University at Buffalo (UB)
A New York State Department of Environmental Conservation supported center
Thomas Thundat
PhD
SUNY Distinguished Professor
SUNY Empire Innovation Professor
Research Topics
Novel portable and standoff chemical and biological sensors for applications in health, environment, and safety; clean energy harvesting technologies; instrumentation for energy efficiency and sustainability
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- K. Singh, T. Thundat, A. Goyal, “Three-dimensional transient thermal barcode for waste plastic identification”, Commun. Eng. 5, 119 (2026).
- V. Kumar, S. Awasthi, V. Sharma, S. Parajuli, S. Das, T. G. Thundat, A. Gupta, “Resonance-Based Object Sensing System for Soft Robotic Skin in Human Cooperative Robots”, IEEE Sens. J. 26, 20332-20339 (2026).
- A. Phani, E. Finot, S. Kim, T. Thundat, “Empirical identification of a robust spectral knee in multiharmonic cantilever measurements”, Phys. Rev. Appl. 26, 014023 (2026).
- A. Phani, E. Finot, S. Kim, T. Thundat, “Mapping Nanoscale Heterogeneity in Soft Materials With Modified Tapping-Mode AFM”, Small Methods (2026).
- S. Parajuli, V. Kumar, T. Thundat, A. Gupta, “Single-Contact Excitation and Power Extraction From Metallic Surface Using Synchronized Resonators”, IEEE J. Emerg. Sel. Top. Ind. Electron. 7, 814-822 (2026).
- Y. L. Zhao, C. Adhivarahan, C. L. Jyothula, K. Dantu, T. Thundat, A. Goyal, “Determining the percentage of recycled plastic content in a plastic product”, Commun. Eng. 5, 51 (2026).
- V. Kumar, S. Awasthi, V. Sharma, S. Parajuli, T. G. Thundat, A. Gupta, “Resonance-Based Sensing on Large Surfaces Using RF Excitation for Human-Machine Interaction”, IEEE Sens. Lett. 10, 5500604 (2026).
- S. H. Xia, C. Chen, J. H. Liu, Y. Zhang, H. Zhang, T. Thundat, A. Khosla, “Interface engineering of MXene using ZSM-5 molecular sieve: Atomic-level charge transfer pathways for ultra-sensitive NO2 detection”, Sens. Actuator B-Chem. 447, 138870 (2026).
- S. Fande, D. Sriram, T. Thundat, S. Goel, “Covalent Linker-Functionalized Nanometer-Thick Gold Film Electrodes for Noninvasive Electrochemical C-Reactive Protein Detection”, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. (2025).
- R. N. Bhargava, A. Mehta, T. Thundat, “Dopant-induced spin control in nanocrystals for strong permanent magnets and other magnetic devices”, J. Appl. Phys. 138, 164305 (2025).
- F. G. . J. Souza, S. Bhansali, T. Thundat, “Harmfulness Score: A Data-Driven Framework for Ranking Environmental Risks of Microplastics”, Macromol. Rapid Commun. , e00559 (2025).
- A. Jishi, A. . S. .. Bandyopadhyay, X. Wang, T. . J. .. Sentz, A. Poudel, D. He, W. Sun, A. . K. .. Boddeti, I. Subedi, P. Dulal, B. Frye, N. Podraza, C. Khandekar, F. Bao, T. Thundat, Z. Jacob, “Next Generation of Thermal Barrier Coatings with High Temperature Metal-Silicide Metamaterials”, Adv. Opt. Mater. (2025).
- S. Parajuli, V. Kumar, G. Ranade, T. Thundat, A. Gupta, “Single-Contact Electrical Power Transmission on the Conductive Surface Using H-Bridge Inverter”, IETE Tech. Rev. (2025).
- Y. L. Zhao, K. Leatt, K. Prabakar, D. S. Aga, T. Thundat, “Real-Time Standoff Detection of Trace Levels of PFAS in Water Using Photothermal Nanomechanical Spectroscopy”, ACS Sens. (2025).
- Y. Zhao, K. Leatt, K. Prabakar, A. Goyal, T. Thundat, “Real-time detection of trace analytes using molecular-antenna-enhanced photothermal spectroscopy”, Device 3, 100678 (2025).
