Structural Chemistry Lab


Hexaazatriphenylene–Diaminobenzidine Covalent Organic Framework: A Promising Nitrogen Abundant Material for Electrochemical Energy Storage Applications
Korak Kar, Sabiar Rahaman, Yuchen Liu, Krishna D. Bhalerao, Hiran Jyothilal, Benjamin B. Duff, Dinachandra Singh Mayanglambam, Basker Sundararaju, Boya Radha, Kumar Biradha* and Ashok Keerthi*


Switching of light responsive metal–organic gels from insulator to semiconductor: flexible smart semiconducting membranes for optoelectronic device fabrication
Mouli Das Dawn, Someprosad Patra, Debamalya Banerjee and Kumar Biradha*


Transparent Thin Films via Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Photopolymerization of a Flexible Diene for Femtosecond-Scale Third-Order Optical Nonlinearity
Shaheen Sultana, Ranjeet Singh, Prasanta Kumar Datta and Kumar Biradha*


[2 + 2] Dimerization of a V-Shaped Diene in Organogel, Xerogel, and Single Crystals: Structural Insights into the Self-Assembly of Gelator Molecules in Organogels and Xerogels
Swati Bedi and Kumar Biradha*


Superprotonic Conductivity with Ultralow Activation Energy: Integration of HOF into Mixed-Matrix Membranes for Enhanced Proton Transport
Prantik Dutta, Bholanath Ghanti, Susanta Banerjee and Kumar Biradha*


Volatile Aromatics Trigger Vapochromic and Vapoluminescent Responses in Cleft-Shaped 1,4-Bis(imidazolyl)benzene: Role of Charge-Transfer Interactions in Vapor-Induced Host−Guest Complexes
Subhajit Saha, Priya Paul and Kumar Biradha*


N–H···N Hydrogen-Bonded Helices to Halogen···Halogen and Cation···π Interactions in Aprotic, Monoprotic, and Biprotic Halogen-Substituted Lophines
Debasis Pal, Subhajit Saha and Kumar Biradha*


Enclathration of Aliphatic Alcohols by 1,4-Bis(4,5-bis(4-bromophenyl)-imidazolyl) benzene: Influence of Alcohol Chain Length on Photochromic Efficiency and Response Time
Subhajit Saha, Debasis Pal and Kumar Biradha*


Coordination Polymers Containing Dimeric Cu2X2 and Polymeric (CuI)n Clusters Linked by Unsymmetrical Isomeric Pyridine benzimidazole Linkers: Modulating Photophysical Properties by Mechanical Stimuli
Prantik Dutta, Abhijit Garai and Kumar Biradha*


Ten-Million-Fold Increase in the Electrical Conductivity of a MOF by Doping of Iodine into MOF Integrated Mixed Matrix Membrane
Swati Bedi, Kamini Bharti, Debamalya Banerjee and Kumar Biradha*


Light-Induced Antiferromagnetic to Ferromagnetic Transition in Halogen Substituted 1,4-Bis(imidazolyl)benzene Systems: An Effect of Spin–Orbit Coupling and π-Stacking in Enhanced Photomagnetism
Subhajit Saha, Sudipta Khamrui, Kumar Biradha*


Superprotonic Conductivity by Synergistic Blending of Coordination Polymers with Organic Polymers: Fabrication of Durable and Flexible Proton Exchange Membranes
Mouli Das Dawn, Sambit Roy, Abhijit Garai, Susanta Banerjee, Kumar Biradha*


Proton Conducting Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) via Post Synthetic Transmetallation and Water Induced Structural Transformations
Anindita Goswami, Arijit Ghorai, Debasis Pal, Susanta Banerjee, and Kumar Biradha*


Exploration of Solid-State [2 + 2] Photodimerization in the Coordination Polymers of Rigid and Linear Diene: Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Transformation of a 2D Coordination Polymer to a 3D Coordination Polymer
Shaheen Sultana, Rajorshi Mandal, and Kumar Biradha*


Amine Functionalization of Channels of Metal-Organic Frameworks for Effective Chemical Fixation of Carbon Dioxide: A Comparative Study with Three Newly Designed Porous Networks
Rajib Moi, Swati Bedi, and Kumar Biradha*


