Elango Kumarasamy

3.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Elango Kumarasamy is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Elango Kumarasamy has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Organic Chemistry, 15 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 13 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Elango Kumarasamy's work include Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis (14 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (11 papers) and Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (9 papers). Elango Kumarasamy is often cited by papers focused on Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis (14 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (11 papers) and Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (9 papers). Elango Kumarasamy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Elango Kumarasamy's co-authors include Jayaraman Sivaguru, Luis M. Campos, Samuel N. Sanders, Matthew Y. Sfeir, Ramya Raghunathan, Mukund P. Sibi, Andrew B. Pun, Michael L. Steigerwald, Murad J. Y. Tayebjee and Dane R. McCamey and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Elango Kumarasamy

42 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Nonbiaryl and Heterobiaryl Atropisomers: Molecular Templa... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2015 200 400 600
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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. Nonbiaryl and Heterobiaryl Atropisomers: Molecular Templates with Promise for Atropselective Chemical Transformations
    2015 635 citations Elango Kumarasamy, Ramya Raghunathan et al. profile →
  2. Quantitative Intramolecular Singlet Fission in Bipentacenes
    2015 327 citations Samuel N. Sanders, Elango Kumarasamy et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Elango Kumarasamy United States 26 1.3k 1.2k 937 784 682 42 3.1k
Marco Caricato United States 32 868 0.6× 437 0.4× 946 1.0× 1.6k 2.0× 788 1.2× 104 3.2k
Ciro A. Guido Italy 25 625 0.5× 556 0.5× 876 0.9× 961 1.2× 431 0.6× 34 2.4k
Henrik Ottosson Sweden 35 3.1k 2.3× 864 0.7× 1.6k 1.7× 415 0.5× 275 0.4× 125 4.1k
Carl Trindle United States 26 968 0.7× 779 0.7× 1.3k 1.4× 556 0.7× 833 1.2× 129 2.6k
Giacomo Prampolini Italy 32 573 0.4× 405 0.3× 903 1.0× 1.4k 1.7× 660 1.0× 123 2.9k
Minoru Yamaji Japan 26 1.4k 1.0× 647 0.6× 1.3k 1.4× 409 0.5× 172 0.3× 162 2.9k
Thomas Lenzer Germany 34 382 0.3× 710 0.6× 873 0.9× 1.1k 1.4× 527 0.8× 97 2.7k
Susumu Yanagisawa Japan 20 546 0.4× 1.1k 1.0× 1.3k 1.4× 1.4k 1.7× 213 0.3× 65 3.1k
Yu Harabuchi Japan 23 679 0.5× 385 0.3× 883 0.9× 596 0.8× 234 0.3× 81 2.2k
Ulrike Salzner Türkiye 27 937 0.7× 1.6k 1.4× 847 0.9× 863 1.1× 332 0.5× 63 3.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elango Kumarasamy

