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Recent Publications

- Claude Bernard -

“The joy of discovery is certainly the liveliest that the mind of man can ever feel”

PUBLICATIONS

  1. Tonmoy J. Bora,  Nitumoni Hazarika, Nand K. Gour, Seonghwan Lee, Young-Bin Park, Subir Biswas, Arpita Devi. Low-Palladium-Content Iron(III) Nanocatalyst Supported on Zeolite-NaY for C–Cl Bond Activation, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.3c03244 

  2. Nazimul Hoque, Seonghwan Lee, Young-Bin Park, Subhasish Roy, Magdi EA Zaki, Kusum K Bania. Ni(OH)2-SnO2 at the Hybrid Interface of Zeolite-Y and rGO for Electrochemical Oxidation of Methanol and Ethanol, Energy & Fuels, 2023, 37, 11309-11318.

  3. Arpita Devi, Mrinmoy Manash Bharali, Subir Biswas, Tonmoy J Bora, Jayanta K Nath, Seonghwan Lee, Young-Bin Park, Lakshi Saikia, Manash J Baruah, Kusum K Bania. Utilization of methanol and ethanol for 3, 3′-bis (indolyl) methane synthesis through activation of peroxymonosulfate over a copper catalyst, Green Chemistry, 2023, 25, 3443-3448.

  4. Subir Biswas, Dipankar Barman, Gautam Gogoi, Nazimul Hoque, Arpita Devi, Siddhartha K Purkayastha, Ankur Kanti Guha, Jayanta K Nath, Kusum K Bania. Heterogeneous iron catalyst for C (1)–H functionalization of 2-naphthols with primary aromatic alcohols. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2023, 21, 1657-1661.

  5. Salma A Khanam, Nazimul Hoque, Seonghwan Lee, Young-Bin Park, Gautam Gogoi, Kusum K Bania. ubular Nickel Hydroxide Embedded in Zeolitic Cobalt Oxide for Methanol Oxidation Reaction, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2022, 5, 12651-12662

  6. Gautam Gogoi, Manash J Baruah, Subir Biswas, Nazimul Hoque, Seonghwan Lee, Young-Bin Park, Lakshi Saikia, Kusum K Bania. CuO-Fe (III)-Zeolite-Y as efficient catalyst for oxidative alcohol-amine coupling reactions, Molecular Catalysis, 2022, 528, 112458

  7. Nazimul Hoque, Seonghwan Lee, Young-Bin Park, Subhasish Roy, Manash J. Baruah, Subir Biswas, Gautam Gogoi, Tonmoy J. Bora, Rupjyoti Dutta, Kusum K Bania. Dual Matrix Influence on Ni(II) Rich Hybrid Catalyst for Electrochemical Methanol Oxidation Reaction, ChemNanoMat, 2022, e202200280

  8. Nazimul Hoque, Manash J Baruah, Arif Hassan Biman, Subir Biswas, Gautam Gogoi, Rupjyoti Dutta, Kusum K Bania. Impregnating rhodium (0) sites through zeolite-Y templation in a hybrid Rh–Ni catalyst for alcohol electro-oxidation with low CO poisoning, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2022, 5, 6118-6128.

  9. Subir Biswas, Manash J Baruah, Gautam Gogoi, Nazimul Hoque, Seonghwan Lee, Young-Bin Park, Lakshi Saikia, Kusum K Bania. Dehydrogenation of ethanol over CuO–Mg–Y for cross-aldol condensation with aryl aldehydes, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2022, 336, 111893

  10. M. J. Baruah, A. Dutta, S. Biswas, G. Gogoi, N. Hoque, P. K. Bhattacharyya, K. K. Bania. Fe2O3 Nanocatalysts Supported on Zeolite-Y for the Selective Synthesis of C2 Di-Indolyl Indolones and Isatins, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2022, 5, 1446-1459.

  11. M. J. Baruah, T. J. Bora, G. Gogoi, N. Hoque, N. K. Gour, S. K. Bhargava, A. K. Guha, J. K. Nath, B. Das, K. K. Bania. Chirally modified cobalt-vanadate grafted on battery waste derived layered reduced graphene oxide for enantioselective photooxidation of 2-naphthol: Asymmetric induction through non-covalent interaction, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2022, 608, 1526-1542.

  12. N. Hoque, M. J. Baruah, S. Lee, Y. B. Park, R. Dutta, S. Roy, K. K. Bania. Cu(OH) 2 -Ni(OH) 2 engulfed by zeolite-Y hydroxyl nest and multiwalled carbon nanotube for effective methanol oxidation reaction, Electrochimica Acta, 2021, 397, 139313.