Bimetallic Organic Frameworks via In Situ Solvothermal Sol–Gel–Crystal and Sol–Crystal Transformation as Durable Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction
Anindita Goswami, Debanjali Ghosh, Abhijit Garai, Debabrata Pradhan and Kumar Biradha*

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Photo Responsive Metal-Organic Gels of Rigid Phenylene-1,3-di-Substituted Angular Diene with Metal Halides: Gel-to-Gel Transformation triggered by [2+2] Polymerization
Shaheen Sultana, Rajorshi Mandal and Kumar Biradha*


Photochromism and Photomagnetism in 1,4-bis(4,5-diphenyl-imidazolyl)benzene Chromophores: Water-Assisted π-Stacks for the Generation of Stable Free Radicals in the Solid State
Subhajit Saha, Sudipta Khamrui, Rajib Moi, Anakuthil Anoop, Vladimir V. Chernyshev, Debamalya Banerjee and Kumar Biradha*

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Enhancing the Sensitivity of a Water Stable MOF as a H2S Gas Sensor by the Fabrication of Mixed-Matrix Membrane
Mouli Das Dawn, Karabi Nath, Subhajit Saha, Pritam Kumar Roy, Mahitosh Mandal and Kumar Biradha*


Band Gap Modulation in Fluorescein-Based Isostructural Coordination Polymers for Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution under Visible Light
Rajib Moi, Moumita Chandra, Kartik Maity, Debabrata Pradhan and Kumar Biradha*

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Metal–Organic Frameworks with Open Metal Sites act as Efficient Heterogeneous Catalysts for Knoevenagel Condensation and the Chan-Lam Coupling Reaction
Anindita Goswami, Prantik Dutta and Kumar Biradha*


Metal-Organic Gels of tris-Tetrazole-tri-Amido Molecule with Co(II) and Ni(II) as Electrocatalysts for OER: Effect of Metal Ion, Porosity and Morphology on the Catalysis of MOG
Rajib Moi, Karabi Nath, Debanjali Ghosh and Kumar Biradha*


2D MOFs Containing Bis(azabenzimidazole) and Dicarboxylate Moieties for the Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction and CO2 Sorption
Satyanarayan K. Konavarapu, Abhijit Garai, Debanjali Ghosh, Anindita Goswami, Debabrata Pradhan and Kumar Biradha*


Correlation of Structures with Proton Conductivity of 1D Coordination Polymers: Higher Proton Conductivity Due to Synergy of Encapsulated Sulfate Ions and Water Molecules
Rajib Moi, Arijit Ghorai, Kartik Maity, Susanta Banerjee and Kumar Biradha*


In situ conversion of MOG to crystalline MOF: A case study on solvent-dependent gelation and crystallization
Abhijit Garai, Anindita Goswami and Kumar Biradha*


In Situ Grown Mn(II) MOF upon Nickel Foam Acts as a Robust Self-Supporting Bifunctional Electrode for Overall Water Splitting: A Bimetallic Synergistic Collaboration Strategy
Anindita Goswami, Debanjali Ghosh, Debabrata Pradhan and Kumar Biradha*


Halogen-Halogen and Halogen-π Interactions Enabled Reversible Photo-oligomerization of Conjugated Dienones: Visible Light Triggered Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Transformation
Sandip Naskar, Rajib Moi, Indrajit Das and Kumar Biradha*


Binary Solvent System Composed of Polar Protic and Polar Aprotic Solvents for Controlling the Dimensionality of MOFs in the Solvothermal Synthesis
Rajib Moi, Kartik Maity and Kumar Biradha*


Comparative Study of Nitro and Azide Functionalized Zn(II) based Coordination Polymers as Fluorescent Turn-on Probes for Rapid and Selective Detection of H2S in Living Cells
Subhajit Saha, Pritam Kumar Roy, Kartik Maity, Mahitosh Mandal and Kumar Biradha*




Metal-Organic Frameworks as Proton Conductors: Strategies for Improved Proton Conductivity
Kumar Biradha*, Anindita Goswami, Rajib Moi and Subhajit Saha


