Publications (2018)

• Ravi Kumar, N. T.; Bhramara, P.; Kirubeil, A.; Syam Sundar, L.; Singh, M. K.; Sousa, A. C. M., Effect of twisted tape inserts on heat transfer, friction factor of Fe3O4 nanofluids flow in a double pipe U-bend heat exchanger. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer 2018, 95, 53-62.
• Syam Sundar, L.; Singh, M. K.; Sousa, A. C. M., Heat transfer and friction factor of nanodiamond-nickel hybrid nanofluids flow in a tube with longitudinal strip inserts. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 2018, 121, 390-401.
• Sundar, L. S.; Singh, M. K.; Sousa, A. C. M., Turbulent heat transfer and friction factor of nanodiamond-nickel hybrid nanofluids flow in a tube: An experimental study. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 2018, 117, 223-234.
• Sundar, L. S.; Singh, M. K.; Punnaiah, V.; Sousa, A. C. M., Experimental investigation of Al2O3/water nanofluids on the effectiveness of solar flat-plate collectors with and without twisted tape inserts. Renewable Energy 2018, 119, 820-833.
• Syam Sundar, L.; Kirubeil, A.; Punnaiah, V.; Singh, M. K.; Sousa, A. C. M., Effectiveness analysis of solar flat plate collector with Al2O3 water nanofluids and with longitudinal strip inserts. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 2018, 127, 422-435.
• Babu, V. S.; Padaki, M.; D'Souza, L. P.; Déon, S.; Geetha Balakrishna, R.; Ismail, A. F., Effect of hydraulic coefficient on membrane performance for rejection of emerging contaminants. Chemical Engineering Journal 2018, 334, 2392-2400.
• Mohanty, B.; Naik, K. K.; Sahoo, S.; Jena, B.; Chakraborty, B.; Rout, C. S.; Jena, B. K., Efficient Photoelectrocatalytic Activity of CuWO4 Nanoplates towards the Oxidation of NADH Driven in Visible Light. ChemistrySelect 2018, 3 (31), 9008-9012.
• de Souza Augusto, G.; Scarmínio, J.; Catarini Silva, P. R.; de Siervo, A.; Rout, C. S.; Rouxinol, F.; Gelamo, R. V., Flexible metal-free supercapacitors based on multilayer graphene electrodes. Electrochimica Acta 2018, 285, 241-253.
• Ponnusamy, R.; Gangan, A.; Chakraborty, B.; Late, D. J.; Rout, C. S., Improved Nonenzymatic Glucose Sensing Properties of Pd/MnO2 Nanosheets: Synthesis by Facile Microwave-Assisted Route and Theoretical Insight from Quantum Simulations. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2018, 122 (31), 7636-7646.
• Patil, P.; Ajeya, K. V.; Bhat, M. P.; Sriram, G.; Yu, J.; Jung, H.-Y.; Altalhi, T.; Kigga, M.; Kurkuri, M. D., Real-Time Probe for the Efficient Sensing of Inorganic Fluoride and Copper Ions in Aqueous Media. ChemistrySelect 2018, 3 (41), 11593-11600.
• Hengne, A. M.; Samal, A. K.; Enakonda, L. R.; Harb, M.; Gevers, L. E.; Anjum, D. H.; Hedhili, M. N.; Saih, Y.; Huang, K.-W.; Basset, J.-M., Ni–Sn-Supported ZrO2 Catalysts Modified by Indium for Selective CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol. ACS Omega 2018, 3 (4), 3688-3701.
• Hemavathi, B.; Jayadev, V.; Pradhan, S. C.; Gokul, G.; Jagadish, K.; Chandrashekara, G. K.; Ramamurthy, P. C.; Pai, R. K.; Narayanan Unni, K. N.; Ahipa, T. N.; Soman, S.; Geetha Balakrishna, R., Aggregation induced light harvesting of molecularly engineered D-A-π-A carbazole dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells. Solar Energy 2018, 174, 1085-1096.
• Hemavathi, B.; Kesavan, A. V.; Chandrashekara, G. K.; Ramamurthy, P. C.; Pai, R. K.; Ahipa, T. N.; Geetha Balakrishna, R., Polycondensation of thiophene-flanked cyanopyridine and carbazole via direct arylation polymerization for solar cell application. Reactive and Functional Polymers 2018, 133, 1-8.
