V. Narayanan

12.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
314 papers, 11.0k citations indexed

About

V. Narayanan is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, V. Narayanan has authored 314 papers receiving a total of 11.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 153 papers in Materials Chemistry, 126 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 70 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in V. Narayanan's work include Conducting polymers and applications (55 papers), Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (52 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (52 papers). V. Narayanan is often cited by papers focused on Conducting polymers and applications (55 papers), Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (52 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (52 papers). V. Narayanan collaborates with scholars based in India, Saudi Arabia and Chile. V. Narayanan's co-authors include A. Stephen, Vinod Kumar Gupta, R. Saravanan, R. Suresh, R. Saravanan, F. Gracia, E. Thirumal, Mohammad Mansoob Khan, Edgar Mosquera and Karthikeyan Sekar and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Applied Physics Letters and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

V. Narayanan

306 papers receiving 10.7k 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.

Enhanced photocatalytic activity of ZnO/CuO nanocomposite for the degradation of textile dye on visible light illumination

2012 969 citations V. Narayanan, A. Stephen et al. profile →
ZnO/Ag/CdO nanocomposite for visible light-induced photocatalytic degradation of industrial textile effluents

2015 586 citations V. Narayanan, A. Stephen et al. profile →
ZnO/Ag nanocomposite: An efficient catalyst for degradation studies of textile effluents under visible light

2013 542 citations V. Narayanan, A. Stephen et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
V. Narayanan India	46	5.3k	3.4k	2.8k	2.1k	1.9k	314	11.0k
A. Stephen India	41	4.8k 0.9×	3.2k 1.0×	2.5k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	2.0k 1.0×	179	9.6k
Alireza Badiei Iran	54	5.8k 1.1×	3.3k 1.0×	2.5k 0.9×	3.0k 1.4×	1.6k 0.8×	544	12.7k
Amit Kumar India	70	6.7k 1.3×	6.1k 1.8×	3.0k 1.1×	2.6k 1.2×	3.5k 1.8×	268	15.3k
Ruey‐an Doong Taiwan	62	4.9k 0.9×	3.3k 1.0×	3.0k 1.1×	1.6k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	274	11.9k
M. Trari Algeria	56	7.4k 1.4×	5.8k 1.7×	2.9k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	2.5k 1.3×	546	12.7k
Mohammad Mansoob Khan Brunei	61	9.2k 1.7×	7.3k 2.2×	3.6k 1.3×	1.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	226	14.3k
Shilpi Agarwal South Africa	59	3.6k 0.7×	2.4k 0.7×	3.1k 1.1×	2.3k 1.1×	4.1k 2.2×	137	12.1k
Shusheng Zhang China	59	3.5k 0.7×	4.3k 1.3×	4.1k 1.5×	1.1k 0.5×	829 0.4×	463	13.1k
Heqing Tang China	63	5.2k 1.0×	6.1k 1.8×	3.4k 1.2×	1.4k 0.6×	4.4k 2.3×	208	13.9k
Aftab Aslam Parwaz Khan Saudi Arabia	54	4.3k 0.8×	4.3k 1.3×	2.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	990 0.5×	302	9.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of V. Narayanan

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Gupta, Santosh K., Manasi Ghosh, Chirayath A. Betty, et al.. (2025). In Situ Spectroscopic Studies on the Mechanism of CO₂ Adsorption and Photocurrent Applications over g‐C₃N₅. Small Structures. 6(10). 1 indexed citations

Narayanan, V., et al.. (2025). Temperature‐Dependent Phase Evolution of LaVO ₄ via Solid‐State Synthesis Route. physica status solidi (b). 262(11).