Elastic orange emissive single crystals of 1,3-diamino-2,4,5,6-tetrabromobenzene as flexible optical waveguides
Venkatesh Gude, Priyanka Choubey, Susobhan Das, Shivakiran Bhaktha B. N,
Chilla Malla Reddy and Kumar Biradha*


Effect of Noncovalent Interactions on the Intersystem Crossing Behavior in Charge-Transfer Cocrystals of 3,5-Dinitrobromobenzene
Venkatesh Gude and Kumar Biradha*


Cocrystals and Salts of 4,4′-Dinitro-2,2′,6,6′-tetracarboxybiphenyl
with N‑Heterocycles: Solid State Photodimerization of Criss-Cross
Aligned Olefins and Photophysical Properties
Abhijit Garai and Kumar Biradha*


Porous Li-MOF as Solid-State Electrolyte: Exploration of Lithium
Ion Conductivity through Bio-inspired Ionic Channels
Karabi Nath, Abdulla Bin Rahaman, Rajib Moi, Kartik Maity and Kumar Biradha*


Photochemical [2+2] Polymerization of Metal-Organic Gels of Rigid and Angular Diene with Silver-Salts of Diverse Anions: Selective Dye-Sorption and Luminescence by Xerogels
Rajorshi Mandal and Kumar Biradha*


Coordination Polymers as Heterogeneous Catalysts in Hydrogen Evolution and Oxygen Evolution Reactions
Kumar Biradha*, Anindita Goswami and Rajib Moi


2D- MOFs with Ni(II), Cu(II) and Co(II) as Efficient Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts: Rationalization of Catalytic Performance vs Structure of the MOFs and Potential of the Redox Couples
Anindita Goswami, Debanjali Ghosh, Vladimir V. Chernyshev, Avishek Dey, Debabrata Pradhan and Kumar Biradha*


Amino and Sulfonate Functionalized Metal-Organic Framework for Fabrication of Proton Exchange Membranes with Improved Proton Conductivity
Rajib Moi, Arijit Ghorai, Susanta Banerjee, and Kumar Biradha*


Is the origin of green fluorescence in unsymmetrical four-ring bent-core liquid crystals single or double proton transfer?
Venkatesh Gude, Manobina Karmakar, Avishek Dey, Prasanta Kumar Datta and Kumar Biradha*


Photoinduced Bending of Single Crystals of a Linear Bis-Olefin viaWater-templated Solid-State [2+2] Photopolymerization Reaction
Rajorshi Mandal, Abhijit Garai, Simone Peli, Prasanta K. Datta and Kumar Biradha*


Solid or Gel? Which one Works Better for [2+2] Photochemical Polymerization in Pyridine Appended Flexible Phenylene 1,4-bisolefins by Ag(I) Templation
Rajorshi Mandal, Abhijit Garai and Kumar Biradha*


Proton Conducting Hydrogen-Bonded 3D-Frameworks of Imidazo-Pyridine-Based Coordination Complexes Containing Naphthalene Disulfonates in Rhomboid Channels
Abhijit Garai, Anaparthi Ganesh Kumar, Susanta Banerjee and Kumar Biradha*


MOFs and MOF Derived N-doped Porous Carbon Materials as Heterogeneous Catalysts: Chemical Fixation of Carbon Dioxide under Mild Conditions and Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution
Karabi Nath, Chandan Kumar Karan and Kumar Biradha*


Cocrystals and Salts of 3,5-Bis(pyridinylmethylene)- piperidin-4-one with Aromatic Poly-Carboxylates and Resorcinols: Influence of Stacking Interactions on Solid-State Luminescence Properties
Debarati Das and Kumar Biradha*


Tailoring Coordination Polymers by Substituent Effect: A Bi-functional Co(II) Doped 1D-Coordination Network with Electrochemical Water Oxidation and Nitro Aromatics Sensing
Rajib Moi, Karabi Nath and Kumar Biradha*


Isoreticular Expansion of Metal–Organic Frameworks via Pillaring of Metal Templated Tunable Building Layers:Hydrogen Storage and Selective CO2 Capture
Kartik Maity, Karabi Nath, Michael A. Sinnwell, Radha Kishan Motkuri, Praveen K. Thallapally and Kumar Biradha*