• Chaves, S.; Hiremathad, A.; Tomás, D.; Keri, R. S.; Piemontese, L.; Santos, M. A., Exploring the chelating capacity of 2-hydroxyphenyl-benzimidazole based hybrids with multi-target ability as anti-Alzheimer's agents. New Journal of Chemistry 2018, 42 (20), 16503-16515.
• Chethana K. R.; Shashidar B. S.;  Naika M.; Keri R.S., Phytochemical composition of Caesalpinia crista extract as potential source for inhibiting cholinesterase and β-amyloid aggregation: Significance to Alzheimer's disease. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine 2018; 8(2), 1-12.
• Agasar, M.; Patil, M. R.; Keri, R. S., Titanium-based nanoparticles: A novel, facile and efficient catalytic system for one-pot synthesis of quinoline derivatives. Chemical Data Collections 2018, 17-18, 178-186.
• Hiremathad, A.; Chand, K.; Keri, R. S., Development of coumarin–benzofuran hybrids as versatile multitargeted compounds for the treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease. Chemical Biology & Drug Design 2018, 92 (2), 1497-1503.
• Keri R.S.;  Pandule S. S.; Budagumpi S.; Nagaraja B. M., Quinoxaline and quinoxaline-1,4-di-N-oxides: An emerging class of antimycobacterials. Arch Pharm Chem Life Sci. 2018, 351, e1700325.
• Pandule, S. S.; Patil, M. R.; Keri, R. S., Properties and ammonia gas sensing applications of different inorganic acid-doped poly(2-chloroanilines). Polymer Bulletin 2018, 75 (10), 4469-4483.
• Ghosh, D.; Gad, M.; Lao, I.; Pope, M. A. Trapping and Redistribution of Hydrophobic Sulfur Sols in Graphene–Polyethyleneimine Networks for Stable Li–S Cathodes, Advanced Energy Materials, 2018, 1801979.
• V.Suvina,S, MuraliKrishna, D.H.Nagaraju, J.S.Melo, R. Geetha Balakrishna," Polypyrrole-reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite hydrogels: A promising electrode material for the simultaneous detection of multiple heavy metal ions", Materials Letters, 2018, 232, 209-212.
• R. Geetha Balakrishna, Steven M. Kobosko, and Prashant V. Kamat, Mixed Halide Perovskite Solar Cells. Consequence of Iodide Treatment on Phase Segregation Recovery, ACS Energy Lett, 2018, 3, 2267-2272.
• Aruchamy, K.; Bisht, M.; Venkatesu, P.; Kalpana, D.; M. R, N.; Singh, N.; Ghosh, D.; Mondal, D.; Nataraj, S. K., Direct conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to biomimetic tendril-like functional carbon helices: a protein friendly host for cytochrome C. Green Chemistry 2018, 20 (16), 3711-3716.
• Sequeira, R. A.; Singh, N.; Pereira, M. M.; Chudasama, N. A.; Bhattacharya, S.; Sharma, M.; Mondal, D.; Prasad, K., High concentration solubility and stability of ɛ-poly-l-lysine in an ammonium-based ionic liquid: A suitable media for polypeptide packaging and biomaterial preparation. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 2018, 120, 378-384.
• Mitra, J.; Saxena, M.; Paul, N.; Saha, E.; Sarkar, R.; Sarkar, S., Visible light induced degradation of pollutant dyes using a self-assembled graphene oxide–molybdenum oxo-bis(dithiolene) composite. New Journal of Chemistry 2018, 42 (17), 14229-14238.
• Swathi, M. G.; Ahipa, T. N., Aggregation induced emission properties of new cyanopyridone derivatives. Journal of Molecular Liquids 2018, 265, 747-755.
• Kongot, M.; Dohare, N.; Singh, V.; Reddy, D. S.; Singhal, N. K.; Patel, R.; Kumar, A., A novel biocompatible NiII tethered moiety as a glucose uptake agent and a hit against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 2018, 123, 335-349.>
• Vikrant, P.; Siddappa, A. P.; Renukadevi, P.; Alejandro, B.; Kenneth, B.; Shivaputra, A. P., Exploration of (hetero)aryl Derived Thienylchalcones for Antiviral and Anticancer Activities. Medicinal Chemistry 2018, 14, 1-12.
