Sheikh A. Akbar

15.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
245 papers, 11.8k citations indexed

About

Sheikh A. Akbar is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Sheikh A. Akbar has authored 245 papers receiving a total of 11.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 153 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 108 papers in Materials Chemistry and 103 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Sheikh A. Akbar's work include Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (103 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Sensors (68 papers) and Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies (51 papers). Sheikh A. Akbar is often cited by papers focused on Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (103 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Sensors (68 papers) and Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies (51 papers). Sheikh A. Akbar collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Saudi Arabia. Sheikh A. Akbar's co-authors include Patricia A. Morris, D. R. Miller, Prabir K. Dutta, A.S.M.A. Haseeb, R. Ramamoorthy, Abdul‐Majeed Azad, M.M. Arafat, Ahmad Umar, Reza Asiaie and Xiaogan Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nano Letters and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Sheikh A. Akbar

241 papers receiving 11.5k 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.

Nanoscale metal oxide-based heterojunctions for gas sensing: A review

2014 1.6k citations D. R. Miller, Sheikh A. Akbar et al. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical profile →
Role of Oxygen Vacancies in Nanostructured Metal-Oxide Gas Sensors: A Review

2019 641 citations Sheikh A. Akbar, Patricia A. Morris et al. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical profile →
Synergistic effects in gas sensing semiconducting oxide nano-heterostructures: A review

2019 495 citations Sheikh A. Akbar, Patricia A. Morris et al. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical profile →
Gas Sensors Based on One Dimensional Nanostructured Metal-Oxides: A Review

2012 493 citations Sheikh A. Akbar et al. profile →
Nanomaterials-based biosensor and their applications: A review

