Pragati Sahu And Mohit Tyagi* and Shatabdi Porel Mukherjee*, Lighting Hidden Traces: Rapid Green Synthesis of Zero-Dimensional Manganese Halide Perovskite for X-Ray and Fingerprint Imaging, Small., , (2026), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.75105.
Manoj Krishnat Patil, Supriya Kadam*, Aathira Nair, Kavita Joshi* And Shatabdi Porel Mukherjee*, MoO3-x Incorporated Covalent Organic Framework Nanocomposite as an Advanced Anode Material for Li-ion Battery: Elucidating Structure-Activity Relationships, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces., , (2026), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6c12562.
Sharon Benny Alex, Pratik Kalode, Linsha Vazhayal, Rajkiran Shivade, Ravi Kumar, Ganesh Biradar, Pranali Waghmaitar, Jaspreet Singh, Bhabani Shankar Mallik, Manjusha Shelke, Dibyendu Bhattacharyya And Santosh K Haram*, Decoupling activity and durability in MXene-supported Pt–M
(M =Cu, Fe) alloy catalysts for oxygen reduction via in-situ XAS
and DFT, Progress in Energy., 8, 035003 (2026), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/2516-1083/ae8e28.
Gobinda Das, Amrutha Melepurakkal, Sudhir K. Sharma, Connor M. Duncan, Dante W. Morland, Sabu Varghese, Yao He, Rainer Straubinger, Thirumurugan Prakasam, Meenakshi D. Pawar, Ashwin Anand, Manjusha V. Shelke, Ramesh Jagannathan, Felipe Gándara, Samer Aouad, Dhanraj B. Shinde*, Mark A. Olson* And Ali Trabolsi*, Redox-responsive ionic covalent organic framework films for hydroxide ion transport and tunable mechanical properties, Chemical Science., , (2026), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/d6sc00703a.
Anoushka K. Das, Shweta P. Rengade And Manjusha V. Shelke*, Decoupling Kinetic and Shuttle Limitations in Li-S Batteries Enabled by Temperature Responsive Functional Interlayer, Small., , e73417 (2026), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.73417.
B. P. Shivamurthy, Purnima Rawat, Manjusha V. Shelke And G. P. Nayaka*, Optimized Nickel Aluminate Surface Coating to Enhance the Electrochemical Stability of LiMn2O4 Cathode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries, Energy Storage., 8, e70425 (2026), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/est2.70425.
Praveen U, Pragati Sahu, Aritra Bhowmik, Nisarga Kodwakare, Manish Kumar Mishra And Shatabdi Porel Mukherjee*, Solvent-free Mechanochemical Synthesis of Sb-Based Hybrid Perovskites with Thermally Activated Three-Level Anticounterfeiting, Journal of Materials Chemistry C (Just accepted)., , (2026).
Sahil Dev, Mukta Sambhare, Seerat Amin, Sailaja Krishnamurty*, Avishek Saha* And Shatabdi Porel Mukherjee*, Phase-Dependent Photocatalytic Efficacy of CoMoO4-x Nanostructures: A Comparative Study of the alpha and beta Phases in Glycerol Oxidation, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces (Under review)., , (2026).
Premjeet Gangadhar Wagh And Shatabdi Porel Mukherjee*, Label-Free Detection of Pesticides and Fungicides at Femtomolar Levels using WO3-x Nanorods SERS Substrate, ACS Applied Nano Materials (Submitted for publication)., , (2026).
Sahil Dev, Moram Sree Satya Bharathi, Venugopal Rao Soma And * Shatabdi Porel Mukherjee*, Enhanced Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Response of Facilely Synthesized Monoclinic CoMoO4 Nanorods, Chemistry: An Asian Journal (under review)., , (2026).
Vandana Gupta, Ankitha Anilkumar, Lekshmi Krishnan, Arun Torris, Suresha Ranganath, Suresh Bhat And Manohar Badiger, Hydrophobically Modified Alginate-Based Biomatrix for Temperature- and pH-Stabilization of Encapsulated Protein, Journal of Macromolecular Science Part B., , (2026), DOI:10.1080/00222348.2026.2705409.
Tufeil Khan, Kruti Paradkar And Paresh Dhepe, Lignin Valorization for Sustainable Agriculture Waste Utilization,Sustainable Products from Agricultural Waste, Green Energy and Technology. Springer Nature., , 111 - 139 (2026), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-92-0855-5_5.
Avinash D. Rokade and Kishor L. Handore*, Transition-Metal-Catalyzed C-H Activation-Enabled [3+2] Annulations for the Synthesis of Functionalized Indanones, Synthesis., ASAP, (2026), DOI:10.1055/a-2924-5139.
Sidharth Barik, Yogesh Kumar, Geeta Pandurang Kharabe, Aswini Ramachandran V M And Sreekumar Kurungot, Strategically Designed Efficient Electrode Material for Water Electrolysis Enabled by Synergistically Integrated Phosphide Heterostructure, Advanced Sustainable Systems., Just Accepted Manuscript, (2026), DOI:10.1002/adsu.70581.
R. K. Singh, I. Belwal And O. P. Joshi and B. Punji, Bifunctional (PNN)Mn(I) Pincer Complex Catalyzed 1,6-Conjugate Hydrogenation, communicated., xx, xxxx - xxxx (2026).
R. K. Singh and B. Punji, Manganese-Catalyzed Stereodefined Synthesis of Conjugated alpha-Alkenylidene Tetralones via Dehydrogenative Coupling Strategy, Communicated., xx, xxxx - xxxx (2026).
Ishita Ghosh, Rabindra Biswas, Manushree Tanwar, Surojit Bhunia, Kaustav Das, Arun Torris, Amit Mondal, Varun Raghunathan, Rajesh Kumar And Malla Reddy, Fast self-healing in a layered molecular crystal mediated by stress induced symmetry breaking, Nature Communications., , (2026), DOI:10.1038/s41467-026-68987-z.
Raju S. Kangutkar, Girish Praveen Nayaka, Mallikarjun Hanjyanatti, Priyanka Walko, Paresh. L. Dhepe And and Jayappa Manjanna, Synergistic CoX@g-C3N4 (X = S, Se) Heterostructures for Enhanced
Charge Transfer in Solar Hydrogen Production and
Environmental Remediation, ACS Sustainable Resource Management., , (2026), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.6c00005.
Karan S. Patil, Ganesh B. Gathalkar And Ejaj K. Pathan, Endophytic entomopathogenic fungi: The next frontier in mycological biocontrol, World Journal of Microbiol Biotechnology (Springer-Nature)., 42 (333), 1 - 27 (2026), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-026-05042-5.
Ganesh B. Gathalkar And Deepak D. Barsagade, Life Stage Susceptibility of the Wild Silkworm Antheraea mylitta (Saturniidae) to Predation by Myrmicaria brunnea (Formicidae): Implications for Tasar Sericulture, National Academy Science (Springer-Nature) Letters., 49, 1 - 6 (2026), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-026-02302-8.
Ganesh B. Gathalkar And Jitendra Singh, Electroantennographic Responses of Xanthopimpla pedator to Plant Volatiles in the Tasar Ecosystem: Preliminary Insights, Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (Wiley)., SN - 0013-8703, 1 - 16 (2026), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.70126.
Ganesh B. Gathalkar, Pooja V. Sharma And Deepak D. Barsagade, Morphological Characteristics of Antennal Microstructure and Its Ecological Significance in Xanthopimpla pedator (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae): Insights into Cocoon-Concealed Host Detection, Microscopy and Microanalysis (Oxford University Press)., 32(1), 1 - 18 (2026), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/mam/ozag006.
Manimaran Shanmugam, C. Kavitha, Anusree Elavanaparambil Anilan, Banu Marimuthu, Pandurangan Arumugam, Krishna Kumar Yadav, Norah A.M. Alsaif And Mir Waqas Alam, Co-existence of ZrW2O8 and ZrO2 for the Catalytic Conversion of Levulinic Acid and Furfuryl Alcohol into n-Butyl Levulinate, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering., 14, 123886 (2026), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2026.123886.
Ahyeon Won, Harshal Agarwal, Suresha Ranganath, Arun Torris, Carsten Cremers And Jens Tübke, Structure-Performance Relationships of Commercial Cathode Gas Diffusion Layers in High-Temperature PEM Fuel Cells (Accepted Manuscript), Fuel Cells., , (2026).
Rohit Kumar, Anirban Sen, Tanuja Tewari, Suhas T. Parit, Kishor V. Khopade And Samir H. Chikkali*, Iron-catalyzed alkene isomerization and tandem functionalization, Communs. Chem., 9, 224 (2026), DOI:10.1038/s42004-026-02025-3.
Amalamol D, Ashwin NMR*, Lakshana KV, Ramesh Sundar A*, Jeevalatha A, Ramesh R, Malathi P And Viswanathan R, Transient expression of small secreted proteins of Colletotrichum falcatum elicits broad-spectrum disease resistance in tobacco, Plant Cell Reports., 45:154, (2026), DOI:10.1007/s00299-026-03831-8.
Sandeep H. Kaulage, Harshad S. Jadhav And Samir H. Chikkali*, Iron, cobalt, and nickel catalysed ethylene oligomerization: recent advances and mechanistic insights, J. Macromol. Sci. Part A: Pure & Appl., , (2026), DOI:10.1080/10601325.2026.2686270.
Sreejith Sreekantan, Anusree Elavanaparambil Anilan And Banu Marimuthu*, Catalytic strategies for saccharides-to-lactic acid production: Process pathways, economic viability, and environmental sustainability – A comprehensive review, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering., 14, 123533 (2026), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2026.123533.
Arunima Balachandran Kirali, Sreejith Sreekantan And Banu Marimuthu, A process for the direct conversion of sugar to value added products, WO2023203582A1., , (2026).
Sayali G. Jagtap, Kalindra M. Vaghela, Rajesh G. Gonnade And Santosh B. Mhaske, Diversity Oriented Asymmetric Synthesis of 3,4-Disubstituted Succinimides via NHC-Catalyzed Enolate Intermediate, Chemical Communications., Just accepted, (2026), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/D6CC02831D.
Pradeep N. And Santosh B. Mhaske, Decarboxylative Arylation and Alkoxylation of Pyridine-2carboxylic acid N-oxide derivatives via Electrophilic Carbene: Access to Lucidimine E and Australine, Chemical Communications., Just accepted, (2026), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/D6CC01865C.
Kishor R. Thete, Vijay Vara And Raj Y. Patel and M. Muthukrishnan*, Copper-catalyzed radical 1,2-oxysulfoximination of ?,?-unsaturated oximes for the synthesis of sulfoximine-substituted isoxazolines, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry., 24, 2910 - 2915 (2026), DOI:10.1039/d6ob00244g.
