Velavan Kathirvelu

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 926 citations indexed

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Velavan Kathirvelu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biophysics and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Velavan Kathirvelu has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 926 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Materials Chemistry, 17 papers in Biophysics and 8 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Velavan Kathirvelu's work include Electron Spin Resonance Studies (17 papers), Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes (15 papers) and Magnetism in coordination complexes (8 papers). Velavan Kathirvelu is often cited by papers focused on Electron Spin Resonance Studies (17 papers), Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes (15 papers) and Magnetism in coordination complexes (8 papers). Velavan Kathirvelu collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and France. Velavan Kathirvelu's co-authors include Gareth R. Eaton, Sandra S. Eaton, Saidi Reddy Parne, Suman Gandi, Kurugundla Gopi Krishna, P. Nagaraju, Hideo Sato, Andrzej Rajca, Suchada Rajca and Joseph P. Y. Kao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.

In The Last Decade

Velavan Kathirvelu

30 papers receiving 913 citations

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Nanostructured metal oxide semiconductor-based gas sensors: A comprehensive review

2022 259 citations Kurugundla Gopi Krishna, Saidi Reddy Parne et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Velavan Kathirvelu United States	16	460	330	320	197	184	30	926
Guillaume Goubert Canada	19	402 0.9×	284 0.9×	131 0.4×	385 2.0×	540 2.9×	39	1.1k
R. Santo United States	16	170 0.4×	250 0.8×	115 0.4×	312 1.6×	262 1.4×	24	952
Helena Prima‐García Spain	17	472 1.0×	234 0.7×	110 0.3×	470 2.4×	79 0.4×	34	894
Wolfgang Seitz Germany	17	487 1.1×	334 1.0×	144 0.5×	52 0.3×	162 0.9×	29	1.2k
R. E. Clavijo Chile	14	275 0.6×	75 0.2×	81 0.3×	361 1.8×	127 0.7×	29	672
Md. Mehboob Alam India	18	567 1.2×	113 0.3×	52 0.2×	230 1.2×	481 2.6×	62	906
Xi Jin China	18	669 1.5×	683 2.1×	44 0.1×	309 1.6×	165 0.9×	28	1.7k
Nans Roques Spain	20	509 1.1×	150 0.5×	109 0.3×	354 1.8×	44 0.2×	39	824
Mark A. Bryant United States	8	398 0.9×	670 2.0×	55 0.2×	445 2.3×	192 1.0×	13	1.1k
Maria A. Augustyniak‐Jabłokow Poland	20	696 1.5×	130 0.4×	126 0.4×	375 1.9×	114 0.6×	60	920

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Ramana, C.V., et al.. (2025). Magnetic Nanoparticle-Incorporated Molybdenum Disulfide Nanocomposites for Enhanced Antimicrobial Applications. JOM. 78(3). 2126–2134. 1 indexed citations

Mothika, Venkata Suresh, P. Nagaraju, Velavan Kathirvelu, Saidi Reddy Parne, & Paul Joseph. (2025). Temperature-dependent modulation of ZnO-NiO composite thin films for the development of ammonia gas sensor. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1028. 180719–180719. 1 indexed citations

Krishna, Kurugundla Gopi, et al.. (2024). MoS2 and MoS2-based nanocomposites for enhanced toluene sensing response at room temperature. Surfaces and Interfaces. 46. 104134–104134. 30 indexed citations

Gandi, Suman, et al.. (2024). Recent advances and perspectives of molybdenum disulfide and molybdenum disulfide based nanocomposites for adsorption and photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes: a review. Journal of Materials Science. 59(8). 3225–3252. 22 indexed citations

Ghosh, Ayan, Arijit Sengupta, Velavan Kathirvelu, et al.. (2023). Experimental and Theoretical Investigation on the Extractive Mass Transfer of Eu³⁺Ions Using Novel Amide Ligands in 1-Hexyl-3-methylimidazolium Bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide. Inorganic Chemistry. 62(36). 14678–14693. 3 indexed citations

