2026 Sandeep Kumar: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	42	12473	12063	253	248	347	10150
Chemistry	42	17381	15719	348	344	313	10121

Sandeep Kumar publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sandeep Kumar sits on this spectrum.

50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 347 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Sandeep Kumar D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sandeep Kumar sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2020 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Sandeep Kumar is affiliated with Sharda University in India and specializes in the field of Materials Science with a focus on Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Organic Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad range of subjects including:

Liquid Crystal Research Advancements
Photonic Crystals and Applications
Surfactants and Colloidal Systems
Crystallization and Solubility Studies
X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry

Kumar has published extensively in several journals, frequently contributing to:

Journal of Molecular Liquids
The Cambridge Structural Database
Liquid Crystals
New Journal of Chemistry
Chemistry - A European Journal

Some of the notable recent papers include:

"Microwave assisted green synthesis of p-type Co3O4@Mesoporous carbon spheres for simultaneous degradation of dyes and photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction" (2020, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing)
"Carbon dot-dispersed hexabutyloxytriphenylene discotic mesogens: structural, morphological and charge transport behavior" (2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry C)
"Experimental and theoretical studies of hexylmeythylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ionic liquid as cathodic corrosion inhibitor for mild steel" (2022, Inorganic Chemistry Communications)
"Enhanced electro-optical response of nematic liquid crystal doped with functionalised silver nanoparticles in twisted nematic configuration" (2020, Liquid Crystals)
"Eco-friendly carbon dots induced thermally stable vertical alignment in planar anchored nematic liquid crystal" (2023, Journal of Molecular Liquids)

Frequent collaborators in research include:

Dharmendra Pratap Singh
K. Swamynathan
Ravindra Dhar
Raj Kumar Gupta
V. Manjuladevi

Sandeep Kumar was awarded the ACM Senior Member distinction in 2020.

Best Publications

Self-organization of disc-like molecules: chemical aspects

Sandeep Kumar

729
Citations
Hierarchical nanofabrication of microporous crystals with ordered mesoporosity.

Wei Fan;Mark A. Snyder;Sandeep Kumar;Pyung Soo Lee

688
Citations
Dispersible exfoliated zeolite nanosheets and their application as a selective membrane

Kumar Varoon;Xueyi Zhang;Bahman Elyassi;Damien D. Brewer

681
Citations
Liquid-crystal nanoscience: an emerging avenue of soft self-assembly

Hari Krishna Bisoyi;Sandeep Kumar

592
Citations
Recent developments in the chemistry of triphenylene-based discotic liquid crystals

Sandeep Kumar

501
Citations
Shape Control of II–VI Semiconductor Nanomaterials

Sandeep Kumar;Sandeep Kumar;Thomas Nann

467
Citations
Triphenylene‐based discotic liquid crystal dimers, oligomers and polymers

Sandeep Kumar

350
Citations
Discotic nematic liquid crystals: science and technology

Hari Krishna Bisoyi;Sandeep Kumar

338
Citations
Chemistry of discotic liquid crystals : from monomers to polymers

Sandeep Kumar

325
Citations
Layer Structure Preservation during Swelling, Pillaring, and Exfoliation of a Zeolite Precursor

Sudeep Maheshwari;Edgar Jordan;Sandeep Kumar;Frank S. Bates

316
Citations
Microfluidic Synthesis of Polymer and Inorganic Particulate Materials

Jai Il Park;Amir Saffari;Sandeep Kumar;Axel Günther

240
Citations
Rapid synthesis of high-quality InP nanocrystals.

Shu Xu;Sandeep Kumar;Thomas Nann

238
Citations
Fibrin glue in ophthalmology.

Anita Panda;Sandeep Kumar;Abhiyan Kumar;Raseena Bansal

222
Citations
Liquid crystals in photovoltaics: a new generation of organic photovoltaics

Manish Kumar;Sandeep Kumar

183
Citations
Triphenylene-based discotic liquid crystals: recent advances

Santanu Kumar Pal;Shilpa Setia;B.S. Avinash;Sandeep Kumar

171
Citations
Microwave assisted green synthesis of p-type Co3O4@Mesoporous carbon spheres for simultaneous degradation of dyes and photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction

S. Akshatha;S. Sreenivasa;L. Parashuram;V. Udaya kumar

170
Citations
INFLUENCE OF DISORDER ON ELECTRONIC EXCITED STATES : AN EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDY OF ALKYLTHIOTRIPHENYLENE COLUMNAR PHASES

Sylvie Marguet;Dimitra Markovitsi;and Philippe Millié;Hervé Sigal

162
Citations
Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of alkoxycyanobiphenyl thiols on gold--a study of electron transfer reaction using cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy.

V. Ganesh;Santanu Kumar Pal;Sandeep Kumar;V. Lakshminarayanan

156
Citations
Structures of cleomiscosins, coumarinolignoids of cleome viscosa seeds

Anil B. Ray;Sunil K. Chattopadhyay;Sandeep Kumar;Chohachi Konno

146
Citations
A Room-Temperature Discotic Nematic Liquid Crystal

Sandeep Kumar;Sanjay Kumar Varshney

143
Citations
Novel conducting nanocomposites: synthesis of triphenylene-covered gold nanoparticles and their insertion into a columnar matrix

Sandeep Kumar;Santanu Kumar Pal;P. Suresh Kumar;V. Lakshminarayanan

142
Citations
Aligned carbon nanotubes in the supramolecular order of discotic liquid crystals.

Sandeep Kumar;Hari Krishna Bisoyi

133
Citations
Synergistic effect of hybrid Ce3+/Ce4+ doped Bi2O3 nano-sphere photocatalyst for enhanced photocatalytic degradation of alizarin red S dye and its NUV excited photoluminescence studies

S. Akshatha;S. Sreenivasa;L. Parashuram;L. Parashuram;V. Udaya Kumar

123
Citations
Synthesis and Characterization of Bent-shaped Azobenzene Monomers: Guest-host Effects in Liquid Crystals With Azo Dyes for Optical Image Storage Devices

M.R. Lutfor;Gurumurthy Hegde;S. Kumar;C. Tschierske

120
Citations
Discotic liquid crystal-nanoparticle hybrid systems

Sandeep Kumar

118
Citations
Enhancement of the display parameters of 4′-pentyl-4-cyanobiphenyl due to the dispersion of functionalised gold nano particles

Abhay S. Pandey;R. Dhar;S. Kumar;R. Dabrowski

114
Citations
A non-enzymatic electrochemical sensor based on ZrO2: Cu(I) nanosphere modified carbon paste electrode for electro-catalytic oxidative detection of glucose in raw Citrus aurantium var. sinensis

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113
Citations
Inclusion of gold nanoparticles into a discotic liquid crystalline matrix

Sandeep Kumar;V. Lakshminarayanan

108
Citations
Playing with discs

Sandeep Kumar

108
Citations