Isostructural NiIIMetal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for EfficientElectrocatalysis of Oxygen Evolution Reaction and for Gas Sorption Properties
Satyanarayana K. Konavarapu, Debanjali Ghosh, Avishek Dey, Debabrata Pradhan and Kumar Biradha*


Binary and Ternary Salts and Cocrystals of 2-(2-(Pyridine-4- yl)vinyl)-1H-benzimidazole with Aromatic Carboxylic Acids: SolidState [2 + 2] Reactions, Photoluminescence, and Ammonia-Sensing Properties
Abhijit Garai and Kumar Biradha*


Organic Polymers of an Angular Diene via Solid State [2 + 2] Polymerization: Coordination Polymers with Dicarboxylates as Templates
Rajorshi Mandal and Kumar Biradha*


Fluorescent Dye-Based Metal–Organic Framework Piezochromic and Multicolor-Emitting Two-Dimensional Materials for Light-Emitting Devices
Kartik Maity, Devdeep Mukherjee, Mainak Sen and Kumar Biradha*


Interplay of Halogen Bonding and Hydrogen Bonding in the Cocrystals and Salts of Dihalogens and Trihalides with N,N'-Bis(3-pyridylacrylamido) Derivatives: Phosphorescent Organic Salts
Anindita Goswami, Mousumi Garai, and Kumar Biradha*


MOF-templated cobalt nanoparticles embedded in nitrogen-doped porous carbon: a bifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water splitting
Karabi Nath, Kousik Bhunia, Debabrata Pradhan and Kumar Biradha*


MOFs containing a linear bis-pyridyl-tris-amide and angular carboxylates: exploration of proton conductivity, water vapor and dye sorptions
Satyanarayana K. Konavarapu, Anindita Goswami, Anaparthi Ganesh Kumar, Susanta Banerjee and Kumar Biradha*


Photochemical Reactions in Supramolecular Assemblies of Gels: Dimerizations and Polymerizations via Pericyclic Reactions
Avishek Dey and Kumar Biradha*


Thermochromic, Solvatochromic, and Piezochromic Cd(II) and Zn(II) Coordination Polymers: Detection of Small Molecules by Luminescence Switching from Blue to Green
Avishek Dey, Abhijit Garai, Venkatesh Gude, and Kumar Biradha*


Luminescent Triazene-Based Covalent Organic Frameworks Functionalized with Imine and Azine: N2 and H2 Sorption and Efficient Removal of Organic Dye Pollutants
Satyanarayana K. Konavarapu and Kumar Biradha*


Supramolecular Organic Photocatalyst Containing a Cubanelike Water Cluster and Donor–Acceptor Stacks: Hydrogen Evolution and Dye Degradation under Visible Light
Nath K,. Chandra M,. Pradhan D., Biradha K.*


Porous Metal-Organic Polyhedral Framework containing Cuboctahedron Cages as SBUs with High Affinity for H2 and CO2 Sorption: A Heterogeneous Catalyst for Chemical Fixation of CO2
Maity K., Karan C.K., Biradha K.*


Luminescent Coordination Polymers of Naphthalene Based Diamide with Rigid and Flexible Dicarboxylates: Sensing of Nitro Explosives, Fe(III) Ion, and Dyes
Das D., Biradha K.*


Self-Sorting of Metal–Organic Polymeric Assemblies in Gels: Selective Templation and Catalysis of Homodimers
Konavarapu S.K., Dey A.,Garai A., Biradha K.*


Tuning Emission Properties via Aromatic Guest Inclusion in Organic Salts Composed of 4,4'-Dinitro-2,2',6,6'-tetracarboxybiphenyl and Acridine
Garai A., Mukherjee S., Ray S.K., Biradha K.*


Crystal engineering with isosteric triether and triamine linked aromatic tri-carboxylic acids: iso-structurality and synthon interplay in their co-crystals and salts with bis(pyridyl) derivatives
Das D., Roy S., Biradha K.*


