Nicola Gaston
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New Zealand physical chemist
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Nicola Gaston's Degrees
- PhD Chemistry University of Auckland
- Bachelors Chemistry University of Auckland
Why Is Nicola Gaston Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Nicola Gaston is a Professor and a former President of the New Zealand Association of Scientists. She is a materials scientist who has worked on nanoparticles, and has spoken out on sexism in the scientific research establishment. In 2023 she was awarded the Thomson Medal.
Nicola Gaston's Published Works
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Published Works
- The Evolution of Quantum Confinement in CsPbBr3 Perovskite Nanocrystals (2017) (205)
- Extension of the Lennard-Jones potential: Theoretical investigations into rare-gas clusters and crystal lattices of He, Ne, Ar, and Kr using many-body interaction expansions (2006) (101)
- Looking for Information: A Survey of Research on Information Seeking, Needs, and Behaviour (3rd ed.) (2014) (93)
- Is eka-mercury (element 112) a group 12 metal? (2007) (61)
- Unique surface patterns emerging during solidification of liquid metal alloys (2021) (61)
- Convergence of the ab initio many-body expansion for the cohesive energy of solid mercury (2004) (52)
- Synthesis and Comparison of the Magnetic Properties of Iron Sulfide Spinel and Iron Oxide Spinel Nanocrystals (2011) (47)
- Lattice structure of mercury: Influence of electronic correlation (2006) (46)
- Interaction of Pyridine Derivatives with a Gold (111) Surface as a Model for Adsorption to Large Nanoparticles (2013) (41)
- Building machine learning force fields for nanoclusters. (2018) (38)
- C–Cl Bond Activation on Au/Pd Bimetallic Nanocatalysts Studied by Density Functional Theory and Genetic Algorithm Calculations (2014) (38)
- From the van der Waals dimer to the solid state of mercury with relativistic ab initio and density functional theory (2006) (33)
- First-principles melting of gallium clusters down to nine atoms: structural and electronic contributions to melting. (2013) (33)
- Embedding procedure for ab initio correlation calculations in group II metals. (2007) (32)
- Electronic effects on the melting of small gallium clusters. (2012) (30)
- Multiple minima on the energy landscape of elemental zinc: a wave function based ab initio study. (2008) (28)
- Hydrogen adsorption on model tungsten carbide surfaces (2009) (28)
- Throwing jellium at gallium--a systematic superatom analysis of metalloid gallium clusters. (2011) (27)
- A balanced procedure for the treatment of cluster–ligand interactions on gold phosphine systems in catalysis (2014) (25)
- On the bonding of Ga2, structures of Gan clusters and the relation to the bulk structure of gallium (2011) (25)
- Shape-, Size-, and Composition-Controlled Thallium Lead Halide Perovskite Nanowires and Nanocrystals with Tunable Band Gaps (2018) (24)
- Understanding the hcp anisotropy in Cd and Zn: the role of electron correlation in determining the potential energy surface. (2010) (21)
- Electronic shell structure in Ga12 icosahedra and the relation to the bulk forms of gallium. (2012) (20)
- Ab initio correlation calculations for the ground-state properties of group-12 metals Zn and Cd (2007) (17)
- Ionization Potentials of Internal Conversion Electrons for the Superheavy Elements 112, 114, 116, and 118 (2002) (16)
- Interaction of Boron Nitride Nanosheets with Model Cell Membranes. (2016) (16)
- Geometrically induced melting variation in gallium clusters from first principles (2013) (16)
- A Two-Dimensional Liquid Structure Explains the Elevated Melting Temperatures of Gallium Nanoclusters. (2016) (15)
- The frequency-dependent dipole polarizability of the mercury dimer from four-component relativistic density-functional theory. (2006) (14)
- Method of increments for the halogen molecular crystals: Cl, Br, and I. (2014) (14)
- The dimeric nature of bonding in gallium: from small clusters to the α-gallium phase. (2014) (14)
- Quantum size effects in the size-temperature phase diagram of gallium: structural characterization of shape-shifting clusters. (2015) (13)
- From the Superatom Model to a Diverse Array of Super-Elements: A Systematic Study of Dopant Influence on the Electronic Structure of Thiolate-Protected Gold Clusters. (2016) (12)
