Karthik Kumar

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
30 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Karthik Kumar is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Karthik Kumar has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Karthik Kumar's work include Optical Coherence Tomography Applications (9 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (7 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (6 papers). Karthik Kumar is often cited by papers focused on Optical Coherence Tomography Applications (9 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (7 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (6 papers). Karthik Kumar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Singapore. Karthik Kumar's co-authors include Joel K. W. Yang, Erik Reimhult, Ravi S. Hegde, Huigao Duan, Jennifer N. Wei, Xiao Ming Goh, Cheng‐Wei Qiu, Shawn J. Tan, Lei Zhang and Ying Min Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nano Letters and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Karthik Kumar

30 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Printing colour at the optical diffraction limit

2012 803 citations Karthik Kumar, Huigao Duan et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
Plasmonic Color Palettes for Photorealistic Printing with Aluminum Nanostructures

2014 500 citations Shawn J. Tan, Lei Zhang et al. Nano Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karthik Kumar United States	15	1.6k	1.3k	891	471	364	30	2.5k
Shawn J. Tan Singapore	15	1.2k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	508 0.6×	367 0.8×	799 2.2×	19	2.6k
Jiaqi Li China	26	1.3k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	806 0.9×	681 1.4×	226 0.6×	110	2.2k
Wayne Dickson United Kingdom	26	2.0k 1.3×	1.7k 1.3×	1.1k 1.3×	777 1.6×	425 1.2×	64	2.7k
Guangyuan Si China	28	1.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	897 1.0×	927 2.0×	310 0.9×	111	2.4k
Xiaoyang Duan Germany	22	1.8k 1.1×	2.0k 1.6×	892 1.0×	589 1.3×	530 1.5×	34	3.2k
Tobias A. F. König Germany	32	1.6k 1.0×	1.6k 1.3×	723 0.8×	1.0k 2.2×	1.1k 2.9×	88	3.2k
Ming Lun Tseng Taiwan	26	1.4k 0.9×	1.8k 1.4×	793 0.9×	818 1.7×	675 1.9×	49	2.8k
Yunuen Montelongo United Kingdom	22	834 0.5×	552 0.4×	510 0.6×	515 1.1×	310 0.9×	49	1.8k
Jonghwa Shin South Korea	32	1.2k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	827 0.9×	1.1k 2.3×	842 2.3×	101	3.3k
Davy Gérard France	28	1.7k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	816 0.9×	666 1.4×	337 0.9×	64	2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karthik Kumar

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kumar, Karthik, et al.. (2022). Energy absorption performance of Kevlar/snake grass fiber composites under ballistic impact test with nano Al ₂ O ₃ inclusion. Polymer Composites. 43(9). 6082–6095. 9 indexed citations

Tan, Shawn J., Lei Zhang, Di Zhu, et al.. (2014). Plasmonic Color Palettes for Photorealistic Printing with Aluminum Nanostructures. Nano Letters. 14(7). 4023–4029. 500 indexed citations breakdown →

Goh, Xiao Ming, Yihan Zheng, Shawn J. Tan, et al.. (2014). Three-dimensional plasmonic stereoscopic prints in full colour. Nature Communications. 5(1). 5361–5361. 272 indexed citations

Amanti, Maria I., A. Bismuto, Mattias Beck, et al.. (2013). Electrically driven nanopillars for THz quantum cascade lasers. Optics Express. 21(9). 10917–10917. 12 indexed citations

Wang, Youmin, et al.. (2012). Monolithic integration of binary-phase fresnel zone plate objectives on 2-axis scanning micromirrors for compact microscopes. Optics Express. 20(6). 6657–6657. 13 indexed citations

Kumar, Karthik, et al.. (2012). Printing colour at the optical diffraction limit. Nature Nanotechnology. 7(9). 557–561. 803 indexed citations breakdown →

Duan, Huigao, Hailong Hu, Karthik Kumar, Zexiang Shen, & Joel K. W. Yang. (2011). Direct and Reliable Patterning of Plasmonic Nanostructures with Sub-10-nm Gaps. ACS Nano. 5(9). 7593–7600. 226 indexed citations

Kaufmann, Stefan, Karthik Kumar, & Erik Reimhult. (2011). Preparation and Dynamic Patterning of Supported Lipid Membranes Mimicking Cell Membranes. Methods in molecular biology. 751. 453–463. 2 indexed citations

Reimhult, Erik, M. Baumann, Stefan Kaufmann, Karthik Kumar, & Philipp René Spycher. (2010). Advances in nanopatterned and nanostructured supported lipid membranes and their applications. Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews. 27(1). 185–216. 24 indexed citations

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Kumar, Karthik, Rony Avritscher, Youmin Wang, et al.. (2009). Handheld histology-equivalent sectioning laser-scanning confocal optical microscope for interventional imaging. Biomedical Microdevices. 12(2). 223–233. 29 indexed citations

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Horton, Andrew P., Karthik Kumar, Lisa Lai‐Shen Cheng, et al.. (2009). Quantitative immunophenotyping of circulating tumor cells in blood using microfluidic screening chip integrated with hyperspectral microscope. TRANSDUCERS 2009 - 2009 International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference. 77–80. 2 indexed citations

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Reimhult, Erik & Karthik Kumar. (2008). Membrane biosensor platforms using nano- and microporous supports. Trends in biotechnology. 26(2). 82–89. 172 indexed citations

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Kumar, Karthik, Kazunori Hoshino, & Xiaojing Zhang. (2008). Handheld subcellular-resolution single-fiber confocal microscope using high-reflectivity two-axis vertical combdrive silicon microscanner. Biomedical Microdevices. 10(5). 653–660. 20 indexed citations

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Kumar, Karthik, Austin McElroy, Nate J. Kemp, et al.. (2008). Fast 3Din vivoswept-source optical coherence tomography using a two-axis MEMS scanning micromirror. Journal of Optics A Pure and Applied Optics. 10(4). 44013–44013. 31 indexed citations

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Kumar, Karthik, Fernanda F. Rossetti, Marcus Textor, et al.. (2008). Formation of supported lipid bilayers on indium tin oxide for dynamically-patterned membrane-functionalized microelectrode arrays. Lab on a Chip. 9(5). 718–725. 28 indexed citations

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Reimhult, Erik, Karthik Kumar, & Wolfgang Knoll. (2007). Fabrication of nanoporous silicon nitride and silicon oxide films of controlled size and porosity for combined electrochemical and waveguide measurements. Nanotechnology. 18(27). 275303–275303. 23 indexed citations

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Gopal, Ashwini, Zhi‐Quan Luo, Karthik Kumar, et al.. (2007). Nano-Grating Force Sensor for Measurement of Neuron Membrane Characteristics Under Growth and Cellular Differentiation. TRANSDUCERS 2007 - 2007 International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference. 14. 1239–1242. 4 indexed citations

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Kumar, Karthik, Kazunori Hoshino, Hyun Joon Shin, Rebecca Richards‐Kortum, & Xiaojing Zhang. (2006). High-reflectivity two-axis vertical combdrive microscanners for sub-cellular scale confocal imaging applications. 120–121. 1 indexed citations

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Kumar, Karthik, et al.. (2006). On-chip Detection with Nanohole Arrays. 54–55. 2 indexed citations

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Kumar, Karthik, Kazunori Hoshino, Hyun‐Joon Shin, Rebecca Richards‐Kortum, & Xiaojing Zhang. (2006). High-Reflectivity Two-Axis Vertical Comb Drive Microscanners for Confocal Imaging Applications. 120–121. 4 indexed citations

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