Vijay Vara, Kishor R. Thete, Akram A. Khan And and M. Muthukrishnan*, Radical-promoted cyclization of 3-allyl-2-arylquinazolinones mediated by silver(I) salts to access SCF3/SCN-enriched dihydroisoquinolino[1,2-b]quinazolinones, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry., 24, 1263 - 1267 (2026), DOI:10.1039/d5ob01755f.
Patil A, Nawghare I, Siby J, Bankar P, Dastage S, Rode C, Nithyanandhan J And Ambade A, pH-Responsive and Antimicrobial Polymer Synthesis in Continuous Flow and Effect of Pendant Alkylamine on Squaraine Dye Photocatalyst Activity, ACS Appl. Polym. Mater., 8, 6287 - 6300 (2026), DOI:10.1021/acsapm.5c04901.
Thanasekar C; Javaregowda B. H; Veer S. D; Devasia G; Krishnamurty S; Krishnamoorthy K; Babu S. S, Orthogonally Engineered Redox-Active Polyimide-Carbon Nanotube Hybrids for Long-Life Lithium-Ion Battery Cathode, Small., 22, e09881 (2026).
Veerasubash M; Birajdar S. H; Kika S. P; Senthilkumaran M; Deshpande K; Shevate R; Krishnamoorthy K, Metal Films from a Single Source and Their Application in Nanoporous Filtration Synthesis, Electromagnetic Interference Shielding, and Electroadhesion, ACS Omega., 11, 14203 - 14211 (2026).
Ingole K. B; Siby J; Pandya R; Vanka K; Krishnamoorthy K; Nithyanandhan J. , Auxiliary Triazatruxene Donor-Based Squaraine Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Cis- and Trans- Configuration of Dyes for Modulating Photophysical and Electronic Properties, Chem. Asian J., 21, e70455 (2026).
Gangadhar Hattale, Rutuja Kadam, Vishal Virole, Rinu Pandya, Aditya Paul, Ajay Kumar, Rahul Shevate, Kumar Vanka, Avishek Saha And Rajesh Kanawade*, Photoluminescence Decay Lifetime Study of Hydrothermally Synthesized Highly Porous Ruthenium–Silica Composite for Optical Dissolved Oxygen Sensing Application, ACS Applied Nano Materials., 9, 937 - 949 (2026), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.5c04307.
Jayasmita Jana, * Somnath Chowdhury, Avishek Saha, Sung Gu Kang, Seung Hyun Hur And * Chinnakonda S. Gopinath*, Concurrent glycerol oxidation and hydrogen production on Cesingle bondCo oxide/carbon for sustainable biomass valorization, Chemical Engineering Journal., 535, 175707 (2026), DOI:10.1016/j.cej.2026.175707.
Nikhil Krishnan And Shatabdi Porel Mukherjee*, Flexible V2O5-x Nanobelts as SERS Tweezers: Defect Engineering for Remarkably Sensitive and Selective Detection, Appl. Nano Mater., 9, 8733 - 8748 (2026), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.6c00546.
Transition metal oxide (TMO)-based semiconductor nanomaterials (NMs) have been progressively explored as promising substrates for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). The design and synthesis of highly stable, extremely sensitive, exceptionally selective SERS substrates, solely based on defects engineered in TMO-based NMs, have gained significant interest. This work demonstrates a simple hydrothermal route to synthesize substoichiometric V2O5-x flexible nanobelts without the use of surfactants, stabilizing agents, reducing agents, or structure-directing agents. Furthermore, the V2O5-x nanobelts proved to be highly effective as a SERS substrate for the sensitive detection of methylene blue (MB), achieving a remarkable maximum enhancement factor of up to 6.75 × 109 and a detection limit as low as the picomolar level. This performance is the best among metal oxide semiconductors and is comparable to that of noble metals, even without the presence of a “hot spot.” Additionally, the V2O5-x nanobelts demonstrate excellent selectivity as a “SERS Tweezer,” enabling the precise detection of MB even in the presence of interfering analytes across binary, ternary, and quinary mixtures. Notably, V2O5-x nanobelts successfully detected melamine and ethephon for the first time using a TMO-based SERS substrate. In addition, the detection limit for SERS using a V2O5-x substrate reached 3 ppm of melamine in liquid milk. Thus, our results clearly demonstrate that metal oxide semiconductors can be transformed into cost-effective, SERS-active substrates through defect engineering. These engineered substrates exhibit high sensitivity, selectivity, stability, recyclability, and biocompatibility?comparable to or even surpassing those of noble metal nanomaterial-based SERS substrates. This advancement could enable their effective use in detecting contaminants in foods and food ingredients.
Suresha Ranganath, Rachna Kurian, Arun Torris, Ajay Khairnar, Sapna Ravindranathan, P R Rajamohanan, Manohar Badiger And Bernhard Wolf, Insight into the Influence of Salinity on Flow and Flocculation Behavior of Acrylamide based Cationic Polyelectrolyte, Journal of Applied Polymer Science., 143 (11), e70219 (2026), DOI:10.1002/app.70219.
Anumon Divakaran, Sanoop Nair, Shivani Karambe, Prakash Wadgaonkar, Kiran Nair And Manohar Badiger, Influence of hydrophilic/hydrophobic diols on the properties of polyurethane hydrogels: solvent-free one-pot synthesis, Journal of Materials Chemistry B., 13 (35), 11010 - 11019 (2026), DOI:10.1039/D5TB00928F.
Yogesh Kadam, Manohar V. Badiger, Pattuparambil R. Rajamohanan, Prakash P. Wadgaonkar, Guylaine Ducouret, Theo Merland And Dominique Hourdet, Viscoelastic Behaviors of Hyaluronic Derivatives as a Function of pH, Salt, and Temperature, Journal of Polymer Science., 64 (6), 1505 - 1517 (2026), DOI:10.1002/pola.70078.
Bikram Khandai, Bibhu Panda, Arun Torris, Ramji And Gopinath Muvvala, Influence of molten pool thermal history on weld quality and mechanical properties in laser welding of Inconel 718, Journal of Advanced Joining Processes., , 100405 (2026), DOI:10.1016/j.jajp.2026.100405.
Akhila N S, Shrishti S K, Sruthi Suresh, Arun Torris And Bhoje Gowd, Eco-Friendly Gradient Porous Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)/Natural Fiber Aerogels for Highly Efficient Thermo-Acoustic Insulation, ACS Applied Polymer Materials., , (2026), DOI:10.1021/acsapm.6c01151.
Vijayanand U. Survase And Kishor L. Handore*, Unified Divergent Total Syntheses of Illudalane Sesquiterpenes from
Granulolactone via a One-Pot Diels?Alder/Oxidative Aromatization, J. Org. Chem., ASAP, (2026), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.6c00679.
BP Shivamurthy, Purnima Rawat, Manjusha V Shelke And GP Nayaka, Optimized Nickel Aluminate Surface Coating to Enhance the Electrochemical Stability of LiMn2O4 Cathode Materials for Li?Ion Batteries, Energy Storage., 8, 70425 (2026), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/est2.70425.
Maria Kurian, Seerat Amin, Ajmal Pandikassala, Malavika Manoj, Jubina Vijayan, Sailaja Krishnamurty And Sreekumar Kurungot, Elucidating the Oxygen Electrocatalytic Activity of Chromium Cobalt Spinel Oxide Supported Over the Spherical Carbon for Rechargeable Zinc–Air Batteries, Batteries & Supercaps., Just Accepted Manuscript, (2026), DOI:10.1002/batt.70336.
Sarika Sasidharan, Priyanka Pandinhare Puthiyaveetil, Anoop Ajayakumar Nair, Sreekumar Kurungot* And Sheik Muhammadhu Aboobakar Shibli* , Synergistic Pre-Intercalation and Architectural Tuning to Suppress Vanadium Dissolution for Enhanced Aqueous Zinc-Ion Battery Performance, SMALL., Just Accepted Manuscript, (2026), DOI:10.1002/smll.73704.
Raju S. Kangutkar, Priyanka Walko, Girish Praveen Nayaka, Sandeep Nigam, Chiranjib Majumder And and Jayappa Manjanna*, Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution in Deionized/Natural Seawater and Removal of Organic Pollutants Using the Heterostructure of CuO/Cu2O Nanoparticles under Visible Light, Langmuir., 42, 4084 - 4102 (2026), DOI:https://pubs.acs.org/action/showCitFormats?doi=10.1021/acs.langmuir.5c05701&ref=pdf.
P. R. Amrutha, Gargi Kundu, Vemuri Lakshmi Ganesh, Rajesh G. Gonnade, * Gopinadhanpillai Gopakumar And * Sakya S. Sen*, Reactions of saturated NHC•boranes with electron deficient alkyne and alkene. Borirane formation, their reactivities, and coupling of tetracyanoethylene, Dalton Trans., , (2026), DOI:10.1039/D6DT00852F.
Kajal Balayan, Prabhakar Tiwari, Himanshu Sharma, Kumar Vanka, Rajesh G. Gonnade* And Sakya S. Sen*, NHC-Based Diazo Compounds: Pathways to N2 Liberation or Dimerization, J. Org. Chem., , (2026), DOI:10.1021/acs.joc.5c03065.
Gargi Kundu, Debjit Pramanik, Soumya Ranjan Dash, Ravi Kumar, Srinu Tothadi, Aryya Ghosh*, Kumar Vanka* And Sakya S. Sen*, A Kekule? Diradicaloid with a Naphthalene Spacer, Organometallics., 45, 624 - 627 (2026).
Equal Contribution from the first two authors
Kajal Balayan, Arindam Biswas, Himanshu Sharma, Prabhakar Tiwari, Kumar Vanka*, Rajesh G. Gonnade*, Arup Kumar Rath* And Sakya S. Sen*, Unveiling the Reactivity of N-Heterocyclic Methylene Hydrazines, Dalton Trans., 55, 5432 - 5436 (2026).
Biplab Mahata, Nripen Khilari, Debasis Koley* And Sakya S. Sen*, Magnesium Catalyzed CO2 Reduction to Formic acid or Methanol: Solvent or no Solvent Settles the Selectivity, Inorg. Chem., 64, 13405 - 13414 (2026).
Equal Contribution from the first two authors
Biplab Mahata, Jyoti Sharma, Kumar Vanka* And Sakya S. Sen*, MagnesiumLigand Cooperation Enables Regioselective Transfer Hydrogenation of Quinolines to 1,2-Dihydroquinolines, Org. Lett., 28, 5401 - 5406 (2026).
Revati Dokhe, Atul Ugale, Vishal Virole, Onkar Dube, Vaibhav Varpe, Chaitanya Galave, Gangadhar Hattale, Rutuja Kadam, Ajay Kumar, Sudhir Husale, Varun Natu, Rahul Shevate, Arun Torris, Arun Banpurkar And Rajesh Kanawade, Effect of Surface Engineering of Nickel Foam on Hydrogen Evolution Reaction: A Comprehensive Study for High Throughput (Accepted Manuscript), Advanced Engineering Materials., , (2026).
