Major Research Areas:
# Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs)/Porous Coordination Polymers (PCPs)
# Organic Crystalline Materials based on supramolecular and/covalent interactions.
# Structure-property correlation studies of dynamic frameworks.
# Functional studies like chemical separation, gas storage, conductivity, sensing etc.
# Materials for chemical industry, energy and environmental applications
Selected publications:
Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks: A New Class of Porous Crystalline Proton Conducting Materials
A. Karmakar, R. Illathvalappil, B. Anothumakkool, A. Sen, P. Samanta, A. V. Desai, S. Kurungot and S. K. Ghosh
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201604534R1
A Water Stable Cationic Metal-Organic Framework as Dual Adsorbent of Oxo-Anion Pollutants
Aamod V. Desai, Biplab Manna, Avishek Karmakar, Amit Sahu and Sujit K. Ghosh
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 7811-7815. Web link
Selective and Sensitive Aqueous Phase Detection of TNP (2,4,6- trinitro phenol) by an Amine Functionalized Metal-organic Framework
Biplab Joarder, Aamod V. Desai, Partha Samanta, Soumya Mukherjee and Sujit K. Ghosh
Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 965 -969 Web link (Times cited: > 30)
Two-in-one: Inherent Anhydrous and Water-assisted High Proton Conduction in a 3D Metal-organic Framework
Sanjog S. Nagarkar, Sreekuttan M. Unni, Amitosh Sharma, Sreekumar Kurungot, and Sujit K. Ghosh
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 2683-2642. Web link (Times cited: > 60)
A Fluorescent metal-organic framework for highly selective detection of nitroexplosive in aqueous phase
Sanjog S. Nagarkar, Aamod V. Desai, and Sujit K. Ghosh
Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 8915-8918. Web link (Times cited: > 70)
In the top 10% of highly cited articles published between 2013 and 2014 by RSC
Highly Selective Detection of Nitro-Explosive by a Luminescent Metal-Organic Framework.
Sanjog S. Nagarkar, Biplab Joarder, Abhijeet K. Chaudhari, Soumya Mukherjee and Sujit K. Ghosh
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 2881-2885. Web link (Times cited: > 270)
Highlighted in the most cited page of ACIE (among all published papers in 2013 or 2014; only communications: 2nd rank and all types of articles: 10th rank)
Dynamic Structural Behavior and Anion-Responsive Tunable Luminescence of a Flexible Cationic Metal-Organic Framework
Biplab Manna, Abhijeet K. Chaudhari, Biplab Joarder, Avishek Karmakar and Sujit K. Ghosh
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 998-1002. Web link (Times cited: > 80 )
An Ultrahydrophobic Fluorous Metal-organic Framework As A Promising Platform To Tackle Marine Oil Spills
S. Mukherjee, A.M. Kansara, D. Saha, R. Gonnade, D. Mullangi, B. Manna, A. V. Desai, S. H. Thorat, P. S. Singh, A. Mukherjee, and S. K. Ghosh
Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 0000-0000
Bimodal functionality in a porous covalent triazine framework by rational integration of electron rich and deficient pore surface
Avishek Karmakar, Amrit Kumar, Abhijeet K. Chaudhari,Partha Samanta, Aamod V. Desai, Rajamani Krishna and Sujit K. Ghosh
Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 4931-4937 Web link
A Post-synthetically Modified MOF for Selective and Sensitive Aqueous Phase Detection of Highly Toxic Cyanide ion
Avishek Karmakar, Naveen Kumar, Partha Samanta, Aamod V. Desai and Sujit K. Ghosh
Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 864-868 Web link
Harnessing Lewis Acidic Open Metal Sites of Metal-organic Frameworks: Foremost Route to Achieve Highly Selective Benzene Sorption over Cyclohexane
Soumya Mukherjee, Biplab Manna, Aamod V. Desai, Yuefeng Yin, Rajamani Krishna,
Ravichandar Babarao, and Sujit K. Ghosh
Chem. Commun. 2016, DOI: 10.1039/C6CC03015G. Weblink
A π-electron Deficient Diaminotriazine Functionalized MOF For Selective Sorption of Benzene Over Cyclohexane
Biplab Manna, Soumya Mukherjee, Aamod V. Desai, Shivani Sharma, Rajamani Krishna, and Sujit K. Ghosh
Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 15386-15389 Web link
