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Joined MME in 1991;
Ph.D. in Materials from Imperial College, London in 1989.
Research Interests:
- Ceramic Materials
- Nanotechnology
- Clean Technology
Significant Publications:
- C.B. Carter and M.G. Norton, ‘Ceramic Materials: Science and Engineering’ 2nd edition, Springer, New York (2013)
- U. Sahaym, M.G. Norton, J. Huso, J.L. Morrison, H. Che, and L. Bergman, ‘Microstructure Evolution and Photoluminescence in Nanocrystalline MgxZn1-xO Thin Films,’ Nanotechnology 22, 425706 (2011)
- O. Marin-Flores, T. Turba, K. Wang, J. Briet, J. Ahn, M.G. Norton, and S. Ha, “Nanoparticle Molybdenum Dioxide: A Highly Active Catalyst for Partial Oxidation of Aviation Fuels,” Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 98, 186 (2010)
- C. Ye, J-C Xiao, B. Twamley, A.D. LaLonde, M.G. Norton, and J.M. Shreeve, “Basic Ionic Liquids: Facile Solvents for Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation Reactions and Ready Access to Palladium Nanoparticles,” European Journal of Organic Chemistry 30, 5095 (2007)
- J.J. Nairn, P.J. Shapiro, M. Williams, B. Twamley, T. Pounds, C. Wang, R. von Wandruszka, R. Fletcher, and M.G. Norton, “Preparation of Ultrafine Chalcopyrite Nanoparticles via the Photochemical Decomposition of Molecular Single-Source Precursors,” Nano Letters 6, 1218 (2006)
Recent Publications:
- C.A. Ellefson, O. Marin-Flores, S. Ha, and M.G. Norton, ‘Synthesis and Applications of Molybdenum (IV) Oxide,’ Journal of Materials Science 47, 2057 (2012)
- P.R. Brejna, U. Sahaym, M.G. Norton, and P.R. Griffiths, “Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Hot-Spots on Ostwald Ripened Silver Nanoparticles Prepared by Galvanic Displacement,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C 115, 1444 (2011)
- M.B. Zbib, M.M. Dahl, U. Sahaym, M.G. Norton, E.W. Osborne, and D.F. Bahr, ‘Characterization of Granular Silicon, Powders, and Agglomerates from a Fluidized Bed Reactor,’ Journal of Materials Science 47, 2583 (2012)
- J.L. Morrison, J. Huso, H. Che, D. Thapa, M. Huso, M.G. Norton, and L. Bergman, ‘The Formation of MgZnO Luminescent Ceramics,’ Journal of Materials Science – Materials in Electronics 23, 437 (2012)
- M.B. Zbib, M.G. Norton, and D.F. Bahr, ‘Effect of Solute Hydrogen on Toughness of Feedstock Polycrystalline Silicon for Solar Cell Applications,’ Scripta Materialia 67, 756 (2012)