Selvamani, Muthamizh, et al.. (2023). Fabrication of hybrid polyaniline – Polyoxometalate decorated with ZrO2 ternary nanocomposites with excellent visible light driven photocatalytic performance. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry. 443. 114844–114844. 8 indexed citations

Gnanamoorthy, G., V. Karthikeyan, Ziyang Lu, & V. Narayanan. (2023). Construction of ZnNiO2/rGO nanocomposites with enhanced photocatalytic performance. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 156. 111203–111203. 18 indexed citations

Sivaranjani, T., et al.. (2021). Structure and Magnetic Properties of Pulsed Electrodeposited Nickel–Indium Alloy. physica status solidi (b). 258(5). 2 indexed citations

Dhanasekaran, T., Padmanaban Annamalai, G. Gnanamoorthy, et al.. (2018). Recent advances in polymer supporting layered double hydroxides nanocomposite for electrochemical biosensors. Materials Research Express. 5(1). 14011–14011. 19 indexed citations

Sivaranjani, T., et al.. (2018). Effect of Dendritic Cu–In Alloy on Cr(VI) Reduction Synthesized via Pulsed Electrodeposition. ChemistrySelect. 3(44). 12613–12619. 4 indexed citations

Selvamani, Muthamizh, T. Dhanasekaran, D. Latha, et al.. (2018). Synthesis and characterization of Keggin-type polyoxometalate/zirconia nanocomposites—Comparison of its photocatalytic activity towards various organic pollutants. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry. 370. 26–40. 49 indexed citations

Vijayalakshmi, I., et al.. (2017). Influence of geochemical variation and heavy mineral component on primordial radionuclide presence in Tamiraparani River sediments. Environmental Earth Sciences. 76(2). 5 indexed citations

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Munusamy, S., et al.. (2016). Fabrication of neurotransmitter dopamine electrochemical sensor based on poly(o-anisidine)/CNTs nanocomposite. Surfaces and Interfaces. 4. 27–34. 38 indexed citations

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Selvamani, Muthamizh, R. Suresh, K. Giribabu, et al.. (2014). MnWO4 nanocapsules: Synthesis, characterization and its electrochemical sensing property. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 619. 601–609. 91 indexed citations

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Giribabu, K., R. Manigandan, R. Suresh, et al.. (2013). Polyindole Nanowires: Synthesis, Characterization and Electrochemical Sensing Property†. Chemical Science Transactions. 2(S1). 9 indexed citations

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Babu, Korrapati Suresh, et al.. (2013). Hydrothermal Synthesis of Hydrated Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles and its Characterization†. Chemical Science Transactions. 2(S1). 30 indexed citations

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Santhi, K., et al.. (2013). Synthesis and Characterization of Fe-Ag Alloy by Pulsed Electrodeposition. Chemical Science Transactions. 2(S1). 3 indexed citations

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Manigandan, R., K. Giribabu, R. Suresh, et al.. (2013). Cobalt Oxide Nanoparticles: Characterization and its Electrocatalytic Activity towards Nitrobenzene. Chemical Science Transactions. 2(S1). 62 indexed citations

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Kumar, S. Praveen, et al.. (2013). Electrochemical, Kinetic, Antimicrobial (MIC) Studies of Acyclic Schiff-Base Nickel(II) Complexes. Chemical Science Transactions. 2(S1). 2 indexed citations

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Bharathi, K. Shanmuga, S. Sreedaran, Aziz Kalilur Rahiman, & V. Narayanan. (2012). Synthesis and characterization of new unsymmetrical ‘side-off’ tetra and hexa coordinate homobinuclear Cu(II) and heterobinuclear Cu(II)–Zn(II) complexes: Magnetic, electrochemical and kinetic studies. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 94. 334–339. 4 indexed citations

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Narayanan, V., et al.. (2011). Liquid Phase Selective Hydrogenation of Citral over Bimetallic Transition Metal Catalysts. International Journal of Chemistry. 3(2). 5 indexed citations

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Gayasen, Aman, et al.. (2004). A Dual-V_DD Low Power FPGA Architecture. 1 indexed citations

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Narayanan, V., et al.. (2000). A Unified Energy Estimation Framework with Integrated Hardware-Software Optimizations. 1 indexed citations

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