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66
Citations
16014
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Chemistry

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Thomas D. Bennett 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 Thomas D. Bennett sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 177 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas D. Bennett 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 Thomas D. Bennett sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

Thomas D. Bennett is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spans the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with a particular focus on Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. Other subfields of interest include Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Ceramics and Composites.

Their work encompasses a range of main topics related to the study and application of coordination complexes and porous materials. These topics include Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes, Magnetism in coordination complexes, Glass properties and applications, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, and Crystallography and molecular interactions.

Research outputs by Thomas D. Bennett appear frequently in various scientific venues. Notably, publications can be found in The Cambridge Structural Database, Chemical Communications, Nature Communications, Chemistry of Materials, and Chemical Science.

Some of their recent papers are:

  • The changing state of porous materials, 2021, Nature Materials
  • The thermal stability of metal-organic frameworks, 2020, Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • Liquid-phase sintering of lead halide perovskites and metal-organic framework glasses, 2021, Science
  • Coordination cages as permanently porous ionic liquids, 2020, Nature Chemistry
  • ZIF-62 glass foam self-supported membranes to address CH4/N2 separations, 2023, Nature Materials

Frequent collaborators include:

  • David A. Keen
  • Lauren McHugh
  • Celia Castillo-Blas
  • Adam F. Sapnik
  • Michael F. Thorne

In recognition of their contributions to the field, Thomas D. Bennett was awarded the Harrison-Meldola Memorial Prize by the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Amorphous metal-organic frameworks.

    Thomas D. Bennett;Anthony K. Cheetham

  • The Effect of Pressure on ZIF‐8: Increasing Pore Size with Pressure and the Formation of a High‐Pressure Phase at 1.47 GPa

    Stephen A. Moggach;Thomas D. Bennett;Anthony K. Cheetham

  • Chemical structure, network topology, and porosity effects on the mechanical properties of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks

    Jin Chong Tan;Thomas D. Bennett;Anthony K. Cheetham

  • Liquid, glass and amorphous solid states of coordination polymers and metal–organic frameworks

    Thomas D. Bennett;Satoshi Horike

  • The thermal stability of metal-organic frameworks

    Colm Healy;Colm Healy;Komal M. Patil;Komal M. Patil;Benjamin H. Wilson;Benjamin H. Wilson;Lily Hermanspahn;Lily Hermanspahn

  • Interplay between defects, disorder and flexibility in metal-organic frameworks

    Thomas D. Bennett;Anthony K. Cheetham;Alain H. Fuchs;François-Xavier Coudert

  • Melt-Quenched Glasses of Metal-Organic Frameworks.

    Thomas Douglas Bennett;Yuanzheng Yue;Yuanzheng Yue;Peng Li;Ang Qiao

  • Amorphous metal-organic frameworks for drug delivery

    Claudia Orellana-Tavra;Emma F Baxter;Tian Tian;Thomas Douglas Bennett

  • Hybrid glasses from strong and fragile metal-organic framework liquids.

    Thomas D. Bennett;Jin-Chong Tan;Yuanzheng Yue;Yuanzheng Yue;Emma Baxter

  • Structure and Properties of an Amorphous Metal-Organic Framework

    Thomas D. Bennett;Andrew L. Goodwin;Andrew L. Goodwin;Martin T. Dove;David A. Keen;David A. Keen

  • The changing state of porous materials

    Thomas D Bennett;François-Xavier Coudert;Stuart L James;Andrew I Cooper

  • A metal-organic framework with ultrahigh glass-forming ability

    Ang Qiao;Thomas D. Bennett;Haizheng Tao;Andraž Krajnc

  • Metal–organic framework gels and monoliths

    Jingwei Hou;Adam F. Sapnik;Thomas D. Bennett

  • Negative Linear Compressibility of a Metal–Organic Framework

    Wei Li;Michael R. Probert;Monica Kosa;Thomas D. Bennett

  • Exceptionally low shear modulus in a prototypical imidazole-based metal-organic framework.

    Jin Chong Tan;Bartolomeo Civalleri;Chung Cherng Lin;Loredana Valenzano;Loredana Valenzano

  • Gel-based morphological design of zirconium metal-organic frameworks.

    Bart Bueken;Niels Van Velthoven;Tom Willhammar;Tom Willhammar;Timothée Stassin

  • Liquid-phase sintering of lead halide perovskites and metal-organic framework glasses.

    Jingwei Hou;Peng Chen;Atul Shukla;Andraž Krajnc

  • Identifying the Role of Terahertz Vibrations in Metal-Organic Frameworks: From Gate-Opening Phenomenon to Shear-Driven Structural Destabilization

    Matthew R. Ryder;Bartolomeo Civalleri;Thomas D. Bennett;Sebastian Henke

  • Mechanical Properties in Metal–Organic Frameworks: Emerging Opportunities and Challenges for Device Functionality and Technological Applications

    Nicholas C. Burtch;Jurn Heinen;Thomas D. Bennett;David Dubbeldam

  • Liquid metal–organic frameworks

    Romain Gaillac;Pluton Pullumbi;Kevin A. Beyer;Karena W. Chapman

  • Reversible pressure-induced amorphization of a zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF-4)

    Thomas D. Bennett;Petra Simoncic;Petra Simoncic;Stephen A. Moggach;Fabia Gozzo

  • Ball-milling-induced amorphization of zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) for the irreversible trapping of iodine.

    Thomas D. Bennett;Paul J. Saines;David A. Keen;Jin-Chong Tan

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Keen
David A. Keen Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Yuanzheng Yue
Yuanzheng Yue Aalborg University
Anthony K. Cheetham
Anthony K. Cheetham University of Cambridge
Jingwei Hou
Jingwei Hou University of Queensland
Jin-Chong Tan
Jin-Chong Tan University of Oxford
Paul A. Midgley
Paul A. Midgley University of Cambridge
Andrew L. Goodwin
Andrew L. Goodwin University of Oxford
Vicki Chen
Vicki Chen University of Queensland
Lothar Wondraczek
Lothar Wondraczek Friedrich Schiller University Jena

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