Rajalakshmi Balasubramanian, Priyanka Pandinhare Puthiyaveetil, Sreekumar Kurungot* And T. G. Ajithkumar*, Insights into the Structure and Electrochemical Properties of Ti3C2Tx MXene from Solid-State NMR, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C., Just Accepted Manuscript, (2026), DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c05653.
Dipanjan Majumder, Nayan Sarkar, Arun Torris, Mandar Shirolkar, Sukalyan Chatterjee, Avijit Malakar, Dipayan Ghosh And Sujit Ghosh, Hierarchically Porous Multivariate COF Aerogel with Enhanced
Diffusibility and Tailored Functionality for Highly Efficient
Bromine Sequestration, Angewandte Chemie., , (2026).
Dnyaneshwar V. Bodkhe, Ketan Patel, Maulali H. Shaikh, Sandeep H. Kaulage, Digvijay Mahajan, Harshawardhan V. Pol And Samir H. Chikkali*, Steric-Bulk Directed Polymerization of Ethylene to Disentangled Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene, Eur. Polym. J., 253, 114762 (2026), DOI:10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2026.114762.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2026.114762
Sidharth Barik, Pragnya Paramita Samal, Geeta Pandurang Kharabe, Rajashri R. Urkude, Swapnil Jadhav, Yogesh Kumar, Biplab Ghosh, Kirti Dahiya, C. P. Vinod, Sailaja Krishnamurty And Sreekumar Kurungot, Atomic-Level Engineering in Lattice Strain-Driven Pt3Ir-Skin@Pt6IrCo with Mesoscale Mass Transport Regulation for Ammonia Oxidation Reaction in Direct Ammonia Fuel Cells, ACS Catalysis., Just Accepted Manuscript, (2026), DOI:10.1021/acscatal.6c00594.
This manuscript presents a novel electrocatalyst for direct ammonia fuel cells that integrates atomic-scale bimetallic-skin engineering with a 3D nanoporous carbon support to optimize active site accessibility and mass transport. The study demonstrates significant scientific merit by utilizing lattice strain and electronic tuning to mitigate catalyst poisoning and shift the reaction pathways, providing a comprehensive strategy for advancing high-performance electrocatalysts in sustainable energy applications.
Sakya S. Sen And Gasper Tavcar, Obituary: Professor Herbert Walter Roesky (1935–2025)–Transforming Fluorine Chemistry across the Periodic Table, J. Fluorine Chem., 110563, (2026).
Disiya Davis, Md Shafi Alam, Bhadra Bindu, Durga Lakshmi, Hasin Muhammed, Arun Torris, Ashootosh Ambade And Kiran Nair, Design, Synthesis, and Adhesive Performance Evaluation of DOPA-Functionalized Polyurethane Elastomers, Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A., , (2026), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/10601325.2026.2657935.
Akshay M. Akhade and Kishor L. Handore*, Metal-Free Direct Amidation of Nitroarenes with Carboxylic Acids, J. Org. Chem., ASAP, (2026), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.6c00299.
Chayanika Pathak , Priyanka Pandinhare Puthiyaveetil, Sarbani Das, Sreekumar Kurungot* And Saona Seth*, Enhancing Proton Conductivity of MOF-808 Framework through Post-Functionalization with an Organic Salt, Journal of Solid State Chemistry., Just Accepted Manuscript, (2026), DOI:10.1016/j.jssc.2026.126021.
Archana Rai, Priyam Bajpai, Ananya I Kundu, Kumar Vanka And Utpal Das*, "Intramolecular Alder-Ene Reaction of 2?Methyl-4-2 (alkynyloxy)cyclohexa-2,5-dienones: Catalyst-Free Access to Hydrobenzofuran Derivatives" Org. Lett. 2026; DOI:, Org. Lett., , (2026), DOI:10.1021/acs.orglett.6c01057.
Ajinkya Khilari, Shweta Sharma, Manali Bajpai, Anju Viswan K, Rini Chaturvedi, Bijay R Mirdha, Manju Rahi, Amit Sharma And Dhanasekaran Shanmugam, Targeted Genomic Surveillance Unveils Genetic Variations Linked to Regional Malaria Drug Resistance Dynamics in India, Open Forum Infectious Diseases., 13, (2026), DOI:10.1093/ofid/ofag106.
Amol C. Chandanshive, Kishor V. Khopade And Samir H. Chikkali, Direct Synthesis of Phosphine-Phosphite Ligand and Its Implication in Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Functionalized Olefins, Chem. Select., 11, e07548/1 - 8 (2026), DOI:10.1002/slct.202507548.
https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202507548
Samir H. Chikkali* And Poonam Gupta, Advances in Metallocene Polymerization, Comprehensive Polymer Science, 2nd edition., , (2026), DOI:10.1016/B978-0-323-95486-0.00201-5.
Avinash D. Rokade And Nikhil M. Teke and Kishor L. Handore*, Palladium-Catalyzed Annulation of Acyl Saccharins with Norbornene via CO Shuttling, Organic Letters., ASAP, (2026), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.6c00450.
Vaibhav Ramachandra Pansare And Sreelakshmi. N and Nagaraju Barsu*, Site-selective iron-catalyzed C–H alkylation of
pyrazinones, azauracils and quinoxalinones, Org. Chem. Front., , (2026), DOI:Just Accepted.
Arkajyoti Jha, M Ramji, Arun Torris And Muvvala Gopinath, Strategies to Mitigate Interlayer Porosity in the Laser-directed Energy Deposition Process, Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering., , 1 - 37 (2026), DOI:10.1115/1.4071350.
Ganeshdev Padhi, † Shawn Gabriel, † Priyam Bajpai And Kumar Vankab and Nagaraju Barsu*, Sustainable base-mediated chemical upcycling of waste polycarbonates to fine chemicals, Catal. Sci. Technol., 16, 1034 - 1041 (2026), DOI:10.1039/D5CY01214G.
Durga Lakshmi, Mahendra Wagh, Aakash Sharma, Md Shafi, Selvan Muthamil, Arun Torris, Titash Mondal, Sanjayan Gangadhar And Kiran Nair, Dynamic Janus Hydrogen Bond Mimicry Unlocks Tough, Flexible Supramolecular Elastomers for Strain Sensing, Chemistry of Materials., , (2026), DOI:10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c02829.
S. M. Suryawanshi, M. Singh And R. C. Samanta*, Electrochemical Generation of N-Centered Radicals andTheir Reactivity Toward Cyclization and Subsequent C-C Bond Cleavage, Helvetica Chimica Acta., 109, e00225 (2026), DOI:10.1002/hlca.202500225.
A. Singh And R. C. Samanta*, Unveiling the Electrochemical Reactivity of Urethane Toward Different Bond Formations and Application to Polyurethane Deconstruction via C-N Bond Formation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 65, e23229 (2026), DOI:10.1002/anie.202523229.
Ganesh N. Kamble, Aaditi P Ghute And Asha Syamakumari * , Recyclable L-Glutamic acid-based Polyester Schiff base Crosslinker for 3D Printing Applications, ACS Appl. Polym. Mater., 8, 641 - 650 (2026), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.5c04144.
Suresha Ranganath, Rachna Kurian, Arun Torris, Ajay Khairnar, Sapna Ravindranathan, P R Rajamohanan, Manohar Badiger And Bernhard Wolf, Insight into the Influence of Salinity on Flow and Flocculation Behavior of Acrylamide based Cationic Polyelectrolyte, Journal of Applied Polymer Science., 143 (11), e70219 (2026), DOI:10.1002/app.70219.
Ashwani Puthiya Veetil, Aniruddha Ravikumar, Tejas Rajput, Aman Kumar Singh, Tamanna Thakur, Abhijith Krishna, Harshawardhan Pol, Kadhiravan Shanmuganathan* And Asha SK*, Vanillin-Based Recyclable Thermosets and their Glass Fiber Reinforced Composites, Macromol. Chem. Phys., 227, (2026), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.202500420.
Premkumar Kothavade, Abdullah Kafi, Kadhiravan Shanmuganathan And Stuart Bateman , High performance polyimides for additive manufacturing: A critical review, Elsevier Progress in Polymer Science., 172, 102055 (2026), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2025.102055.
Priyanka Pandinhare Puthiyaveetil, Rachna Maria Kurian, Nikhil S. Samudre, Rajalakshmi Balasubramanian, Arun Torris, Fayis Kanheeram Pockil, Suresh Bhat, T. G. Ajithkumar, Sailaja Krishnamurty And Sreekumar Kurungot, Self-Healing Hydrogel Electrolyte Enabled by Dynamic Polar Covalent and Noncovalent Interactions for High-Performance Rechargeable Zinc-Metal Batteries: A Leap toward Sustainable Energy Storage, Advanced Energy Materials., Just Accepted Manuscript, (2026), DOI:10.1002/aenm.202502883.
In this work, we designed an intrinsic self-healing hydrogel polymer electrolyte (HGPE) through a synergistic strategy that combines hydrogen bonding, dynamic covalent chemistry, and noncovalent interactions. The Zn2+ ion-induced network densification has created a non-porous, highly cross-linked hydrogel matrix with superior tensile properties, ionic conductivity, cation transference number, good oxidative stability, and, more importantly, an ultrafast self-healing behavior. The steady and dynamic rheological experiments conducted for the self-healing hydrogel polymer electrolyte have shown a healing efficiency of 93% within just 5 min. In the Zn||Zn symmetric cells, the HGPE suppresses the dendrite growth, enabling stable cycling for over 1000 h by maintaining high performance. In the coin cell, when the cell was tested with a Zn-doped MnO cathode, high discharge capacity could be achieved. The performance was further validated by integrating it into a rechargeable homemade pouch cell with a Zn-doped MnO cathode. Hence, the present work offers several promising advancements in the development of self-healing hydrogel polymer electrolytes for the flexible rechargeable zinc metal batteries.
Athira Babu, Fazeela Noushad Femina, Swati Dilwale, Gopinadhanpillai Gopakumar And Sreekumar Kurungot , Chelating additive enabled dual-action hydrogel polymer electrolyte: suppressing dendrite formation and crosstalk in aqueous rechargeable zinc metal batteries, J. Mater. Chem. A., Just Accepted Manuscript, (2026), DOI:10.1039/D5TA07773G.
A. In this work, we introduced a multifunctional hydrogel electrolyte that simultaneously tackles dendrite formation and cathode-anode crosstalk through the synergistic action of a chelating additive (EDTA) and a robust polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)-polyacrylic acid (PAA) polymer network. The article investigates a unified electrolyte design approach to concurrently inhibit the cathode-anode cross-talk and zinc dendrite formation in aqueous rechargeable zinc metal batteries (ARZMBs).
