Galvin
M.J.D. Rushton
Patrick A. Burr

Robin W. Grimes has been recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom in 2018, and as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) in 2013.

Best Publications

Radiation tolerance of complex oxides

K. E. Sickafus;L. Minervini;R. W. Grimes;J. A. Valdez

1134
Citations
Disorder in Pyrochlore Oxides

Licia Minervini;Robin W. Grimes;Kurt E. Sickafus

744
Citations
Defect cluster formation in M2O3-doped CeO2

Licia Minervini;Matthew O. Zacate;Robin W. Grimes

631
Citations
Radiation-induced amorphization resistance and radiation tolerance in structurally related oxides

Kurt E. Sickafus;Robin W. Grimes;James A. Valdez;Antony Cleave

622
Citations
Defect cluster formation in M2O3-doped cubic ZrO2

Matthew O. Zacate;Licia Minervini;Daniel J. Bradfield;Robin W. Grimes

368
Citations
Oxygen migration in A2B2O7 pyrochlores

Mohsin Pirzada;Robin W. Grimes;Robin W. Grimes;Licia Minervini;Licia Minervini;John F. Maguire

352
Citations
Oxygen migration in La2NiO4 + δ

Licia Minervini;Robin W. Grimes;John A. Kilner;Kurt E. Sickafus

326
Citations
Anisotropic oxygen diffusion in tetragonal La2NiO4+δ: molecular dynamics calculations

Alexander Chroneos;David Parfitt;John A. Kilner;Robin W. Grimes

284
Citations
Opportunities for Advanced Ceramics and Composites in the Nuclear Sector

William Edward Lee;Matthew Gilbert;Samuel Thomas Murphy;Robin William Grimes

211
Citations
Phase stability and interfacial structures in the SrO–SrTiO3 system

Michael A. Mccoy;Robin W. Grimes;William E. Lee

185
Citations
Optimum pyrochlore compositions for low thermal conductivity

P. K. Schelling;S. R. Phillpot;R. W. Grimes

181
Citations
Effects of Gallium Doping in Garnet-Type Li7La3Zr2O12 Solid Electrolytes

Randy Jalem;M.J.D. Rushton;William Manalastas;Masanobu Nakayama;Masanobu Nakayama

172
Citations
Greater tolerance for nuclear materials

Robin W. Grimes;Rudy J. M. Konings;Lyndon Edwards

170
Citations
Structure, stability and morphology of stoichiometric ceria crystallites

Shyam Vyas;Robin W. Grimes;Andrew L. Rohl

153
Citations
Incorporation of Monovalent Ions in ZnO and Their Influence on Varistor Degradation

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144
Citations
Predictions of cation distributions in AB2O4 spinels from normalized ion energies

Robin W. Grimes;Alfred B. Anderson;Arthur H. Heuer

142
Citations
Effect of strain on the oxygen diffusion in yttria and gadolinia co-doped ceria

M.J.D. Rushton;A. Chroneos;S.J. Skinner;J.A. Kilner

140
Citations
Solution Mechanisms for Dopant Oxides in Yttria

Gerdjan Busker;Alex Chroneos;Robin W. Grimes;I-Wei Chen

140
Citations
Thermal transport properties of uranium dioxide by molecular dynamics simulations

Taku Watanabe;Susan B. Sinnott;James S. Tulenko;Robin W. Grimes

137
Citations
Molecular dynamics study of oxygen diffusion in Pr2NiO4+δ

David Parfitt;Alexander Chroneos;John A. Kilner;Robin W. Grimes

135
Citations
Structure and mobility of defects formed from collision cascades in MgO.

B. P. Uberuaga;R. Smith;A. R. Cleave;F. Montalenti

135
Citations