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tayebjee, Murad J. Y., Elango Kumarasamy, Samuel N. Sanders, et al.. (2023). Anisotropic Multiexciton Quintet and Triplet Dynamics in Singlet Fission via Pulsed Electron Spin Resonance. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(28). 15275–15283. 17 indexed citations
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Athanasopoulos, Stavros, Elango Kumarasamy, Amir Asadpoordarvish, et al.. (2021). Pentacene–Bridge Interactions in an Axially Chiral Binaphthyl Pentacene Dimer. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 125(33). 7226–7234. 7 indexed citations
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He, Guiying, Samuel N. Sanders, Andrew B. Pun, et al.. (2020). Bridge Resonance Effects in Singlet Fission. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 124(45). 9392–9399. 20 indexed citations
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Kumarasamy, Elango, et al.. (2020). Ionic Fluorogels for Remediation of Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances from Water. ACS Central Science. 6(4). 487–492. 125 indexed citations
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Pun, Andrew B., Amir Asadpoordarvish, Elango Kumarasamy, et al.. (2019). Ultra-fast intramolecular singlet fission to persistent multiexcitons by molecular design. Nature Chemistry. 11(9). 821–828. 100 indexed citations
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Low, Jonathan Z., Gregor Kladnik, Laerte L. Patera, et al.. (2019). The Environment-Dependent Behavior of the Blatter Radical at the Metal–Molecule Interface. Nano Letters. 19(4). 2543–2548. 68 indexed citations
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Sanders, Samuel N., Andrew B. Pun, Elango Kumarasamy, et al.. (2019). Understanding the Bound Triplet-Pair State in Singlet Fission. Chem. 5(8). 1988–2005. 84 indexed citations
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Trinh, M. Tuan, Andrew Pinkard, Andrew B. Pun, et al.. (2017). Distinct properties of the triplet pair state from singlet fission. Science Advances. 3(7). e1700241–e1700241. 113 indexed citations
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Kumarasamy, Elango, Samuel N. Sanders, Murad J. Y. Tayebjee, et al.. (2017). Tuning Singlet Fission in π-Bridge-π Chromophores. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(36). 12488–12494. 149 indexed citations
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Kumarasamy, Elango, Sunil Kumar Kandappa, Ramya Raghunathan, Steffen Jockusch, & Jayaraman Sivaguru. (2017). Realizing an Aza Paternò–Büchi Reaction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(25). 7056–7061. 68 indexed citations
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Tayebjee, Murad J. Y., Samuel N. Sanders, Elango Kumarasamy, et al.. (2016). Quintet multiexciton dynamics in singlet fission. Nature Physics. 13(2). 182–188. 244 indexed citations
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Sanders, Samuel N., Elango Kumarasamy, Andrew B. Pun, et al.. (2016). Singlet Fission in Polypentacene. Chem. 1(3). 505–511. 69 indexed citations
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Sanders, Samuel N., Elango Kumarasamy, Andrew B. Pun, et al.. (2016). Intramolecular Singlet Fission in Oligoacene Heterodimers. Angewandte Chemie. 128(10). 3434–3438. 36 indexed citations
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Kumarasamy, Elango, et al.. (2014). Photochemistry of Atropisomers: Non-biaryl Atropisomers for Stereospecific Phototransformations. Chemistry Letters. 43(12). 1816–1825. 12 indexed citations
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Raghunathan, Ramya, et al.. (2013). Intramolecular Paternò–Büchi reaction of atropisomeric α-oxoamides in solution and in the solid-state. Chemical Communications. 49(77). 8713–8713. 25 indexed citations
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Ayitou, Anoklase J.‐L., et al.. (2013). Enantiospecific photochemical 6π-ring closure of α-substituted atropisomeric acrylanilides–role of alkali metal ions. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 13(2). 141–144. 18 indexed citations
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Ayitou, Anoklase J.‐L., Gaku Fukuhara, Elango Kumarasamy, Yoshihisa Inoue, & Jayaraman Sivaguru. (2013). Enantiospecific Photochemical Transformations under Elevated Pressure. Chemistry - A European Journal. 19(13). 4327–4334. 24 indexed citations
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Kumarasamy, Elango & Jayaraman Sivaguru. (2012). Light-induced stereospecific intramolecular [2+2]-cycloaddition of atropisomeric 3,4-dihydro-2-pyridones. Chemical Communications. 49(39). 4346–4348. 25 indexed citations
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Ayitou, Anoklase J.‐L., Barry C. Pemberton, Elango Kumarasamy, Nandini Vallavoju, & Jayaraman Sivaguru. (2011). Fun with Photons: Selective Light Induced Reactions in Solution and in Water Soluble Nano-containers. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 65(4). 202–202. 15 indexed citations
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Kumarasamy, Elango, et al.. (2011). Light-Induced Enantiospecific 4π Ring Closure of Axially Chiral 2-Pyridones: Enthalpic and Entropic Effects Promoted by H-Bonding. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 133(43). 17106–17109. 30 indexed citations

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