  13. M. J. Baruah, T. J. Bora, R. Dutta, S. Roy, A. K. Guha, K. K. Bania. Fe(III) superoxide radicals in halloysite nanotubes for visible-light-assisted benzyl alcohol oxidation and oxidative C–C coupling of 2-naphthol, Molecular Catalysis, 2021, 515, 111858.

  14. G. Gogoi, P. Saikia, M. J. Baruah, S. Lee, Y. B. Park, R. Dutta, K. K. Bania. Mixed valent copper oxide nanocatalyst on Zeolite-Y for mechanochemical oxidation, reduction and C–C bond formation reaction, Microporous & Mesoporous Materials, 2021, 326, 111392.

  15. M. J. Baruah, M. Sharma, B. Das, P. Saikia, L. Saikia, S. Roy, G. V. Karunakar, P. K. Bhattacharyya, K.K. Bania. Boosting Multiple Photo-assisted and Temperature Controlled Reactions with a Single Redox-Switchable Catalyst: Solvents as Internal Substrates and Reducing Agent, Journal of Catalysis, 2020, 388, 104-121.

  16. B. Das, M. Sharma, M. J. Baruah, B. P. Mounash, G. V. Karunakar, K. K. Bania. Gold Nanoparticle Suppoeted on Mesoporous Vanadium Oxide for Photo-oxidation of 2-Napthol with Hydrogen Peroxide and Aerobic Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohols, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2020, 8, 104268.

  17. M. Sharma, B. Das, M. J. Baruah, P. K. Bhattacharyya, L. Saikia, K. K. Bania. Pd-NiO-Y/CNT Nanofoam: A Zeolite-Carbon Nanotube Conjugal Exhibiting High Durability in Methanol Oxidation, Chemical Communications, 2020, 56 (3), 375-378.

  18. ​B. Das, P. Saikia, M. Sharma, M. J. Baruah, S. Roy, K. K. Bania. Direct cyanidation of silver sulfide by heterolytic C–CN bond cleavage of acetonitrile, RSC Advances, 2020, 10 (14), 8314-8318.

  19. M. Sharma, B. Das, M. J. Baruah, S. Biswas, S. Roy, A. Hazarika, S. K. Bhargava, K. K. Bania. Pd–Au–Y as Efficient Catalyst for C–C Coupling Reactions, Benzylic C–H Bond Activation, and Oxidation of Ethanol for Synthesis of Cinnamaldehydes, ACS Catalysis, 2019, 9 (7), 5860-5875.

  20. B. Das, M. Sharma, M. J. Baruah, K. K. Borah, K. K. Bania. Synthesis of silver cyanide without poisonous KCN or NaCN. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2019, 498, 119160.

  21. B. Das, M. J. Baruah, M. Sharma, B. Sarma, G. V. Karunakar, L. Satyanarayana, S. Roy, P. K. Bhattacharyya, K. K. Borah, K. K. Bania. Self pH regulated iron (II) catalyst for radical free oxidation of benzyl alcohols, Applied Catalysis A: General, 2020, 589, 117292.

  22. M. Sharma, B. Das, A. Hazarika, A. K. Guha, S. K. Bhargava, K. K. Bania. PdO/CuO Nanoparticles on Zeolite‑Y for Nitroarene Reduction and Methanol Oxidation, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2019, 2 (6), 3769-3779.

  23. B. Das, M. Sharma, A. Hazarika, K. K. Bania. Self‐Assembled Monolayer Stabilized Gold‐Vanadate Nanoflute for Water Splitting Reactions, ChemistrySelect, 2019, 4 (24), 7042-7050.

  24. B. Das, M. Sharma, C. Kashyap, A. K. Guha, A. Hazarika, K. K. Bania. Substrate Oxidation Prompted by Solvent Dissociation: The Role of Peroxo-Vanadate and Ag-π Interaction, Applied Catalysis A: General, 2020, 589, 117292.

  25. M. Sharma, B. Das, A. Hazarika, N. R. Mangina, G. V. Karunakar, K. K. Bania.An indirect approach for encapsulation of chiral cobalt catalyst in microporous Zeolite-Y, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2018, 272, 31-39. 

  26. B Das, M Sharma, C Kashyap, AK Guha, A Hazarika, KK Bania. Substrate Oxidation Prompted by Solvent Dissociation: The Role of Peroxo-Vanadate and Ag-π Interaction, Applied Catalysis A: General, 2018, 568, 191-201.

  27. B. Das, M. Sharma, B. K. Deka, A. Hazarika, Y. B. Park, A. Hazarika, Facile synthesis of 1D-architecture of silver-vanadates in carbon nest for enhanced visible light driven photo-oxidation process, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2018, 6 (2), 3167-3176.