Origin of green photoluminescence in four-ring bent-core molecules with ESIPT, selective sensing of zinc ions by turn-on emission and their liquid crystal properties
Gude V., Rout D., Panigrahi M.K., Biradha K.*


Water Resisting and Transparent Plastic Films from Functionalizable Organic Polymers: Coordination Polymers as Templates for the Solid State [2+2] Photopolymerization Reactions
Garai M., Biradha K.*


One-dimensional Coordination Polymers of Bis-(3-pyridyl-acrylamido)ethane: Influence of Anions and Metal Ions on Their Solid State [2+2] Photochemical Polymerization and Dimerization Reactions
Garai M., Biradha K.*


MOFs with PCU Topology for the Inclusion of One-dimensional Water Cages: Selective Sorption of Water Vapour, CO2 and Dyes and Luminescence Properties
Dey A., Bairagi D., Biradha K.*


Metal-Organic Gels of Silver Salts with a , α,β-Unsaturated Ketone: Influence of Anions and Solvents on Gelation
Das D., Biradha K.*


Hydrogen bonded 2-fold interpenetrated diamondoid networks for the solid state [2+2] polymerizations of crisscrossed olefins: Molecular connections vs Supramolecular connections
Mandal R., Garai M. , Biradha K.*


Co(II) Doped Cd-MOF as an Efficient Water Oxidation Catalyst: Doubly Interpenetrated Boron Nitride Network with the Encapsulation of Free Ligand Containing Pyridine Moieties
Maity K., Bhunia K. , Pradhan D. , Biradha K.*


Anion and Guest Directed Tetracyclic Macrocycles of Ag5L4 and Ag6L4 with an Arc-shaped Ligand Containing Pyridine and Benzimidazole Units: Reversal of Anion Selectivity by Guest
Dey A., Biradha K.*


2D-Coordination Polymers with X Shaped Cavities as Adsorbents of Oxoanion Pollutants and Toxic Dyes
Nath K., Maity K., Biradha K.*


Role of Anions in the Formation of Multidimensional Coordination Polymers: Selective Separation of Anionic Toxic Dyes by 3D-Cationic Framework and Luminescent Properties
Maiti K., Biradha K.*


Two-dimensional coordination polymers and metal?organic gels of symmetrical and unsymmetrical dipyridyl ?-diketones: luminescence, dye absorption and mechanical properties
Banerjee K., Biradha K.*


Separation of xylene isomers through selective inclusion: 1D-->2D, 1D-->3D and 2D-->3D assembled coordination polymers via beta-sheets
Nath K., Biradha K.*


Porous Coordination Polymers Containing Pyridine 3,5 bis (5- azabenzimidazole): Exploration of Water Sorption, Selective Dye Adsorption and Luminescent Properties
Dey A., Konavarapu S. K., Samal H. S., Biradha K.*


Interplay of Pyridine Substitution and Ag(I)...Ag(I) and Ag(I)...Pi Interactions in Templating Photochemical Solid State [2 + 2] Reactions of Unsymmetrical Olefins Containing Amides: Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Transformations of Coordination
Garai M., Maji K., Chernyshev V. V., Biradha K.*


Diversity in the Coordination Polymers of 2-(2-(pyridin-4/3- yl)vinyl)-1H-benzimidazole and Dicarboxylates/Disulfonates: Photochemical Reactivity and Luminescence Studies
Garai A., Samal S., Biradha K.*


Coordination Polymers of M2L2 Macrocycles and M3L2 Podands Containing Tris (pyridyl) Tripodal Amide: Anion Bridging, Ag...Ag Interactions and Solid State Luminescence
Konavarapu K. S., Biradha K.*


Cocrystals and Salts of Pyridine-3,5-bis(1-methyl-benzimidazole-2-yl) with Pyromellitic Acid: Aromatic Guest Inclusion and Separation via Benzimidazole-Carboxylic Acid Heterosynthon
Avishek Dey, Saibal Bera and Kumar Biradha*


China-India-Singapore Expanded to South and East Asia (EDITORIAL)
Kumar Biradha*

Structural Adaptation of Ni4O4 Units to Form Cubane, Open Dicubane, Dimeric Cubane and One-dimensional Polymeric Cubanes: Magnetostructural Correlation of Ni4 Clusters
D. Das, G. Mahata, A. Adhikary, S. Konar and Kumar Biradha*