Medhavi D Khatavkar, Rishukumar Panday, Mayank U Singh, Sreekumar Kurungot And Avinash S Kumbhar, Proton conductivity in a copper (II) Bipyridine Glycoluril complex: The synergistic role of coordinated water and hydrogen-bonded networks, Inorganica Chimica Acta., Just Accepted Manuscript, (2026), DOI:10.1016/j.ica.2026.123063.
Tubai Chowdhury, Athira Babu, Sreekumar Kurungot, Rajib Biswas, Sapna Ravindranathan And Sayan Bagchi , Water drives sequential breakdown of dynamic nanodomains in deep eutectic electrolytes, Chemical Science., Just Accepted Manuscript, (2026), DOI:10.1039/D5SC06819C.
Manjusha V. Patwadkar, Rajith Illathvalappil, Arun Torris, Sifa C. Francis, Sreekumar Kurungot And Manohar V. Badiger, High-Performance Sultone-Modified PVA/PAMPS Semi-IPN Hydrogels for Proton Exchange Membranes, Applied Polymer Science., Just Accepted Manuscript, (2026), DOI:10.1002/app.70462.
Manoj Krishnat Patil, Premjeet Gangadhar Wagh And Shatabdi Porel Mukherjee*, One-step Microwave-assisted Synthesis of MoO3-x-Covalent-Organic Framework (COF)-based Nanocomposite for Amplified Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy in Environmental Application, Nanoscale (Front Cover Page Article)., 18, 1345 - 1356 (2026), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/D5NR02849C.
Front cover art published;
IF: 5.1
Amol C. Chandanshive And Samir H. Chikkali*, P-Chiral Organophosphorus Compounds: Synthesis, Mechanism and Applications, Chem. Asian J., 21, e00952 (2026), DOI:DOI:10.1002/asia.202500952.
Meenakshi D. Pawar, Priyanshi Pandey And Manjusha Shelke*, Molecularly engineered PW12@Polypyrrole/MXene composite for high-energy, high-rate lithium-ion capacitor, Journal of Energy Storage., 148, 120165 (2026), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2025.120165.
Meenakshi D. Pawar, Dhanraj Shinde* And Manjusha Shelke*, Facile Synthesis of Fluoride-Free MXene Nanosheets as an Efficient Anode for Lithium-Ion Capacitor, Chemistry an Asian Journal., 21, e70562 (2026), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.70562.
Ingole K B, Siby J, Pandya R, Vanka K, Krishnamoorthy K And Nithyanandhan J, Auxiliary Triazatruxene Donor-Based Squaraine Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Cis- and Trans- Configuration of Dyes for Modulating Photophysical and Electronic Properties, Chemistry - An Asian Journal., 21, e70455 (2026), DOI:10.1002/asia.70455.
Invited Article, Special issue on Professor T. P. Radhakrishnan's 65th birthday
Siby J And Nithyanandhan J, D-A-D based NIR and visible homodimeric squaraine dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells: Modulation of excitonic coupling, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A Chem., 473, 116874 (2026), DOI:10.1016/j.jphotochem.2025.116874.
Amitha Kalappurakkal Sudhakaran, Sreejith Sreekantan And Banu Marimuthu*, Reimagining CO2 Management: SWOT Analysis and Global Outlook on CCUS and ICCU Technologies, Sustainable Chemistry for Climate Action., 7, 100139 (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scca.2025.100139.
Sreejith Sreekantan, Amitha Kalappurakkal Sudhakaran And Banu Marimuthu, Upcycling solid wastes: Using abundant egg shell wastes for the greener production of lactic acid under ambient conditions, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering., 13, 115603 (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2025.115603.
Anusree Elavanaparambil Anilan, Sreejith Sreekantan, Arundhathi Racha And Banu Marimuthu*, Towards efficient conversion of sucrose to 1,2-propanediol selectively over Cu–La on activated carbon support, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery., 15, 29241 - 29257 (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-025-06641-2.
Gopika Jagannivasan, Suja Haridas*, Banu Marimuthu* And Swathi Mukundan, Heteropolyacid-Assisted Efficient One-Pot Synthesis of Ethyl Levulinate from Biorenewable Feedstocks, ACS Energy & Fuels., 39, 3131 - 3139 (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c05189.
Vijay Vara, Kishor R. Thete, Sera Deepu Panikar, Akram A. Khan And and M. Muthukrishnan*, Ag(I)-Catalyzed Heterocyclization/[3 + 2] Cycloaddition of
?-Alkynylenones with ??Enaminones: Tandem Access to Highly
Substituted Cyclopenta[c]furans, The Journal of Organic Chemistry., 90, 12466 - 12479 (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.5c01707.
Kishor R. Thete, Vijay Vara, Akram A. Khan And and M. Muthukrishnan*, Phosphine-Catalyzed Nucleophilic Ring Opening of
Cyclopropenones with Sulfoximines to Access N??,?-Unsaturated
Acyl Sulfoximines, The Journal of Organic Chemistry., 90, 10643 - 10653 (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.5c00883.
Kargude R; Rajendran P. B; Kika S. P; Krishnamoorthy K, Modulation of Lithium Ion Transport and Cycling Stability Using Rigid and Flexible Urethane Moieties on the Backbone of Polymers, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces., 17, 63784 - 63791 (2025).
Marimuthu S; Javaregowda B. H; Rajput T; Shanmuganathan K; Rajendran P; Roy D; Krishnamoorthy K, Multitype Interaction Between a Redox-Active Inclusion Complex, Polymer, and Polysulfides that Boosts the Performance of Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, Batteries & Supercaps., , e202500485 (2025).
Thanasekar C; Javaregowda B. H; Dnyaneshwar S; Devasia G; Krishnamurty S; Krishnamoorthy K; Babu S. S. , Orthogonally Engineered Redox-Active Polyimide-Carbon Nanotube Hybrids for Long-Life Lithium-Ion Battery Cathode, Small., Accepted, (2025).
Jadhav A. P; Siby J; Pandya R; Vanka K; Krishnamoorthy K; Nithyanandhan J, Visible-Light Active ?-Extended Unsymmetrical Squaraine Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Steric Effects for Controlling the Aggregation of Dyes, ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 8, 15459 - 15470 (2025).
Nawghare I. S; Deshmukh S. S; Joshi K; Krishnamurty S; Krishnamoorthy K; Nithyanandhan J, Far-red active squaraine dye-sensitized photoanode for dye-sensitized solar cells with a copper (II/I) electrolyte, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A., 459, 116086 (2025).
Ranjeesh K. C; Bharathkumar H. J; Gaber S; Bhauriyal P; Kumar S; Skorjanc T; Finsgar M; Heine T; Krishnamoorthy K; Shetty D, Heteroatom-Synergistic Effect on Anchoring Polysulfides In Chalcone-Linked Nanographene Covalent Organic Frameworks for High-Performance LiS Batteries, Adv. Sci., 12, 2415897 (2025).
Gaber S; Mohammed A. K; Bharathkumar H. J; Martinez J. I; Sanchez P. P; Gandara F; Krishnamoorthy K; Shetty D, MOFite: A High-Density Lithiophilic and Scalable Metal-Organic Framework Anode for Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery, Angewandte Chemie Int Ed., 63, e202409256 (2025).
Ingole K. B; Siby J; Pandya R; Vanka K; Krishnamoorthy K; Nithyanandhan J, Double anchoring squaraine dye with triazatruxene amine donor for dye-sensitized solar cells: Sequential cosensitization for panchromatic light-harvesting, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A., 462, 116229 (2025).
Jadhav A. P; Singh A. K; Shivankar B. R; Siby J; Krishnamurty S; Krishnamoorthy K; Nithyanandhan J, Effect of Cyclization and Alkyl Group Wrapping in Visible-Light-Active Unsymmetrical Squaraine Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 8, 5017 (2025).
Kumar V; Bharthkumar H. J; Devasia G; Narayanan A; Krishnamurty S; Krishnamoorthy K; Babu S. S, Diamondoid All-Carbon Porous Aromatic Framework Host for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, Small., , e2500388 (2025).
Senthilkumaran M; Bharathkumar H. J; Prakashbabu R; Balasubramanian R; Ajithkumar T. G; Ravindranathan S; Krishnamoorthy K, Mechanochemical Large-Scale Rapid Synthesis of Ultrapure Sodium Hexafluorophosphate, ChemPlusChem., , e2400640 (2025).
Kargude R; Srinivasalu H. H; Devasia G; Krishnamurty S; Krishnamoorthy K, Long Cycling Stability Imparted to Li-ion Batteries by Conjugated Polymers with Low Dihedral Angle and High Electron Density on Functional Group, ACS Appl. Polym. Mater., 7, 7719 - 7728 (2025).
Vikas Kumar Jha, Kranti N. Salgaonkar, Avishek Saha, * Chinnakonda S. Gopinath And * E. Siva Subramaniam Iyer*, Enhanced mid-visible light absorption and long-lived charge carriers in an electronically and structurally integrated BiVO4–TiO2 photoanode for efficient artificial photosynthesis applications, Nanoscale., 17, 12738 - 12750 (2025), DOI:DOI: 10.1039/D5NR00723B.
Athira Abraham, Kranti N. Salgaonkar, Thazhath R. Nivedhitha, Vishal Ashok Ekal, Deepali Kondhekar, Shubhankar Chakraborty, Chinnakonda S. Gopinath And Avishek Saha*, Synthesis of Pd-Integrated Carbon Dot@TiO2 Thin Film for Photocatalytic Glycerol Reforming Reaction for Producing Hydrogen, Chemistry An Asian Journal., 20, e00757 (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202500757.
Shatabdi Porel Mukherjee*, Pragati Sahu And Mohit Tyagi, DUAL ROLE OF MANGANESE-BASED HYBRID HALIDE PEROVSKITE FOR X-RAY SCINTILLATOR AND LATENT FINGERPRINT DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS, Provisional Patent Application (under process)., , (2025).
Patil A, Nawghare I, Nithyanandhan J And Ambade A, Squaraine Dyes as Efficient Photoredox Catalysts for PET-RAFT Polymerization in Batch and Flow Modes Accelerated by Suppression of Dye Aggregation, Macromolecules., 58, 2850 - 2859 (2025), DOI:10.1021/acs.macromol.4c02612.
Jayesh Bhagat, Ajinkya Khilari, Dhansekaran Shanmugam And Meena Patankar, Expanding the Egbenema horizon: Novel species discovery in India and first complete genome assembly of the genus, Algal Research., 90, (2025), DOI:10.1016/j.algal.2025.104256.
V. S. Ajithkumar, Milan Kumar Bisai, Pratiksha B. Ghanwat, K. Vipin Raj, Geetika Singh, Kumar Vanka And Sakya S. Sen*, Hypersilylsilylene-Supported Ni(0) Toluene and Ni(II) Complexes with Catalytic Application, Organometallics., 44, 2646 - 2653 (2025).
