Thornton, Geoff - University College London

个人简介

1976 D.Phil.(Oxford) 1976 - 1979 1851 Research Fellow, Universities of Oxford and California (Berkeley) 1979 - 2003 Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader and Professor, Chemistry Department, Manchester University 1988 - 1998 Deputy Director, IRC in Surface Science, Universities of Manchester and Liverpool 2003- Professor of Physical Chemistry, UCL Editorial Board Surface Science (1999-2004), Surface Science Reports (1989- ) Chair Scientific Advisory Committee Diamond Light Source (2007-2009) Fellow of the American Physical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, Institute of Physics 2010 European Research Council Advanced Grant 2011 Surfaces and Interfaces Award of the Royal Society of Chemistry 2012 Humboldt Research Award 2013 Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award

研究领域

Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics

Our research focuses on the nanoscience and surface science of metal oxides, which play a crucial role in technologies such as catalysis and molecular electronics. The targets of our experiments include developing single molecule spectroscopy on oxide surfaces, imaging single molecule chemistry, and nanofabrication of functional devices. This work employs a suite of scanning probe microscopes, spectrometers, and diffractometers in London together with synchrotron radiation techniques at the Diamond Light Source and ESRF, Grenoble.

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Grinter, D. C., Muryn, C., Santos, B., Shaw, B. -. J., Mentes, T. O., Locatelli, A., Thornton, G. (2014). Spectromicroscopy of a Model Water-Gas Shift Catalyst: Gold Nanoparticles Supported on Ceria. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C 118(33), 19194-19204 doi:10.1021/jp5055205. Author URL Grinter, D. C., Pang, C. L., Muryn, C. A., Maccherozzi, F., Dhesi, S. S., Thornton, G. (2014). Characterising ultrathin ceria films at the nanoscale: Combining spectroscopy and microscopy. JOURNAL OF ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY AND RELATED PHENOMENA 195, 13-17 doi:10.1016/j.elspec.2014.03.014. Author URL Grinter, D. C., Woolcot, T., Pang, C. -. L., Thornton, G. (2014). Ordered Carboxylates on TiO (110) Formed at Aqueous Interfaces. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters , 4265-4269 doi:10.1021/jz502249j. Hussain, H., Torrelles, X., Rajput, P., Nicotra, M., Thornton, G., Zegenhagen, J. (2014). A Quantitative Structural Investigation of the 0.1 wt % Nb-SrTiO3(001)/H2O Interface. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C 118(20), 10980-10988 doi:10.1021/jp5034118. Author URL Azuma, K., Dover, C., Grinter, D. C., Grau-Crespo, R., Almora-Barrios, N., Thornton, G., Oda, T., Tanaka, S. (2013). Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Molecular Dynamics Study of the Li2TiO3(001) Surface. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C 117(10), 5126-5131 doi:10.1021/jp3119549. Author URL Carenco, S., Tuxen, A., Chintapalli, M., Pach, E., Escudero, C., Ewers, T. D., Jiang, P., Borondics, F., Thornton, G., Alivisatos, A. P., Bluhm, H., Guo, J., Salmeron, M. (2013). Dealloying of Cobalt from CuCo Nanoparticles under Syngas Exposure. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C 117(12), 6259-6266 doi:10.1021/jp4000297. Author URL Grinter, D. C., Yim, C. -. M., Pang, C. L., Santos, B., Menteş, T. O., Locatelli, A., Thornton, G. (2013). Oxidation State Imaging of Ceria Island Growth on Re(0001). The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 117(32), 16509-16514 doi:10.1021/jp405887h. Matharu, J., Cabailh, G., Thornton, G. (2013). Synthesis of TiO2(110) ultra-thin films on W(100) and their reactions with H2O. SURFACE SCIENCE 616, 198-205 doi:10.1016/j.susc.2013.05.020. Author URL Pang, C. L., Grinter, D. C., Matharu, J., Thornton, G. (2013). A Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study of Ultrathin Film Rutile TiO2(110) Supported on W(100)-O(2 x 1). JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C 117(48), 25622-25627 doi:10.1021/jp409948u. Author URL Pang, C. L., Lindsay, R., Thornton, G. (2013). Structure of Clean and Adsorbate-Covered Single-Crystal Rutile TiO2 Surfaces. CHEMICAL REVIEWS 113(6), 3887-3948 doi:10.1021/cr300409r. Author URL Thornton, G., Woolcot, T., Hussain, H., Cabailh, G., Torrelles, X., Pang, C., Humphrey, D., Yim, O., Lindsay, R., Bikondoa, O., Zegenhagen, J. (2013). Structure of the TiO2(110) interface with water. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. ( Vol. 245 ). Author URL Tuxen, A., Carenco, S., Chintapalli, M., Chuang, C. -. H., Escudero, C., Pach, E., Jiang, P., Borondics, F., Beberwyck, B., Alivisatos, A. P., Thornton, G., Pong, W. -. F., Guo, J., Perez, R., Besenbacher, F., Salmeron, M. (2013). Size-Dependent Dissociation of Carbon Monoxide on Cobalt Nanoparticles. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 135(6), 2273-2278 doi:10.1021/ja3105889. Author URL Vollnhals, F., Woolcot, T., Walz, M. -. M., Seiler, S., Steinrueck, H. -. P., Thornton, G., Marbach, H. (2013). Electron Beam-Induced Writing of Nanoscale Iron Wires on a Functional Metal Oxide. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C 117(34), 17674-17679 doi:10.1021/jp405640a. Author URL YIM, C. M., PANG, C. L., Humphrey, D. S., Muryn, C., SCHULTE, K., Perez, R., Thornton, G. (2013). CO and O overlayers on Pd nanocrystals supported on TiO2(110). Faraday Discuss. , --- doi:10.1039/C2FD20137B. Publisher URL Grinter, D. C., Nickes, P., Woolcot, T., Basahel, S. N., Obaid, A. Y., Al-Ghamdi, A. A., E-Mossalamy, E. -. S. H., Alyoubi, A. O., Thornton, G. (2012). Binding of a Benzoate Dye-Molecule Analogue to Rutile Titanium Dioxide Surfaces. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C 116(1), 1020-1026 doi:10.1021/jp209749m. Author URL Grinter, D. C., Nicotra, M., Thornton, G. (2012). Acetic Acid Adsorption on Anatase TiO2(101). JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C 116(21), 11643-11651 doi:10.1021/jp303514g. Author URL Liu, L. -. M., Zhang, C., Thornton, G., Michaelides, A. (2012). Reply to "comment on 'Structure and dynamics of liquid water on rutile TiO (110)'". PHYSICAL REVIEW B 85(16), ARTN 167402 doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.85.167402. Author URL Woolcot, T., Teobaldi, G., Pang, C. L., Beglitis, N. S., Fisher, A. J., Hofer, W. A., Thornton, G. (2012). Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Contrast Mechanisms for TiO2. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 109(15), ARTN 156105 doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.156105. Author URL Yim, C. M., Pang, C., Muryn, C. A., Thornton, G. (2012). Domain walls of CO adlayers on Pd nanoparticles. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY. ( Vol. 244 ). Author URL Gardener, J. A., Liaw, I., Aeppli, G., Boyd, I. W., Fiddy, S., Hyett, G., Jones, T. S., Lauzurica, S., Palgrave, R. G., Parkin, I. P., Sankar, G., Sikora, M., Stoneham, A. M., Thornton, G., Heutz, S. (2011). Oxide Nanoparticle Thin Films Created Using Molecular Templates. J PHYS CHEM C 115(27), 13151-13157 doi:10.1021/jp200567r.