Karunamoorthy Jayamoorthy Ph.D (Annamalai University)
Associate Professor & Research Coordinator for Science, St. Joseph’s college of engineering, Chennai · India
Editorial leadership for Journal of New Developments in Chemistry ISSN 2377-2549
Research interests
- Materials Chemistry
- Nanomaterials
- Imidazoles
Biography
Dr. Karunamoorthy Jayamoorthy is Associate Professor and Research Coordinator for Science at St. Joseph's College of Engineering, Chennai, India. He earned his PhD from Annamalai University, building upon his earlier M.Phil completed in 2011, with doctoral research focused on organic light-emitting diodes. His research expertise encompasses materials chemistry, nanomaterials, and imidazole derivatives, with significant contributions to the spectroscopic characterization of nanomaterial-plant interactions. His most-cited work, "Effect of bulk and nano-Fe2O3 particles on peanut plant leaves studied by Fourier transform infrared spectral studies" (2016), has received 97 citations, and he has authored over 15 indexed publications in synthetic organic chemistry and fluorescent chemosensors.
Selected publications
- Effect of bulk and nano-Fe2O3 particles on peanut plant leaves studied by Fourier transform infrared spectral studies 2016 cited 97×
- Synthesis, photophysical and electroluminescent properties of green organic light emitting devices based on novel iridium complexes containing benzimidazole ligands 2014 cited 34×
- Photodynamic activity and DNA binding studies of Pd@SiO2 core-shell nanoparticles in vitro 2019 cited 11×
- Catalytic synthesis and characterization of aryl benzimidazole and its interaction with TiO2 nanoparticles: ESIPT process 2023 cited 9×
- Imidazole derivatives synthesis: exploring different methods Recent 2025 cited 5×
- Structural elucidation and computational studies of novel bidentate organometallic complexes of 2-thiophene carboxylic acid with ethyl-2-amino acetate for antidiabetic applications Recent 2025 cited 4×
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