Ashwani Puthiya Veetil, ! Aniruddha Ravikumar, ! Tejas Rajput, Aman Kumar Singh, Tamanna Thakur, Abhijith Krishna, Harshawardhan Pol And Kadhiravan Shanmuganathan* and Asha Syamakumari *, Vanillin-based Recyclable Thermosets and their Glass Fiber Reinforced Composites, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics., , 1 - 15 (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.202500420.
Ganesh N. Kamble; Dheeraj Chandra Joshi; Utreshwar Gavhane And ; Asha Syamakumari , Carbohydrate based Polyester and Amino acid polyester photocrosslinker and their Resin Formulation for 3D printing Applications, Chemistry – An Asian Journal., 20, e202401474 (2025), DOI:doi.org/10.1002/asia.202401474.
Marimuthu Senthilkumaran, Bharathkumar H. Javaregowda, Tejas Rajput, Kadhiravan Shanmuganathan, Prakashbabu Rajendran, Debmalya Roy And Kothandam Krishnamoorthy, Multitype Interaction Between a Redox-Active Inclusion Complex, Polymer, and Polysulfides that Boosts the Performance of Lithium–Sulfur Batteries, Batteries and Supercaps., , (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/batt.202500485.
Sachin Gowda, Ambika Behl And Kadhiravan Shanmuganathan & Aakash Gupta , Enhancing Asphalt Pavement Longevity Through Microcapsule-Encapsulated Rejuvenators: Mechanical Performance and Self-Healing Evaluation, Int. J. Pavement Res. Technol., , (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s42947-025-00651-z.
Pragati Sahu And Shatabdi Porel Mukherjee*, Rapid and Efficient Microwave-assisted Synthesis of Mn-doped Cesium Bromide to Phase Engineered Cesium Manganese Bromide Nanocrystals with Color-Tunable RGB Emission, Journal of Materials Chemistry C (HOT Papers), 2025, 13, 9465-9473., , (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/D5TC00215J.
IF: 8.067 (2021) & 5.7 (2023) Lead-free perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) have attracted considerable attention due to their excellent optoelectronic properties. However, they generally exhibit broadband emission with poor color purity. Similarly, obtaining tunable red/green/blue (RGB) emissions from lead-free perovskite NCs is highly desirable for several display applications. However, directly synthesizing lead-free perovskite NCs with tunable RGB emission and high color purity remains challenging. Herein, we have developed a simple and rapid microwave-assisted (MW-AT) synthesis strategy for synthesizing Mn-doped CsBr [Mn2+:CsBr] to phase engineering of non-toxic and stable all-inorganic cesium manganese bromide perovskite NCs in a nonpolar solvent with tunable blue-green-red emission color with high color purity. The phase transition was triggered by changing the MnBr2 concentration during the microwave synthesis: from Mn2+:CsBr (blue emission) to zero dimensional (0D) Cs3MnBr5 NCs (green emission) to one dimensional (1D) CsMnBr3 NCs (red emission). In addition, in a controlled moisture environment, both the 0D Cs3MnBr5 and 1D CsMnBr3 NCs were transformed into 0D Cs2MnBr4·2H2O NCs (blue emission), which could be inversely transformed back to their respective original phase via thermal annealing. Thus, our work highlights for the first time a rapid and efficient MW-AT synthesis strategy to obtain phase-pure tunable optical properties with high color purity from Mn-doped CsBr to cesium manganese bromide perovskite NCs via phase engineering, which can be further utilized in designing anti-counterfeiting and encryption materials for coding with high security and information concealment. Our work also provides a new avenue for exploring efficient MW-AT synthesis of other earth-abundant eco-friendly highly luminescent Pb-free perovskite NCs for future endeavors.
Tanuja Tewari, Kishor Khopade And Samir H. Chikkali*, Rh-catalyzed Asymmetric Hydroformylation: The Case of Substituted and Heterocyclic Olefins, ChemCatChem., 17, e00979 (2025), DOI:10.1002/cctc.202500979.
Gobinda Das, Rajkiran Shivade, Priyanshi Pandey, Sabu Varghese, Nitul Rajput, Zineb Matouk, Jose Ignacio Martinez, Rainer Straubinger, Farah Benyettou, Felipe Gándara, Mark A. Olson, Samer Aouad, Manjusha V. Shelke* And Ali Trabolsi*, Zincke-Derived Viologen Covalent Organic Framework as a High-Performance Cathode for Aqueous Zinc-Iodine Batteries, Small., 21, e06012 (2025).
Priyanshi Pandey, Rajkiran Shivade, Ashvini Deshmukh And Manjusha Shelke*, Carbon Nanotube Wrapped Na3V2(PO4)2F3 Cathode with Dual Cation Electrolyte: Enhancing High-Voltage Stability and Cyclability in Zinc-Ion Batteries, Nanoscale., 17, 25631 - 25642 (2025).
Rajkiran D. Shivade, Priyanshi Pandey And Manjusha V. Shelke*, Enhanced oxygen electrocatalysis in zinc-air batteries via a bifunctional bimetallic organic framework, Journal of Power sources., 659, 238465 (2025).
Soohwan Kim, Vinay Mirzapure, Rasha Atwi, Heramba V. S. R. M. Koppisetti, Kundan Wasnik, Nav Nidhi Rajput, Manjusha Shelke* And Vilas G. Pol*, Insights into Electrolyte-Solvent Interactions and SEI Formation for Sustainable Sodium-Ion Battery Operation at Low Temperatures, Small Methods., 9, e02142 (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202402142.
Kundan Wasnik, Rajesh Bhatt And Manjusha Shelke*, Enhanced Stability of Sodium Metal Anodes in Covalent Triazine Frameworks via Progressive Nucleation with Optimized Conducting Composite Matrix, Small., 21, 2502636 (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202502636.
Vinay Mirzapure, Apurva Patrike And Manjusha V. Shelke* , Exploring FeSe2 and porous carbon composite as a cost-effective host for Al3+ in aqueous Aluminum ion batteries, Electrochimica Acta., 537, 146823 (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2025.146823.
Ashwini Wali, Ajay Khairnar, Arun Torris And Manohar Badiger, Halloysite nanoclay incorporated gelatin electrospun fiber for bio-separations: synthesis, characterization and biological studies, Polymer International., , (2025), DOI:10.1002/pi.6777.
1. Prashant Yadav, Aniruddha Ravikumar, Ashootosh V. Ambade, Kadhiravan Shanmuganathan* And , Sustained release polyurethane microcapsules by interfacial polycondensation using aromatic diols, Reactive and Functional Polymers., 216, 106460 (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2025.106460.
2. Yogeshwar P. Aher, Benu Adhikari, Ravi Shukla, Marimuthu S*, and Kadhiravan Shanmuganathan* And , Double-Encapsulated Controlled Release System for the Staged Delivery of a Growth Stimulant and Herbicide, ACS Agric. Sci. Technol., 5, 1047 - 1056 (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsagscitech.4c00784.
3. Animesh Gopal, Prashant Patil Harshawardhan Pol* and Kadhiravan Shanmuganathan* And , Upcycling of Postconsumer Recyclate Polypropylene into Low Warping and High Toughness 3D Printable Filaments, ACS Appl. Polym. Mater., 7, 7373 - 7381 (2025), DOI:. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.5c00942.
4. Vikash Kushwaha , Neetu Prajesh , Animesh Gopal , Supriya Sahoo , Swati Deswal , Antonysylvester Kirana , Kadhiravan Shanmuganathan And Jan Kazimierz Zar?ba and Ramamoorthy Boomishankar*, A Highly Moisture-stable Ferroelectric Ammonium Phosphate Salt showing Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting and Rotation Sensing Applications, J. Mater. Chem. A., 13, 22574 - 22582 (2025), DOI:DOI: 10.1039/D5TA01846C.
6. Sajid Saikia, Animesh Gopal, Radha Rathod, Aprajita Joshi, K. R. Priolkar, Surajit Saha, Pralay K. Santra And Kadhiravan Shanmuganathan And and Angshuman Nag*, Ultrabroad Near Infrared Emitting Perovskites, Angewandte Chem. Int. Ed., 64, 2, e202415003 (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202415003.
Emwas AH, Zacharias HU, Alborghetti MR, Gowda GAN, Raftery D, McKay RT, Chang CK, Saccenti E, Gronwald W, Schuchardt S, Leiminger R, Merzaban J, Madhoun NY, Iqbal M, Alsiary RA, Shivapurkar R, Pain A, Shanmugam D, Ryan D, Roy R, Schirra HJ, Morris V, Zeri AC, Alahmari F, Kaddurah-Daouk R, Salek RM, LeVatte M, Berjanskii M, Lee B And Wishart DS, Recommendations for sample selection, collection and preparation for NMR-based metabolomics studies of blood, Metabolomics., , (2025), DOI:10.1007/s11306-025-02259-7.
Bajpai M, Khilari A, Likhitkar B, Musale P, Jadhav S, Dhanikachalam V, Kakramkar P, Bhave K, Swaminathan M, Joshi S And Shanmugam D, etection and variant characterization of lumpy skin disease virus from dairy cattle in India, Virus Evolution., , (2025), DOI:10.1093/ve/veaf090.
Musale P, Khilari A, Gade R, Dhanikachalam V, Jadhav S, Bajpai M, Turakani B, Joshi A, Prajapati A, Srivastava A, Swaminathan M, Joshi S And Shanmugam D, Identification of genetic variations linked to buparvaquone resistance in Theileria annulata infecting dairy cattle in India, PLoS One., , (2025), DOI:1371/journal.pone.0326243.
Gangadhar Hattale, Rutuja Kadam, Vishal Virole, Rinu Pandya, Aditya Paul, Ajay Kumar, Rahul Shevate, Kumar Vanka, Avishek Saha And Rajesh Kanawade, Photoluminescence Decay Lifetime Study of Hydrothermally Synthesized Highly Porous Ruthenium–Silica Composite for Optical Dissolved Oxygen Sensing Application, ACS Applied Nano Materials., , (2025), DOI:10.1021/acsanm.5c04307.
Athira Yoyakki, Sachin Kumar, Ajmal Pandikassala, Swapnil D. Jadhav, C. P. Vinod And Sreekumar Kurungot, A Pt-Based Carbon-Free Cathode with Embedded Oxygen Nanoreservoirs: A Promising Approach for Oxygen Buffering to Aid Oxygen Reduction Reactions of PEMFCs, ACS Catalysis., 15 (22), 19677 - 19694 (2025), DOI:10.1021/acscatal.5c06455.
Our recently published study in ACS Catalysis describes a carefully tailored electrocatalyst for PEM fuel cell applications with a Pt-CeO2 interface built on the SiO2 substrate that performs well in the reaction even under oxygen-lean circumstances. This oxygen spillover effect is shown to be mobilized by the intervention of oxygen vacancies in the CeO2 interface created with Pt nanoparticles, which provides the necessary push for the Pt active sites towards ORR by increasing the local oxygen concentration. Aside from that, the system performs well in low humidity situations due to the self-humidification capability of the SiO2 core. The carbon-free nature of the catalyst also provides enhanced structural endurance due to its enhanced corrosion resistance. The study also includes a realistic validation of the catalyst by using it as the cathode in a working single-cell of a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC), demonstrating the system's ability to function relatively well under oxygen-lean conditions when compared to the standard Pt-supported carbon (Pt/C) catalyst.
