Name: M. Suresh

Registration: CUJ/P/2014/PHDAC/003

ORCID:--

Research title: Total Synthesis of Naturally Occurring Illudalanes
Major area of study: Total synthesis Natural products, synthetic organic chemistry

List of Papers in Journals:

1. Suresh, M.; Kumar. N.; Veeraragavaiah, G.; Hazra, S.; Singh, R. B. J. Nat. Prod. 2016, 79, 2740–2743.
2. Suresh, M.; Kumari, A.; Das, D.; Singh, R. B. J. Nat. Prod. 2018, 81, 2111-2114.
3. Suresh, M.; Kumari, A.; Singh, R. B. Tetrahedron 2019, 75, 3605-3608.
4. Suresh, M.; Kumari, A.; Singh, R. B. Tetrahedron 2019, 75, 130573

Status of PhD research:  Submitted

Name: Neha Singh

Registration: CUJ/CAC/2014/PHD/01

Publications:

1. N. Singh,  S. Jana, G. Prasad Singh and R. K. Dey 2020, Graphene-supported TiO2: study of promotion of charge carrier in photocatalytic water splitting and methylene blue dye degradation, Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials, Vol. 3, issue pp.127–140, ISSN : 2522-0136, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42114-020-00140-w 
2. V. Kumar, Neha Singh, S. Jana, S. K. Rout, R. K. Dey, G. P. Singh, 2020, Surface polar charge induced Ni loaded CdS heterostructure nanorod for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (in Press), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.06.176

2018

1.  S. Jana, N. Singh, A. S. Bhattacharyya and G. P. Singh (2018): Synthesis of Self-Assembled rGO-Co3O4 Nanoparticles in Nanorods Structure for Supercapacitor Application, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance Vol. 27(6), pp. 2741–2746, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-018-3361-3

Book Chapter

1. G. P. Singh, N. Singh, R. K. Dey, and Kamal Prasad, 2018, Hydrothermal Synthesis of Hybrid Nanoparticles for Future Directions of Renewal Energy Applications, In: Exploring the Realms of Nature for Nanosynthesis, Ram Prasad, Anal Jha, Kamal Prasad (eds), Springer, Nature Switzerland AG 2018, ISBN: 9783319995700 (online) 9783319995694 (print).
2. N. Singh, R. Kumar, R. K. Dey and G. P. Singh, 2015, Synthesis of Reduced Graphene-TiO2 photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution, In: Application of Nanostructured Materials for Energy and Environmental Technology, V. Rajendran, P. Paramasivam and K.E. Geckeler (eds.), Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, pp-219-222, ISBN: 978-93-85436-91-8.

Status of PhD research:  Submitted thesis.

Name: Saurabh Kumar Singh

Registration: 18170201002

ORCID:

Research title: Development of green synthetic method and their application
Major area of study: Organic Synthesis

List of Papers in Journals:

• Kumari, A; S.K; Singh, P.; Ghosh, R.B.; Bhunia, S.; Synthetic communication.,2020, 2313-2318

Status of PhD research:  Ongoing (2018 - )

Name: Subham Behera

Registration:19170201003

ORCID:

Research title: Synthesis and Reactions of some Biologically Active Nitrogen Heterocycles

Major area of study: Organic Synthesis

List of Papers in Journals:

Status of PhD research:  Ongoing (2019 - )

Name: Md Golam Mustafa

Registration:19170201001

ORCID: NOT REGISTERD

Research title: Development of biofuels using supported catalysts

Major area of study: Biofuels

List of Papers in Journals: N.A.

Status of PhD research:  Ongoing (2019 - )

Name: Munmun Choudhary

Registration:19170201002

ORCID:

Research title: Transition Metal Catalysed Heterocyclization

Major area of study: Organometallic Chemistry

List of Papers in Journals: N.A.

Status of PhD research:  Ongoing (2019 - )

Name: Md. Atif. Qaiyum

Registration: 19170201004

ORCID:

Research title: Dye and Heavy metal Sequestration from water using Sustainable Adsorption technology

List of papers in journal:

• Kumari, R.; Khan, Md. A.; Mahto, M.; Qaiyum, Md. A.; Mohanta, J.; Dey, B.; Dey. S*. 2020, Dewaxed Honeycomb as a Promising Scavenger for Malachite Green from Water, ACS Omega, 5, 19548−19556.

