2026 Suntharampillai Thevuthasan: 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	60	6988	6753	1758	1634	302	14416
Chemistry	60	9627	8713	2706	2227	286	14068

Overview

Suntharampillai Thevuthasan is affiliated with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily intersects the field of engineering, with a focus on electrical and electronic engineering, biomedical engineering, aerospace engineering, materials chemistry, and mechanical engineering. Thevuthasan's work concentrates on advanced materials characterization techniques and advancements in battery materials and technologies.

Thevuthasan has contributed to studies in the following main topics:

Advanced Materials Characterization Techniques
Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
Advancements in Battery Materials
High-Temperature Coating Behaviors
Advanced battery technologies research
Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
High Entropy Alloys Studies

Frequent publication venues for Thevuthasan include:

Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films
Advanced Materials Interfaces
ECS Meeting Abstracts
Nature Communications
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Thevuthasan has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, most notably:

Arun Devaraj
V. Shutthanandan
Vijayakumar Murugesan
Sten Lambeets
Anil Krishna Battu

Recent papers authored by Thevuthasan include:

"Mechanistic understanding of speciated oxide growth in high entropy alloys," 2024, Nature Communications
"In situ x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis of electrochemical interfaces in battery: Recent advances and remaining challenges," 2022, Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films
"Rapid assessment of structural and compositional changes during early stages of zirconium alloy oxidation," 2020, npj Materials Degradation
"Role of Polysulfide Anions in Solid-Electrolyte Interphase Formation at the Lithium Metal Surface in Li-S Batteries," 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
"Visualizing the Nanoscale Oxygen and Cation Transport Mechanisms during the Early Stages of Oxidation of Fe-Cr-Ni Alloy Using In Situ Atom Probe Tomography," 2022, Advanced Materials Interfaces

Best Publications

Formation Of The Spinel Phase In The Layered Composite Cathode Used In Li-Ion Batteries

Meng Gu;Ilias Belharouak;Jianming Zheng;Huiming Wu

994
Citations
PEGylated Inorganic Nanoparticles

Ajay S. Karakoti;Soumen Das;Suntharampillai Thevuthasan;Sudipta Seal

591
Citations
Epitaxial growth and properties of ferromagnetic co-doped TiO2 anatase

S. A. Chambers;S. Thevuthasan;R. F. C. Farrow;R. F. Marks

575
Citations
Redox properties of water on the oxidized and reduced surfaces of CeO2

Michael A. Henderson;C. L. Perkins;Mark H. Engelhard;Suntharampillai Thevuthasan

482
Citations
In situ TEM study of lithiation behavior of silicon nanoparticles attached to and embedded in a carbon matrix.

Meng Gu;Ying Li;Xiaolin Li;Shenyang Y. Hu

388
Citations
Surface characterization of nanomaterials and nanoparticles: Important needs and challenging opportunities

Donald R. Baer;Mark H. Engelhard;Grant E. Johnson;Julia Laskin

349
Citations
In situ TEM investigation of congruent phase transition and structural evolution of nanostructured silicon/carbon anode for lithium ion batteries.

Chong Min Wang;Xiaolin Li;Zhiguo Wang;Wu Xu

325
Citations
Low dielectric constant mesoporous silica films through molecularly templated synthesis

Suresh Baskaran;Jun Liu;Karel Domansky;Nathan Kohler

311
Citations
In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy Observation of Microstructure and Phase Evolution in a SnO2 Nanowire during Lithium Intercalation

Chong M. Wang;Wu Xu;Jun Liu;Jiguang Zhang

306
Citations
Conflicting roles of nickel in controlling cathode performance in lithium ion batteries.

Meng Gu;Ilias Belharouak;Arda Genc;Zhiguo Wang

283
Citations
Development of high-temperature ferromagnetism in Sn O 2 and paramagnetism in SnO by Fe doping

A. Punnoose;J. Hays;A. Thurber;M. H. Engelhard

263
Citations
Molecular structure and stability of dissolved lithium polysulfide species

M. Vijayakumar;Niranjan Govind;Eric Walter;Sarah D. Burton

260
Citations
Epitaxial growth and properties of cobalt-doped ZnO on α − Al 2 O 3 single-crystal substrates

Allan C. Tuan;John D. Bryan;Alexandre Pakhomov;V. Shutthanandan

248
Citations
Structure, Morphology, and Optical Properties of Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Gallium Oxide Thin Films

S. Sampath Kumar;E. J. Rubio;M. Noor-A-Alam;G. Martinez

245
Citations
Nanoscale Phase Separation, Cation Ordering, and Surface Chemistry in Pristine Li1.2Ni0.2Mn0.6O2 for Li-Ion Batteries

Meng Gu;Arda Genc;Ilias Belharouak;Dapeng Wang

227
Citations
Nanoscale effects on ion conductance of layer-by-layer structures of gadolinia-doped ceria and zirconia

S. Azad;O. A. Marina;C. M. Wang;L. Saraf

220
Citations
In Situ Chemical Imaging of Solid-Electrolyte Interphase Layer Evolution in Li–S Batteries

Manjula I. Nandasiri;Luis E. Camacho-Forero;Ashleigh M. Schwarz;Vaithiyalingam Shutthanandan

206
Citations
Negligible magnetism in excellent structural quality Cr(x)Ti(1-x)O(2) anatase: contrast with high-T(C) ferromagnetism in structurally defective Cr(x)Ti(1-x)O(2).

Tiffany C. Kaspar;Steve M. Heald;Chong M. Wang;J. D. Bryan

201
Citations
Epitaxial growth and properties of MBE-grown ferromagnetic Co-doped TiO2 anatase films on SrTiO3(001) and LaAlO3(001)

Scott A. Chambers;Chong M. Wang;Suntharampillai Thevuthasan;Timothy C. Droubay

190
Citations
Heavy-ion irradiation effects in Gd2(Ti2−xZrx)O7 pyrochlores

B.D Begg;N.J Hess;D.E McCready;S Thevuthasan

186
Citations