Aqueous Phase Nitric Oxide Detection by an Amine Decorated Metal-Organic Framework
Aamod V. Desai, Partha Samanta, Biplab Manna and Sujit K. Ghosh
Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 6111-6114. Web link
Nitro (-NO2) Functionalized Metal-Organic Framework as a Reaction based Fluorescence Turn-On Probe for Rapid and Selective H2S Detection
Sanjog S. Nagarkar, Aamod V. Desai, and Sujit K. Ghosh
Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 9994-9997 Web link
Amide Functionalized Dynamic Metal-Organic Framework Exhibiting Visual Colorimetric Anion
Exchange and Selective uptake of Benzene over Cyclohexane
Avishek Karmakar, Aamod V. Desai, Biplab Manna, Biplab Joarder and Sujit K. Ghosh
Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 7071-7076. Web link
Guest-Responsive Function of a Dynamic Metal-Organic Framework with p Lewis Acidic Pore Surface
Biplab Joarder, Soumya Mukherjee, A. K. Chaudhari, A. V. Desai, Biplab Manna, and Sujit K. Ghosh
Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 15303-15308. Web link
Anion-Responsive Tunable Bulk Phase Homochirality and Luminescence of a Cationic Framework
Biplab Manna, Biplab Joarder, Aamod V.Desai, Avishek Karmakar and Sujit K.Ghosh
Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 12399 - 12404. Web link
Amino Acid Based Dynamic Metal-Biomolecule Framework
Biplab Joarder, Abhijeet K. Chaudhari, Sanjog S. Nagarkar, Biplab Manna, and Sujit K. Ghosh
Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 11178-11183. Web link
Framework-Flexibility Driven Selective Sorption of p-Xylene over Other Isomers by a Dynamic Metal-Organic Framework
Soumya Mukherjee, Biplab Joarder, Biplab Manna, Aamod V. Desai, Abhijeet K. Chaudhari and Sujit K. Ghosh
Sci. Rep. 2014, 4, 5761. Web link
Metal-organic framework based highly selective fluorescence turn-on probe for hydrogen sulphide
Sanjog S. Nagarkar, Tanmoy Saha, Aamod V. Desai, Pinaki Talukdar and Sujit K. Ghosh
Sci. Rep. 2014, 4, 7053. Web link
Porous Coordination Polymer having Bond Switching Mechanism Showing Reversible Structural and Functional Transformations
Sujit K. Ghosh, Wakako Kaneko, Daisuke Kiriya, Masaaki Ohba, Susumu Kitagawa
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 8843-8847. Web link
(Selected as a Hot Paper by the Editors)
A Dynamic, Isocyanurate-Functionalized Porous Coordination Polymer
Sujit K. Ghosh, Sareeya Bureekaew, Susumu Kitagawa
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 3403-3406. Web link
(Selected as a Hot Paper by the Editors)
Reversible Topochemical Transformation of a Soft Crystal of a Coordination Polymer
Sujit K. Ghosh, Jie-Peng Zhang, Susumu Kitagawa
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 7965-7968. Web link
A Novel Dodecameric Water Cluster Built Around a Cyclic Quasi-Planar Hexameric Core in an Organic Supramolecular Complex of Cryptand
Sujit K. Ghosh and Parimal K. Bharadwaj
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 3577-3580. Web link
Book Chapters and Reviews:
Engineering metal-organic frameworks for aqueous phase 2,4,6-trinitrophenol (TNP) sensing
Sanjog S. Nagarkar, Aamod V. Desai, and Sujit K. Ghosh
CrystEngComm. (Highlight) 2016, DOI: 10.1039/C6CE00244G Web link
Neutral N-donor ligand based flexible metal-organic frameworks
Biplab Manna, Aamod V. Desai, and Sujit K. Ghosh
Dalton Trans. (Perspective) 2016, 45, 4060-4072 Web link
Ionic metal-organic frameworks (iMOFs): Design principles and applications
Avishek Karmakar, Aamod V. Desai, and Sujit K. Ghosh
Coord. Chem. Rev. 2016, 307, 313-341 Web link
Book Chapter: Cadmium Based Catalysts in Sustainable Catalysis (ed M. North)
Soumya Mukherjee and Sujit K. Ghosh
Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015 ISSN: 1757-7039 Web link
Stimulus Responsive Metal-Organic Frameworks
Sanjog S. Nagarkar, Aamod V. Desai, and Sujit K. Ghosh
Chem. Asian J. (Focus Review) 2014, 9, 2358-2376 Web link
Book Chapter: Surface Pore Engineering of Porous Coordination Polymers in Metal-Organic
Frameworks: Design and Application (ed L. R. MacGillivray)
Sujit K. Ghosh and Susumu Kitagawa
John Wiley & Sons, 2010. doi: 10.1002/9780470606858.ch5. Web link
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