Mayank U. Singh, Grigory Mathew And Sreekumar Kurungot, 3D-Architectured Pt–Carbon Electrodes for PEM Fuel Cells with Tuned Porosity and Ionomer Distribution?A Micromanaged Approach for Improving Activation, Ohmic, and Mass Transport Characteristics, ACS Applied Energy Materials., 8 (24), 18158 - 18170 (2025), DOI:10.1021/acsaem.5c03025.
The manuscript describes a micromanaged method to enhance activation, ohmic, and mass transport characteristics in a PEM fuel cell electrode through tailored porosity and ionomer distribution. In this study, Mayank presents an alternative approach to catalyst layer (CL) design using a 3D structured carbon support with platinum (Pt). The study particularly demonstrates how Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) may be used as a useful probing technique to expose the electrode properties in a PEM fuel cell's membrane electrode assembly (MEA). The 3D support enabled effective ionomer infiltration, enhancing coverage, triple-phase boundary (TPB) formation, and facilitating water as well as reactant/product transport, all crucial for the CL activation.
Mayank U. Singh, Swapnil D. Jadhav, Bhavana R. Shivankar, Ajmal Pandikassala, Yogesh Kumar, Sailaja Krishnamurty, C. P. Vinod And Sreekumar Kurungot, Hot Injection Assisted Electronically Modulated Twin and Grain Boundary Rich Sub-2 nm Pt3Co Alloy Resistant to Phosphate Ion for PEMFCs, SMALL., 21 (20), 2500954 (2025), DOI:10.1002/smll.202500954.
Our this paper in SMALL illustrates how the modulation of the electronic d-band center, structural defects (line defects), and particle size of Pt3Co alloy electrocatalyst brings a significant impact in elevating its electrochemical oxygen reduction reaction activity. The sub-2 nm sized Pt3Co alloy particles evenly distributed over the carbon substrate could be prepared though a novel hot-injection method and it's substantially high performance could be validated for PEM fuel cell applications.
Priyanka Pandinhare Puthiyaveetil, Aathira Nair, Swati Dilwale, Maria Kurian, Kavita Joshi And Sreekumar Kurungot, Insights on Prussian Blue Analogue Cathode Material Engineered with Polypyrrole Surface Protection Layer for Aqueous Rechargeable Zinc Metal Battery, SMALL., 21 (4), 2409947 (2025), DOI:10.1002/smll.202409947.
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Geeta Pandurang Kharabe, Tushar Verma, Sidharth Barik, Rajashri R. Urkude, Nadeema Ayasha, Biplab Ghosh, Sailaja Krishnamurty And Sreekumar Kurungot*, Hydrogel Electrolyte-Mediated In Situ Zn-Anode Modification and the Ru-RuO2/NGr-Coated Cathode for High-Performance Solid-State Rechargeable Zn–Air Batteries, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces., 17 (2), 3188 - 3204 (2025), DOI:10.1021/acsami.4c14231.
P. P. Priyanka, Athira Babu, Maria Kurian And Sreekumar Kurungot , The advances in polymer electrolyte design strategies for highly efficient supercapacitors and Zn-based batteries, Chem. Commun., 61, 6864 - 6881 (2025), DOI:10.1039/D5CC00174A.
The feature article published in ChemComm highlights the recent progress in the field of polymer electrolytes for supercapacitors and zinc ion/zinc air batteries (ZIBs and ZABs). This article comprehensively examines the evolution, recent developments, and future directions in the polymer electrolytes, with a focus on their application in cutting-edge energy storage systems such as ZIBs, ZABs, and supercapacitors.
Maria Kurian, Ajmal Pandikassala And Sreekumar Kurungot, UV-Modified Polydopamine Zincophilic Protective Layer for Durable and Alkaline-Stable Zinc Anodes in Zinc-Air Batteries, J. Mater. Chem. A., 13, 38928 - 38944 (2025), DOI:10.1039/D5TA05126F.
This work presents a design for modifying the Zn anode with a polydopamine (PDA) protective layer, followed by ultraviolet (UV) treatment, to achieve a long-cycle-life anode for zinc air batteries (ZAB). An electroless plating technique was employed to coat the Zn foil with a PDA layer (Zn@PDA), leveraging the PDA's strong adsorption on the Zn, facilitated by the formation of the bidentate bonds. UV-induced secondary modifications are conducted over the PDA-coated Zn to obtain Zn@PDA-UV electrodes with enhanced mechanical as well as chemical stability. When paired with the commercial catalysts to assemble alkaline ZABs for practical use, the battery displayed excellent cycling stability.
Swati Dilwale, Athira Babu, Fayis Kanheerampockil, Arun Torris, P. P. Priyanka, Suresh K. Bhat And Sreekumar Kurungot , Anode|Electrolyte|Cathode Interface Engineering to Develop Robust Zinc Metal Hydrogel Battery, J. Mater. Chem. A., 13, 41105 - 41121 (2025), DOI:10.1039/D5TA04128G.
Our this recent work published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A reports the multiple interface tuning across all the battery components to achieve the compact electrode|electrolyte for a superior zinc metal hydrogel battery. In these types of batteries, the suboptimal contact between the electrode and electrolyte interfaces limits the full potential of these batteries. To address these issues and enhance the compatibility of the hydrogel system with electrodes, we introduced a novel approach of double interface engineering.
Yogesh Kumar, Sidharth Barik, Geeta Pandurang Kharabe, Arun Torris, Mayank U. Singh, S. Mohan, Chaitanya Galave, Jyoti Tekawadia, Rajesh Kanawade And Sreekumar Kurungot, Binder-Free In Situ Interface Reconstruction of NiMoO4 Nanorods Over Ni(OH)2 Nanosheets for Efficient Urea Oxidation, Advanced Sustainable Systems., 9 (12), e00883 (2025), DOI:10.1002/adsu.202500883.
Ajmal Pandikassala, Varsha Nadumattuvayil, Mayank U. Singh, Swapnil D. Jadhav, Athira Yoyakki And Sreekumar Kurungot, Pt-Based 3D Electrocatalyst with Process-Friendly Features for PEMFCs Possessing Fast Activation and Improved Mass-Transfer Properties, Advanced Sustainable Systems., 9 (4), 2400904 (2025), DOI:10.1002/adsu.202400904.
Ajmal Pandikassala, Swapnil D Jadhav, Maria Kurian And Sreekumar Kurungot , In situ Engineered Triple Phase Boundary Enhancement in 3D Structured Carbon Supported Catalyst for High-Temperature PEMFC, Journal of Materials Chemistry A., 13, 21847 - 21863 (2025), DOI:10.1039/D5TA02793D.
In this article, we are reporting a novel strategy involving the in situ formation of a proton-conducting ionomer interface combined with a nitrogen-doped three-dimensional (3D) graphitic carbon-supported Pt catalyst (Pt/3DPDC). This system serves as a high-performance alternative to the conventional Nafion-based electrodes.
Geeta Pandurang Kharabe, Sidharth Barik, Arun Torris, Anit Maria, Yogesh Kumar And Sreekumar Kurungot, Defect-Rich CoFe-Alloy with Engineered Carbon Support for High-Performance Rechargeable Zn-Air Batteries, SMALL., 21 (35), 2505342 (2025), DOI:10.1002/smll.202505342.
The work illustrates the formation of a ORR/OER bifunctional electrocatalyst having layer-separated CoFe alloy nanoparticles with a Fe-rich skin-decorated nitrogen-doped graphene (NGr) and spatial distribution regulated by the in-situ generated CoFe-encapsulated CNTs. The catalyst emerges as a cost-effective and competitive cathode material for rechargeable metal-air batteries, serving as a versatile alternative to expensive noble metal-based catalysts where ORR and OER are the rate-determining electrode processes.
Twinkle Gorai, Chandragopal Thanasekar, Pawan Kumar, Athira Babu, Sreekumar Kurungot And C.P. Vinod, A Tunable, Amine-Functionalized Porous Silica Catalyst for CO2 Transformation into Cyclic Organic Carbonates at Atmospheric Pressure, Chem. Eur. J., 31 (47), e00873 (2025), DOI:10.1002/chem.202500873.
Gaurang J. Bhatt, Shubham Kumar And Santosh B. Mhaske, Atom-Economical and Scalable Asymmetric Synthesis of Daridorexant Key Starting Material (S)-2-Methylproline via the Memory of Chirality, Organic Process Research & Development., 29, 12, 3223 - 3228 (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.oprd.5c00366.
C.Pradhan, S. Dubey, P. P. Samal And S. Krishnamurty and B. Punji, Syn-selective Hydrosilylation and Hydroboration of Alkynes at Room Temperature Catalyzed by a Phosphine-free (NNN)Fe(II) Complex, Catal. Sci. Technol., 15, 6716 - 6725 (2025), DOI:10.1039/D5CY00766F.
S. Dubey and B. Punji, CoBr2-Catalyzed Straightforward Synthesis of Quinoxalines via Dehydrogenative Coupling Strategy, Chem. Asian J., 20, e00916 (2025), DOI:10.1002/asia.202500916.
Archana Rai, Ananya I. Kundu, Ekta Shukla And and Utpal Das*, Ipso-Cyclization via a Dienone–Phenol Rearrangement of Alkynyloxy Cyclohexadienones for the Synthesis of Oxaspiro[4.5]trienones, J. Org. Chem., 90, 13399 - 13406 (2025), DOI:10.1021/acs.joc.5c00893.
Manish Kumar, Someshwar B. Kale, Subramani Jawahar, Apurva D. Barkade And and Utpal Das*, Synthesis of Benzannulated [5,6] Oxa-Fused/Spiro-Lactones via [4 +
2] Cycloaddition with Quinone Methides: New Insights into
Deconjugated Butenolide Reactivity, J. Org. Chem., 90, 15185 - 15190 (2025), DOI:10.1021/acs.joc.5c01468.
Meema Bhati And Kavita Joshi, Understanding Comparative Adsorption of CO2 and Trace Impurities on ZnO Facets: A DFT Perspective, ChemRxiv., , (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-3grqr.
