D. Selvakumar

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

D. Selvakumar is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, D. Selvakumar has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 16 papers in Materials Chemistry and 13 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in D. Selvakumar's work include Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (7 papers), Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (6 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (6 papers). D. Selvakumar is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (7 papers), Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (6 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (6 papers). D. Selvakumar collaborates with scholars based in India, Saudi Arabia and Nepal. D. Selvakumar's co-authors include Nallaperumal Shunmuga Kumar, K. Kadirvelu, R. Jayavel, Narender Kumar, Ali Alsalme, Abdullah M. Alswieleh, Abdulaziz Alghamdi, Govindarajan Ramadoss, Ramachandran Sivaramakrishnan and N. Dharmaraj and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Chemosphere and Solar Energy.

In The Last Decade

D. Selvakumar

39 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Chitosan as an environment friendly biomaterial – a review on recent modifications and applications

2019 781 citations D. Selvakumar, K. Kadirvelu et al. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. Selvakumar India	14	423	358	325	279	163	43	1.4k
Gunjan Sarkar India	25	446 1.1×	398 1.1×	413 1.3×	165 0.6×	155 1.0×	32	1.5k
Zhiyong Yan China	21	396 0.9×	423 1.2×	458 1.4×	360 1.3×	94 0.6×	75	1.5k
Jun Rao China	23	414 1.0×	417 1.2×	654 2.0×	228 0.8×	203 1.2×	51	1.5k
Raluca Şomoghi Romania	21	350 0.8×	400 1.1×	328 1.0×	129 0.5×	241 1.5×	76	1.2k
Anyarat Watthanaphanit Thailand	22	439 1.0×	354 1.0×	272 0.8×	201 0.7×	106 0.7×	47	1.2k
Sadia Iqbal Pakistan	15	218 0.5×	431 1.2×	220 0.7×	185 0.7×	127 0.8×	62	1.0k
Shan Li China	25	370 0.9×	522 1.5×	443 1.4×	377 1.4×	300 1.8×	99	1.9k
Minghuan Liu China	20	543 1.3×	591 1.7×	557 1.7×	209 0.7×	109 0.7×	23	1.7k
Nayan Ranjan Saha India	22	425 1.0×	404 1.1×	292 0.9×	155 0.6×	164 1.0×	27	1.2k
Nana Zhang China	14	182 0.4×	444 1.2×	381 1.2×	237 0.8×	101 0.6×	35	1.2k

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Selvakumar, D., P. Sathiya, & R. Vaira Vignesh. (2025). Influence of Friction Stir Processing on the Microstructure, Texture, and Sacrificial Anodic Performance of Mg–1Er–1Pr Alloy. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B. 56(5). 5430–5454.

Selvakumar, D., P. Sathiya, & R. Vaira Vignesh. (2025). The Effect of Processing Environment on the Microstructure, Texture, and Sacrificial Anodic Performance of Mg-1Er-1Pr Alloy Processed by Friction Stir Processing. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance.

Selvakumar, D., et al.. (2025). Multi-Spectral techniques for detecting adulterants in turmeric powder. Microchemical Journal. 209. 112830–112830. 1 indexed citations

Selvakumar, D., et al.. (2025). Synthesis and Mechanical Properties of HAp/SiO₂/PLA Composite Derived from Goat Jawbone. Engineering Technology & Applied Science Research. 15(4). 24159–24167. 1 indexed citations

Selvakumar, D., et al.. (2024). Drying kinetics, energy, colour and FTIR spectroscopy analysis on indirect solar dryer with paraffin wax and glass pieces as thermal storage material. Solar Energy. 282. 112925–112925. 13 indexed citations

Selvakumar, D., et al.. (2024). Enhanced electrochemical properties of PbO-rGO nanocomposite prepared by wet chemical method for supercapacitor applications. Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects. 38. 101173–101173. 3 indexed citations

Marepally, Bhanu Chandra, et al.. (2024). Electrochemical nucleation and growth model of MoS2 for hydrogen evolution reaction. Journal of Analytical Science & Technology. 15(1). 2 indexed citations

Selvakumar, D., et al.. (2024). Detecting ferric oxide adulteration in chilli Powder: A Multimodal analytical approach for enhanced food safety. Microchemical Journal. 208. 112332–112332. 5 indexed citations

Kumar, Deepak, et al.. (2024). Automatic Line Marking Robot. 501–505.

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Dhiman, Shikha, et al.. (2023). Temporally programmed switching of functional states in polyaniline film. APL Materials. 11(3). 1 indexed citations

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Selvakumar, D., et al.. (2023). Enhanced CO2 uptake of mesoporous activated carbon derived from chitosan/casein coacervate. Chemical Papers. 77(8). 4179–4192. 5 indexed citations

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Selvakumar, D., Govindarajan Ramadoss, Ramachandran Sivaramakrishnan, et al.. (2022). Heterostructures of polyaniline and Ce–ZnO nanomaterial coated flexible PET thin films for LPG gas sensing at standard environment. Chemosphere. 314. 137492–137492. 17 indexed citations

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Selvakumar, D., et al.. (2022). Nitrogen doped activated carbon derived from chitosan/hexamethylenetetramine: structural and CO2 adsorption properties. Journal of Porous Materials. 29(5). 1539–1550. 11 indexed citations

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Devendran, P., D. Selvakumar, Govindarajan Ramadoss, et al.. (2021). A novel visible light active rare earth doped CdS nanoparticles decorated reduced graphene oxide sheets for the degradation of cationic dye from wastewater. Chemosphere. 287(Pt 1). 132091–132091. 50 indexed citations

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Selvakumar, D., et al.. (2019). Chitosan as an environment friendly biomaterial – a review on recent modifications and applications. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 150. 1072–1083. 781 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jayavel, R., et al.. (2018). Graphene-Metal Oxide based Nanocomposites for Supercapacitor Applications. TechConnect Briefs. 1(2018). 70–73. 2 indexed citations

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Selvakumar, D., et al.. (2017). Enhanced performance of PbO nanoparticles and PbO-CdO and PbO-ZnO nanocomposites for supercapacitor application. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 731. 55–63. 42 indexed citations

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Selvakumar, D., et al.. (2016). Fabrication of an Enzymatic Biosensor Based on Gold Nanoparticles Modified Electrochemical Transducer for the Detection of Organophosphorus Compounds. Nano hybrids and composites. 12. 67–73. 3 indexed citations

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Selvakumar, D., N. Dharmaraj, Narender Kumar, & V. C. Padaki. (2014). Oxygen Sensing Properties of Platinum Doped Indium Oxide Nanoparticles Prepared by Hydrothermal Method. Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic Metal-Organic and Nano-Metal Chemistry. 45(5). 753–758. 12 indexed citations

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Selvakumar, D., et al.. (2012). HYDROTHERMAL MEDIATED SYNTHESIS OF ZnO NANORODS AND THEIR ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES. Letters in Applied NanoBioScience. 1(1). 2–7. 14 indexed citations

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