
Recent Publications

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PUBLICATIONS

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