One-dimensional Water Cages with Repeat unit of (H2O)24 Resembling Pagodane in 3D Coordination Polymer: Proton Conducting and Tunable Luminescence Emission by Absorption of Anionic Dyes
Kartik Maity,Tanay Kundu, Rahul Banerjee, Kumar Biradha*


Exploration and exploitation of homologous series of bis-(acrylamido)alkanes containing pyridyl and phenyl groups: β-sheet versus two-dimensional-layers in solid-state photochemical [2 + 2] reactions
M. Garai and Kumar Biradha*


Coordination Polymers Containing Tubular, Layered, and Diamondoid Networks: Redox, Luminescence, and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Activities
K. Banerjee, S. Roy, M. Kotal and Kumar Biradha*


3D, 2D and 1D networks via N-H. . .O and N-H. . .N hydrogen bonding by the bis-amide analogues: Effect of chain lengths and odd-even spacers
G. Mukherjee, Kumar Biradha*


Design, synthesis and Photoluminescence Properties of 1D, 2D and 3D Coordination Polymers: Anion Assisted Argentophillic Interactions as Building Blocks
K. Banerjee, S. Roy, Kumar Biradha*


1D, 2D and 3D coordination polymers of 1,3-phenylene diisonicotinate with Cu(I)/Cu(II): Cu2I2 building block, anion influence and guest inclusions
G. Mukherjee, Kumar Biradha*


Dynamic Layered Coordination Polymer: Adsorption and Separation of Aromatics and I2 by Single Crystals
G. Mukherjee, Kumar Biradha*


Multifunctional White Light-Emitting Metal-Organic Gels with a Sensing Ability of Nitrobenzene
S. Roy, A. Katiyar, S. Mondal, S. Ray, Kumar Biradha*


Modulation of breathing behavior of layered coordination polymers via a solid solution approach: the influence of metal ions on sorption behavior
G. Mukherjee, Kumar Biradha*


Coordination Polymers of Organic Polymers via Photopolymerization in Single Crystals: Two-dimensional Hydrogen Bonding Layers with Amazing Shock Absorbing Nature
M. Garai, Kumar Biradha*


Tunable Plastic Films of Crystalline Polymer by Single Crystal-to-Single Crystal Photopolymerization of a Diene: Self Templating and Shock Absorbing Two-dimensional Hydrogen Bonding Layers
M. Garai, R. Santra, Kumar Biradha*


Does crystal or gel matter to stereochemistry of a reaction? Silver complexation-promoted solid-state [2+2] reaction of an unsymmetrical olefin
S. Samai, P. Ghosh and Kumar Biradha*


Crystal Engineering of Topochemical Solid State Reactions
Kumar Biradha* and R. Santra


Anion Influence in Directing and Altering the Stereo Chemistry of the Double [2+2] Reaction of bis-pyridyl Dienes in their Silver Complexes: A Green Synthetic Route
R. Santra, M. Garai, D. Mondal and Kumar Biradha*


Book Review of The Importance of Pi-Interactions in Crystal Engineering
Kumar Biradha*

Influence of Solvents in Assembling Tris(4-halophenyl)benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamides: Interplay of N–H···O and Halogen···Halogen Interactions
L. Rajput, G. Mukherjee and Kumar Biradha*


Design and Synthesis of Mixed Valent Coordination Networks Containing Pyridine Appended Terpyridyl, Halide, and Dicarboxylates
K. Banerjee and Kumar Biradha*


Post-synthetic modification of isomorphic coordination layers: exchange dynamics of metal ions in single crystal to single crystal fashion
G. Mukherjee and Kumar Biradha*


Chemical and Mechano Responsive Metal Organic Gels of bis(benzimidazole) Based Ligands with Cd(II) and Cu(II) Halide Salts: Self Sustainability, Gas and Dye Sorptions
S. Samai and Kumar Biradha*


A Photoswitchable and Photoluminescent Organic Semiconductor Based On Cation–π and Carboxylate–Pyridinium Interactions: A Supramolecular Approach
S. Roy, S. P. Mondal, S. K. Ray and Kumar Biradha*