Kathirvelu, Velavan, et al.. (2021). Interpretation of EPR and optical spectra of Ni(II) ions in crystalline lattices at ambient temperature. Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry. 60(3). 414–421. 4 indexed citations

Karthikeyan, S., Bala. Manimaran, & Velavan Kathirvelu. (2020). EPR Spectral Studies of Manganese(I) Based Molecular Squares. Applied Magnetic Resonance. 52(8). 919–926. 1 indexed citations

Kathirvelu, Velavan, et al.. (2020). Electron spin relaxation time of Ni(II) ion in hexapyrazole zinc(II) dinitrate at 300 K. Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry. 58(4). 329–333. 4 indexed citations

Kathirvelu, Velavan, Jean‐Marc Latour, Mohamed Atta, et al.. (2017). Spectroscopic evidence for cofactor–substrate interaction in the radical-SAM enzyme TYW1. Dalton Transactions. 46(39). 13211–13219. 9 indexed citations

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Quine, Richard W., George A. Rinard, Mark Tseitlin, et al.. (2014). Rapid-scan EPR of immobilized nitroxides. Journal of Magnetic Resonance. 247. 67–71. 17 indexed citations

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Kathirvelu, Velavan, Gustav Berggren, Martin Clémancey, et al.. (2012). 4-Demethylwyosine Synthase from Pyrococcus abyssi Is a Radical-S-adenosyl-l-methionine Enzyme with an Additional [4Fe-4S]+2 Cluster That Interacts with the Pyruvate Co-substrate. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(49). 41174–41185. 42 indexed citations

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Kathirvelu, Velavan, et al.. (2012). EPR and optical studies of Nickel(II) at 300K. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 99. 361–364. 6 indexed citations

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Olankitwanit, Arnon, Velavan Kathirvelu, Suchada Rajca, et al.. (2011). Calix[4]arene nitroxide tetraradical and octaradical. Chemical Communications. 47(22). 6443–6443. 30 indexed citations

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Swanson, Michael A., Velavan Kathirvelu, Tomáš Majtán, et al.. (2011). Electron transfer flavoprotein domain II orientation monitored using double electron‐electron resonance between an enzymatically reduced, native FAD cofactor, and spin labels. Protein Science. 20(3). 610–620. 13 indexed citations

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Rajca, Andrzej, Velavan Kathirvelu, Sandip Kumar Roy, et al.. (2010). A Spirocyclohexyl Nitroxide Amino Acid Spin Label for Pulsed EPR Spectroscopy Distance Measurements. Chemistry - A European Journal. 16(19). 5778–5782. 64 indexed citations

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Eaton, Gareth R., Sandra S. Eaton, Richard W. Quine, et al.. (2010). A signal-to-noise standard for pulsed EPR. Journal of Magnetic Resonance. 205(1). 109–113. 15 indexed citations

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Kathirvelu, Velavan, Hideo Sato, Sandra S. Eaton, & Gareth R. Eaton. (2009). Electron spin relaxation rates for semiquinones between 25 and 295K in glass-forming solvents. Journal of Magnetic Resonance. 198(1). 111–120. 17 indexed citations

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Kathirvelu, Velavan, Christopher Smith, Christopher Parks, et al.. (2008). Relaxation rates for spirocyclohexyl nitroxyl radicals are suitable for interspin distance measurements at temperatures up to about 125 K. Chemical Communications. 454–456. 36 indexed citations

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Kathirvelu, Velavan, Hideo Sato, Richard W. Quine, et al.. (2007). EPR Free Induction Decay Coherence Observed after a Single Pulse in Saturation Recovery Experiments for Samples with Resolved Multiline CW Spectra. Applied Magnetic Resonance. 32(3). 269–281. 4 indexed citations

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Sato, Hideo, Velavan Kathirvelu, Alistair J. Fielding, et al.. (2007). Impact of molecular size on electron spin relaxation rates of nitroxyl radicals in glassy solvents between 100 and 300 K. Molecular Physics. 105(15-16). 2137–2151. 72 indexed citations

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