• Mohan, B.; Salfeena, C. T. F.; Ashitha, K. T.; Krishnan, G. V.; Jesmina, A. R. S.; Varghese, A. M.; Patil, S. A.; Kumar, B. N. S. D.; Sasidhar, B. S., Functionalized Pyrimidines from Alkynes and Nitriles: Application towards the Synthesis of Marine Natural Product Meridianin Analogs. ChemistrySelect 2018, 3 (23), 6394-6398.
• Marichev, K. O.; Patil, S. A.; Bugarin, A., Recent advances in the synthesis, structural diversity, and applications of mesoionic 1,2,3-triazol-5-ylidene metal complexes. Tetrahedron 2018, 74 (21), 2523-2546.
• Shahini, C. R.; Achar, G.; Budagumpi, S.; Müller–Bunz, H.; Tacke, M.; Patil, S. A., Benzoxazole and dioxolane substituted benzimidazole–based N–heterocyclic carbene–silver(I) complexes: Synthesis, structural characterization and in vitro antimicrobial activity. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2018, 868, 1-13.
• Kandathil, V.; Koley, T. S.; Manjunatha, K.; Dateer, R. B.; Keri, R. S.; Sasidhar, B. S.; Patil, S. A.; Patil, S. A., A new magnetically recyclable heterogeneous palladium(II) as a green catalyst for Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling and reduction of nitroarenes in aqueous medium at room temperature. Inorganica Chimica Acta 2018, 478, 195-210.
• Jadhav, A. H.; Prasad, D.; Jadhav, H. S.; Nagaraja, B. M.; Seo, J. G., Tailoring and exploring the basicity of magnesium oxide nanostructures in ionic liquids for Claisen-Schmidt condensation reaction. Energy 2018, 160, 635-647.
• Kainthla, I.; Gurram, V. R. B.; Bhanushali, J. T.; Kamaraju, S. R. R.; Keri, R. S.; Gosavi, S. W.; Jadhav, A. H.; Nagaraja, B. M., In Situ Generation of Cu0 Supported on TiO2 Aerogel as a Catalyst for the Vapour Phase Hydrogenation of Nitrobenzene to Aniline. Catalysis Letters 2018.
• Hemavathi, B.; Trupthi Devaiah, C.; Swathi, M. G.; Ahipa, T. N., Influence of terminal alkoxy chain lengths on the solvatochromic and AIE properties of 4,6-bis(4-(3,4-bis(alkoxy)styryl)phenyl)-2-methoxynicotinonitriles. Dyes and Pigments 2018, 159, 1-7.
• Uthappa, U. T.; Sriram, G.; Brahmkhatri, V.; Kigga, M.; Jung, H.-Y.; Altalhi, T.; Neelgund, G. M.; Kurkuri, M. D., Xerogel modified diatomaceous earth microparticles for controlled drug release studies. New Journal of Chemistry 2018, 42 (14), 11964-11971.
• Sunil, K.; Karunakaran, G.; Yadav, S.; Padaki, M.; Zadorozhnyy, V.; Pai, R. K., Al-Ti2O6 a mixed metal oxide based composite membrane: A unique membrane for removal of heavy metals. Chemical Engineering Journal 2018, 348, 678-684.
• Strugova, D. V.; Zadorozhnyy, M. Y.; Berdonosova, E. A.; Yablokova, M. Y.; Konik, P. A.; Zheleznyi, M. V.; Semenov, D. V.; Milovzorov, G. S.; Padaki, M.; Kaloshkin, S. D.; Zadorozhnyy, V. Y.; Klyamkin, S. N., Novel process for preparation of metal-polymer composite membranes for hydrogen separation. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2018, 43 (27), 12146-12152.
• Uthappa, U. T.; Brahmkhatri, V.; Sriram, G.; Jung, H.-Y.; Yu, J.; Kurkuri, N.; Aminabhavi, T. M.; Altalhi, T.; Neelgund, G. M.; Kurkuri, M. D., Nature engineered diatom biosilica as drug delivery systems. Journal of Controlled Release 2018, 281, 70-83
• Mahto, A.; Kumar, A.; Chaudhary, J. P.; Bhatt, M.; Sharma, A. K.; Paul, P.; Nataraj, S. K.; Meena, R., Solvent-free production of nano-FeS anchored graphene from Ulva fasciata: A scalable synthesis of super-adsorbent for lead, chromium and dyes. Journal of Hazardous Materials 2018, 353, 190-203.
