Durga Prasad Karothu

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Durga Prasad Karothu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Durga Prasad Karothu has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Materials Chemistry, 29 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 24 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Durga Prasad Karothu's work include Crystallography and molecular interactions (27 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (15 papers) and Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (12 papers). Durga Prasad Karothu is often cited by papers focused on Crystallography and molecular interactions (27 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (15 papers) and Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (12 papers). Durga Prasad Karothu collaborates with scholars based in United Arab Emirates, United States and Germany. Durga Prasad Karothu's co-authors include Pancě Naumov, Ejaz Ahmed, Patrick Commins, Luca Catalano, Jad Mahmoud Halabi, Israel Desta, Liang Li, Marieh B. Al‐Handawi, Rachid Rezgui and Tayur N. Guru Row and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Durga Prasad Karothu

74 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. The Rise of the Dynamic Crystals
    2020 341 citations Pancě Naumov, Durga Prasad Karothu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Durga Prasad Karothu 2.6k 1.3k 996 787 586 78 3.9k
Manas K. Panda 3.2k 1.2× 1.0k 0.8× 995 1.0× 500 0.6× 496 0.8× 53 4.2k
Soumyajit Ghosh 1.9k 0.7× 1.3k 1.0× 685 0.7× 349 0.4× 413 0.7× 53 2.7k
Rabih O. Al‐Kaysi 2.3k 0.9× 771 0.6× 786 0.8× 463 0.6× 400 0.7× 73 3.2k
Tsuyoshi Asahi 3.4k 1.3× 1.9k 1.4× 993 1.0× 1.0k 1.3× 849 1.4× 183 5.7k
Jiro Abe 3.6k 1.4× 620 0.5× 2.2k 2.3× 560 0.7× 870 1.5× 183 5.1k
Giovanni Bottari 3.1k 1.2× 514 0.4× 1.8k 1.8× 1.2k 1.5× 330 0.6× 82 4.2k
Theo E. Kaiser 2.6k 1.0× 422 0.3× 926 0.9× 1.0k 1.3× 232 0.4× 11 3.8k
Luca Catalano 1.4k 0.5× 760 0.6× 533 0.5× 516 0.7× 330 0.6× 48 2.2k
Matthijs P. de Haas 1.8k 0.7× 874 0.7× 988 1.0× 2.0k 2.5× 664 1.1× 112 4.6k
Robert B. Pansu 1.9k 0.7× 416 0.3× 666 0.7× 745 0.9× 393 0.7× 133 3.4k

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All Works

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Belmonte‐Vázquez, José L., Durga Prasad Karothu, Mauricio Maldonado‐Domínguez, et al.. (2025). Low-Temperature Dynamics at Nano- and Macroscales: Organic Crystal That Exhibits Low-Temperature Molecular Motion and the Thermosalient Effect. Chemistry of Materials. 37(9). 3373–3383. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhihua, Rongchao Shi, Ibrahim Tahir, et al.. (2025). Thiophene Sulfone Single Crystal as a Reversible Thermoelastic Linear Actuator with an Extended Stroke and Second-Harmonic Generation Switching. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(9). 7749–7756. 9 indexed citations
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Al‐Handawi, Marieh B., Patrick Commins, Ahmed S. Dalaq, et al.. (2024). Ferroelastic ionic organic crystals that self-heal to 95%. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8095–8095. 12 indexed citations
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Pantuso, Elvira, Ejaz Ahmed, Enrica Fontananova, et al.. (2023). Smart dynamic hybrid membranes with self-cleaning capability. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5751–5751. 28 indexed citations
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Spackman, Peter R., Durga Prasad Karothu, Pancě Naumov, et al.. (2022). Graphical Abstract: Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 6/2022. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(6).
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Halabi, Jad Mahmoud, Isabelle Séguy, Ludovic Salvagnac, et al.. (2022). Microelectromechanical devices driven by thermosalient effects. Cell Reports Physical Science. 3(11). 101133–101133. 16 indexed citations
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Karothu, Durga Prasad, Rodrigo Cezar de Campos Ferreira, Ghada Dushaq, et al.. (2022). Exceptionally high work density of a ferroelectric dynamic organic crystal around room temperature. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2823–2823. 43 indexed citations
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Karothu, Durga Prasad, Ghada Dushaq, Ejaz Ahmed, et al.. (2021). Mechanically robust amino acid crystals as fiber-optic transducers and wide bandpass filters for optical communication in the near-infrared. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1326–1326. 91 indexed citations
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Naumov, Pancě, Durga Prasad Karothu, Ejaz Ahmed, et al.. (2020). The Rise of the Dynamic Crystals. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(31). 13256–13272. 341 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schramm, Stefan, Durga Prasad Karothu, Patrick Commins, et al.. (2019). Thermochemiluminescent peroxide crystals. Nature Communications. 10(1). 997–997. 17 indexed citations
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Gallo, Gianpiero, Sebastian Bette, Caroline Evania Mulijanto, et al.. (2019). Extraordinary anisotropic thermal expansion in photosalient crystals. IUCrJ. 7(1). 83–89. 46 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Ejaz, Durga Prasad Karothu, Mark R. Warren, & Pancě Naumov. (2019). Shape-memory effects in molecular crystals. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3723–3723. 104 indexed citations
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Commins, Patrick, Durga Prasad Karothu, & Pancě Naumov. (2019). Ist ein gebogener Kristall immer noch ein Einkristall?. Angewandte Chemie. 131(30). 10154–10163. 29 indexed citations
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Desta, Israel, et al.. (2019). Mechanically Responsive Crystals: Analysis of Macroscopic Strain Reveals “Hidden” Processes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 124(2). 300–310. 38 indexed citations
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Schramm, Stefan, Durga Prasad Karothu, Gijo Raj, et al.. (2018). Turning on Solid‐State Fluorescence with Light. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(30). 9538–9542. 6 indexed citations
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Schramm, Stefan, Durga Prasad Karothu, Gijo Raj, et al.. (2018). Anschalten von Festkörperfluoreszenz mit Licht. Angewandte Chemie. 130(30). 9683–9687. 2 indexed citations
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Mohamed, Sharmarke, Durga Prasad Karothu, & Pancě Naumov. (2016). Using crystal structure prediction to rationalize the hydration propensities of substituted adamantane hydrochloride salts. Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science Crystal Engineering and Materials. 72(4). 551–561. 15 indexed citations
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Karothu, Durga Prasad, et al.. (2014). Anthrapyrazolone analogues intercept inflammatory JNK signals to moderate endotoxin induced septic shock. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 7214–7214. 6 indexed citations
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Pavan, Mysore S., Durga Prasad Karothu, & Tayur N. Guru Row. (2013). Halogen bonding in fluorine: experimental charge density study on intermolecular F⋯F and F⋯S donor–acceptor contacts. Chemical Communications. 49(68). 7558–7558. 119 indexed citations

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