Abhay V. Thomas

3.3k citations

13 papers · 2.9k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 11

Impact in

Materials Chemistry top 2%
- Graphene research and applications
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials top 5%
- Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication

Papers in

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 3
- Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication 2
Materials Chemistry 7
- Graphene research and applications 7

Co-authors: Nikhil Koratkar Fazel Yavari Javad Rafiee Rahul Mukherjee Yunfeng Shi Xi Mi Pulickel M. Ajayan Hemtej Gullapalli
Journals: ACS Nano (4 papers)International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (2 papers)Advanced Materials (2 papers)Scientific Reports (1 paper)Applied Physics Letters (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States China

In The Last Decade

Abhay V. Thomas

13 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Defect-induced plating of lithium metal within porous graphene networks 2014 · 410 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2014 Nature Communications
2012 Nature Materials
2011 Scientific Reports

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13 of 13 papers shown

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1	Graphene Oxide: Controlled Crumpling of Graphene Oxide Films for Tunable Optical Transmittance (Adv. Mater. 21/2015) Advanced Materials ·Abhay V. Thomas, Brandon C. Andow, Shravan Suresh, Osman Eksik, Jie Yin, Anna Dyson, Nikhil Koratkar	2015	1
2	Controlled Crumpling of Graphene Oxide Films for Tunable Optical Transmittance Advanced Materials ·Abhay V. Thomas, Brandon C. Andow, Shravan Suresh, Osman Eksik, Jie Yin, Anna Dyson, Nikhil Koratkar	2015	128
3	Defect-induced plating of lithium metal within porous graphene networks Nature Communications ·Rahul Mukherjee, Abhay V. Thomas, Dibakar Datta, Eklavya Singh, Junwen Li, Osman Eksik, Vivek B. Shenoy, Nikhil Koratkar Hit paper breakdown →	2014	410
4	Reduced stability of copper interconnects due to wrinkles and steps on hexagonal boron nitride substrates Applied Physics Letters ·Jian Gao, Philippe K. Chow, Abhay V. Thomas, Toh‐Ming Lu, Theodorian Borca‐Tasciuc, Nikhil Koratkar	2014	12
5	Nanofluid pendant droplet evaporation: Experiments and modeling International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer ·William J. Gerken, Abhay V. Thomas, Nikhil Koratkar, Matthew A. Oehlschlaeger	2014	47
6	Epoxy Nanocomposites with Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Additives ACS Nano ·Osman Eksik, Jian Gao, S.A. Shojaee, Abhay V. Thomas, Philippe K. Chow, Stephen F. Bartolucci, D.A. Lucca, Nikhil Koratkar	2014	169
7	Graphene Drape Minimizes the Pinning and Hysteresis of Water Drops on Nanotextured Rough Surfaces ACS Nano ·Eklavya Singh, Abhay V. Thomas, Rahul Mukherjee, Xi Mi, Farzad Houshmand, Yoav Peles, Yunfeng Shi, Nikhil Koratkar	2013	48
8	Carbon nanotube sponges as conductive networks for supercapacitor devices Nano Energy ·Jing Zhong, Zhenyu Yang, Rahul Mukherjee, Abhay V. Thomas, K. Zhu, Pengzhan Sun, Jie Lian, Hongwei Zhu, Nikhil Koratkar	2013	60
9	Wetting transparency of graphene Nature Materials ·Javad Rafiee, Xi Mi, Hemtej Gullapalli, Abhay V. Thomas, Fazel Yavari, Yunfeng Shi, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Nikhil Koratkar Hit paper breakdown →	2012	960
10	Photothermally Reduced Graphene as High-Power Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries ACS Nano ·Rahul Mukherjee, Abhay V. Thomas, Ajay Krishnamurthy, Nikhil Koratkar	2012	305
11	Dehumidification heat transfer on copper surfaces International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer ·Abhay V. Thomas, Nikhil Koratkar, Yoav Peles	2012	7
12	High Sensitivity Gas Detection Using a Macroscopic Three-Dimensional Graphene Foam Network Scientific Reports ·Fazel Yavari, Zongping Chen, Abhay V. Thomas, Wencai Ren, Hui–Ming Cheng, Nikhil Koratkar Hit paper breakdown →	2011	498
13	Graphene Nanoribbon Composites ACS Nano ·Mohammad A. Rafiee, Wei Lu, Abhay V. Thomas, Ardavan Zandiatashbar, Javad Rafiee, James M. Tour, Nikhil Koratkar	2010	261

About Abhay V. Thomas

Abhay V. Thomas is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics, Surfaces, Coatings and Films and Biomedical Engineering, having authored 13 papers that have together received 2.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Graphene research and applications (7 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (3 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (2 papers), Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication (2 papers), Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (2 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (2 papers), Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies (2 papers) and Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Materials Chemistry (1.7k citations), Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (650 citations), Surfaces, Coatings and Films (240 citations), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (1.3k citations) and Bioengineering (129 citations). Abhay V. Thomas has collaborated with scholars based in United States and China. Frequent co-authors include Nikhil Koratkar, Fazel Yavari, Javad Rafiee, Rahul Mukherjee, Yunfeng Shi, Xi Mi, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Hemtej Gullapalli, Osman Eksik and Hui–Ming Cheng. Their work appears in journals such as ACS Nano, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Advanced Materials, Scientific Reports and Applied Physics Letters.

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