Status of PhD research: Ongoing (2019 -)

Name: Priyanka Priyadarsini Samal

Registration: 20170201002

ORCID: N.A.

Research title: Synthesis of Micro/Nano-structured Materials for Efficient Removal of Dyes and Heavy Metals from Water and Wastewater

Major area of study: Environmental and sustainable Technologies

List of Papers in Journals: N.A.

Status of PhD research:  Ongoing (2020 - )

Name: Priyamvada Kumari

Registration: 20170201001

ORCID: N.A.

Research title: To be decided

Major area of study: Environmental and sustainable Technologies

List of Papers in Journals: N.A.

Status of PhD research:  Ongoing (2020 - )

Registration: CUJ/P/2013/PHDAC/003

ORCID: 0000-0002-8783-2461

Research title: “Synthesis and studies on block copolymers with   special functionality”

Major area of study: Block copolymers, Nanomaterials, Biopolymers

List of Papers in Journals:

• Pallavi Kumari, T. Sayas, P. Bucki, S. B. Miyara, M. Kleiman, 2020. Real-Time Visualization of Cellulase Activity by Microorganisms on Surface. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21:6593. ISSN 1422-0067.
• Pallavi Kumari, T. Sayas, M. Kleiman, 2020. Biomimetic Replication of Root Surface Microstructure using Alteration of Soft Lithography. Journal of Visualized Experiments doi: 10.3791/61437.
• Pallavi Kumari, N. Ginzburg, T. Sayas, S. Saphier, P. Bucki, S.B. Miyara, D.L. Caldwell,A.S. Iyer-Pascuzzi, M. Kleiman, 2020. A biomimetic platform for studying root- environment interaction. Plant and Soil. 447:157–168. ISSN: 1573-5036
• Koomkoom Khawas, S. Daripa, P. Kumari, S. Das, R.K. Dey, B.K. Kuila, 2019 Highly Water-Soluble Rod–Coil Conjugated Block Copolymer for Efficient Humidity Sensor. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. DOI 10.1002/macp.201900013: ISSN: 1521- 3935.
• Koomkoom Khawas, S. Daripa, P. Kumari, B.K. Kuila, 2019. Simple Synthesis of End Functionalized Regioregular Poly(3-Hexyl thiophene) by Catalytic-Initiated Kumada Catalyst Transfer Polymerization. Journal of Polymer Science, polymer Chemistry, Part A. 57: 945–951. ISSN: 1099-0518.
• Koomkoom Khawas, S. Daripa, P. Kumari, and B.K. Kuila, 2018. Electrochemical and Electronic Properties of Transparent Coating from Highly Solution Processable Graphene Using Block Copolymer Supramolecular Assembly: Application toward Metal Ion Sensing and Resistive Switching Memory. ACS Omega. 3:7106 -7116. ISSN: 2470-1343.
• Koomkoom Khawas, P. Kumari, S. Daripa, R. Oraon, B. K. Kuila, 2017. Hierarchical Polyaniline-MnO2-Reduced Graphene Oxide Ternary Nanostructures with  Whiskers-  Like Polyaniline for Supercapacitor Application. Chemistry Select. 2: 11783–11789. ISSN: 2365-6549.
• Pallavi Kumari, K. Khawas, M.K. Bera, S. Hazra, S. Malik, B.K. Kuila, 2017. Enhanced charge carrier mobility and tailored luminescence of n-type organic semiconductor through block copolymer supramolecular assembly. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 218:1600508-1600519. ISSN: 1521-3935.
• Pallavi Kumari, K. Khawas, S. Hazra, B.K.Kuila, 2016. Poly(3-hexyl thiophene)-b- Poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide): Synthesis and its composition dependent structural, solubility, thermoresponsive, electrochemical, and electronic properties. Journal of Polymer Science, polymer Chemistry, Part A 54:1785–1794. ISSN: 1099-0518.
• Pallavi Kumari, K. Khawas, B.K.Kuila , 2016. A supramolecular approach to Polyaniline graphene nanohybrid with three dimensional pillar structures for high performing electrochemical supercapacitor applications. Electrochimica Acta 190:596– 604. ISSN: 0013-4686.
• Pallavi Kumari, M.K.Bera, S. Malik, B.K Kuila, 2015. Amphiphilic and Thermoresponsive conjugated Block copolymer with its solvent dependent optical and photoluminescence properties: Towards Sensing Applications. ACS Applied Material and Interfaces 7:12348–12354. ISSN: 1944-8244.