Crystalline forms of 1,3,5-benzene-tri(pyridinyl)carboxamides: Isolated site hydrates as polymorphs and solvates
L. Rajput and Kumar Biradha*


Amino acid based low-molecular-weight tris(bis-amido) organogelators
Suman Samai, Joykrishna Dey and Kumar Biradha*

Solid state double [2 + 2] photochemical reactions in the co-crystal forms of 1,5-bis(4-pyridyl)-1,4-pentadiene-3-one: establishing mechanism using single crystal X-ray, UV and 1H NMR
R. Santra and Kumar Biradha*


Coordination Polymers of Flexible Bis(benzimidazole) Ligand: Halogen Bridging and Metal···Arene Interactions
S. Samai and Kumar Biradha*


Crystal Engineering Studies with Monocarboxamidoalkanes Having C- or N-Terminal Pyridine and Their Coordination Complexes
G. Mukherjee and Kumar Biradha*


Two-component Supramolecular Organic Hosts as Colorimetric Indicators for Aromatic Guests: Visual Molecular Recognition via Cation-pi Interactions
S. Roy and Kumar Biradha*



Odd-Even Effects: Diamondoid and Quartz Networks by Bis(pyridylcarboxamido)alkanes Containing Alkyl Chains with an Odd Number of -(CH2)- Groups as Spacers
G. Mukherjee and Kumar Biradha*

Recent Developments in Crystal Engineering
Kumar Biradha, C.-Y. Su and J. J. Vittal*


Weak Ag...Ag and Ag...pi Interactions in Templating Regio Selective Single and Double [2+2] Reactions of N,N`-bis(3-(4-pyridyl)acryloyl)-hydrazine: Synthesis of Unprecidented Tricyclohexadecane Ring System
R. Santra, K. Banerjee and Kumar Biradha*



Separation of isomers of sulfophthalic acid by guest induced host framework formation with 4,4′-bipyridine
G. Mahata, S. Roy and Kumar Biradha*

Supramolecular assembly of protonated Xanthine alkaloids in their perchlorate salts
Kumar Biradha; S. Samai, A. Maity, S. Goswami*


Assembling Triple Helical Amide-to-Amide Hydrogen Bonded Columns of tris(4-halophenyl)Benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxamides into Porous Materials via Halogen...Halogen interactions
L. Rajput, V. V. Chernyshev and Kumar Biradha*


Introduction to the themed issue “Coordination polymers: structure and function”
Kumar Biradha*


Nitrate Ion Assisted Argentophilic Interactions as a template for Solid State [2+2] Photo Dimerization of pyridyl acrylic acid, its methyl ester and acrylamide
R. Santra and Kumar Biradha*


Assembling Coordination Networks of Bis-amido Pyridines via Hydrogen Bonds: Isostructurality and Large Hydrophobic Cavities for Guest Inclusion
L. Rajput and Kumar Biradha*


Assembling One-Dimensional Coordination Polymers into three-dimensional architectures via hydrogen bonds
L. Rajput, M. Sarkar and Kumar Biradha*


Carboxylic Acid and Phenolic Hydroxyl Interactions in the Crystal Structures of Co-crystals/Clathrates of Trimesic Acid and Pyromellitic Acid with Phenolic Derivatives
L. Rajput, N. Jana and Kumar Biradha*

Crystal Engineering Studies on Ionic Crystals of Pyridine and Carboxylic Acid Derivatives Containing Amide Functional Groups
L. Rajput, R. Santra and Kumar Biradha*



Halogen...Halogen interactions in assembling beta-sheets into two-dimensional layers in the Bis-(4-halo-phenylamido)alkanes and their co-crystals via inter-halogen interactions
S. Samai and Kumar Biradha*

Design of Co-crystals via New and Robust Supramolecular Synthon between Carboxylic-Acid and Secondary Amide: Honeycomb Network with Jailed Aromatics
L. Rajput and Kumar Biradha*