  28. M. Sharma, B. Das, M. Sharma, B. K. Deka, Y. B. Park, S. K. Bhargava, K. K. Bania. Pd/Cu-oxide nanoconjugate at zeolite-Y crystallite crafting the mesoporous channels for selective oxidation of benzyl-alcohols, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017,  9 (40), 35453-35462.

  29. B. Das, M. Sharma, J. C. Sarmah, K. K. Bania. Rapid reduction of dye pollutants and hexavalent chromium by silver-sulphur oxido-vanadium cluster, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2017, 5 (5), 4212-4219.

  30. M. Sharma, M. Sharma, A. Hazarika, L. Satyanarayana, G. V. Karunakar, K. K. Bania. C-Cl bond activation with Pd (II)-NiO nanoparticles supported on zeolite-Y: the role of charge transfer transition, Molecular Catalysis, 2017, 432, 210-219. (Editor's Choice Paper)

  31. M. Sharma, P. J. Sarma, M. J. Goswami, K. K. Bania. Metallogel templated synthesis and stabilization of silver-particles and its application in catalytic reduction of nitro-arene, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2017, 490, 529-541.

  32. M. Sharma, B. Das, J. C. Sarmah, A. Hazarika, B. K. Deka, Y. B. Park, K. K. Bania. Fractal to monolayer growth of AgCl and Ag/AgCl nanoparticles on vanadium oxides (VO x) for visible-light photocatalysis, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5 (32), 16953-16963.

  33. T. J. Konch, M. Sharma, L. Satyanarayana, A. Hazarika, G. V. Karunakar, K. K. Bania. Non‐Hydrothermal Synthesis of Cu (I)‐Microleaves from Cu (II)‐Nanorods, ChemistrySelect, 2016,1 (20), 6606-6615.

  34. B. Das, M. Sharma, L. Satyanarayana, G. V. Karunakar, K. K. Bania. Silver‐Sulphur Oxido‐Vanadium Cluster: A Newly Born Catalyst for Direct Reduction of Aryl Carboxylic Acids to Aldehydes via Mars and van Krevelen Mechanism, ChemistrySelect, 2016, 1 (13), 3750-3756.

  35. M. Sharma, B. Das, G. V. Karunakar, L. Satyanarayana, K. K. Bania. Chiral Ni-schiff base complexes inside zeolite-Y and their application in asymmetric Henry reaction: effect of initial activation with microwave irradiation, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2016, 120 (25), 13563-13573.

  36. I. Hussain, K. K. Bania, N. Kishore, R. C. Deka. Application of physicochemical and DFT based descriptors for QSAR Study of camptothecin derivatives, Chemistry Select, 2016, accepted manuscript.

  37. K. K. Bania, A. K. Guha, P. K. Bhattacharyya. DFT and TDDFT study on cation-π complexes of diboryne (NHC → B≡≡B ← NHC), Journal of Chemical Physics, 2016,145, 184112.

  38. B. Das, M. Sharma, L. Satyanarayana, G. Karunakar, K. K. Bania. Silver‐Sulphur Oxido‐Vanadium Cluster: A Newly Born Catalyst for Direct Reduction of Aryl Carboxylic Acids to Aldehydes via Mars and van Krevelen Mechanism. ChemistrySelect, 2016, 1, 3750–3756.

  39. S. P. Mahanta, B. Dutta, P. K. Bhattacharyaa, K. K. Bania. Cation–π interaction in cofacial molecular dyads: a DFT and TDDFT study, RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 63827-63836.

  40. M. Mandal, V. Nagaraju, G. V. Karunakar, B. Sarma, B. J. Borah, K. K Bania. Electronic, Conjugation and Confinement Effect on Structure, Redox and Catalytic Behavior of Oxido-Vanadium (IV) and (V) Chiral Schiff Base Complexes, Journal of Physical Chemistry, C, 2015, 119, 28854–28870.

  41. M. Mandal, V. Nagaraju, B. Sarma,  G.V. Karunakar, K. K. Bania, Enantoselective Epoxidation of Styrene by MCM-41 Immobilized Mn-Schiff Base Complexes, ChemPlusChem, 2015, 80, 749-761.

  42. J. Deka, L. Satyanarayana, G. V. Karunakar, P. K. Bhattacharyya, K. K. Bania. Chiral modification of copper exchanged zeolite-Y with cinchonidine and its application in the asymmetric Henry reaction, Dalton Transactions, 2015, 44, 20949-20963.

