Gamini Sumanasekera

8.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
154 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

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Gamini Sumanasekera is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gamini Sumanasekera has authored 154 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in Materials Chemistry, 71 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 25 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Gamini Sumanasekera's work include Graphene research and applications (59 papers), Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (55 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (35 papers). Gamini Sumanasekera is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (59 papers), Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (55 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (35 papers). Gamini Sumanasekera collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Russia. Gamini Sumanasekera's co-authors include P. C. Eklund, Mahendra K. Sunkara, Jacek B. Jasiński, Shaoli Fang, Praveen Meduri, Romaneh Jalilian, John C. Angus, Vidhya Chakrapani, C. K. W. Adu and Scott D. Wolter and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Gamini Sumanasekera

152 papers receiving 6.9k 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.

Charge Transfer Equilibria Between Diamond and an Aqueous Oxygen Electrochemical Redox Couple

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gamini Sumanasekera United States	40	5.2k	3.2k	1.3k	1.1k	915	154	7.1k
Martin Kalbáč Czechia	41	5.1k 1.0×	2.7k 0.8×	1.7k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	610 0.7×	257	7.1k
Lu‐Chang Qin United States	47	4.5k 0.9×	2.7k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	2.1k 1.9×	607 0.7×	152	6.9k
Takaaki Taniguchi Japan	36	4.7k 0.9×	2.7k 0.9×	1.6k 1.3×	920 0.8×	964 1.1×	105	6.5k
Andrey Turchanin Germany	40	3.7k 0.7×	3.9k 1.2×	1.6k 1.2×	2.0k 1.8×	652 0.7×	186	6.9k
Ryne P. Raffaelle United States	37	4.1k 0.8×	4.2k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.3×	146	6.6k
Rafael G. Mendes Germany	56	8.3k 1.6×	4.1k 1.3×	2.4k 1.9×	1.9k 1.7×	827 0.9×	251	10.7k
Rosaria Brescia Italy	44	5.1k 1.0×	4.3k 1.3×	893 0.7×	720 0.7×	628 0.7×	154	6.8k
Neil R. Wilson United Kingdom	41	4.3k 0.8×	2.5k 0.8×	1.9k 1.5×	873 0.8×	815 0.9×	103	6.5k
Kazuyuki Takai Japan	31	4.4k 0.9×	2.0k 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	508 0.6×	127	5.8k
Wenlong Wang China	38	2.8k 0.5×	2.7k 0.8×	800 0.6×	701 0.6×	577 0.6×	136	5.1k

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Sumanasekera, Gamini, et al.. (2024). Angle-resolved polarized Raman study of layered b-AsxPx-1 alloys: Identification of As-P vibrational modes. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 992. 174609–174609. 3 indexed citations

Thapa, Arjun, Ram Krishna Hona, Babajide Patrick Ajayi, et al.. (2022). Mn-Rich NMC Cathode for Lithium-Ion Batteries at High-Voltage Operation. Energies. 15(22). 8357–8357. 2 indexed citations

Jasiński, Jacek B., et al.. (2022). Direct Fabrication of Vertically Stacked Double Barrier Tunnel Junctions Based on Graphene and h-BN. Electronic Materials Letters. 18(3). 313–320. 2 indexed citations

Bates, Alex, et al.. (2022). The Influence of Absorbate Desorption and Kinetic Isotope Effects on the Surface Conductivity of Diamond. Journal of Electronic Materials. 51(6). 3336–3341. 2 indexed citations

Hietsoi, Oleksandr, Gamini Sumanasekera, Gautam Gupta, et al.. (2020). Small molecule crystals with 1D water wires modulate electronic properties of surface water networks. Applied Materials Today. 22. 100895–100895. 1 indexed citations

Karki, Bhupendra, Byron Freelon, Manthila Rajapakse, et al.. (2020). Strain-induced vibrational properties of few layer black phosphorus and MoTe₂ via Raman spectroscopy. Nanotechnology. 31(42). 425707–425707. 37 indexed citations

Li, Yang, William Arnold, Arjun Thapa, et al.. (2020). Stable and Flexible Sulfide Composite Electrolyte for High-Performance Solid-State Lithium Batteries. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(38). 42653–42659. 78 indexed citations

Sumanasekera, Gamini, et al.. (2019). Impact of hydrolysis on surface area and energy storage applications of activated carbons produced from corn fiber and soy hulls. Carbon Resources Conversion. 3. 19–28. 34 indexed citations

Martinez‐Garcia, Alejandro, et al.. (2019). Lithium Molybdate (Li₂MoO₃)−Sulfur Battery. Batteries & Supercaps. 3(3). 275–283. 4 indexed citations

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Pishgar, Sahar, et al.. (2019). Investigation of the photocorrosion of n-GaP photoanodes in acid with in situ UV-Vis spectroscopy. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 7(44). 25377–25388. 20 indexed citations

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Ziółkowska, Dominika A., et al.. (2019). CF_x primary batteries based on fluorinated carbon nanocages. New Journal of Chemistry. 43(33). 12892–12895. 23 indexed citations

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Cummins, Dustin, Ulises Martinez, Andriy Sherehiy, et al.. (2016). Efficient hydrogen evolution in transition metal dichalcogenides via a simple one-step hydrazine reaction. Nature Communications. 7(1). 11857–11857. 191 indexed citations

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Henner, Victor, et al.. (2015). Use of supercomputer for modeling coherent processes in magnetic nano-structures. Computational Materials Science. 102. 228–233. 4 indexed citations

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Dharmadasa, I. M., Paul A. Bingham, O. K. Echendu, et al.. (2014). Fabrication of CdS/CdTe-Based Thin Film Solar Cells Using an Electrochemical Technique. Coatings. 4(3). 380–415. 100 indexed citations

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Thapa, Arjun, Tae Ho Shin, Shintaro Ida, et al.. (2012). Gold–Palladium nanoparticles supported by mesoporous β-MnO2 air electrode for rechargeable Li-Air battery. Journal of Power Sources. 220. 211–216. 57 indexed citations

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Meduri, Praveen, Ezra L. Clark, Jeong Hun Kim, et al.. (2012). MoO_3–x Nanowire Arrays As Stable and High-Capacity Anodes for Lithium Ion Batteries. Nano Letters. 12(4). 1784–1788. 264 indexed citations

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Sherehiy, Andriy, et al.. (2010). Thermoelectric characterization of large area graphene grown on SiC. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2010. 1 indexed citations

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Alphenaar, Bruce, et al.. (2007). Determination of the hopping contribution to the thermopower in bismuth infiltrated colloidal crystals. Journal of Applied Physics. 102(11). 1 indexed citations

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Pradhan, Bhabendra K., Gamini Sumanasekera, Kofi W. Adu, et al.. (2002). Experimental probes of the molecular hydrogen–carbon nanotube interaction. Physica B Condensed Matter. 323(1-4). 115–121. 53 indexed citations

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Prasad, B. L. V., Hirohiko Sato, Toshiaki Enoki, et al.. (2001). Intercalated nanographite: Structure and electronic properties. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 64(23). 27 indexed citations

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