- Z. X. Xuan, Y. L. Zhao, S. Liu, A. Dutta, Z. Fu, P. N. Prasad, T. Thundat, M. T. Swihart, “Magnetic Iron Oxide Seed-mediated Formation of 2D ZnO Core-shell Nanostructures”, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 8, 351-360 (2025).
- V. Kumar, S. Parajuli, S. Awasthi, V. Sharma, G. Ranade, A. Gupta, T. G. Thundat, “Wireless Powered Passive Resonant-Based Omnidirectional Sensing System in Human Cooperative Robots”, IEEE Sens. Lett. 9, 6000304 (2025).
- H. Awasthi, P. S. Kumar, T. Thundat, S. Goel, “Flexible Supercapacitor Device Based on Laser-Synthesized Nanographene for Low-Power Applications”, Adv. Energy Sustainability Res. (2024).
- M. A. K. Khan, Y. L. Zhao, S. Datta, P. Paul, S. Vasini, T. Thundat, P. Q. Liu, “Deterministic Fabrication of Liquid Metal Nanopatterns for Nanophotonics Applications”, Small (2024).
- A. Kumar, Y. L. Zhao, S. Mohsenifard, V. Maheshkar, T. Thundat, M. T. Swihart, “Platinum Decorated Palladium Nanowires for Room-Temperature Hydrogen Detection”, Adv. Sensor Res. (2024).
- Y. L. Zhao, K. Leatt, P. Chakraborty, L. Q. Lin, K. Prabakar, T. Thundat, “Rapid standoff spectroscopic characterization of plastic waste using quartz tuning fork”, Sens. Actuator B-Chem. 414, 135927 (2024).
- H. Awasthi, B. V. V. S. N. P. Rao, T. Thundat, S. Goel, “Boron Doped Laser-Induced Graphene: A Suitable Substrate for Flexible and Wearable Sensor and Supercapacitor”, IEEE Sens. Lett. 8, 6003404 (2024).
- Y. L. Zhao, T. Thundat, “Reports from the Frontier: Advanced Sensing Strategies for Chemical Characterization”, Electrochem. Soc. Interface 32, 48-50 (2023).
- Y. L. Zhao, P. Chakraborty, A. Passian, T. Thundat, “Ultrasensitive Photothermal Spectroscopy: Harnessing the Seebeck Effect for Attogram-Level Detection”, Nano Lett. (2023).
- A. Kumar, K. W. Chen, T. Thundat, M. T. Swihart, “Paper-Based Hydrogen Sensors Using Ultrathin Palladium Nanowires”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 15, 5439-5448 (2023).
- S. Zhang, Z. H. Wu, Z. K. Liu, E. Z. Mu, Y. Liu, Y. B. Lv, T. Thundat, Z. Y. Hu, “Power Generation on Chips: Harvesting Energy From the Sun and Cold Space”, Adv. Mater. Technol. 7, 2200478 (2022).
- R. Abraham, Y. Yoon, F. Khan, S. A. Bukhari, C. I. Kim, T. Thundat, H. J. Chung, J. C. Lee, “Measurement of thermal properties of liquid analytes using microfluidic resonators via photothermal modulation”, Sens. Actuator A-Phys. 347, 113994 (2022).
- D. M. Dong, T. E. Benhaddouch, C. L. Metler, J. Marcial, Y. L. Zhao, V. Venkadesh, T. Thundat, S. Bhansali, “Pseudocapacitive Charge Storage in Electrochromic Transition-Metal Oxide Thin Films”, J. Electrochem. Soc. 169, 080511 (2022).
- A. Kumar, Y. L. Zhao, S. R. Abraham, T. Thundat, M. T. Swihart, “Pd Alloy Nanosheet Inks for Inkjet-Printable H-2 Sensors on Paper”, Adv. Mater. Interfaces 9, 2200363 (2022).
- A. Kumar, Y. L. Zhao, M. M. Mohammadi, J. Liu, T. Thundat, M. T. Swihart, “Palladium Nanosheet-Based Dual Gas Sensors for Sensitive Room-Temperature Hydrogen and Carbon Monoxide Detection”, ACS Sens. 7, 225-234 (2022).
- A. Kumar, T. Thundat, M. T. Swihart, “Ultrathin Palladium Nanowires for Fast and Hysteresis-Free H-2 Sensing”, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 5, 5895-5905 (2022).