Status of PhD research: Awarded on 7th June 2017

Name: Dr. Prajna Mishra

Registration: CUJ/2013/PHD/CAC/002

ORCID: Scopus Author ID: 57208807784 ; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1906-0244

Research title: Development of PEGylated Polymers  for Biomedical Applications

Major area of study: Polymeric Biomaterial  and  Drug Delivery.

List of Papers in Journals:

 1. P. Mishra, R.K. Dey, 2018, Co-delivery of docetaxel and doxorubicin using biodegradable PEG-PLA micelles for treatment of breast cancer with synergistic anti-tumour effects. Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A: Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2018. 55(3): p. 310-316,  ISSN:1060-1325

2. P. Mishra, R.K. Dey, 2018, Development of Docetaxel Loaded PEG-PLA Nano-Particles Using Surfactant Free Method for Controlled Release Studies. International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials, 2018. 67(9): p. 535-542, ISSN: 0091-4037
 
3. P. Mishra, A. Barik, P. Parhi, R.K. Dey, 2016, Poly (ethylene glycol)-Poly (lactic acid) Polymeric Micelles as Novel Drug Delivery System in Cancer Therapy: An Overview. Trends in Biomaterials & Artificial Organs, 2016. 30(1): p.140-150. ISSN: 0971-1198

4. P. Mishra, B. Nayak, R.K. Dey,,2016,  PEGylation in anti-cancer therapy: An Overview. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2016. 11(3): p. 337-348. ISSN: 1818-0876

Status of PhD research:  Awarded on 13/08/2018

Name: Dr. Simpi Bhawna Patel

Registration: CUJ/P/2013/PhD/CAC/004

ORCID: 0000-0003-2062-4040

Research title: Defluoridation of aqueous solution using hybrid sorbents:             synthesis and batch adsorption studies

Major area of study: Adsorption of fluoride from water using hybrid materials and synthesis of sorbents. Evaluation of adsorption characteristics (batch adsorption technique – variation of pH, temp, conc., time, dose).

List of Papers in Journals: 5

Status of PhD research:   Awarded on 14/012019

Name: Dr. Samba Sivaiah, B

Registration: CUJ/P/2013/CAC/PHD/001

ORCID: 0000-0002-6876-4248

Research title: Studies of Pyrrole Based Ligands: Synthesis, Structure and Reactivity

Major area of study: Supramolecular Chemistry

List of Papers in Journals:

B. Sambasivaiah, Roshni Kumari and Soumen Dey, 2017 “Synthesis of β-Octabromo meso- tetracycloheptyl Porphyrinogen and its Application in Arsenic Removal” Journal of Applicable Chemistry, , 6 (6): 1031-1039.
Status of PhD research: Awarded on  08/10/2018

Name: Dr. Nadish Saba

Reg: CUJ/P/2013/PHDAC/005

Research Title: Heterocyclic chemistry

List of papers in Journals:

N.Saba, J.Swain, R.K.Dey, A.K.Padhy, pH induced molecular self-assemblyof perylene based imidazolate ester: a probable marker for biological species, Ind J Biochemistry & Biophysics, 2018, 55, 7 to 11, 0.579, 1104/20723.
Arun K Padhy, N.Saba, K.H.Waris, P.K.Sahu, Synthesis & Rearrangement of some imidazole diazoether, Applied Science & Advanced Materials International, 2016, 3, 07-Mar, 2394-3173.

Name: Dr. Benjamin Raj

Registration: CUJ/P/2014/PHDAC/002

ORCID: 0000-0001-8963-1527

Research title: Studies on Synthesis and Applications of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles from Imidazole Based Organic Precursor

Major area of study: Synthesis of metal oxide, metal sulphide, and their composite material with carbonous materials and their probable electrochemical application in the field of energy storage system and sensors.