• Reddy, D. S.; Kongot, M.; Netalkar, S. P.; Kurjogi, M. M.; Kumar, R.; Avecilla, F.; Kumar, A., Synthesis and evaluation of novel coumarin-oxime ethers as potential anti-tubercular agents: Their DNA cleavage ability and BSA interaction study. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2018, 150, 864-875.
• Maurya, N.; ud din Parray, M.; Maurya, J. K.; Kumar, A.; Patel, R., Interaction of promethazine and adiphenine to human hemoglobin: A comparative spectroscopic and computational analysis. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 2018, 199, 32-42.
• Maurya, J. K.; Khan, A. B.; Dohare, N.; Ali, A.; Kumar, A.; Patel, R., Effect of aromatic amino acids on the surface properties of 1-dodecyl-3-(4-(3-dodecylimidazolidin-1-yl)butyl)imidazolidine bromide gemini surfactant. Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology 2018, 39 (2), 174-180.
• Ravikumar, C. H.; M, S.; Mahto, A.; Nanjundaiah, R. T.; Thippeswamy, R.; Teixeira, S. R.; Balakrishna, R. G., Observation of oxo-bridged yttrium in TiO2 nanostructures and their enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen generation under UV/Visible light irradiations. Materials Research Bulletin 2018, 104, 212-219.
• Kusuma, J.; Balakrishna, R. G.; Patil, S.; Jyothi, M. S.; Chandan, H. R.; Shwetharani, R., Exploration of graphene oxide nanoribbons as excellent electron conducting network for third generation solar cells. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2018, 183, 211-219. .
• Kandathil V.; Dateer R. B.; Sasidhar B. S.; Patil S. A.; Patil, S. A., Green synthesis of palladium nanoparticles: Applications in aryl halide cyanation and Hiyama cross-coupling reaction under ligand free conditions. Catal. Lett. 2018, DOI: 10.1007/s10562-018-2369-5.
• R. Shwetharani, M. Sakar, H. R. Chandan and R. Geetha Balakrishna, Materials Letters, 2018, 218, 262-265.
• C. H. Ravikumar, G. V. Nair, S. Muralikrishna, D. H. Nagaraju and R. G. Balakrishna, Materials Letters, 2018, 220, 133-135.
• S. Pawbake, K. K. Mishra, L. G. B. Machuno, R. V. Gelamo, T. R. Ravindran, C. S. Rout and D. J. Late, Diamond and Related Materials, 2018, 84, 146-156.
• M. Majumder, R. B. Choudhary, A. K. Thakur, C. S. Rout and G. Gupta, New Journal of Chemistry, 2018, 42, 5295-5308.
• M. R. Patil, J. T. Bhanushali, B. M. Nagaraja and R. S. Keri, Comptes Rendus Chimie, 2018, 21, 399-407.
• G. Achar, C. R. Shahini, S. A. Patil, J. G. Małecki, S.-H. Pan, A. Lan, X.-R. Chen and S. Budagumpi, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2018, 183, 43-57.
• Shankar, A.; Kongot, M.; Saini, V. K.; Kumar, A., Removal of pentachlorophenol pesticide from aqueous solutions using modified chitosan. Arabian Journal of Chemistry 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2018.01.016
• Aneja, B.; Kumari, M.; Azam, A.; Kumar, A.; Abid, M.; Patel, R., Effect of triazole-tryptophan hybrid on the conformation stability of bovine serum albumin. Luminescence, 2018. DOI: 10.1002/bio.3435
• Ponnusamy, R.; Gangan, A.; Chakraborty, B.; Rout, C. S., Tuning the pure monoclinic phase of WO3 and WO3-Ag nanostructures for non-enzymatic glucose sensing application with theoretical insight from electronic structure simulations. Journal of Applied Physics 2018, 123 (2), 024701.
• Ratha, S.; Bankar, P.; Gangan, A.; More, M. A.; Late, D. J.; Behera, J. N.; Chakraborty, B.; Rout, C. S., VSe2-reduced graphene oxide as efficient cathode material for field emission. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpcs.2018.02.020
• Ponnusamy, R.; Chakraborty, B.; Rout, C. S., Pd Doped WO3 Nanostructures as Potential Glucose Sensor with Insight from Electronic Structure Simulations. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2018. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b11642
• Hiremathad, A.; Keri, R. S.; Esteves, A. R.; Cardoso, S. M.; Chaves, S.; Santos, M. A., Novel Tacrine-Hydroxyphenylbenzimidazole hybrids as potential multitarget drug candidates for Alzheimer's disease. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2018, 148, 255-267.
