Publications
From IISER Bhopal
2025
54. Sulekha Sharma, Harapriya Behera, Shivani Ahlawat, and Amit Paul.* Homodimerization of 3-Substituted-2-Oxindoles for the Construction of Vicinal All-Carbon Quaternary Centers: Chemical, Photochemical and Electrochemical Approaches. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 2025, 23, ASAP.
53. Sweety Gupta,# Palak Mehra# and Amit Paul.* Solid-State Proton Conduction in Graphene-Derived Nanomaterials. Sustainability Science and Technology 2025, 2, 013001. (# Equal Contributor)
52. Shashank Sharma and Amit Paul.* Evolution of Ultrathin CoFe-Nanomesh for Oxygen Evolution Reaction: From Slit Pores to Ink-Bottle Pores. Chemistry-An Asian Journal 2025, 20, e202401156. (Cover Page)
2024
51. Kamlesh, Parul Aggarwal, Manish Mudgal, Avanish Kumar Srivastava, Pankaj Raizada, Pardeep Singh, Amit Paul, and Archana Singh.* Electrochemistry of Nickelocene-Ferrocene Organometallic Complexes for Electrodeposition of Nickel–Iron–Based Nanostructured Film under Ambient Conditions for Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ACS Applied Nano Materials 2024, 7, 24455-24468.
50. Saina Shaheeda,# Sulekha Sharma,# Nilangshu Mandal, Pranay Shyamal, Ayan Datta,* Amit Paul,* and Alakesh Bisai.* Regioselective Electrochemical Construction of Csp2-Csp2 Linkage at C5-C5’ Position of 2-Oxindoles via an Intermolecular Anodic Dehydrogenative Coupling. Chemistry-A European Journal 2024, 30, e202403420. (#Equal Contributor)
49. Harapriya Behera, Shivani Ahlawat and Amit Paul.* Multiple Routes for the Synthesis of Dimerized 3-Substituted-2-Oxindoles Employing Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer. Prayogik Rasayan 2024, 8, 38-43. (Cover Page)
48. Parul Aggarwal, Palak Mehra, and Amit Paul.* Pore Size Regulated Vertically Aligned CoFe-LDH on Carbon Support for Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ACS Applied Nano Materials 2024, 7, 9532-9541. (Most Read Article)
47. Shashank Sharma and Amit Paul.* One-Pot Synthesis of CoFe-Nanomesh for Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ACS Applied Nano Materials 2024, 7, 8567-8579. (Most Read Article)
46. Nyaya Prakash Pradhan, Sweety Gupta, Swapnendu Narayan Ghosh, Amit Paul,* Santanu Talukder,* and Aasheesh Srivastava.* Self-assembly of water-filled molecular saddles to generate diverse morphologies and high proton conductivity. Nanoscale 2024, 16, 8427-8433.
2023
45. Parul Aggarwal, Bhupendra Singh, and Amit Paul.* Pore Size and Electronic Tuning in Cerium-Doped Co-Fe-LDH for Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Materials Advances 2023, 4, 4377-4389. (Back Cover Page) (Part of Themed Collection "Popular Advances" and "Celebrating International Women’s day 2024: Women in Materials Science")
44. Anil Kumar, Khyati Shukla, Salman Ahsan, Amit Paul, and Nitin T. Patil.* Electrochemical Gold-Catalyzed 1,2-Difunctionalization of C–C Multiple Bonds. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202308636. (HOT Paper)
43. Kamlesh, Palak Mehra, Deepika Tavar, Satya Prakash, Rajendra K. Sharma, Avanish K. Srivastava, Amit Paul,* and Archana Singh.* One Step High Temperature Electrodeposition of Fe-based Film as Efficient Water Oxidation Catalyst. Langmuir 2023, 39, 6088-6101.
42. Himanshu Aggarwal, Pradip A. Gaikwad, Anjali Dahat, Swapnendu Narayan Ghosh, Palak Mehra, Amit Paul,* Santanu Talukder,* and Aasheesh Srivastava.* Bioinspired Design of an Uncharged Ambipolar Helical Scaffold to Achieve Efficient Solid-State Proton Conduction. Chemistry-A European Journal 2023, 29, e202300019. (Hot Paper) (Cover Feature) (Coverage in Vigyan Prasar)
41. Aditi Barua, Palak Mehra, and Amit Paul.* Role of Nitrogen Doping and Pore Volume for CO2 Capture in Metal-Organic Framework Derived Ultramicroporous Carbon Material. Results in Chemistry 2023, 5, 100807. (Invited article for Special Issue: Energy and Sustainability)
40. Sulekha Sharma,# Saina Shaheeda,# Kundan Shaw, Alakesh Bisai* and Amit Paul.* Two-Electron- and One-Electron-Transfer Pathways for TEMPO-Catalyzed Greener Electrochemical Dimerization of 3-Substituted-2-Oxindoles. ACS Catalysis 2023, 13, 2118-2134. (#Equal Contributor)
2022
39. Preeti Jain,# Palak Mehra,# and Amit Paul.* A new generation high-performance supercapacitor engaging redox property of solvent-electrolyte (Ionic Liquid). ChemRxiv, 2022. (#Equal Contributor)
38. Palak Mehra and Amit Paul.* Decoding Carbon-Based Materials' Properties for High CO2 Capture and Selectivity. ACS Omega 2022, 7, 34538-34546.