- K. R. Jiang, X. H. Tan, W. Y. Zhang, S. L. Zhai, T. Thundat, Z. Li, “Localized anisotropic stress in the sodiation of antimony anode”, Nano Energy 98, 107349 (2022).
- K. Prashanthi, T. Thundat, “Nanowire Sensors Using an Electrical Resonance Approach for Vapor Detection”, J. Electrochem. Soc. 169, 047502 (2022).
- S. A. Bukhari, R. McGee, A. Mahdavi, F. Bensebaa, L. Zhou, H. J. Chung, T. Thundat, A. Goswami, “Photoinduced Multistable Resonance Frequency Switching of Phase Change Microstring at Room Temperature”, Adv. Electron. Mater. 8, 2100819 (2022).
- Y. L. Zhao, P. Chakraborty, N. Stavinski, L. Velarde, V. Maheshkar, K. Dantu, A. Phani, S. Kim, T. Thundat, “Standoff and Point Detection of Thin Polymer Layers Using Microcantilever Photothermal Spectroscopy”, J. Electrochem. Soc. 169, 037501 (2022).
- Y. Tian, L. Qian, X. Liu, A. Ghanekar, J. Liu, T. Thundat, G. Xiao, Y. Zheng, “High-temperature and abrasion-resistant metal-insulator-metal metamaterials”, Materials Today Energy 21, 100725 (2021).
- A. Kumar, M. M. Mohammadi, Y. L. Zhao, Y. Liu, J. Liu, T. Thundat, M. T. Swihart, “Reduced Graphene Oxide-Wrapped Palladium Nanowires Coated with a Layer of Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-8 for Hydrogen Sensing”, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 4, 8081-8093 (2021).
- W. Y. Tsai, T. Thundat, J. Nanda, “Toward a mechanically stable solid electrolyte interphase”, Matter 4, 2119-2122 (2021).
- A. Hajesfandiari, V. Sukhotskiy, A. Alodhayb, F. Khan, T. Thundat, E. P. Furlani, “Microfluidic microcantilever as a sensitive platform to measure evaporation rate of picoliters of ethanol”, Measurement 173, 108617 (2021).
- F. Hu, L. An, C. N. Li, J. Liu, G. B. Ma, Y. Hu, Y. L. Huang, Y. Z. Liu, T. Thundat, S. Q. Ren, “Transparent and Flexible Thermal Insulation Window Material”, Cell Rep. Phys. Sci. 1, 100140 (2020).
- J. Lee, F. Khan, T. Thundat, B. J. Lee, “Microfluidic resonators with two parallel channels for independent sample loading and effective density tuning”, Micro Nano Syst. Lett. 8, 16 (2020).
- R. Abraham, F. Khan, S. A. Bukhari, Q. X. Liu, T. Thundat, H. J. Chung, C. I. Kim, “Effect of Surface and Interfacial Tension on the Resonance Frequency of Microfluidic Channel Cantilever”, Sensors 20, 6459 (2020).
- S. J. Young, Y. H. Liu, M. D. N. I. Shiblee, K. Ahmed, L. T. Lai, L. Nagahara, T. Thundat, T. Yoshida, S. Arya, H. Furukawa, A. Khosla, “Flexible Ultraviolet Photodetectors Based on One-Dimensional Gallium-Doped Zinc Oxide Nanostructures”, ACS Appl. Electron. Mater. 2, 3522-3529 (2020).
- S. J. Young, Y. H. Liu, Z. D. Lin, K. Ahmed, M. N. I. Shiblee, S. Romanuik, P. K. Sekhar, T. Thundat, L. Nagahara, S. Arya, R. Ahmed, H. Furukawa, A. Khosla, “Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Decorated with Silver Nanoparticles for Acetone Gas Sensing at Room Temperature”, J. Electrochem. Soc. 167, 167519 (2020).
- S. K. Oruganti, A. Khosla, T. G. Thundat, “Wireless Power-Data Transmission for Industrial Internet of Things: Simulations and Experiments”, IEEE Access 8, 187965-187974 (2020).
