Jonathan Coleman (physicist)

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Jonathan N. Coleman
FRS MRIA FInstP MAE
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Jonathan Coleman in 2018
Born (1973-01-22) 22 January 1973 (age 52)
NationalityIrish
Alma mater Trinity College Dublin (BA, PhD)
Known for Liquid phase exfoliation, 2D materials, Printed electronics
AwardsRoyal Irish Academy Gold Medal (2023)
Tabor Medal (2022)
ACS Nano Award (2018)
Kroll Medal (2012)
Scientific career
Fields Chemical physics
Nanomaterials
Institutions Trinity College Dublin
Thesis Transport properties of nanostructured materials (1999)
Doctoral advisor Werner J. Blau
Doctoral students Valeria Nicolosi

Jonathan Coleman is the Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy in the School of Physics and a Principal Investigator in CRANN and the AMBER Research Centre at Trinity College Dublin. [1] [2] Coleman's research focuses on solution-processing of nanomaterials and their use in applications. He has worked on liquid phase exfoliation, a widely used method of preparing two-dimensional nanosheets. [3]

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Early life and education

Coleman attended the King's Hospital School, before studying for a BA in experimental physics in Trinity College Dublin. [4] He completed a PhD in physics in TCD in 1999 under Professor Werner Blau. [5]

Research and career

Coleman became a lecturer in physics at TCD in 2001 rising to Professor of Chemical Physics (2011 - 2022) and later Erasmus Smith's Professor (2022 - present). [5] He is currently (2022) the Head of the School of Physics in TCD and a member of the University Council. [1] [6]

The theme of his research is the production and processing of nanomaterials in liquids. The main focus is liquid phase exfoliation of layered crystals such as graphite and inorganic layered compounds. This produces liquid suspensions of two-dimensional nanosheets such as graphene, BN, MoS2 or MoO3. He has also performed research on other nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes and metallic nanowires. [7]

In addition to his publications on liquid phase exfoliation of graphene [8] and other layered materials, [9] he has published a number of papers on applications of solution processed 1D and 2D materials. Examples include: the demonstration of highly sensitive polymer-graphene composite strain sensors; [10] printed nanosheet-based transistors [11] and high-capacity lithium-ion batteries. [12]

Coleman's papers have been cited 120,000 times yielding a h-index of 125. [13]

Awards and recognition

Coleman was named the 2011 Science Foundation Ireland Researcher of the Year [14] and was awarded the Kroll Medal from the Institute of Materials in 2012. [15] In 2018 he was named the ACS Nano Lecture Awardee by the American Chemical Society, [16] and in 2022 was awarded the Tabor Medal by the Institute of Physics. [3] In 2023, he received the Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal in the Physical and Mathematical Sciences. [17] He is also a Member of the Royal Irish Academy (MRIA), [18] a Member of the European Academy of Sciences (EURASC), [19] and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2025. [20]