2023 196 citations Rohit Goyat, Yajvinder Saharan et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Probing spectral evolution and intrinsic variability of Mkn 421: A multi-epoch AstroSat study of X-ray spectra 2025 ·Journal of High Energy Astrophysics ·Sheikh A. Akbar, (unknown), Ranjeev Misra, Naseer Iqbal, (unknown)	2
2	Next‐Generation Supercapacitors: Advances in Binder‐Free Electrodes, Scalable Fabrication, and Emerging Applications 2025 ·Advanced Sustainable Systems ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ahmad Umar, Ahmed A. Ibrahim, Sheikh A. Akbar, Sajid Ali Ansari, Sotirios Baskoutas, Dhammanand J. Shirale	1
3	NO Detection on Exposed Fe–N₄ Sites Deposited on Nanometer-Sized Cu-Hemin MOFs Coated on Reduced Graphene Oxide at Room Temperature 2025 ·ACS Applied Nano Materials ·You Wu, Weiran Li, (unknown), Yixun Gao, (unknown), Hao Li, P.J. French, Yi-Kuen Lee, Sheikh A. Akbar, (unknown), Yao Wang, Guofu Zhou	2
4	High-performance electrospun titanium carbide/titanium dioxide/carbon nanofiber composite electrode for enhanced lithium-ion battery efficiency 2025 ·Ceramics International ·Lili Wang, W.M. Shu, Ye Liu, Qiang Han, Ahmed A. Ibrahim, Ahmad Umar, Sheikh A. Akbar, Sajid Ali Ansari	1
5	Graphene functionalized nano-encapsulated composite phase change material based nanofluid for battery cooling: An experimental investigation 2024 ·Applied Thermal Engineering ·(unknown), Sheikh A. Akbar, V. Sajith	4
6	Impact of nanoparticles shapes and fuzzy volume fraction on Al2O3 – H2O nanofluid flow past an unsteady expandable surface 2024 ·Results in Engineering ·Adnan Saeed Butt, Naveed Yaqoob, Sheikh A. Akbar, (unknown), A. Farhat, (unknown), Mohamed R. Ali	1
7	Green synthesis and multifunctional properties of Cu/NiO nanocomposites using Commelina benghalensis leaf extract 2024 ·Chemosphere ·Ravi Kumar, Kuldeep Kumar, Naveen Thakur, Ahmad Umar, Ahmed A. Ibrahim, Sheikh A. Akbar, Sotirios Baskoutas	7
8	Synthesis of Bitter gourd-shaped Cu-doped ZnO nanostructures and their investigation for the detection of NO2 gas at low concentrations 2024 ·Ceramics International ·Ahmad Umar, Ahmed A. Ibrahim, (unknown), Mohsen A. M. Alhamami, (unknown), Shahid Hussain, Sheikh A. Akbar	14
9	Shock wave pulsed strategy on green synthesized nickel oxide nanoparticles: Structural, morphological, and electrochemical performance 2024 ·Ceramics International ·Ashok Kumar S, (unknown), (unknown), D. Rani Rosaline, (unknown), Ahmad Umar, Ahmed A. Ibrahim, Sheikh A. Akbar, S. A. Martin Britto Dhas, Sotirios Baskoutas	5
10	Enhanced Electrochemical Detection of Orthophosphate in Potable Water Using Zinc-Cobalt Oxide Nanocomposite-Modified Nickel Foam Electrodes 2024 ·Journal of The Electrochemical Society ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ahmad Umar, (unknown), Sheikh A. Akbar, Sotirios Baskoutas, Dhammanand J. Shirale	1
11	Unveiling the potential of PANI@MnO2@rGO ternary nanocomposite in energy storage and gas sensing 2023 ·Chemosphere ·Ahmad Umar, Sheikh A. Akbar, Rajesh Kumar, Faheem Ahmed, Sajid Ali Ansari, Ahmed A. Ibrahim, Mohsen A. M. Alhamami, (unknown), Hassan Algadi, Tubia Almas, Wen Zeng	24
12	Solvatochromism as a Novel Tool to Enumerate the Optical and Luminescence Properties of Plastic Waste Derived Carbon Nanodots and Their Activated Counterparts 2023 ·Nanomaterials ·Savita Chaudhary, Manisha Kumari, Pooja Chauhan, Ganga Ram Chaudhary, Ahmad Umar, Sheikh A. Akbar, Sotirios Baskoutas	2
13	Sustainable transformation of bio-waste into bio-compatible carbon dots for highly specific and sensitive detection of monosodium glutamate in food products 2023 ·Journal of Molecular Liquids ·Manisha Kumari, (unknown), Ganga Ram Chaudhary, Savita Chaudhary, Ahmad Umar, Sheikh A. Akbar, Sotirios Baskoutas	6
14	Zinc Oxide/Phosphorus-Doped Carbon Nitride Composite as Potential Scaffold for Electrochemical Detection of Nitrofurantoin 2022 ·Biosensors ·Faheem Ahmed, Thangavelu Kokulnathan, Ahmad Umar, Sheikh A. Akbar, Shalendra Kumar, Nagih M. Shaalan, Nishat Arshi, Mohd Gulfam Alam, Abdullah Aljaafari, Adil Alshoaibi	23
15	Modeling and Simulation of Tin Sulfide (SnS)-Based Solar Cell Using ZnO as Transparent Conductive Oxide (TCO) and NiO as Hole Transport Layer (HTL) 2022 ·Micromachines ·Ahmad Umar, (unknown), Sadanand Sadanand, Vaibhava Srivastava, Pooja Lohia, D. K. Dwivedi, Hussam Qasem, Sheikh A. Akbar, Hassan Algadi, Sotirios Baskoutas	25
16	Synthesis of Graphene-Based Nanocomposites for Environmental Remediation Applications: A Review 2022 ·Molecules ·Rohit Goyat, Yajvinder Saharan, Joginder Singh, Ahmad Umar, Sheikh A. Akbar	33
17	Thermally Stable AgPd@ZnO Bimetallic Alloy Nanoparticles for Ethanol Sensors with Long-Term Stability 2022 ·ACS Applied Nano Materials ·(unknown), Dong‐Seog Kim, Thanh Duc Le, N. Lakshmana Reddy, (unknown), (unknown), Ahmad Umar, Sheikh A. Akbar, Yeon‐Tae Yu	17
18	A new open-access online database for resistive-type gas sensor properties and performance 2020 ·Sensors and Actuators B Chemical ·(unknown), Priyanka Karnati, D. R. Miller, (unknown), Sheikh A. Akbar, Patricia A. Morris	10
19	Conduction mechanisms in one dimensional core-shell nanostructures for gas sensing: A review 2019 ·Sensors and Actuators B Chemical ·Priyanka Karnati, Sheikh A. Akbar, Patricia A. Morris	170
20	Ceramic Materials and Nano-structures for Chemical Sensing 2005 ·Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering ·Abdul‐Majeed Azad, Sheikh A. Akbar	3

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