- M. M. Mohammadi, A. Kumar, J. Liu, Y. Liu, T. Thundat, M. T. Swihart, “Hydrogen Sensing at Room Temperature Using Flame-Synthesized Palladium-Decorated Crumpled Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites”, ACS Sens. 5, 2344-2350 (2020). supplementary info
- K. M. Alam, P. Kumar, S. Gusarov, A. E. Kobryn, A. P. Kalra, S. Zeng, A. Goswami, T. Thundat, K. Shankar, “Synthesis and Characterization of Zinc Phthalocyanine-Cellulose Nanocrystal (CNC) Conjugates: Toward Highly Functional CNCs”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 12, 43992-44006 (2020).
- A. Aldhaleai, F. Khan, T. Thundat, P. A. Tsai, “Evaporation dynamics of water droplets on superhydrophobic nanograss surfaces”, Int. J. Heat Mass Transf. 160, 120149 (2020).
- S. A. Bukhari, S. Kumar, P. Kumar, S. P. Gumfekar, H. J. Chung, T. Thundat, A. Goswami, “The effect of oxygen flow rate on metal-insulator transition (MIT) characteristics of vanadium dioxide (VO2) thin films by pulsed laser deposition (PLD)”, Appl. Surf. Sci. 529, 146995 (2020).
- A. Goswami, K. M. Alam, P. Kumar, P. Kar, T. Thundat, K. Shankar, “Mapping the surface potential, charge density and adhesion of cellulose nanocrystals using advanced scanning probe microscopy”, Carbohydr. Polym. 246, 116393 (2020).
- K. Ahmed, M. N. I. Shiblee, A. Khosla, L. Nagahara, T. Thundat, H. Furukawa, “Review-Recent Progresses in 4D Printing of Gel Materials”, J. Electrochem. Soc. 167, 037563 (2020).
- C. W. Van neste, T. Thundat, A. Khosla, S. Szanton, L. A. Nagahara, “Perspective-Maintaining the Quality of Life in Depopulating Communities: Expanding Smart Sensing via a Novel Power Supply”, J. Electrochem. Soc. 167, 037574 (2020).
- U. K. Thakur, P. Kumar, S. Gusarov, A. E. Kobryn, S. Riddell, A. Goswami, K. M. Alam, S. Savela, P. Kar, T. Thundat, A. Meldrum, K. Shankar, “Consistently High V-oc Values in p-i-n Type Perovskite Solar Cells Using Ni3+-Doped NiO Nanomesh as the Hole Transporting Layer”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 12, 11467-11478 (2020).
- N. Simin, Y. Park, D. Lee, T. Thundat, S. Kim, “Enhanced nanoplasmonic heating in standoff sensing of explosive residues with infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy”, Opt. Lett. 45, 2144-2147 (2020).
- K. Prashanthi, T. Thundat, “Review-Nanowire Sensors Using Electrical Resonance”, J. Electrochem. Soc. 167, 037538 (2020).
- A. Khosla, R. Mukundan, N. Arroyo, K. Ahmed, T. Andrew, J. Halpern, N. Wu, P. Hesketh, M. Packirisamy, P. K. Sekhar, A. Chen, S. Bhansali, J. Koehne, L. Nagahara, T. Thundat, “Preface-Sensor Reviews”, J. Electrochem. Soc. 167, 030001 (2020).
- U. Liu, M. I. Cheikh, R. M. Bao, H. H. Peng, F. F. Liu, Z. Li, K. R. Jiang, J. Chen, T. Thundat, “Tribo-Tunneling DC Generator with Carbon Aerogel/Silicon Multi-Nanocontacts”, Adv. Electron. Mater. 5, 1900464 (2019).
- J. Liu, Y. Q. Zhang, J. Chen, R. Bao, K. Jiang, F. Khan, A. Goswami, Z. Li, F. F. Liu, K. Feng, J. L. Luo, T. Thundat, “Separation and Quantum Tunneling of Photo-generated Carriers Using a Tribo-Induced Field”, Matter 1, 650-660 (2019).
- S. S. Djokic, Z. Antic, N. S. Djokic, T. Thundat, “Electroless deposition of Fe-Ni alloys from acidic and alkaline solutions using hypophosphite as a reducing agent”, J. Serb. Chem. Soc. 84, 1199-1208 (2019).
- A. Kumar, A. Goswami, K. Singh, R. McGee, T. Thundat, D. Kaur, “Magnetoelectric Coupling in Ni-Mn-In/PLZT Artificial Multiferroic Heterostructure and Its Application in Mid-IR Photothermal Modulation by External Magnetic Field”, ACS Appl. Electron. Mater. 1, 2226-2235 (2019).
