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Dr. Sujit K. Ghosh
Department of Chemistry

IISER, Pune

Dr. Homi Bhabha Road Pashan, Pune- 411008, India

Tel: +91 20 2590 8076
Fax: +91 20 2589 8022
E-mail:sghosh[at]iiserpune.ac.in/

sghoshchem[a]gmail.com

Research Group of Sujit K. Ghosh
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, India

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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) 20149, 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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