References

  1. 1 2 "Academic/Research Staff, School of Physics". Trinity College Dublin.
  2. ↑ O'Connell, Claire (9 September 2013). "Thin materials could widen energy storage". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  3. 1 2 "2022 David Tabor Medal and Prize". Institute of Physics.
  4. ↑ "'Quantum humour' beams back after absence". The Irish Times.
  5. 1 2 "Trinith Research: Professor Jonathan Coleman". Trinity College Dublin.
  6. ↑ "Membership - University Council Papers - Trinity College Dublin". www.tcd.ie.
  7. ↑ De, Sukanta; Coleman, Jonathan N. (1 October 2011). "The effects of percolation in nanostructured transparent conductors". MRS Bulletin. 36 (10): 774–781. Bibcode:2011MRSBu..36..774D. doi:10.1557/mrs.2011.236. hdl: 2262/66861 . S2CID   135474225 – via Springer Link.
  8. ↑ Hernandez, Yenny; Nicolosi, Valeria; Lotya, Mustafa; Blighe, Fiona M.; Sun, Zhenyu; De, Sukanta; McGovern, I. T.; Holland, Brendan; Byrne, Michele; Gun'Ko, Yurii K.; Boland, John J.; Niraj, Peter; Duesberg, Georg; Krishnamurthy, Satheesh; Goodhue, Robbie; Hutchison, John; Scardaci, Vittorio; Ferrari, Andrea C.; Coleman, Jonathan N. (30 September 2008). "High-yield production of graphene by liquid-phase exfoliation of graphite". Nature Nanotechnology. 3 (9): 563–568. arXiv: 0805.2850 . Bibcode:2008NatNa...3..563H. doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.215. PMID   18772919. S2CID   205443620 – via www.nature.com.
  9. ↑ Coleman, Jonathan N.; Lotya, Mustafa; O’Neill, Arlene; Bergin, Shane D.; King, Paul J.; Khan, Umar; Young, Karen; Gaucher, Alexandre; De, Sukanta; Smith, Ronan J.; Shvets, Igor V.; Arora, Sunil K.; Stanton, George; Kim, Hye-Young; Lee, Kangho; Kim, Gyu Tae; Duesberg, Georg S.; Hallam, Toby; Boland, John J.; Wang, Jing Jing; Donegan, John F.; Grunlan, Jaime C.; Moriarty, Gregory; Shmeliov, Aleksey; Nicholls, Rebecca J.; Perkins, James M.; Grieveson, Eleanor M.; Theuwissen, Koenraad; McComb, David W.; Nellist, Peter D.; Nicolosi, Valeria (4 February 2011). "Two-Dimensional Nanosheets Produced by Liquid Exfoliation of Layered Materials". Science. 331 (6017): 568–571. Bibcode:2011Sci...331..568C. doi:10.1126/science.1194975. hdl: 2262/66458 . PMID   21292974. S2CID   23576676.
  10. ↑ Boland, Conor S.; Khan, Umar; Ryan, Gavin; Barwich, Sebastian; Charifou, Romina; Harvey, Andrew; Backes, Claudia; Li, Zheling; Ferreira, Mauro S.; Möbius, Matthias E.; Young, Robert J.; Coleman, Jonathan N. (9 December 2016). "Sensitive electromechanical sensors using viscoelastic graphene-polymer nanocomposites" (PDF). Science. 354 (6317): 1257–1260. Bibcode:2016Sci...354.1257B. doi:10.1126/science.aag2879. hdl: 2262/82344 . PMID   27940866. S2CID   23162303.
  11. ↑ Kelly, Adam G.; Hallam, Toby; Backes, Claudia; Harvey, Andrew; Esmaeily, Amir Sajad; Godwin, Ian; Coelho, João; Nicolosi, Valeria; Lauth, Jannika; Kulkarni, Aditya; Kinge, Sachin; Siebbeles, Laurens D. A.; Duesberg, Georg S.; Coleman, Jonathan N. (7 April 2017). "All-printed thin-film transistors from networks of liquid-exfoliated nanosheets". Science. 356 (6333): 69–73. Bibcode:2017Sci...356...69K. doi:10.1126/science.aal4062. hdl: 2262/82446 . PMID   28386010. S2CID   206655454.
  12. ↑ Park, Sang-Hoon; King, Paul J.; Tian, Ruiyuan; Boland, Conor S.; Coelho, João; Zhang, Chuanfang (John); McBean, Patrick; McEvoy, Niall; Kremer, Matthias P.; Daly, Dermot; Coleman, Jonathan N.; Nicolosi, Valeria (July 2019). "High areal capacity battery electrodes enabled by segregated nanotube networks" (PDF). Nature Energy. 4 (7): 560–567. Bibcode:2019NatEn...4..560P. doi:10.1038/s41560-019-0398-y. S2CID   189928819.
  13. ↑ "Jonathan N Coleman".
  14. ↑ "Trinity Nanoscientist Awarded Science Foundation Ireland Researcher of the Year Award". Trinity College Dublin. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  15. ↑ "Award winners 2012". IOM3. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  16. ↑ Shmakov, Sergey N.; Weiss, Paul S. (26 June 2018). "Announcing the 2018 ACS Nano Award Lecture Laureates". ACS Nano. 12 (6): 5067–5068. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.8b04497 . PMID   29911860. S2CID   49268465.
  17. ↑ "Jonathan N. Coleman MRIA". Royal Irish Academy. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  18. ↑ "Jonathan Nesbit Coleman". Royal Irish Academy. 19 October 2015.
  19. ↑ "Members". European Academy of Sciences.
  20. ↑ "Exceptional scientists elected as Fellows of the Royal Society". Royal Society. 20 May 2025. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
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