Rahul Kumar

3.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
96 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Rahul Kumar is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Rahul Kumar has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Materials Chemistry, 52 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 29 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Rahul Kumar's work include Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (31 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (29 papers) and Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials (12 papers). Rahul Kumar is often cited by papers focused on Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (31 papers), 2D Materials and Applications (29 papers) and Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials (12 papers). Rahul Kumar collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and China. Rahul Kumar's co-authors include Mahesh Kumar, Neeraj Goel, Jun Zhang, Xianghong Liu, Wei Zheng, Mirabbos Hojamberdiev, Govind Gupta, Mukesh Kumar, Abhay V. Agrawal and Monu Mishra and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, ACS Nano and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Rahul Kumar

88 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

UV-Activated MoS₂ Based Fast and Reversible NO₂ Sensor at Room Temperature

2017 417 citations Rahul Kumar, Neeraj Goel et al. profile →
Room-Temperature Gas Sensors Under Photoactivation: From Metal Oxides to 2D Materials

2020 319 citations Rahul Kumar, Xianghong Liu et al. profile →
Conducting polymer-based nanostructures for gas sensors

2022 202 citations Xianghong Liu, Wei Zheng et al. Coordination Chemistry Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rahul Kumar India	26	2.2k	1.9k	929	677	520	96	2.9k
M.V. Ramana Reddy India	28	1.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	643 0.7×	506 0.7×	372 0.7×	91	2.4k
Yongxiang Li China	35	2.5k 1.1×	3.1k 1.7×	719 0.8×	315 0.5×	378 0.7×	144	4.1k
Jing Zhou China	32	1.9k 0.9×	1.9k 1.0×	1.2k 1.3×	153 0.2×	524 1.0×	152	3.2k
Gil‐Ho Kim South Korea	30	1.9k 0.9×	2.3k 1.2×	703 0.8×	234 0.3×	319 0.6×	186	3.5k
Xueli Yang China	31	2.2k 1.0×	829 0.4×	1.4k 1.5×	1.2k 1.8×	466 0.9×	105	2.7k
Tong Zhou China	27	1.4k 0.6×	1.0k 0.5×	413 0.4×	176 0.3×	218 0.4×	81	2.3k
Victor V. Sysoev Russia	28	2.0k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	1.4k 1.5×	939 1.4×	268 0.5×	85	2.6k
M.S. Aïda Algeria	38	3.3k 1.5×	3.9k 2.1×	461 0.5×	145 0.2×	573 1.1×	233	4.7k
Khaulah Sulaiman Malaysia	27	2.0k 0.9×	765 0.4×	642 0.7×	430 0.6×	1.3k 2.4×	134	2.6k
Cheng Zou China	27	1.6k 0.7×	918 0.5×	896 1.0×	518 0.8×	437 0.8×	115	2.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kumar, Rahul, et al.. (2025). Experimental investigation on polymer coated fibre bragg grating sensor for temperature measurement in sewer environment. Results in Engineering. 25. 104319–104319. 4 indexed citations

Kushwaha, Aditya, et al.. (2025). Van der Waals heterostructures for advanced infrared photodetection: Innovations in stability and spectral range. Materials Today Nano. 29. 100582–100582. 2 indexed citations

Kumar, Rahul, et al.. (2025). NIR Light-Responsive Ti₃C₂ MXenes Mediate Controlled Aqueous Degradation and Highly Efficient Photothermal Conversion for Targeted Cancer Phototherapy. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 8(7). 5998–6012. 1 indexed citations

Jarwal, Deepak Kumar, et al.. (2024). Development of high-performance ultrafast photodetector using CsPbBr3 perovskite single crystal. Sensors and Actuators A Physical. 374. 115451–115451. 5 indexed citations

