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49
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4226
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1209

Mahendra K. Sunkara publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mahendra K. Sunkara sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 232 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Mahendra K. Sunkara D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Mahendra K. Sunkara sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Mahendra K. Sunkara is affiliated with the University of Louisville in the United States and specializes in engineering, with a focus on electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, and renewable energy, sustainability and the environment. Their research contributions encompass multiple subfields and intersect with advanced materials and catalytic processes.

The scientist's recent publications highlight research primarily in battery materials and catalytic processes. Notable papers include:

  • Stable and Flexible Sulfide Composite Electrolyte for High-Performance Solid-State Lithium Batteries (2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces)
  • Halide doping effect on solvent-synthesized lithium argyrodites Li6PS5X (X= Cl, Br, I) superionic conductors (2020, Journal of Power Sources)
  • Interface stability of LiCl-rich argyrodite Li6PS5Cl with propylene carbonate boosts high-performance lithium batteries (2020, Electrochimica Acta)
  • Catalytic isomerization of dihydroxyacetone to lactic acid by heat treated zeolites (2020, Applied Catalysis A General)
  • One-dimensional nanomaterials in lithium-ion batteries (2020, Journal of Physics D Applied Physics)

Their research is frequently published in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), ECS Meeting Abstracts, SSRN Electronic Journal, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, and Energies.

The main topics of their work cover a range of areas in battery and catalytic materials and technologies, including:

  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies
  • Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication

Frequent collaborators in their research include Sreedevi Upadhyayula, Ambereen Aziz Niaze, Arjun Thapa, Jacek B. Jasiński, and Thad Druffel, indicating a consistent co-authorship network within their field.

Best Publications

  • Accelerating materials development for photoelectrochemical hydrogen production: Standards for methods, definitions, and reporting protocols

    Zhebo Chen;Thomas F. Jaramillo;Todd G. Deutsch;Alan Kleiman-Shwarsctein

  • Core–shell MoO3–MoS2 Nanowires for Hydrogen Evolution: A Functional Design for Electrocatalytic Materials

    Zhebo Chen;Dustin Cummins;Benjamin N. Reinecke;Ezra Clark

  • Plasma Catalysis: Synergistic Effects at the Nanoscale

    Erik C Neyts;Kostya Ken Ostrikov;Mahendra K Sunkara;Annemie Bogaerts

  • Band-Edge Engineered Hybrid Structures for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on SnO2 Nanowires

    Suresh Gubbala;Vidhya Chakrapani;Vivekanand Kumar;Mahendra K. Sunkara

  • Hybrid Tin Oxide Nanowires as Stable and High Capacity Anodes for Li-Ion Batteries

    Praveen Meduri;Chandrashekhar Pendyala;Vivekanand Kumar;Gamini U Sumanasekera

  • Reduced SnO2 Porous Nanowires with a High Density of Grain Boundaries as Catalysts for Efficient Electrochemical CO2 -into-HCOOH Conversion.

    Bijandra Kumar;Veerendra Atla;J. Patrick Brian;Sudesh Kumari

  • Bulk synthesis of silicon nanowires using a low-temperature vapor–liquid–solid method

    M. K. Sunkara;S. Sharma;R. Miranda;G. Lian

  • Diamond nucleation by hydrogenation of the edges of graphitic precursors

    Walter R. L. Lambrecht;Choon H. Lee;Benjamin Segall;John C. Angus

  • MoO 3−x Nanowire Arrays As Stable and High-Capacity Anodes for Lithium Ion Batteries

    Praveen Meduri;Ezra Clark;Jeong H. Kim;Ethirajulu Dayalan

  • Anti-reflective optical coatings incorporating nanoparticles

    Kevin C Krogman;Thad Druffel;Mahendra K Sunkara

  • Direct Synthesis of Gallium Oxide Tubes, Nanowires, and Nanopaintbrushes

    Shashank Sharma;Mahendra K. Sunkara

  • WO3 and W2N nanowire arrays for photoelectrochemical hydrogen production

    Vidhya Chakrapani;Jyothish Thangala;Mahendra K. Sunkara

  • Spontaneous Growth of Superstructure α-Fe2O3 Nanowire and Nanobelt Arrays in Reactive Oxygen Plasma

    Uroš Cvelbar;Zhiqiang Chen;Mahendra K. Sunkara;Miran Mozetič

  • Efficient hydrogen evolution in transition metal dichalcogenides via a simple one-step hydrazine reaction.

    Dustin R. Cummins;Ulises Martinez;Andriy Sherehiy;Rajesh Kappera;Rajesh Kappera

  • Inorganic Nanowires: Applications, Properties, and Characterization

    M. Meyyappan;Mahendra K. Sunkara

  • Mechanisms of 1D crystal growth in reactive vapor transport: indium nitride nanowires.

    Sreeram Vaddiraju;Aditya Mohite;Alan Chin;M. Meyyappan

  • Near-infrared semiconductor subwavelength-wire lasers

    A. H. Chin;S. Vaddiraju;S. Vaddiraju;A. V. Maslov;C. Z. Ning

  • Informatics-aided bandgap engineering for solar materials

    Partha Dey;Joe Bible;Somnath Datta;Scott Broderick

  • Surface properties of SnO2nanowires for enhanced performance with dye-sensitized solar cells

    Suresh Gubbala;Harry B. Russell;Hemant Shah;Biswapriya Deb

  • Chemical vapour deposition of diamond

    John C. Angus;Alberto Argoitia;Roy Gat;Zhidan Li

  • From nucleation to nanowires: a single-step process in reactive plasmas

    Kostya Ken Ostrikov;Kostya Ken Ostrikov;Igor Levchenko;Igor Levchenko;Uros Cvelbar;Mahendra Sunkara

  • Long-Range Ordering of Oxygen-Vacancy Planes in α-Fe2O3 Nanowires and Nanobelts

    Zhiqiang Chen;Uroš Cvelbar;Miran Mozetič;Jiaqing He

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacek B. Jasinski
Jacek B. Jasinski University of Louisville
Gamini Sumanasekera
Gamini Sumanasekera University of Louisville
Madhu Menon
Madhu Menon University of Kentucky
Krishna Rajan
Krishna Rajan University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Uroš Cvelbar
Uroš Cvelbar Jožef Stefan Institute
Elizabeth C. Dickey
Elizabeth C. Dickey Carnegie Mellon University
Kostya Ostrikov
Kostya Ostrikov Queensland University of Technology
Cun-Zheng Ning
Cun-Zheng Ning Tsinghua University
Igor Levchenko
Igor Levchenko Nanyang Technological University
Tatsumi Ishihara
Tatsumi Ishihara Kyushu University

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