- Thickness dependent thermal stability of 2D gallenene. (2019) (11)
- How a single aluminum atom makes a difference to gallium: First-principles simulations of bimetallic cluster melting. (2013) (10)
- N4Mg6M (M = Li, Na, K) superalkalis for CO2 activation. (2020) (10)
- The Matilda effect (2015) (10)
- Al20(+) does melt, albeit above the bulk melting temperature of aluminium. (2014) (9)
- Photoabsorption spectra of cationic mercury clusters (2006) (9)
- Two worlds collide: image analysis methods for quantifying structural variation in cluster molecular dynamics. (2014) (9)
- Phosphine passivated gold clusters: how charge transfer affects electronic structure and stability. (2016) (9)
- How robust is the metallicity of two dimensional gallium? (2018) (9)
- Why Science Is Sexist (2015) (8)
- Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure and X-ray Diffraction Examination of Sputtered Nickel Carbon Binary Thin Films for Fuel Cell Applications (2012) (8)
- EXAFS Analysis of Electrocatalytic WC Materials (2009) (7)
- On the involvement of d-electrons in superatomic shells: the group 3 and 4 transition metals. (2019) (7)
- Oscillatory bifurcation patterns initiated by seeded surface solidification of liquid metals (2022) (7)
- Superatomic states in nickel clusters: Revising the prospects for transition metal based superatoms. (2017) (7)
- First-principles calculations of the electronic structure and bonding in metal cluster-fullerene materials considered within the superatomic framework. (2016) (7)
- Internal and external pressure in cubic perovskites: electronic structure effects and systematic accuracy from first principles (2019) (6)
- Chapter 7 Developing Contextual Perceptions of Information Literacy and Information Literacy Education in the Asian Region (2012) (6)
- Spirituality and everyday information behaviour in a non-Western context: sense-making in Buddhist Laos (2015) (5)
- Raranga te kete aronui: Weaving Social and Cultural Inclusion into New Zealand Library and Information Science Education (2016) (5)
- Contextualizing Information Behavior: A Methodological Approach (2017) (5)
- Cluster assemblies as superatomic solids: a first principles study of bonding & electronic structure. (2018) (5)
- Experimental and ab initio study of Mg doping in the intrinsic ferromagnetic semiconductor GdN (2018) (5)
- Weak interactions in Graphane/BN systems under static electric fields—A periodic ab-initio study. (2015) (4)
- Unveiling the structures and electronic properties of CH3NH3PbI3 interfaces with TiO2, ZnO, and SnO2: a first-principles study (2019) (4)
- Cluster melting: new, limiting, and liminal phenomena (2018) (4)
- Ultra stable superatomic structure of doubly magic Ga13 and Ga13Li electrolyte. (2019) (3)
- Bimetallic superalkali substitution in the CsPbBr3 perovskite: Pseudocubic phases and tunable bandgap. (2021) (3)
- Two-dimensional aluminium, gallium, and indium metallic crystals by first-principles design (2020) (3)
- Bidirectional Control of the Band Bending at the (2̅01) and (010) Surfaces of β-Ga2O3 Using Aryldiazonium Ion and Phosphonic Acid Grafting (2021) (3)
- Liquid metal synthesis solvents for metallic crystals (2022) (3)
- Modulating the thermal and structural stability of gallenene via variation of atomistic thickness (2020) (3)
- Characterizing the greater-than-bulk melting behaviour of Ga-Al nanoalloys (2015) (2)
- Information behaviour in transition: A developing country perspective (2013) (2)
- Aluminum oxo‐fluoride clusters: A first principle investigation of stability, synthetic considerations, and the interaction with water (2018) (2)
- Hybrid density functional calculations of the surface electronic structure of GdN (2015) (2)
- Contextualising information behaviour: The example of Laos (2014) (2)
- Tuneable magnetic moments in superatomic CuXNi8−X clusters (2019) (2)
- Catalytic Potential of Post‐Transition Metal Doped Graphene‐Based Single‐Atom Catalysts for the CO2 Electroreduction Reaction (2022) (2)
- Preserving Local Writers, Genealogy, Photographs, Newspapers, and Related Materials (2013) (1)
- A mechanistic understanding of surface Bi enrichment in dilute GaBi systems. (2021) (1)