• Development of SnO2@rGO hybrid nanocomposites through complexometric approach for multi-dimensional electrochemical application.
• Benjamin Raj, Ramesh Oraon, Mamata Mohapatra, Suddhasatwa Basu, Arun K. Padhy. Journal of Electrochemical Society. 167 (2020) 167518.

• Futuristic direction for R&D challenges to develop 2D advanced materials based supercapacitors. Benjamin Raj, Arun. K. Padhy, Suddhasatwa Basu, and Mamata Mohapatra. Journal of Electrochemical Society.  167 (13) (2020) 136501.
• N-doped ZnO: Efficient photocatalyst for decomposition of methylene blue.
• Benjamin Raj, Kishor Kumar Sahu, Mamata Mohapatra, and Arun Kumar Padhy. Recent Innovation in Chemical Engineering. 13 (4) (2020) 332-342.

• Unravelling for 1st time Electrochemical Sensing of As (III) by 3D Cavitized Kagome type lattice.
• Priyanka Mukherjee, Benjamin Raj , A.K. Padhy, Kali Sanjay, Mamata Mohapatra, Suddhasatwa Basu. Journal of Electroanalytical chemistry. 877 (2020) 114725.

• Simple and cost-effective sonochemical preparation of ternary NZnO–Mn2O3@rGO nanohybrid: a potential electrode material for supercapacitor and ammonia sensing.
• Benjamin Raj & Ramesh Oraon & Arun Kumar Padhy. Ionics. 25(7) 2019 3351-3362.

• Imidazole framework based metal oxide nanoparticles photocatalyst: An approach towards amputation of organic pollutants from water. (Book chapter in Elsevier)
• Benjamin Raj, Arun Kumar Padhy, Gajendra Prasad Singh, Ratan Kumar Dey, and Ramesh Oraon. Nano-Materials as Photocatalysts for Degradation of Environmental Pollutants. (2020) 173-193.

• Calcination strategy for scalable synthesis of pithecellobium type hierarchical dual-phase nanostructured CuxO to columnar self assembling CuO and their electrochemical performances. Kishor Kumar Sahu, Benjamin Raj, Suddhasatwa Basu, and Mamata Mohapatra. ACS Omega. 6 (2021) 1108-1118.

Status of PhD research:  Awarded on 13-01-2020

Name:  Dr. Roshni Kumari

Registration: CUJ/2015/CAC/PHD/01

ORCID: NA         

Research Title: Natural and Synthetic Adsorbents for Removal of Toxic Dyes: Batch, Column and In-field Studies

Major area of study: Phytoremediation, Synthesis of composites, Toxicity.

List of papers in Journals:

• Mohanta, J.; Kumari, R.; Qaiyum, M.A., Dey, B.; Dey, S*. 2021, Alkali assisted hydrophobic reinforcement of Coconut fiber for enhanced removal of cationic dyes: equilibrium, kinetics and thermodynamic insight, Int. J. Phytorem. (in press).
• Jhilirani Mohanta, Roshni Kumari, BanashreeDey, SoumenDey,* 2021, Highly Porous Iron–Zirconium-Zinc Ternary Metal Oxide Scaffold: Facile Synthesis and Efficient Removal of Malachite Green from Water, J. Chem. Engg. Data.,66(1), 297-307.
• Roshni Kumari, Kumari Pragati Nanda, Hena Firdaus,* Soumen Dey*, COVID -19: A critical review on viral biochemistry, environmental transmission, therapeutics and safety measures, EJBIO, Accepted, 2020.
• Roshni Kumari, Md. Adnan Khan, Mithilesh Mahto, Jhilirani Mohanta, Banashree Dey, Soumen Dey,* Dewaxed Honeycomb as Economic and Sustainable Scavenger for Malachite Green from Water,  ACS Omega, 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c02011.
• Roshni Kumari, Soumen Dey*, Synthesis of Porous Iron – Zirconium mixed oxide Fabricated Ethylene diamine composite for removal of Cationic dye, Desalination and Water Treatment,  2019, 158, 319-329.
• Roshni Kumari, Soumen Dey*, A Breakthrough Column Study for Removal of Malachite Green Using Coco – Peat; International Journal of Phytoremediation, 2019, 21(12),1263-1271.
• Roshni Kumari, JhiliraniMohanta, BanashreeDey, SoumenDey*, Eucalyptus Leaf powder as an efficient scavenger for Congo Red from water: Comprehensive batch and column investigation,  Separation Science and Technology, 2019, DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2019.1670208.
• Roshni Kumari, SoumenDey*, Facile Removal of Congo Red using Mahua Seeds (Madhucalongifolia), A Low Cost Adsorbent. International Journal of Green and Herbal Chemistry, 2018, Sec A, 7(2), 237-250.
• B. Sambasivaiah, Roshni Kumari and SoumenDey*, Synthesis of β-OctabromoMeso-TetracycloheptylPorphyrinogen and its Application in Arsenic Removal, Journal of Applicable Chemistry, 2017, 6 (6), 1031-1039.