• Hiremathad, A.; Chand, K.; Tolayan, L.; Rajeshwari; Keri, R. S.; Esteves, A. R.; Cardoso, S. M.; Chaves, S.; Santos, M. A., Hydroxypyridinone-benzofuran hybrids with potential protective roles for Alzheimer´s disease therapy. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry 2018, 179, 82-96.
• Pandule, S. S.; Patil, M. R.; Keri, R. S., Properties and ammonia gas sensing applications of different inorganic acid-doped poly(2-chloroanilines). Polymer Bulletin 2018.
• Trupthi Devaiah, C.; Hemavathi, B.; Ros, M. B.; Barberá, J.; Tejedor, R. M.; Sadasivuni, K. K.; Ahipa, T. N., Blue luminescent cyanopyridone based molecular architectures: A structure-property study. Journal of Molecular Liquids 2018, 255, 233-243.
• Manjunatha, K.; Koley, T. S.; Kandathil, V.; Dateer, R. B.; Balakrishna, G.; Sasidhar, B. S.; Patil, S. A.; Patil, S. A., Magnetic nanoparticle-tethered Schiff base–palladium(II): Highly active and reusable heterogeneous catalyst for Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling and reduction of nitroarenes in aqueous medium at room temperature. Applied Organometallic Chemistry, e4266-n/a. DOI: 10.1002/aoc.4266.
• Ponnusamy, R.; Gangan, A.; Chakraborty, B.; Rout, C. S., Tuning the pure monoclinic phase of WO3 and WO3-Ag nanostructures for non-enzymatic glucose sensing application with theoretical insight from electronic structure simulations. Journal of Applied Physics 2018, 123 (2), 024701.
• Verma, P. K.; Shegavi, M. L.; Bose, S. K.; Geetharani, K., A nano-catalytic approach for C-B bond formation reactions. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 2018. DOI: 10.1039/C7OB02958F.
• M.S. Jyothi, Sudesh Yadav, Geetha Balakrishna, Effective recovery of acids from egg waste incorporated PSf membranes: A step towards sustainable development, Journal of Membrane Science, 2018 549, 227–235.
• Shwetharani R., Poojashree A., Geetha R. Balakrishna and Jyothi M. S. La activated high surface area titania float for the adsorption of Pb(II) from aqueous media, New Journal of Chemistry, 2018, DOI: 10.1039/C7NJ03358C.
• Chandan H. R, Jessica Schiffman and Geetha R. Balakrishna, Quantum dots as fluorescent probes: synthesis, surface chemistry, energy transfer mechanism and applications, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2018, 258, 1191–1214
• Jayesh, T. B.; Itika, K.; Ramesh Babu, G. V.; Rama Rao, K. S.; Keri, R. S.; Jadhav, A. H.; Nagaraja, B. M., Vapour phase selective hydrogenation of benzaldehyde to benzyl alcohol using Cu supported Mg-Al hydrotalicite catalyst. Catalysis Communications 2018, 106, 73-77.
• Naik, K. K.; Gangan, A.; Chakraborty, B.; Rout, C. S., Superior non-enzymatic glucose sensing properties of Ag-/Au-NiCo2O4 nanosheets with insight from electronic structure simulations. Analyst 2018. DOI: 10.1039/C7AN01354J
• Prasad, K.; Mondal, D.; Sharma, M.; Freire, M. G.; Mukesh, C.; Bhatt, J., Stimuli responsive ion gels based on polysaccharides and other polymers prepared using ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents. Carbohydrate Polymers 2018, 180 (Supplement C), 328-336.
• J. Kusuma and R Geetha Balakrishna, A review on electrical characterization techniques performed to study the device performance of quantum dot sensitized solar cells, Solar Energy, 159, 682-696, 2018.
• Achar, G.; Agarwal, P.; Brinda, K. N.; Małecki, J. G.; Keri, R. S.; Budagumpi, S., Ether and coumarin–functionalized (benz)imidazolium salts and their silver(I)–N–heterocyclic carbene complexes: Synthesis, characterization, crystal structures and antimicrobial studies. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2018, 854 (Supplement C), 64-75.