S.A. Vanalakar

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

S.A. Vanalakar is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, S.A. Vanalakar has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 56 papers in Materials Chemistry and 11 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in S.A. Vanalakar's work include Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (35 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (33 papers) and Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (25 papers). S.A. Vanalakar is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (35 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (33 papers) and Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (25 papers). S.A. Vanalakar collaborates with scholars based in India, South Korea and United States. S.A. Vanalakar's co-authors include Pramod S. Patil, Vithoba L. Patil, Jin Hyeok Kim, G.L. Agawane, Jin Hee Kim, Sambhaji S. Shendage, S.W. Shin, Namdev S. Harale, Mahesh P. Suryawanshi and Sawanta S. Mali and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, Acta Materialia and Chemical Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

S.A. Vanalakar

68 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

Sensitive and selective NO2 gas sensor based on WO3 nanoplates

2016 353 citations Sambhaji S. Shendage, Vithoba L. Patil et al. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
S.A. Vanalakar India	32	2.7k	2.4k	623	622	416	70	3.2k
Jusang Park South Korea	24	2.0k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	581 0.9×	301 0.5×	232 0.6×	48	2.8k
Vasile Postica Moldova	32	2.5k 0.9×	2.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.8×	930 1.5×	334 0.8×	54	3.3k
Jingran Zhou China	27	1.9k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	864 1.4×	709 1.1×	313 0.8×	84	2.4k
Peijiang Cao China	27	1.6k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	606 1.0×	413 0.7×	406 1.0×	125	2.4k
Zhiwen Qiu China	26	2.9k 1.0×	1.8k 0.8×	723 1.2×	586 0.9×	177 0.4×	62	3.3k
Amit Sanger India	29	1.7k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	657 1.1×	459 0.7×	215 0.5×	74	2.3k
Rozina Abdul Rani Malaysia	20	1.4k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	359 0.6×	347 0.6×	484 1.2×	79	2.3k
Dachi Yang China	29	1.6k 0.6×	930 0.4×	945 1.5×	594 1.0×	524 1.3×	84	2.3k
K.V. Gurav South Korea	36	3.0k 1.1×	2.6k 1.1×	402 0.6×	250 0.4×	527 1.3×	91	3.8k

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Patil, Vithoba L., et al.. (2025). Gas Sensing Using Group IIIA Elements Doped ZnO Thin Films: A Review. ChemistrySelect. 10(30).

Patil, Vithoba L., et al.. (2024). Field application of Ca-doped ZnO nanoparticles to maize and wheat plants. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 210. 108552–108552. 4 indexed citations

Vanalakar, S.A., Mohammad Haroon Qureshi, Shashi Bhushan Srivastava, et al.. (2024). Perovskite Quantum Dot-Based Photovoltaic Biointerface for Photostimulation of Neurons. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 72(4). 1248–1255. 1 indexed citations

Dongale, Tukaram D., et al.. (2024). Unveiling light-modulated capacitance of sea urchin like δ-MnO2: A smart flexible photocapacitive device. Journal of Energy Storage. 101. 113904–113904. 3 indexed citations

Eren, Guncem Ozgun, Asım Önal, Afsun Şahin, et al.. (2024). Sulfide-Capped InP/ZnS Quantum Dot Nanoassemblies for a Photoactive Antibacterial Surface. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 7(6). 5922–5932. 4 indexed citations

Karatum, Onuralp, Hümeyra Nur Kaleli, Asım Önal, et al.. (2023). MnO₂ Nanoflower Integrated Optoelectronic Biointerfaces for Photostimulation of Neurons (Adv. Sci. 25/2023). Advanced Science. 10(25).

Karatum, Onuralp, Hümeyra Nur Kaleli, Asım Önal, et al.. (2023). MnO₂ Nanoflower Integrated Optoelectronic Biointerfaces for Photostimulation of Neurons. Advanced Science. 10(25). e2301854–e2301854. 7 indexed citations

Patil, Vithoba L., N.L. Tarwal, S.A. Vanalakar, et al.. (2023). Low temperature chemiresistive gas sensing performance towards oxidising gas based on chemically prepared Ga doped ZnO nanorods. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 152. 110691–110691. 23 indexed citations

Vanalakar, S.A., Mohammad Haroon Qureshi, Devashree N. Patil, et al.. (2023). Mesoporous carbon encapsulated zinc oxide nanorods derived from plant species ‘Argyreia sharadchandrajii’ for live cell imaging of drug delivery and multimodal bioactivities. New Journal of Chemistry. 47(27). 12739–12751. 7 indexed citations

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Shendage, Sambhaji S., Vithoba L. Patil, S.A. Vanalakar, et al.. (2019). Characterization and Gas Sensing Properties of Spin Coated WO₃ Thin Films. Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie. 234(11-12). 1819–1834. 16 indexed citations

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Patil, Vithoba L., Sawanta S. Mali, S.A. Vanalakar, et al.. (2018). Nanorods to nanosheets structural evolution of NixZn1-xO for NO2 gas sensing application. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 766. 941–951. 27 indexed citations

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Vanalakar, S.A., Vithoba L. Patil, Namdev S. Harale, et al.. (2015). Controlled growth of ZnO nanorod arrays via wet chemical route for NO2 gas sensor applications. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 221. 1195–1201. 177 indexed citations

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Vanalakar, S.A., et al.. (2015). A mild hydrothermal route to synthesis of CZTS nanoparticle inks for solar cell applications. Physica status solidi. C, Conferences and critical reviews/Physica status solidi. C, Current topics in solid state physics. 12(6). 500–503. 31 indexed citations

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Vanalakar, S.A., A.S. Kamble, S.W. Shin, et al.. (2015). Simplistic toxic to non-toxic hydrothermal route to synthesize Cu2ZnSnS4 nanoparticles for solar cell applications. Solar Energy. 122. 1146–1153. 38 indexed citations

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Vanalakar, S.A., G.L. Agawane, S.W. Shin, et al.. (2014). A review on pulsed laser deposited CZTS thin films for solar cell applications. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 619. 109–121. 205 indexed citations

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Vanalakar, S.A., G.L. Agawane, S.W. Shin, et al.. (2014). Non-vacuum mechanochemical route to the synthesis of Cu2SnS3 nano-ink for solar cell applications. Acta Materialia. 85. 314–321. 60 indexed citations

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Vanalakar, S.A., Sawanta S. Mali, Eunae Jo, et al.. (2014). Triton-X mediated interconnected nanowalls network of cadmium sulfide thin films via chemical bath deposition and their photoelectrochemical performance. Solid State Sciences. 36. 41–46. 19 indexed citations

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Vanalakar, S.A., Sawanta S. Mali, Mahesh P. Suryawanshi, et al.. (2014). Photoluminescence quenching of a CdS nanoparticles/ZnO nanorods core–shell heterogeneous film and its improved photovoltaic performance. Optical Materials. 37. 766–772. 25 indexed citations

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Vanalakar, S.A., Mahesh P. Suryawanshi, Sawanta S. Mali, et al.. (2014). Simplistic surface active agents mediated morphological tweaking of CdS thin films for photoelectrochemical solar cell performance. Current Applied Physics. 14(12). 1669–1676. 24 indexed citations

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Vanalakar, S.A., Sawanta S. Mali, Rajendra C. Pawar, et al.. (2010). Synthesis of cadmium sulfide spongy balls with nanoconduits for effective light harvesting. Electrochimica Acta. 56(6). 2762–2768. 49 indexed citations

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