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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2021 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to multi-modal microelectromechanical systems for chemical and biological sensors
  • 2017 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • 2014 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2013 - SPIE Fellow
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2002 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his pioneering work in developing micromechanical sensor platform for biomolecular detection and the elucidation of the fundamental physical principles underlying the adsorptioninduced forces

Overview

Thomas Thundat is affiliated with the University at Buffalo, State University of New York in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Engineering, with significant contributions in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Bioengineering.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
  • Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
  • Mechanical and Optical Resonators
  • Analytical Chemistry and Sensors
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
  • Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Flexible Ultraviolet Photodetectors Based on One-Dimensional Gallium-Doped Zinc Oxide Nanostructures, 2020, ACS Applied Electronic Materials
  • Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Decorated with Silver Nanoparticles for Acetone Gas Sensing at Room Temperature, 2020, Journal of The Electrochemical Society
  • Palladium Nanosheet-Based Dual Gas Sensors for Sensitive Room-Temperature Hydrogen and Carbon Monoxide Detection, 2022, ACS Sensors
  • Review-Recent Progresses in 4D Printing of Gel Materials, 2020, Journal of The Electrochemical Society
  • Consistently High Voc Values in p-i-n Type Perovskite Solar Cells Using Ni3+-Doped NiO Nanomesh as the Hole Transporting Layer, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Yaoli Zhao (23 publications)
  • Ajit Khosla (17 publications)
  • Kyle Leatt (11 publications)
  • Mark T. Swihart (8 publications)
  • Faheem Khan (8 publications)

Their work is often published in venues such as:

  • ECS Meeting Abstracts (20 publications)
  • Journal of The Electrochemical Society (8 publications)
  • ACS Applied Nano Materials (4 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (4 publications)
  • ACS Sensors (3 publications)

Thomas Thundat has been recognized with multiple fellowships over their career, including IEEE Fellow (2021) for contributions to multi-modal microelectromechanical systems for chemical and biological sensors, Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (2017), Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (2014), SPIE Fellow (2013), Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2010), Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2006), and Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) (2002). The APS fellowship citation noted pioneering work developing micromechanical sensor platforms for biomolecular detection and elucidating fundamental physical principles underlying adsorption-induced forces.

Best Publications

  • Bioassay of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) using microcantilevers.

    Guanghua Wu;Ram H. Datar;Karolyn M. Hansen;Thomas Thundat

  • Adsorption-induced surface stress and its effects on resonance frequency of microcantilevers

    G. Y. Chen;T. Thundat;E. A. Wachter;R. J. Warmack

  • Origin of nanomechanical cantilever motion generated from biomolecular interactions.

    Guanghua Wu;Haifeng Ji;Karolyn Hansen;Thomas Thundat

  • Detection of mercury vapor using resonating microcantilevers

    T. Thundat;E. A. Wachter;S. L. Sharp;R. J. Warmack

  • Nanotechnologies for biomolecular detection and medical diagnostics

    Mark Ming Cheng Cheng;Giovanni Cuda;Yuri L. Bunimovich;Marco Gaspari

  • Thermal and ambient-induced deflections of scanning force microscope cantilevers

    T. Thundat;R. J. Warmack;G. Y. Chen;D. P. Allison

  • Cantilever-based optical deflection assay for discrimination of DNA single-nucleotide mismatches.

    Karolyn M. Hansen;† Hai-Feng Ji;Guanghua Wu;Ram Datar

  • Review—Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Functional Materials: An Integrated Platform for Applied Technologies

    Sajjad Husain Mir;Sajjad Husain Mir;Larry Akio Nagahara;Thomas Thundat;Parvaneh Mokarian-Tabari

  • Nanosensors for trace explosive detection

    Larry R Senesac;Thomas George Thundat

  • Stretchable, Injectable, and Self-Healing Conductive Hydrogel Enabled by Multiple Hydrogen Bonding toward Wearable Electronics

    Jingsi Chen;Qiongyao Peng;Thomas Thundat;Hongbo Zeng

  • RESONANCE RESPONSE OF SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY CANTILEVERS

    G. Y. Chen;R. J. Warmack;T. Thundat;D. P. Allison

  • A Novel Approach Toward Fabrication of High Performance Thin Film Composite Polyamide Membranes.

    Behnam Khorshidi;Thomas Thundat;Brian A. Fleck;Mohtada Sadrzadeh

  • Preparation and characterization of STM tips for electrochemical studies

    L. A. Nagahara;T. Thundat;Stuart Lindsay

  • Glucose biosensor based on the microcantilever.

    Jianhong Pei;Fang Tian;Thomas Thundat

  • Vapor detection using resonating microcantilevers

    T. Thundat;G. Y. Chen;R. J. Warmack;D. P. Allison

  • Gold grown epitaxially on mica: conditions for large area flat faces

    J. A. DeRose;T. Thundat;L. A. Nagahara;Stuart Lindsay

  • Direct-current triboelectricity generation by a sliding Schottky nanocontact on MoS 2 multilayers

    Jun Liu;Ankur Goswami;Keren Jiang;Faheem Khan

  • Sensitive detection of plastic explosives with self-assembled monolayer-coated microcantilevers

    L. A. Pinnaduwage;V. Boiadjiev;J. E. Hawk;T. Thundat

  • Explosives: a microsensor for trinitrotoluene vapour.

    L. A. Pinnaduwage;A. Gehl;A. Gehl;D. L. Hedden;D. L. Hedden;G. Muralidharan

  • Viscous drag measurements utilizing microfabricated cantilevers

    P. I. Oden;G. Y. Chen;R. A. Steele;R. J. Warmack

  • Cantilever Sensors: Nanomechanical Tools for Diagnostics

    Ram Datar;Seonghwan Kim;Sangmin Jeon;Peter Hesketh

Frequent Co-Authors

Stuart Lindsay
Stuart Lindsay Arizona State University
Sushanta K. Mitra
Sushanta K. Mitra University of Waterloo
Mohtada Sadrzadeh
Mohtada Sadrzadeh University of Alberta
Anja Boisen
Anja Boisen Technical University of Denmark
Zhi Li
Zhi Li University of Alberta
Siddhartha Das
Siddhartha Das University of Maryland, College Park
Panos G. Datskos
Panos G. Datskos National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Miroslav D. Dramićanin
Miroslav D. Dramićanin University of Belgrade
Ajit Khosla
Ajit Khosla Xidian University
Fabrice Meriaudeau
Fabrice Meriaudeau University of Franche-Comté

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