The catalytic hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol using Cu-ZnO/Al2O3 (CZA) is a key route for sustainable chemical production, when coupled with CO2-rich industrial off-gases. However, trace secondary gases, though present only at ppm levels, can poison active sites and suppress catalytic performance. In this work, we employ periodic density functional theory (DFT) to investigate interactions of H2S, SO2, NO2, NO, CO and CH4 with five ZnO surfaces: (10-10), (10-11), (11-20), (10-13), and (11-22), and com- pared their adsorption pattern with CO2, the principle component of methanol synthe- sis. H2S dissociates on all the surfaces, SO2 and NO2 are chemisorbed, CH4 remains physisorbed, and NO, CO, and CO2 exhibit facet-dependent adsorption. Electronic structure analysis reveals that chemisorption occurs when surface energy states near the Fermi level overlap with the HOMO of the adsorbate, enabling charge transfer, whereas physisorption lacks such overlap. The adsorption strength follows the order: H2S > SO2 > NO2 > NO > CO ? CO2 > CH4, suggesting that sulfur and nitrogen-containing species exhibit strong chemisorption and compete with CO2 for active sites, potentially impacting the efficiency of methanol synthesis. These insights provide an atomic-scale understanding of impurity–surface interactions and highlight the potential role of ZnO as an efficient feedstock purifier for CO2-rich gas streams.
Meema Bhati, Shweta Mehta And Kavita Joshi, Facets Matter: Understanding Role of Various ZnO Surfaces in CZA Catalyst for Converting CO2 to Methanol, ChemRxiv., , (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-31lpm.
The thermocatalytic hydrogenation of CO? to methanol over Cu/ZnO/Al?O? (CZA) catalysts offers an effective route for CO? utilization and methanol production. However, limited CO? conversion and catalyst deactivation remain major challenges. Under reaction conditions, ZnO, a crucial structural promoter in the CZA catalyst, is exposed to reactants and modulates CO? and H? activation. Despite its importance, the facet-dependent reactivity of ZnO remains poorly understood. Herein, periodic density functional theory (DFT) calculations were employed to investigate the adsorption and co-adsorption of CO? and H? on five ZnO surfaces: (101?0), (101?1), (112?0), (101?3), and (112?2). CO? physisorption on (101?1), (112?0), and (101?3) facets contributes to low conversion rates, whereas on (101?0), the formation of tridentate carbonate species blocks active sites. In contrast, the (112?2) facet stabilizes bidentate carbonate species that undergo stepwise hydrogenation to yield *COOH, *CHO, and *CH?O intermediates. Analysis of coordination, charge distribution, and projected density of states (pDOS) reveals Zn as the primary CO? activation site and O as responsible for H? dissociation. These results elucidate facet-dependent reactivity in ZnO and identify the ZnO(112?2) facet as a promising site for CO? hydrogenation in methanol synthesis.
Ashwini Verma And Kavita Joshi, What drives property prediction for solid-state hydrogen storage? Data or smart features?, ChemRxiv., , (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-9cvm9.
Metal hydrides play a pivotal role in a wide range of applications, including hydrogen storage, compression, heat management, and catalysis, making them a central focus of interdisciplinary research spanning chemistry, materials science, and engineering. The performance of the metal hydride based systems is strongly governed by the thermodynamics of metal-hydrogen interactions. Among key thermodynamic properties, the equilibrium plateau pressure (Peq ) is particularly critical, as it defines the conditions under which hydrogen absorption and desorption occur, directly influencing operating conditions of the system. Traditionally, determination of P eq requires extensive experimental measurements, limiting the pace of materials discovery. In this work, we introduce EquiP, a machine learning framework designed to predict P eq as a function of temperature. Beyond single-point predictions, EquiP generates complete Van’t Hoff plots (Peq vs. 1/T), enabling rapid determination of enthalpy (?H) and entropy (?S) of hydride formation. We further show that incorporating structural descriptors derived from X-ray diffraction (XRD) data enhances the performance of the model, with sparse training datasets. Comparative analyses demonstrate that the extended feature set improves predictive accuracy and generalises well to unseen hydride compositions. This work demonstrates that with limited data, intelligent feature design grounded in domain knowledge is the key to improving predictions of complex material properties.
Nageswararao Moyilla And Ganeshdev Padhi and Nagaraju Barsu*, Sustainable base-mediated chemical upcycling of poly (propylene carbonate) to ?-hydroxy sulfides and oxides, Green Chem., 27, 10543 - 10549 (2025), DOI:doi.org/10.1039/D5GC02451J.
Ganeshdev Padhi, Nageswararao Moyilla And Poorvi Purohit and Nagaraju Barsu* , Chemical Up-cycling of Waste Polyethylene to Linear Aliphatic di-Carbonyls (LACs), ChemRxiv., , (2025), DOI:Preprint.
Anjali Sharma, Dipak Dattatray Shinde, Chandan Mahajan, Neha V Dambhare, Arindam Biswas, Anurag Mitra, Vrushali S Girade And Arup K Rath, Synergistic Improvement of Narrow Bandgap PbS Quantum Dot Solar Cells through Surface Ligand Engineering, Near-Infrared Spectral Matching, and Enhanced Electrode Transparency, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces., 17, 6614 - 6625 (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c22334.
Neha V Dambhare, Arindam Biswas, Anjali Sharma, Dipak Dattatray Shinde, Anurag Mitra, Vrushali S Girade And Arup Kumar Rath, Fermi-Level Equilibrium-Driven Trap Filling in
Multibandgap PbS Quantum Dot Solids
Enabling Record Voltage Generation and
Improved Carrier Transport in High Performance Solar Cells, ACS Energy Letters., 10, 6336 - 6346 (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.5c03000.
V. S. Ajithkumar, Nripen Khilari, Pratiksha B. Ghanwat, Debasis Koley* And Sakya S. Sen*, C=C Insertion over N=C=O of Allyl Isocyanate into the Ge-Si Bond of a Germylene, Eur J. Inorg. Chem., 28, e202500305 (2025).
S. K. Verma, H. R. Patil And B. Punji, Nickel-Catalyzed Regioselective C-H Alkynylation of Pyridones and Isoquinolinones Using Alkynyl Bromides, ChemCatChem., 17, e202500338 (2025), DOI:10.1002/cctc.202500338.
Shatabdi Porel Mukherjee*, Sahil Dev, Avishek Saha, Mukta Kulkarni-Sambhare, Sailaja Krishnamurty And Seerat Amin, Process for production of Cobalt Molybdenum Oxide Nanostructures and oxidation of glycerol by the same, Provisional Patent Application (under process)., , (2025).
Swati Dilwale, Athira Babu, Fayis K P, Arun Torris, Priyanka P P, Suresh Bhat And Sreekumar Kurungot, Anode|Electrolyte|Cathode Interface Engineering to Develop Robust Zinc Metal Hydrogel Battery (Accepted Article), Journal of Materials Chemistry A., , (2025), DOI:10.1039/D5TA04128G.
Jadhav A P, Siby J, Pandya R, Vanka K, Krishnamoorthy K And Nithyanandhan J, Visible light Active -Extended Unsymmetrical Squaraine Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Steric Effects for Controlling the Aggregation of Dyes, ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 8, 15459 - 15470 (2025), DOI:10.1021/acsaem.5c02553.
Omkar G. Kavade, Paresh L. Dhepe , Nandini R. Devi And Satyam Naidu Vasireddy, Experimental investigation and lumped kinetic modeling studies for
upcycling of polyolefins, Journal of The Indian Chemical Society., 2025, 102127 (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jics.2025.102127.
Sujeet Kumar Sahu, Harish Mudaliyar, Anil K. Kinage And Satyam Naidu Vasireddy, Kinetics and Mechanistic Insights in Hydrogenation of Eugenol using Ru-based Catalyst, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research., 64, 17403 - 17416 (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.5c01865.
Yogesh Kumar, Sidharth Barik, Geeta Pandurang Kharabe, Arun Torris, Mayank Singh, S Mohan, Chaitanya Galave, Jyoti Tekawadia, Rajesh Kanawade And Sreekumar Kurungot, Binder-Free In Situ Interface Reconstruction of NiMoO4 Nanorods Over Ni(OH)2 Nanosheets for Efficient Urea Oxidation, Advanced Sustainable Systems., , (2025), DOI:10.1002/adsu.202500883.
Ehtesham Anwar, Ujjwal Kumar Nandi, Palak Patel, Sanket Kumawat And Sarika Maitra Bhattacharyya, Dynamic signature of the thermodynamic transition in a novel mean field system, Journal of chemical physics., 163, 084510 (2025), DOI:10.1063/5.0283034.
Purnima Rawat, Shivamurthy B. P , Vaibhav J. Patil And Nayaka G. P* , Waste-to-sensor: Repurposing spent Li-ion battery graphite into reduced graphene oxide for electrochemical detection of ascorbic acid (IF: 10.9), Resources Conservation and Recycling., 255, 108610 (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2025.108610.
Ganeshdev Padhi#, Kishor V. Khopade#, Nageswararao Moyilla, Raghavendrakumar Rangappa, Samir H. Chikkali* And Nagaraju Barsu*, Ruthenium-Catalyzed Deconstruction of Polyolefins: A Strategy to Up-cycle Waste Polyethylene to Value-Added Alkene, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 64, e202422609 (2025), DOI:10.1002/anie.202422609.
# G.P. and K.V.K. contributed equally;
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202422609
Subhadip Mishra, Sourav Kar, Raghavendrakumar Rangappa, Prashant Patil, Vijay Kadam, Samir H. Chikkali And Ramesh C. Samanta* , Electrochemical Deconstruction of Waste Polyvinylidene
Chloride (PVDC) to Value-Added Products in Batch and
Flow, Chem. Eur. J., 2025, e202403980 (2025), DOI:doi.org/10.1002/chem.202403980.
https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202403980
Tanuja Tewari, Maulali Shaikh, Himanshu Sharma, Kumar Vanka And Samir H. Chikkali*, Iron-Catalyzed Chemoselective Reduction of Enimines to N-Allylic Amines via Hydrosilylation, Asian J. Org. Chem., 14, e202400762 (2025), DOI:10.1002/ajoc.202400762.
Abhijit H. Menon, Seena Joseph, * Maulali H. Shaikh And Samir H. Chikkali *, Renewable and Degradable Polyoxalates Derived from
Castor Oil, Macromol. Chem. Phys., 226, e00113 (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.202500113.
Kishor V. Khopade, Dnyaneshwar V. Bodkhe And Samir H. Chikkali*, Waste Polyethylene to Long-chain Unsaturated Esters and Alcohols via Alkene Cross-metathesis, J. Macromol. Sci. Part A: Pure & Appl., 62, 660 - 668 (2025), DOI:10.1080/10601325.2025.2533794.
Lavanya K And Paresh Dhepe, Chitosan-derived carbon supported ruthenium catalyst for
efficient hydrogenation of Levulinic acid to ?-valerolactone, Sustainable Energy & FuelsRoyal Society of Chemistry., , (2025), DOI:0.1039/D5SE00988J.
