Research & Publications

Research Interest:

Nano-chemistry and Nanotechnology: Synthesis, characterization, and application of nanomaterials, with a particular focus on noble metals 

Md. Niharul Alam (researchgate.net) 

‪Prof. Md. Niharul Alam‬ - ‪Google Scholar‬ 

Academia.edu 

Publication:

1. N. Roy, Md. N. Alam, S. Mondal, I. Sk, R.A. Laskar, S. Das, D. Mandal and N. A. Begum, Exploring Indian Rosewood as a promising biogenic tool for the synthesis of metal nanoparticles with tailor-made morphologies, Process Biochemistry, 2012, 47, 1371-1380.

2. Md. N. Alam, N. Roy, D. Mandal and N. A.  Begum, Green chemistry for nanochemistry: exploring medicinal plants for the biogenic synthesis of metal NPs with fine-tune properties, RSC Advances, 2013, 3, 11935-11956.

3. Md. N. Alam, S. Das, S. Batuta, N. Roy, A. Chatterjee, D. Mandal and N. A. Begum, Murraya koenegii Spreng. Leaf Extract: An Efficient Green Multifunctional Agent for the Controlled Synthesis of Au Nanoparticles, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2014, 2, 652−664.

4. S. Das, Md. N. Alam, S. Batuta, N. Roy and N. A. Begum, Exploring Comparative Antioxidant Activity of Some Popular Cultivars of Mangifera indica L., National Fruit of India, International Journal of Fruit Science, 2014, 00, 1–19.

5. S. Das, I. Mitra, S. Batuta, Md. N. Alam, K. Roy and N. A. Begum, Design, synthesis and exploring the quantitative structure-activity relationship of some antioxidant flavonoid analogues, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2014, 24, 5050–5054.

6. Md. N. Alam, A. Chatterjee, S. Das, S. Batuta, D. Mandal and N. A.  Begum, Burmese grape fruit juice can trigger the “logic gate” like colorimetric sensing behavior of Ag nanoparticles towards toxic metal ion, RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 23419–23430.

7. Md. N. Alam, S. Batuta, G. Ahamed, S. Das, D. Mandal and N. A. Begum, Tailoring the catalytic activity of Au nanoparticles synthesized by a naturally occurring green multifunctional agent, Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2019,12,3825-3835.

8. S. Batuta, Md. A. Ali, A. Chatterjee, Md. N. Alam, S. Das, D. Mandal, N. A. Begum, Understanding the efficacy of N,N-dimethylformamide and oxalyl chloride combination as chemoselective O-formylating agent: An unified experimental and theoretical study, Synthetic Communication , 2016, 46, 692-700.

9. Md. N. Alam, S. Das, S. Batuta, D. Mandal and N. A. Begum, Green-nanochemistry for safe environment: Bio-friendly synthesis of fluorescence monometallic (Ag and Au) and bimetallic (Ag/Au alloy) nanoparticles having pesticide sensing activity, Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry, 2016, 6, 373-395.

10. S. Das, S. Batuta, Md. N. Alam, C. Fouzder, R. Kundu, D. Mandal and N. A. Begum, Antioxidant flavone analog functionalized fluorescent silica nanoparticles: Synthesis and exploration of their possible use as biomolecule sensor, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2017, 157, 286-296.

11. S. Das, Md. N. Alam, S. Batuta, G. Ahamed, C. Fouzder, R. Kundu, D. Mandal and N. A. Begum, Exploring the efficacy of Basella alba mucilage towards the encapsulation of the hydrophobic antioxidants for their better performance, Process Biochemistry, 2017, 61, 178-188.

12. T. Mallick, A. Karmakar, S. Batuta, G. Ahamed, S. Das, Md. N. Alam, M. Mukherjee, N. Das, D. Mandal, and N. A. Begum, Fluorescent Small Molecules Are BIG Enough To Sense Biomacromolecule: Synthesis of Aromatic Thioesters and Understanding Their Interactions with ctDNA, ACS Omega, 2018, 3, 334−348.

13. A. Karmakar,T. Mallick, Md. N. Alam, S. Das, S. Batuta, S. K. Chandra, D. Mandal and N. A. Begum, Understanding of the interactions of ctDNA with an antioxidant flavone analog: Exploring the utility of the small molecule as fluorescent probe for biomacromolecules, Journal of Molecular Structure, 2018,1165, 276-287.

14. Md. N. Alam, Green Sonochemical Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles by Carbazole and Sensing of ct-DNA, Chemistry Africa, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42250-025-01292-2 [Accepted 14 April 2025] .