Structural Chemistry Lab


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*