Cocrystal and Salts of 2,2′,6,6′-Tetracarboxybiphenyl with Bis(pyridyl) Derivatives: Eight-fold Interpenetrated Diamondoid and Layered Networks
S. Roy, G. Mahata and Kumar Biradha*


Two-dimensional Organic Brick-wall Layers as Hosts for the Inclusion and Study of Aromatics Ensembles: Acid-pyridine and Acid-carbonyl synthons for multi-component materials
R. Santra and Kumar Biradha*

Reliable formation of an unusual and chiral 2D-network containing entanglement of the ligand in the presence of different Anion
L. Rajput and Kumar Biradha*


Coordination Polymers versus Metal Organic Frameworks
Kumar Biradha*, A. Ramanan* and J. J. Vittal*



Robust Hydrogen Bonding Synthon in One-dimensional and Two-dimensional Coordination Polymers of Pyridine Appended Reverse Amides and Amides
L. Rajput and Kumar Biradha*

Three crystalline forms of 1,3,5-benzene-tri(3-pyridinyl)carboxamide from the same solvent system
L. Rajput and Kumar Biradha*

Design and synthesis of coordination networks containing amide, pyridine and carboxylate functionalities
L. Rajput and Kumar Biradha*


Crystal Engineering with Acid and Pyridine Heteromeric Synthon: Neutral and Ionic Co-crystals
R. Santra, N. Ghosh and Kumar Biradha*


Stepwise Dimerization of Double [2+2] reaction in the Co-crystals of 1,5-bis(4-pyridyl)-1,4-pentadiene-3-one and Phloroglucinol: A Single Crystal to Single Crystal Transformation
R. Santra and Kumar Biradha*


Hydrogen Bonding Adducts of Octamolybdate Anions Containing Coordinately Bound Pyrdiniumoxides
G. Mahata and Kumar Biradha*


Are "Secondary Building Units" the true building blocks in the crystal engineering of coordination polymers?
Kumar Biradha*

Crystal engineering of metal-organic frameworks containing amide functionalities: Studies on network recognitions, transformations and exchange dynamics of guests and anions
M. Sarkar and Kumar Biradha*


Effect of Substituents on Molecular Geometry and Self-Aggregation in the Crystal Structures of Ethylenediamine-N,N,N‘,N‘-tetraamides
L. Rajput, S. Palash and Kumar Biradha*



Bimetallic Clusters of Pyridine Appended EDTA-amides in Designing 1D and 2D Coordination Frameworks
L. Rajput and Kumar Biradha*

Comparative structural studies on Homologues of Amides and Reverse Amides: Unprecedented 4-fold Interpenetrated Quartz Network, new beta-sheet and 2D-layers
L. Rajput, S. Singha and Kumar Biradha*


Interplay of Hydrogen Bonds in Assembling (4,4)-coordination Networks: Transformations From Open to Interpenetrated Networks via Anion Exchange
M. Sarkar and Kumar Biradha*



Entrapment of hexamer of nitrobenzene molecules between the layers of (4,4)-coordination networks containing intra-beta-sheet hydrogen bonds
M. Sarkar and Kumar Biradha*

Amide-to-amide hydrogen bonds in the presence of pyridine functionality: Crystal structures of bis(pyridinecarboxamido) alkanes
M. Sarkar and Kumar Biradha*


Crystal engineering of coordination polymers using 4,4′-bipyridine as a bond between transition metal atoms
L. Rajput, M. Sarkar and Kumar Biradha*


A 3D-Honeycomb Network with Unique Encapsulation of Dimers of 1D-chains
G. Mahata and Kumar Biradha*


Enclathration of Aromatic Molecules by the O−H···N Supramolecular Adducts of Racemic-bis-β-naphthol and 4,4'-Bipyridine
G. Mahata and Kumar Biradha*


β-sheet recognition in the non-interpenetrated and interpenetrated two-dimensional coordination networks containing cavities
M. Sarkar and Kumar Biradha*


Metal–organic gels and coordination networks of pyridine-3,5-bis(1-methyl-benzimidazole-2-yl) and metal halides: self sustainability, mechano, chemical responsiveness and gas and dye sorptions
Avishek Dey, Sumit K. Mandal and Kumar Biradha*