- 5-Fold symmetry in superatomic scandium clusters: exploiting favourable orbital overlap to sequester spin. (2020) (1)
- Structural, thermal, and electronic properties of two-dimensional gallium oxide(ß-Ga2O3) from first-principles design. (2021) (1)
- On the influence of exact exchange on transition metal superatoms. (2019) (1)
- Design of superatomic systems: exploiting favourable conditions for the delocalisation of d-electron density in transition metal doped clusters. (2020) (1)
- Photoabsorption spectra of cationic mercury clusters (9 pages) (2006) (1)
- Mercury clusters from van der Waals to the metallic solid : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Theoretical Chemistry at Massey University, Albany, New Zealand (2003) (1)
- Magnetic Superatoms (2021) (1)
- Modified Lennard‐Jones potentials for nanoscale atoms (2020) (1)
- Emergent electronic properties in Co-deposited superatomic clusters. (2021) (1)
- A DFT investigation of pressure effects in the infinite-layer ACuO$ _{2} $ cuprate superconductor for A={Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba} (2013) (1)
- Developing People's Information Capabilities: Fostering Information Literacy in Educational, Workplace and Community Contexts Edited by (2015) (1)
- Dynamic activation of Ga sites by Pt dopant in low temperature liquid metal catalysts. (2023) (0)
- Towards understanding the chemical environment effect on gold-containing clusters (2014) (0)
- Structural and electronic changes in Ga-In and Ga-Sn alloys on melting. (2023) (0)
- A pinch of salt (2015) (0)
- Possible very high transition temperatures in the infinite-layer ACuO$ _{2} $ cuprate superconductor for A={Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba}: A DFT study (2013) (0)
- Application of wavefunction-based ab initio methods to extended systems (2008) (0)
- Molecular crystals vs. superatomic lattice: a case study with superalkali-superhalogen compounds. (2022) (0)
- Fairness and Equality in Research (2020) (0)
- Back Cover: Interaction of Boron Nitride Nanosheets with Model Cell Membranes (ChemPhysChem 11/2016) (2016) (0)
- Kerato refractive surgery: new horizon. (1981) (0)
- Supporting Information for the article : Phosphine passivated gold clusters : How charge transfer affects electronic structure and stability (2016) (0)
- Interplay of geometric and electronic structure in metalloid gallium clusters (2012) (0)
- The third shift (2015) (0)
- Clustering of metal dopants in defect sites of graphene-based materials. (2021) (0)
- Our bias, ourselves (2015) (0)
- Ab initio correlation calculations for the lattice structures of Zn, Cd, and Hg (2006) (0)
- First-principles phase stability calculations of Al 3 ( Ti 1 − x Nb x ) pseudobinary alloys — ∙ (2011) (0)
- Greater-than-bulk melting temperatures explained: Gallium melts Gangnam style (2014) (0)
- A roomful of women (2015) (0)
- Ab initio correlation calculations for the ground state properties of the group 12 metals zinc and cadmium (2007) (0)
- Entropic changes in liquid gallium clusters: understanding the anomalous melting temperatures (2016) (0)
- A library life. (2015) (0)
- Information literacy in the digital age: An evidence-based approach [Book Review] (2011) (0)
- How does culture affect the way people need, seek, and use information? (2015) (0)
- Jennifer and John (2015) (0)
- Local Community in the Era of Social Media Technologies: A Global Approach (2014) (0)
- No offence taken; real harm done (2015) (0)
- Information Literacy in the Digital Age: An Evidence-based Approach. By Teresa S. Welsh and Melissa S. Wright. Chandos Information Professional Series. £47.00 Witney: Chandos Publishing, 2010. 218 pp. US$95.00 soft cover ISBN 9781843345152 (2011) (0)
- The fact is … or isn’t (2015) (0)
- 7 N ov 2 01 4 Al 20 + does melt , albeit above the bulk melting temperature of aluminium (2014) (0)
- Concentration dependent alloying behaviour of liquid GaAu. (2022) (0)
- New Zealand: Free up systems for funding and advice (2014) (0)
- Information behavior in Samoa: A collaborative approach. (2015) (0)
- Superatoms (2023) (0)
- Enhancing cultural understanding in LIS education at the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand. (2015) (0)
- Library or archive. (2015) (0)
- Superheating in Nanoparticles (2010) (0)
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