- A. Alodhayb, F. Khan, H. Etayash, T. Thundat, “Review-Nanomechanical Calorimetric Infrared Spectroscopy using Bi-Material Microfluidic Cantilevers”, J. Electrochem. Soc. 167, UNSP 037504 (2019).
- N. Debnath, A. Kumar, T. Thundat, M. Sadrzadeh, “Investigating fouling at the pore-scale using a microfluidic membrane mimic filtration system”, Sci. Rep. 9, 10587 (2019).
- J. Liu, K. Jiang, L. Nguyen, Z. Li, T. Thundat, “Interfacial friction-induced electronic excitation mechanism for tribo-tunneling current generation”, Mater. Horizons 6, 1020-1026 (2019).
- Y. Yoon, I. Chae, T. Thundat, J. Lee, “Hydrogel Microelectromechanical System (MEMS) Resonators: Beyond Cost-Effective Sensing Platform”, Adv. Mater. Technol. 4, 1800597 (2019).
- K. R. Jiang, F. Khan, J. Thomas, P. R. Desai, A. Phani, S. Das, T. Thundat, “Thermomechanical responses of microfluidic cantilever capture DNA melting and properties of DNA premelting states using picoliters of DNA solution”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 114, 173703 (2019).
- Y. Yoon, T. Thundat, J. Lee, “Resonant hair humidity sensors for disposable applications: Revisit the hair hygrometer”, Sens. Actuator B-Chem. 292, 1-6 (2019).
- Z. Antic, K. Prashanthi, D. Jovanovic, T. Thundat, M. D. Dramicanin, “Structure, morphology, and luminescent behavior of RE3+-doped GdVO4 thin films”, Appl. Phys. A-Mater. Sci. Process. 125, 410 (2019).
- Z. Li, K. Jiang, F. Khan, A. Goswami, J. Liu, A. Passian, T. Thundat, “Anomalous interfacial stress generation during sodium intercalation/extraction in MoS2 thin-film anodes”, Sci. Adv. 5, eaav2820 (2019).
- J. Liu, M. M. Miao, K. R. Jiang, F. Khan, A. Goswami, R. McGee, Z. Li, L. Nguyen, Z. Y. Hu, J. Lee, K. Cadien, T. Thundat, “Sustained electron tunneling at unbiased metal-insulator-semiconductor triboelectric contacts”, Nano Energy 48, 320-326 (2018).
- A. Khosla, S. Shah, M. N. I. Shiblee, S. H. Mir, L. A. Nagahara, T. Thundat, P. K. Shekar, M. Kawakami, H. Furukawa, “Carbon fiber doped thermosetting elastomer for flexible sensors: physical properties and microfabrication”, Sci. Rep. 8, 12313 (2018).
- S. H. Mir, L. A. Nagahara, T. Thundat, P. Mokarian-tabari, H. Furukawa, A. Khosla, “Review-Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Functional Materials: An Integrated Platform for Applied Technologies”, J. Electrochem. Soc. 165, B3137-B3156 (2018).
- S. Shah, M. N. I. Shiblee, S. H. Mir, L. A. Nagahara, T. Thundat, P. K. Sekhar, M. Kawakami, H. Furukawa, A. Khosla, “Hybrid micromolding of silver micro fiber doped electrically conductive elastomeric composite polymer for flexible sensors and electronic devices”, Microsyst. Technol. 24, 4159-4164 (2018).
- R. McGee, A. Goswami, R. Abraham, S. Bukhari, T. Thundat, “Phase transformation induced modulation of the resonance frequency of VO2/TiO2 coated microcantilevers”, MRS Adv. 3, 359-364 (2018).
- R. McGee, A. Goswami, S. Pal, K. Schofield, S. A. M. Bukhari, T. Thundat, “Sharpness and intensity modulation of the metal-insulator transition in ultrathin VO2 films by interfacial structure manipulation”, Phys. Rev. Mater. 2, 034605 (2018).
- J. Liu, A. Goswami, K. R. Jiang, F. Khan, S. Kim, R. McGee, Z. Li, Z. Y. Hu, J. Lee, T. Thundat, “Direct-current triboelectricity generation by a sliding Schottky nanocontact on MoS2 multilayers”, Nat. Nanotechnol. 13, 112-+ (2018).