Status of PhD research: Awarded on 29/09/2020

Name: Dr. Koomkoom Khawas

Registration Number: CUJ/2015/CAC/PHD/02

Research Title: Synthesis of end-functionalized poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) using simple methodology and studies of some conducting polymer based devices

Major Area of Research: Synthesis of conjugated polymers and their block copolymers as well as studies of some conducting polymer based composites

Ph.D. Awarded on: 08/08/2019

Research Papers/Publications:

• Daripa, S.; Khawas, K.; Sharma, A.; Kumar, A.; Pal, B.; Das, S.; Jit, S.; K.; Kuila, B. K. Simple and Direct Synthetic Route to a Rod-Coil Conjugated Block Copolymer either from Rod or Coil Block using a Single Bi-Functional Initiator, Solvent Dependent Self-Assembly and Field Effect Mobility Study. ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2020, 2, 1283−1293.
• Khawas, K.; Daripa, S. Kumari, P.; Das, S.; Dey, R. K.; Kuila, B. K. Highly Water-Soluble Rod–Coil Conjugated Block Copolymer for Efficient Humidity Sensor. Macromolecular Chemistry Physics 2019, 1900013.
• Daripa, S.; Khawas, K.; Das, S.; Dey, R. K.; Kuila, B. K. Aligned Proton Conducting Graphene Sheets via Block Copolymer Supramolecular Assembly and Their Application for Highly Transparent Moisture Sensing Conductive Coating. Chemistry Select 2019, 4, 7523 –7531.
• Khawas K.; Daripa, S.; Kumari, P.; Bera, M. K.; Malik, S.; Kuila, B. K. Simple Synthesis of End Functionalized Regioregular Poly(3-Hexyl thiophene) by Catalytic-Initiated Kumada Catalyst Transfer Polymerization. Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2019, 57, 945–951.
• Khawas K.; Daripa, S.;  Kumari, P.; Kuila, B. K. Electrochemical and Electronic Properties of Transparent Coating from Highly Solution Processable Graphene Using Block Copolymer Supramolecular Assembly: Application toward Metal Ion Sensing and Resistive Switching Memory. ACS Omega 2018, 3, 7106−7116.

• Khawas, K.; Kumari, P.; Daripa, S. Oraon, R.; Kuila, B. K. Hierarchical Polyaniline-MnO2-Reduced Graphene Oxide Ternary Nanostructures with Whiskers-Like Polyaniline for Supercapacitor Application. Chemistry Select 2017, 1, 1 –8.
• Kumari, P.;  Khawas, K.; Bera, M. K.; Hazra, S.; Malik, S.; Kuila, B. K. Enhanced Charge Carrier Mobility and Tailored Luminescence of n-Type Organic Semiconductor through Block Copolymer Supramolecular Assembly.Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics 2017, 218, 1600508.
• Kumari, P.; Khawas, K. Nandy, S.; Kuila, B. K. A supramolecular approach to Polyaniline graphene nanohybrid with three dimensional pillar structures for high performing electrochemical supercapacitor applications. Electrochimica Acta 2016, 190, 596–604.
• Kumari, P.; Khawas, K.; Hazra, S.; Kuila, B. K. Poly(3-hexyl thiophene)-b-Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide): Synthesis and Its Composition Dependent Structural, Solubility, Thermoresponsive, Electrochemical and Electronic Properties. Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2016, 54, 1785–1794.