K. A. Suresh

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

K. A. Suresh is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, K. A. Suresh has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 29 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 24 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in K. A. Suresh's work include Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (43 papers), Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (21 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (14 papers). K. A. Suresh is often cited by papers focused on Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (43 papers), Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (21 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (14 papers). K. A. Suresh collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and France. K. A. Suresh's co-authors include S. Chandrasekhar, B. K. Sadashiva, Raj Kumar Gupta, Satyendra Kumar, Alpana Nayak, Shin‐Woong Kang, P. Viswanath, Sandeep Kumar, Veena Prasad and Leela Pradhan Joshi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

K. A. Suresh

74 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Liquid crystals of disc-like molecules

1977 791 citations S. Chandrasekhar, K. A. Suresh et al. Pramana profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
K. A. Suresh India	18	1.2k	645	551	345	305	78	1.7k
R. Shashidhar United States	22	1.1k 0.9×	401 0.6×	412 0.7×	266 0.8×	204 0.7×	90	1.5k
C. L. Folcia Spain	24	1.6k 1.3×	615 1.0×	725 1.3×	400 1.2×	213 0.7×	100	1.9k
J. Ortega Spain	24	1.3k 1.1×	513 0.8×	593 1.1×	400 1.2×	182 0.6×	91	1.7k
J. Etxebarría Spain	25	1.7k 1.4×	702 1.1×	761 1.4×	510 1.5×	238 0.8×	118	2.2k
Surajit Dhara India	25	1.5k 1.3×	512 0.8×	472 0.9×	514 1.5×	295 1.0×	120	1.8k
R. Pratibha India	25	1.5k 1.3×	578 0.9×	358 0.6×	331 1.0×	368 1.2×	71	1.7k
Roberto Berardi Italy	24	1.6k 1.4×	636 1.0×	1.2k 2.2×	478 1.4×	291 1.0×	66	2.4k
B. Stebler Sweden	21	1.5k 1.3×	479 0.7×	325 0.6×	344 1.0×	248 0.8×	60	1.6k
V. G. Nazarenko Ukraine	19	1.4k 1.2×	428 0.7×	513 0.9×	658 1.9×	305 1.0×	78	1.7k
P. Barois France	23	1.8k 1.5×	594 0.9×	575 1.0×	433 1.3×	430 1.4×	69	2.0k

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Selvakumar, S., et al.. (2019). Range extension of Actinodaphne bourneae Gamble (Lauraceae): An overlooked endemic tree of Western Ghats, India. Tropical Plant Research. 6(1). 15–17. 1 indexed citations

Muthusamy, Ranganathan, et al.. (2018). Effect of diets on digestive enzymes from worker termites of Odontotermes brunneus (Termitidae). Journal of the Indian Academy of Wood Science. 15(1). 61–67. 1 indexed citations

Nayak, Alpana, et al.. (2018). Supramolecular Self‐Assembly of Ionic Discotic Liquid Crystalline Dimer with DNA at Interfaces. ChemistrySelect. 3(25). 7318–7326. 7 indexed citations

Suresh, K. A., et al.. (2017). Self-assembly and molecular packing in cholesteryl esters at interfaces. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 146(21). 214702–214702. 4 indexed citations

Viswanath, P., K. A. Suresh, & Bharat Kumar. (2012). Spreading and retraction dynamics of a dye doped smectic liquid crystal domain at the air–water interface. Soft Matter. 8(43). 11180–11180. 4 indexed citations

Gupta, Raj Kumar, et al.. (2012). Studies on Langmuir monolayer of tricycloquinazoline based disk-shaped liquid crystal molecules. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 410. 91–97. 10 indexed citations

Kang, Shin‐Woong, Ronald Y. Dong, Alberto Marini, et al.. (2010). Nematic biaxiality in a bent-core material. Physical Review E. 81(5). 51706–51706. 37 indexed citations

Kumar, Bharat & K. A. Suresh. (2009). Kinetics oftrans-cisisomerization in azobenzene dimers at an air-water interface. Physical Review E. 80(2). 21601–21601. 17 indexed citations

Suresh, K. A. & Alpana Nayak. (2009). Discotic Mesogen – DNA Complex Films at Interfaces. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals. 512(1). 57/[1903]–80/[1926]. 3 indexed citations

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Gupta, Raj Kumar, K. A. Suresh, & Sandeep Kumar. (2008). Monolayer of amphiphilic functionalized gold nanoparticles at an air-water interface. Physical Review E. 78(3). 32601–32601. 10 indexed citations

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Pandey, Rakesh K., K. A. Suresh, & V. Lakshminarayanan. (2007). Electron transfer studies on cholesterol LB films assembled on thiophenol and 2-naphthalenethiol self-assembled monolayers. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 315(2). 528–536. 10 indexed citations

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Gupta, Raj Kumar & K. A. Suresh. (2004). AFM studies on Langmuir-Blodgett films of cholesterol. The European Physical Journal E. 14(1). 35–42. 35 indexed citations

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Viswanath, P. & K. A. Suresh. (2003). Polar head group interactions in mixed Langmuir monolayers. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 67(6). 61604–61604. 13 indexed citations

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Giridhar, M. S., K. A. Suresh, & G. S. Ranganath. (2002). Optical diffraction in nonuniform cholesteric liquid crystals: phase-grating mode. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 19(1). 19–19. 3 indexed citations

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Ravinder, D. & K. A. Suresh. (2000). Electrical conductivity of gadolinium substituted Mn–Zn ferrite. Materials Letters. 44(3-4). 253–255. 19 indexed citations

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Suresh, K. A. & A. Bhattacharyya. (1999). Phase transitions in Langmuir monolayers. Pramana. 53(1). 93–106. 4 indexed citations

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Kumar, Pramoda, et al.. (1996). Modulations in the diffracted intensity in chiral smectic-Cliquid crystals. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 54(3). 3025–3027. 1 indexed citations

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Suresh, K. A., et al.. (1994). Anomalous transmission at oblique incidence in absorbing cholesteric liquid crystals. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 11(2). 740–740. 15 indexed citations

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Suresh, K. A.. (1986). Induced Smectic Phases in Binary Mixtures of a Compound Having a Weakly Polar End Group and a Compound Having a Non-polar End Group. Molecular crystals and liquid crystals. 132(1-2). 99–104. 6 indexed citations

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Chandrasekhar, S., et al.. (1973). Theory of the Optical Properties of Non-absorbing Compensated Cholesteric Liquid Crystals. Molecular crystals and liquid crystals. 24(3-4). 201–211. 7 indexed citations

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