  43. S. R. Gogoi, J. J. Boruah, G. Sengupta, G. Saikia, K. Ahmed, N. S. Islam and K. K. Bania. Peroxoniobium(V) catalyzed selective oxidation of sulfides with hydrogen peroxide in water: a sustainable approach, Catalysis Science & Technology, 2015, 5, 595-610. 

  44. K. K. Bania, G.V. Karunakar, L. Satyanarayana, K. K. Bania, Oxidative coupling of 2-naphthol to (R)/(S)-BINOL by MCM-41 supported Mnchiral Schiff base complexes, RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 33185-33198.

  45. S. K. Das, S. P. Mahanta, K. K. Bania. Oxidative Coupling of 2-Naphthol by Zeolite-Y Supported Homo and Heterometallic Trinuclear Acetate Clusters , RSC Advances, 2014, 4, 51496–51509.

  46. N. Sarmah, P. K. Bhattacharyya,  K. K. Bania, Substituent and Solvent Effects on the Absorption Spectra of Cation−π Complexes of Benzene and Borazine: A Theoretical Study. Journal of Physical Chemistry, A, 2014, 118 (21), pp 3760– 3774.

  47. K. K. Bania, A. K. Guha, P. K. Bhattacharyya, S. Sinha. Effect of Substituent and Solvent on Cation-π Interaction in Benzene and Borazine: A Computational Study.Dalton Transaction, 2014, 43, 1769-1784.

  48. K. K. Bania, G. V. Karunakar, B. Sarma, R. C. Deka. Effect of Nano-Space Confinement on Catalytic Activity and Stability of a Chiral Schiff Base Complex: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study. , ChemPlusChem, 2014 79, 427–438.

  49. C. D. Pegu, K. K. Bania. Asymmetric Henry Reaction in Presence of Chiral Amino Acids: An Experimental and Theoretical Study,  International Journal of Chemistry. 2014, 3.

  50. K. K. Bania, G. V. Karunakar, K. Goutham, R. C. Deka. Enantioselective Henry Reaction Catalyzed by “Ship in a Bottle” Complexes a, Inorganic Chemistry, 2013, 52, 8017-8029.

  51. K. K. Bania, R. C. Deka. Zeolite-Y Encapsulated Metal Picolinato Complexes as Catalyst for Oxidation of Phenol with Hydrogen Peroxide , Journal of Physical Chemistry, C, 2013, 117, 11663–11678.

  52. S. Dutta, J. Das, R. Devi, U. Dutta, H. Borah, K. K. Bania. Theoretical Study of a C-C bond Formation Reaction Catalyzed by PH3. Bulletin: The Catalysis Society of India, 2013, 12, 61-66.

  53. K. K. Bania, R. C. Deka. Experimental and Theoretical Evidence for Encapsulation and Tethering of 1,10- Phenanthroline Complexes of Fe, Cu, and Zn in Zeolite–Y , Journal of Physical Chemistrty, C, 2012, 116, 14295–14310.

  54. K. K. Bania, D. Bharali, B. Viswanathan, Ramesh C. Deka, Enhanced Catalytic Activity of Zeolite Encapsulated Fe(III)-Schiff-Base Complexes for Oxidative Coupling of 2-Napthol Inorganic Chemistry, 2012, 51, 1657–1674.

  55. K. K. Bania, R. C. Deka. Influence of Zeolite Framework on the Structure, Properties, and Reactivity of Cobalt Phenanthroline Complex: A Combined Experimental and Computational Study, Journal of Physical Chemistry, C, 2011, 115 9601– 9607.

  56. M. Iman, K. K. Bania,  T. K. Maji. Green Jute-Based Cross-Linked Soy Flour Nanocomposites Reinforced with Cellulose Whiskers and Nanoclay , Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2013, 52, 6969-6983.

  57. K. K. Bania, N. Baruah, R. J. Sharma, J. B. Baruah. Crystal structure of metallohybrid acid of 1, 3, 5 benztricarboxylicacid of Cu (II). . Journal of Chemical Crystallography, 2008, 38, 57-60.

  58. K. K. Bania, N. Baruah, J. B. Baruah. Structural variations in self assembled Cadmium benzoate complexes . Polyhedron, 2007, 26, 2612-2620.

  59. K. K. Bania, R. J. Sharma, A. Karmakar, J. B. Baruah. Structural features of O–hydroxy bis–phenol and their comparison with para hydroxy bis–phenols. . Journal of Chemical Crystallography, 2007, 37, 859-864.

  60. A. Karmakar, K. K. Bania, A. Baruah, J. B. Baruah. Role of Nitro substituent in Pseudo polymorphism in synthesis ofmetallocarboxylate complexes of Copper, Zinc, Manganese.Inorganic Chemistry Communication, 2007, 10, 959-964.

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