Kumar, Rahul, Sudhanshu Gautam, M. Senthil Kumar, et al.. (2024). Fabrication of Bi2Se3/ZnSe and MoS2/ZnSe heterojunction photoanodes on Ti foils for enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting. Materials Science and Engineering B. 313. 117893–117893. 5 indexed citations

Kumar, Rahul, et al.. (2024). NIR-Responsive Black Phosphorus Nanosheet-Integrated Niosomes for Combinatorial Chemo-phototherapy of Cancers. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 143–153. 4 indexed citations

Kumar, Rahul, Alexey Y. Ganin, Donald A. MacLaren, et al.. (2024). Spatial Control of 2D Nanomaterial Electronic Properties Using Chiral Light Beams. ACS Nano. 18(31). 20401–20411. 1 indexed citations

Kumar, Manish, Rahul Kumar, Sudhanshu Gautam, et al.. (2024). Unveiling the synergic potential of dual junction MoSe₂/n-Ga₂O₃/p-GaN heterojunctions for ultra-broadband photodetection. Materials Advances. 5(24). 9744–9755. 4 indexed citations

Kumar, Rahul, et al.. (2023). Design and Simulation of Interleaved Boost Converter. International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology. 11(1). 1760–1772. 1 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rahul, et al.. (2023). Review of Photoresponsive Plasmonic Nanoparticles That Produce Reactive Chemical Species for Photodynamic Therapy of Cancer and Bacterial Infections. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 6(3). 1508–1521. 33 indexed citations

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Singh, Ravindra Pratap, Vikas Sharma, & Rahul Kumar. (2023). Optimization of response parameter of machining En31 while electro-discharge- machining using TLBO. Materials Today Proceedings. 3 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rahul, et al.. (2023). Facile Synthesis of Multifunctional Carbon Dots Derived from Camel Milk for Mn⁷⁺ Sensing and Antiamyloid and Anticancer Activities. ACS Omega. 8(39). 36521–36533. 9 indexed citations

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Liu, Xianghong, Wei Zheng, Rahul Kumar, Mahesh Kumar, & Jun Zhang. (2022). Conducting polymer-based nanostructures for gas sensors. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 462. 214517–214517. 202 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kumar, Rahul, et al.. (2022). Near-Infrared Light Activatable Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials for Theranostic Applications: A Comprehensive Review. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 5(2). 1719–1733. 25 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rahul, Neeraj Goel, Deepak Kumar Jarwal, et al.. (2022). Strategic review on chemical vapor deposition technology-derived 2D material nanostructures for room-temperature gas sensors. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 11(3). 774–801. 28 indexed citations

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Kumar, Rahul, Neeraj Goel, Ramesh Raliya, et al.. (2020). Plasmonic Au Nanoparticles Sensitized MoS₂ for Bifunctional NO₂ and Light Sensing. IEEE Sensors Journal. 21(4). 4190–4197. 12 indexed citations

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Goel, Neeraj, Rahul Kumar, Shubhendra Kumar Jain, et al.. (2019). A high-performance hydrogen sensor based on a reverse-biased MoS ₂ /GaN heterojunction. Nanotechnology. 30(31). 314001–314001. 49 indexed citations

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Bhogi, Ashok, Rahul Kumar, & P. Kistaiah. (2018). EPR spectroscopic investigations in 15BaO-25Li2O-(60-x) B2O3-xFe2O3 glass system. AIP conference proceedings. 1953. 90061–90061. 1 indexed citations

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Bhogi, Ashok, Rahul Kumar, & P. Kistaiah. (2016). Physical and optical absorption studies of Fe3+ - ions doped lithium borate glasses containing certain alkaline earths. AIP conference proceedings. 1731. 70038–70038. 4 indexed citations

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Bhogi, Ashok, Rahul Kumar, Shaik Kareem Ahmmad, & P. Kistaiah. (2016). DSC and optical studies on BaO-Li2O-B2O3-CuO glass system. AIP conference proceedings. 1728. 20583–20583. 2 indexed citations

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