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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering research in hyperthermal gassurface and gasphase reaction dynamics
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society

Overview

Timothy K. Minton is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with significant contributions across subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Applied Mathematics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The scientist's work focuses on several main topics including Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory, Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research, Silicone and Siloxane Chemistry, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma, Semiconductor materials and devices, and Space Satellite Systems and Control.

Recent publications by Timothy K. Minton include:

  • Air-Carbon Ablation Model for Hypersonic Flight from Molecular-Beam Data, 2021, AIAA Journal
  • Oxidation and nitridation of vitreous carbon at high temperatures, 2020, Carbon
  • POSS enhanced 3D graphene - Polyimide film for atomic oxygen endurance in Low Earth Orbit space environment, 2020, Polymer
  • On the Utility of Coated POSS-Polyimides for Vehicles in Very Low Earth Orbit, 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Ground testing of an on-orbit atomic oxygen flux and ionizing radiation dose sensor based on material degradation by the space environment, 2020, Acta Astronautica

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Minton are:

  • Chenbiao Xu
  • Thomas E. Schwartzentruber
  • I. Gouzman
  • Vanessa J. Murray
  • Adriana Caracciolo

The most common publication venues for their research include:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • AIAA Journal
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Among professional recognitions, Minton has been awarded fellowships by notable scientific societies:

  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) in 2015, cited for pioneering research in hyperthermal gas-surface and gas-phase reaction dynamics
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2011
  • Fellow of the American Chemical Society in 2010

Best Publications

  • Stepwise photocatalytic dissociation of methanol and water on TiO2(110).

    Qing Guo;Chenbiao Xu;Zefeng Ren;Wenshao Yang

  • Reactive and inelastic scattering dynamics of hyperthermal oxygen atoms on a saturated hydrocarbon surface

    Jianming Zhang;Donna J. Garton;Timothy K. Minton

  • On the mechanism of laser-induced desorption–ionization of organic compounds from etched silicon and carbon surfaces

    Sergey Alimpiev;Sergey Nikiforov;Vladimir Karavanskii;Tim Minton

  • Atomic oxygen effects on POSS polyimides in low earth orbit.

    Timothy K Minton;Michael E Wright;Sandra J Tomczak;Sara A Marquez

  • Probing the microscopic corrugation of liquid surfaces with gas-liquid collisions.

    Mackenzie E. King;Gilbert M. Nathanson;Mark A. Hanning-Lee;Timothy K. Minton

  • A crossed molecular beams study of the O(3P)+H2 reaction: Comparison of excitation function with accurate quantum reactive scattering calculations

    Donna J. Garton;Timothy K. Minton;Biswajit Maiti;Diego Troya

  • Protection of polymer from atomic-oxygen erosion using Al2O3 atomic layer deposition coatings

    Russell Cooper;Hari P. Upadhyaya;Timothy K. Minton;Michael R. Berman

  • Pyrolysis of Phenolic Impregnated Carbon Ablator (PICA)

    Brody K. Bessire;Sridhar A. Lahankar;Timothy K. Minton

  • Dynamics of Atomic-Oxygen Polymer Degradation in Low Earth Orbit

    Timothy K. Minton;Donna J. Garton

  • An Investigation of the Resistance of Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane Polyimide to Atomic-Oxygen Attack:

    Amy L. Brunsvold;Timothy K. Minton;Irina Gouzman;Eitan Grossman

  • Comparative dynamics of Cl(2P) and O(3P) interactions with a hydrocarbon surface

    Donna J. Garton;Timothy K. Minton;Michele Alagia;Nadia Balucani

  • Protecting polymers in space with atomic layer deposition coatings.

    Timothy K. Minton;Bohan Wu;Jianming Zhang;Ned F. Lindholm

  • Rotational spectra and molecular structures of ArHBr and KrHBr

    M. R. Keenan;E. J. Campbell;T. J. Balle;L. W. Buxton

  • Decomposition of Phenolic Impregnated Carbon Ablator (PICA) as a Function of Temperature and Heating Rate.

    Brody K. Bessire;Timothy K. Minton

  • Hyperthermal neutral beam etching

    Konstantinos P. Giapis;Teresa A. Moore;Timothy K. Minton

  • Atomic-Oxygen-Durable and Electrically-Conductive CNT-POSS-Polyimide Flexible Films for Space Applications

    Nurit Atar;Eitan Grossman;Irina Gouzman;Asaf Bolker

  • Resistance of POSS Polyimide Blends to Hyperthermal Atomic Oxygen Attack.

    Min Qian;Vanessa J. Murray;Wei Wei;Brooks C. Marshall

  • Methyl Formate Production on TiO2(110), Initiated by Methanol Photocatalysis at 400 nm

    Qing Guo;Chenbiao Xu;Chenbiao Xu;Wenshao Yang;Zefeng Ren

  • Nanosegregation and Structuring in the Bulk and at the Surface of Ionic-Liquid Mixtures

    Duncan W. Bruce;Christopher P. Cabry;Jose Nuno Canongia Lopes;Jose Nuno Canongia Lopes;Matthew Lawrence Costen

  • Crossed beams and theoretical studies of the O(3P)+CH4-->H+OCH3 reaction excitation function.

    Diego Troya;George C. Schatz;Donna J. Garton;Amy L. Brunsvold

  • Effects of Thermal Roughening on the Angular Distributions of Trapping and Scattering in Gas−Liquid Collisions

    Mackenzie E. King;Kathleen M. Fiehrer;Gilbert M. Nathanson;Timothy K. Minton

Frequent Co-Authors

George C. Schatz
George C. Schatz Northwestern University
Xueming Yang
Xueming Yang Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Diego Troya
Diego Troya Virginia Tech
Hua Guo
Hua Guo University of New Mexico
Duncan W. Bruce
Duncan W. Bruce University of York
Nadia Balucani
Nadia Balucani University of Perugia
Nagi N. Mansour
Nagi N. Mansour Ames Research Center
Catherine J. Murphy
Catherine J. Murphy University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Maria Forsyth
Maria Forsyth Deakin University
John T. Fourkas
John T. Fourkas University of Maryland, College Park

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