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Roy L. Johnston was affiliated with the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. Their research contributions spanned multiple fields, primarily focusing on materials science and physics and astronomy. Throughout their career, they authored papers that explored specialized areas within these broader fields, including atomic and molecular physics, optics, materials chemistry, ecology, evolution and systematics, atmospheric science, and electronic, optical and magnetic materials.

The scientist's work frequently addressed core topics such as photonic crystals and applications, Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization, biocrusts and microbial ecology, nanoparticles nucleation and surface interactions, machine learning in materials science, advanced chemical physics studies, and the electronic and magnetic properties of Heusler alloys.

Roy L. Johnston contributed to several peer-reviewed publications, with notable papers including:

  • Leveraging Hierarchical Self-Assembly Pathways for Realizing Colloidal Photonic Crystals, 2020, ACS Nano
  • Global minima and structural properties of Au Fe nanoalloys from a Mexican Enhanced Genetic Algorithm-based Density Functional Theory, 2021, Chemical Physics Letters
  • Structural and magnetic properties of Co-Pt clusters: A spin-polarized density functional study, 2020, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
  • Effects of Hydration on the Conformational Behavior of Flexible Molecules with Two Charge Centers, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A

The scientist collaborated frequently with colleagues such as Abhishek Baindoor Rao, James G. Shaw, Andreas Neophytou, Daniel Morphew, and Francesco Sciortino. Their research was disseminated across several scientific journals, including ACS Nano, Chemical Physics Letters, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, and The Journal of Physical Chemistry A.

Roy L. Johnston's interdisciplinary approach integrated experimental and computational techniques to investigate complex material properties and behaviors. Their contributions touched on hierarchical self-assembly, magnetic materials, nanoalloys, and molecular conformational dynamics influenced by environmental factors.

Best Publications

  • Nanoalloys: From Theory to Applications of Alloy Clusters and Nanoparticles

    Riccardo Ferrando;Julius Jellinek;Roy L. Johnston

  • Evolving better nanoparticles: Genetic algorithms for optimising cluster geometries

    Roy L. Johnston

  • Three-dimensional atomic-scale structure of size-selected gold nanoclusters

    Z. Y. Li;N. P. Young;M. Di Vece;S. Palomba

  • Atomic and molecular clusters

    Roy L. Johnston

  • Theoretical study of Cu–Au nanoalloy clusters using a genetic algorithm

    Sarah Darby;Thomas V. Mortimer-Jones;Roy L. Johnston;Christopher Roberts

  • Global optimization of bimetallic cluster structures. I. Size-mismatched Ag–Cu, Ag–Ni, and Au–Cu systems

    Arnaldo Rapallo;Giulia Rossi;Riccardo Ferrando;Alessandro Fortunelli

  • The application of a genetic algorithm for solving crystal structures from powder diffraction data

    Benson M. Kariuki;Heliodoro Serrano-González;Roy L. Johnston;Kenneth D.M. Harris

  • The Genetic Algorithm: Foundations and Apllications in Structure Solution from Powder Diffraction Data

    Kenneth D. M. Harris;Roy L. Johnston;Benson M. Kariuki

  • Global optimization of clusters using electronic structure methods

    Sven Heiles;Roy L. Johnston

  • Searching for the optimum structures of alloy nanoclusters

    Riccardo Ferrando;Alessandro Fortunelli;Roy L. Johnston

  • Global optimization of bimetallic cluster structures. II. Size-matched Ag-Pd, Ag-Au, and Pd-Pt systems.

    Giulia Rossi;Riccardo Ferrando;Arnaldo Rapallo;Alessandro Fortunelli

  • Theoretical Studies of Palladium−Gold Nanoclusters: Pd−Au Clusters with up to 50 Atoms

    Faye Pittaway;Lauro Oliver Paz-Borbón;Roy L. Johnston;Haydar Arslan

  • Investigation of the structures of MgO clusters using a genetic algorithm

    Christopher Roberts;Roy L. Johnston

  • Structure-Bonding Relationships in the Laves Phases†

    Roy L. Johnston;Roald Hoffmann

  • Structural motifs, mixing, and segregation effects in 38-atom binary clusters

    Lauro Oliver Paz-Borbón;Roy L. Johnston;Giovanni Barcaro;Alessandro Fortunelli

  • Superdense carbon, C8: supercubane or analog of .gamma.-silicon?

    Roy L. Johnston;Roald Hoffmann

  • Theoretical models of cluster bonding

    D. Michael;P. Mingos;Roy L. Johnston

  • Size-Dependent Subnanometer Pd Cluster (Pd4, Pd6, and Pd17) Water Oxidation Electrocatalysis

    Gihan Kwon;Glen A Ferguson;Christopher J Heard;Eric C Tyo

  • A genetic algorithm for the structural optimization of Morse clusters

    Chris Roberts;Roy L. Johnston;Nicholas T. Wilson

  • Geometries and segregation properties of platinum–palladium nanoalloy clusters

    Claire Massen;Thomas V. Mortimer-Jones;Roy L. Johnston

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth D. M. Harris
Kenneth D. M. Harris Cardiff University
Benson M. Kariuki
Benson M. Kariuki Cardiff University
Alessandro Fortunelli
Alessandro Fortunelli National Research Council (CNR)
Riccardo Ferrando
Riccardo Ferrando University of Genoa
John N. Murrell
John N. Murrell University of Sussex
Giovanni Barcaro
Giovanni Barcaro National Research Council (CNR)
Jun Yuan
Jun Yuan University of York
Peter P. Edwards
Peter P. Edwards University of Oxford
David J. Wales
David J. Wales University of Cambridge
C. N. R. Rao
C. N. R. Rao Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research

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