Ashwini Verma And Kavita Joshi, PCTpro: A Machine learning model for rapid prediction of Pressure-Composition-Temperature (PCT) isotherms, iScience., 28, 112251 (2025), DOI:10.1016/j.isci.2025.112251.
e present a machine-learning powered Metal Hydride’s Pressure-Composition-Temperature isotherm Predictor (MH-PCTpro) for metal compositions. To train the MH-PCTpro, an experimental database of PCT isotherms is built from published literature. The database comprises over 14,000 data points extracted from 237 PCT isotherms representing 138 distinct compositions. The dataset encompasses more than 25 elements and spans a broad spectrum of absorption temperatures (263–653 K) and hydrogen pressures (0.001–40 MPa). The model is validated on a wide range of alloy families and its predictions are consistent with experimental results. The model also captures temperature-dependent variations in plateau pressure, enabling determination of enthalpy and entropy of hydride formation through Van’t Hoff plots. Hence, MH-PCTpro can be used as an ML tool for guiding PCT experiments, offering PCT isotherm predictions and valuable thermodynamic insights into materials suitable for solid-state hydrogen storage.
Priyanka Pandinhare Puthiyaveetil, Aathira Nair, Swati Dilwale, Maria Kurian, Kavita Joshi And Sreekumar Kurungot, Insights on Prussian Blue Analogue Cathode Material Engineered with Polypyrrole Surface Protection Layer for Aqueous Rechargeable Zinc Metal Battery, small., 21, 2409947 (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202409947.
One of the key intricacies against using Prussian blue analogues (PBAs) in aqueous batteries is their gradual dissolution in aqueous electrolytes, resulting in inadequate cycling stability. Besides, the rate capability of PBAs is limited due to their poor electrical conductivity. To overcome these challenges, it is essential to tune the physical and chemical properties of PBAs at the nano regime without affecting the inherent charge storage properties, especially at high-voltage operating conditions. Through this work, a strategy is demonstrated to enhance the electrochemical performance of vanadium-based PBA (V-PBA) by surface engineering using a conducting polymer nano-skin (V-PBA/PPy) for aqueous zinc metal batteries. The polypyrrole (PPy) nano-skin over the V-PBA nanoparticles acts as an electron percolation path to ameliorate the poor electronic conductivity of the otherwise pristine V-PBA. Interestingly, the V-PBA with an optimized polypyrrole coating (V-PBA/PPy-2) exhibits an enhanced specific capacity (173 mAh g?1 at 0.10 A g?1) than the pristine V-PBA counterpart (80 mAh g?1) and 85% capacity retention up to 500 cycles. The DFT calculation confirms the synergistic interaction between PPy and V-PBA and the presence of PPy favors the adsorption of Zn.
C Das, N Sinha, A Nair, S Pal, K Joshi And P Roy, Chlorophobic Iron Hydrogen Phosphite as OER-Active Electrocatalyst in Anion Exchange Membrane (Sea)Water Electrolysis, small., 21, 2505781 (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202505781.
Seawater electrolysis is recognized as a promising technology to cater to the worldwide drive for sustainable hydrogen production; however, its practical viability is often hindered by the inevitable anode corrosion arising from the electrode side reactions owing to the presence of high chloride content which eventually degrade the electrode performance eventually. Herein, the design of unprecedented ammonium iron hydrogen phosphite (FeHPhi) along with a trace amount of Cu, is reported as the unique and much desired electrode material for seawater electrolysis due to its special chloride repellant nature along with great electrocatalytic activity toward water oxidation. The [HPO3]2? oxoanion as Lewis base in the structure effectively restricts chloride ions, while the Fe center acts as Lewis acid offering an active site for water oxidation, also well-supported theoretically. Leveraging this frustrated Lewis pair combination, the electrocatalyst achieves a high current density of 500 mA cm?2 at 344 mV overpotential in alkaline real seawater with impressive robustness to sustain for 200 h when operated under chlorine evolution reaction dominating region (>2 V). The electrocatalyst also demonstrates superior performance in anion exchange membrane freshwater and seawater electrolysis, demonstrating its potential applicability.
C B Nichinde, M Bhati, A S Girase, B R Patil, S S Chaudhari, R K Gamidi, K Joshi And A K Kinage, A Sequential Nitro?Michael Addition and Reductive Cyclization Cascade Reaction for Diastereoselective Synthesis of Multifunctionalized 3, 3??pyrrolidinyl?spirooxindoles, European Journal of Organic Chemistry., 28, e202401121 (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202401121.
In this investigation, we elucidated, one-pot two stage efficient synthesis of multifuctionalized spiro[oxindole ?3,3?-pyrrolidine]. The methodology proceeds via organocatalyzed nitro-Michael addition reaction between indolylidenecyanoesters and nitroalkanes to formed nitro-Michael adduct which transformed into multifunctionalized 3,3?-pyrrolidinyl-spirooxindoles by metal catalyzed reductive cyclization cascade. DFT investigations were conducted to elucidate the mechanism underlying the preferential reduction of the nitro group, with subsequent attack on the nitrile and ester groups remain inert throughout the reaction process. The approach is operationally simple, easily scalable, exhibits compatibility with readily accessible starting material and catalysts, thereby emphasizing cost-effectiveness.
Piyush Ranjan Maharana*, Ashwini Verma And Kavita Joshi*, Retrieval augmented generation for building datasets from scientific literature, JPhys Materials., 8, 035006 (2025), DOI:10.1088/2515-7639/ade1fa.
In this work, we show that employing retrieval augmented generation (RAG) with a large language model (LLM) enables us to extract accurate data from scientific literature and construct datasets. The rapid growth in publications necessitates the automation of the extraction of structured data, as it is crucial for training machine learning(ML) models. The pipeline developed is simple and can be adjusted accordingly with natural language as input. Quantization enables us to run LLMs on consumer hardware and remove the reliance on closed-source models. Both Llama3-8B and Gemma2-9B with RAG give structured output consistently and with high accuracy as compared to direct prompting. Using the newly developed protocol, we created a data set of metal hydrides for solid-state hydrogen storage from paper abstracts. The accuracy of the generated dataset was 88% in the cases tested. Further, we demonstrate that the generated dataset is ready-to-use for ML models by testing it with HYST to predict the H at a given temperature. Thus, we demonstrate a pipeline to create datasets from scientific literature at minimal computational cost and high accuracy.
M. Mujahid, Akshay A. Bhavar, Vijay Vara, Rajesh Gonnade And and M. Muthukrishnan*, EfficientCopper-Catalyzed,One-Pot Synthesis ofN2-Aryl
Phosphoryl 1,2,3-Triazole 1-Oxides, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry., , (2025), DOI:doi.org/10.1002/ajoc.202500162.
Devika K S, Amaya O K, Suresha P R, Arun Torris, Suresh Bhat And Manohar Badiger, Inverse Emulsion Polymerization: A Strategy for Synthesizing Acrylamide Copolymer to Enhance Kaolin Flocculation, Polymer International., , (2025), DOI:10.1002/pi.70032.
Devika Shaji, Amaya O K, Suresha Ranganath, Arun Torris, Suresh Bhat And Manohar Badiger, Inverse emulsion polymerization: a strategy for synthesizing acrylamide copolymer to enhance kaolin flocculation, Polymer International., , (2025), DOI:10.1002/pi.70032.
Ajit Kumar Singh, Deepika Sharma, Devesh Kumar Singh, Sonu Sarraf, Aviru Kumar Basu, Vellaichamy Ganesan, Avishek Saha And * Arindam Indra, Oxidase-Like Nanozyme Activity of Ultrathin Copper Metal–Organic Framework Nanosheets With High Specificity for Catechol Oxidation, ChemCatChem., 17, e202401029 (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202401029.
Mukta Kulkarni-Sambhare, Kranti N Salgaonkar, Avishek Saha And Chinnakonda S Gopinath, Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Glycerol Oxidation to Value-Added and Highly Selective Glyceric/Lactic Acid, ChemCatChem., , (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202500641.
Rohitkumar V Abhang And Prathmesh N Bhagwat and Kishor L. Handore*, Efficient Synthesis of Functionalized Alkylidenephthalides, Butenolides, Pyranones, and Isocoumarins via I2–PPh3: Synthesis of Thunberginols A and F, organic and biomolecular chemistry., , (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/D5OB01153A.
Vijayanand U. Survase, Avinash D. Rokade And Kishor L. Handore*, Diastereoselective Synthesis of Cyclic and Spirocyclic Quaternary Carbons via Iron-Catalyzed Ring Contraction of Cyclic Ketones: A Formal Synthesis of Perhydrohistrionicotoxin, Organic Letters., , (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.5c02888.
Akshay M. Akhade, Avinash D. Rokade And Kishor L. Handore*, Synthesis of Readily Modifiable Amides from Aldehydes via an Organocatalytic Approach Using a CTAB Surfactant, J. Org. Chem., , (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.5c01290.
Maria Kurian, Suresha Ranganath, Vidyanand Vijayakumar, Sneha Sivadasan, Rachna Maria Kurian, Manohar V. Badiger And Sreekumar Kurungot , F-Doped Nickel Cobalt Oxide-Carbon Composite Electrocatalysts Paired with Mechanically Robust Anion-Conducting Chitosan Membranes for Flexible and Rechargeable Zinc–Air Batteries, ACS Applied Energy Materials., , (2025), DOI:10.1021/acsaem.4c01261.
Ashwini Wali, Ajay Khairnar, Arun Torris And Manohar Badiger , Halloysite nanoclay incorporated gelatine electrospun fibre for bio?separations: synthesis, characterization and biological studies, Polymer International., , (2025), DOI:10.1002/pi.6777.
Revati Dokhe, Atul Ugale, Onkar Dube, Vaibhav Varpe, Chaitanya Galave, Gangadhar Hattale, Rutuja Kadam, Vishal Virole, Ajay Kumar, Sudhir Husale, Varun Natu, Rahul Shevate And Rajesh Kanawade, Optimisation of metallic bismuth nanoparticle supported Pt–Bi(x%)/C hybrid electrocatalyst for cost effective and efficient hydrogen production in alkaline media, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy., 161, 150699 (2025), DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2025.150699.
Anirudh Murali And Ram Rup Sarkar*, Impact of gravitational forces on Red Blood Cell dynamics in biofluid suspension, Life Sciences in Space Research., Volume 47, 197 - 210 (2025), DOI:10.1016/j.lssr.2025.06.012.
Dheerendra Singh, Shunottara M. Jogdand, R. Nandini Devi And and Paresh L. Dhepe, Continuous FlowHydrodeoxygenation of Lignin-Derived
Guaiacol toCyclohexanol over DurableAl2O3 HollowFiber
SupportedCoCatalyst, ChemCatChem., , (2025), DOI:doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202500656.
Kritika Gour, Debjit Pramanik, Soumya Ranjan Dash, Dipak Dattatray Shinde, Geethu Venugopal, Kumar Vanka, * Arup K. Rath* And Sakya S. Sen*, Germylene Mediated Reductive C–C and C-N Coupling of an Isocyanide and its Device Application, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 64, e202417052 (2025).
