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K. George Thomas is affiliated with the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram in India. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with particular focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics.

Their work covers multiple specialized topics, including:

  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
  • Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Molecular spectroscopy and chirality
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies

Among their recent publications are the following papers:

  • "Emergent chiroptical properties in supramolecular and plasmonic assemblies" (2021), published in Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Supramolecular chirality: a caveat in assigning the handedness of chiral aggregates" (2020), published in Chemical Communications
  • "Manipulating the Self-Assembly of Phenyleneethynylenes under Vibrational Strong Coupling" (2022), published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • "Core-Size-Dependent Trapping and Detrapping Dynamics in CdSe/CdS/ZnS Quantum Dots" (2021), published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • "Ligand-Induced Ground- and Excited-State Chirality in Silicon Nanoparticles: Surface Interactions Matter" (2022), published in Journal of the American Chemical Society

Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • ACS Energy Letters
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics

The scientist has collaborated notably with several co-authors:

  • E. Krishnan Vishnu
  • Meleppatt Sujith
  • Elizabeth Mariam Thomas
  • Bhaskaran Manoj
  • Cristina Sissa

Best Publications

  • Present and Future of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering

    Judith Langer;Dorleta Jimenez de Aberasturi;Javier Aizpurua;Ramon A. Alvarez-Puebla

  • Chromophore-functionalized gold nanoparticles.

    K George Thomas;Prashant V Kamat

  • Selective detection of cysteine and glutathione using gold nanorods

    P. K. Sudeep;S. T. Shibu Joseph;K. George Thomas

  • Uniaxial Plasmon Coupling through Longitudinal Self-Assembly of Gold Nanorods

    K. George Thomas;Said Barazzouk;Binil Itty Ipe;S. T. Shibu Joseph

  • In Situ Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles and Selective Naked-Eye Detection of Lead Ions from Aqueous Media

    Karuvath Yoosaf;Binil Itty Ipe;Cherumuttathu H. Suresh;K. George Thomas

  • Self-assembled linear bundles of single wall carbon nanotubes and their alignment and deposition as a film in a dc field.

    Prashant V. Kamat;K. George Thomas;Said Barazzouk;G. Girishkumar

  • CuInS2-Sensitized Quantum Dot Solar Cell. Electrophoretic Deposition, Excited-State Dynamics, and Photovoltaic Performance

    Pralay K. Santra;Pratheesh V. Nair;Pratheesh V. Nair;K. George Thomas;Prashant V. Kamat

  • Making Gold Nanoparticles Glow: Enhanced Emission from a Surface-Bound Fluoroprobe

    K. George Thomas;Prashant V. Kamat

  • Photoinduced Charge Separation in a Fluorophore−Gold Nanoassembly

    Binil Itty Ipe;K. George Thomas;Said Barazzouk;Surat Hotchandani

  • Fullerene-Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles. A Self-Assembled Photoactive Antenna-Metal Nanocore Assembly

    P. K. Sudeep;Binil Itty Ipe;K. George Thomas;M. V. George

  • Gold Nanorods to Nanochains: Mechanistic Investigations on Their Longitudinal Assembly Using α,ω-Alkanedithiols and Interplasmon Coupling

    S. T. Shibu Joseph;Binil Itty Ipe;P. Pramod;K. George Thomas

  • Surface Binding Properties of Tetraoctylammonium Bromide-Capped Gold Nanoparticles

    K. George Thomas;J. Zajicek;Prashant V. Kamat

  • Light-Induced Modulation of Self-Assembly on Spiropyran-Capped Gold Nanoparticles: A Potential System for the Controlled Release of Amino Acid Derivatives

    Binil Itty Ipe;S. Mahima;K. George Thomas

  • Plasmon Coupling in Dimers of Au Nanorods

    Padmanabhan Pramod;K. George Thomas

  • Ag@SiO2 Core–Shell Nanostructures: Distance-Dependent Plasmon Coupling and SERS Investigation

    M. Shanthil;Reshmi Thomas;R. S. Swathi;K. George Thomas;K. George Thomas

  • Surface plasmon coupled circular dichroism of Au nanoparticles on peptide nanotubes.

    Jino George;K. George Thomas

  • Photophysical and theoretical investigations of oligo(p-phenyleneethynylene)s: effect of alkoxy substitution and alkyne-aryl bond rotations.

    P. V. James;P. K. Sudeep;C. H. Suresh;K. George Thomas

  • Functionalized gold nanoparticles as phosphorescent nanomaterials and sensors.

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  • Nanoscale chirality in metal and semiconductor nanoparticles

    Jatish Kumar;K. George Thomas;Luis M. Liz-Marzán

  • Enantioselective Light Harvesting with Perylenediimide Guests on Self-Assembled Chiral Naphthalenediimide Nanofibers.

    Ramarani Sethy;Jatish Kumar;Rémi Métivier;Marine Louis

  • Nanostructured thin films of C60-aniline dyad clusters: electrodeposition, charge separation, and photoelectrochemistry.

    Prashant V. Kamat;Said Barazzouk;Surat Hotchandani;K. George Thomas

  • Luminescence Properties of CdSe Quantum Dots: Role of Crystal Structure and Surface Composition

    K. B. Subila;G. Kishore Kumar;S. M. Shivaprasad;K. George Thomas;K. George Thomas

Frequent Co-Authors

Prashant V. Kamat
Prashant V. Kamat University of Notre Dame
Suresh Das
Suresh Das National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology
Cherumuttathu H. Suresh
Cherumuttathu H. Suresh National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology
Vasudevanpillai Biju
Vasudevanpillai Biju Hokkaido University
Takuya Nakashima
Takuya Nakashima Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Luis M. Liz-Marzán
Luis M. Liz-Marzán CIC biomaGUNE
Tsuyoshi Kawai
Tsuyoshi Kawai Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Keitaro Nakatani
Keitaro Nakatani University of Paris-Saclay
Dirk M. Guldi
Dirk M. Guldi University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh
Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh CSIR – National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology

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