37. Subir Panja, Salman Ahsan, Tanay Pal, Simon Kolb, Wajid Ali, Sulekha Sharma, Chandan Das, Jagrit Grover, Arnab Dutta,* Daniel B. Werz,* Amit Paul,* and Debabrata Maiti.* Non-directed Pd-catalysed Electrooxidative Olefination of Arenes. Chemical Science 2022, 13, 9432-9439. (Most Popular 2022 Organic Chemistry Articles)
36. Palak Mehra, Midhula Wilson and Amit Paul.* Acid-base Synergism in Nitrogen and Oxygen Functionalized Few-layer Graphene for Low Activation Barrier Solid-state Proton Conduction. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2022, 126, 10534-10545.
35. Palak Mehra and Amit Paul.* Covalently Functionalized Hydroxyl-rich Few-layer Graphene for Solid-state Proton Conduction and Supercapacitor Applications. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2022, 126, 6135-6146.
34. Aditya Upadhayay, K. V. Saurav, Evelin Lilly Varghese, Ananda S. Hodage, Amit Paul, Mahendra Kumar Awasthi, Sanjay Kumar Singh, and Sangit Kumar*. Proton reduction by a bimetallic zinc selenolate. RSC Advances 2022, 12, 3801-3808.
2021
33. Aditi Barua, Palak Mehra, and Amit Paul.* Understanding Integrated Graphene-MOF Nanostructures as Binder and Additive Free High-Performance Supercapacitors at Commercial Scale Mass loading. ACS Applied Energy Materials 2021, 4, 14249-14259. (Most Read Article)
31. Aditi Barua and Amit Paul.* Synergistic Effect of Oxygen and Nitrogen co-doping in a MOF-Derived Ultramicroporous Carbon for an Exceptionally Stable Solid-State Supercapacitor via “Proton Trap” Mechanism. Energy Fuels 2021, 35, 10262-10273. (Most Read Article)
30. Palak Mehra,# Chanderpratap Singh,# Irin Cherian, Arkaprabha Giri, and Amit Paul.* Deciphering the incredible supercapacitor performance of conducting bi-ordered ultramicroporous graphitic carbon. ACS Applied Energy Materials 2021, 4, 4416-4427. (#First two authors contributed equally)
2020
29. Sulekha Sharma, Avishek Roy, Kundan Shaw, Alakesh Bisai,* and Amit Paul.* Electrochemical Synthesis of Dimeric 2-Oxindole Sharing Vicinal Quaternary Centers Employing Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer (PCET). Journal of Organic Chemistry 2020, 85, 14926-14936.
28. Aditi Barua and Amit Paul.* Unraveling the role of temperature in a redox supercapacitor composed of multifarious nanoporous carbon@hydroquinone. RSC Advances 2020, 10, 1799-1810. (Invited Article)
2019
27. Amit Kumar, Sujesh S., Prachi Varshney, Amit Paul and Sankar J.* Aminophenyl-substituted cobalt(III) corrole: a bifunctional electrocatalyst for the oxygen and hydrogen evolution reactions. Dalton Trans. 2019, 48, 11345.
26. Priyajit Jash, Aravind V., and Amit Paul*. Tuning water oxidation reactivity by employing surfactant directed synthesis of porous Co3O4 nanomaterials. New J. Chem. 2019, 43, 6540-6548.
25. Priyajit Jash and Amit Paul*. Selective synthesis of single layer translucent cobalt hydroxide for efficient oxygen evolution reaction. Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 2230-2233.
2018
24. Chanderpratap Singh and Amit Paul*. Immense microporous carbon@hydroquinone metamorphosed from nonporous carbon as a supercapacitor with remarkable energy density and cyclic stability. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2018, 6, 11367-11379.
23. Sujoy Bandhopadhyay, Chanderpratap Singh, Priyajit Jash, MD. Waseem Hussain, Amit Paul,* and Abhijit Patra*. Redox-active pyrene-based pristine porous organic polymers for efficient energy storage with exceptional cyclic stability. Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 6796-6799. (Invited article for 2018 Emerging Investigators)
2017
22. Arunkumar M. and Amit Paul*. Importance of Electrode Preparation Methodologies in Supercapacitor Application. ACS Omega 2017, 2, 8039-8050. (Highlighted in ACS Insights as a high quality publication from India)(Most read article)
21. Jony Saha, Debarati Roy Chowdhury, Priyajit Jash, and Amit Paul*. Cobalt phosphonates as precatalysts for water oxidation: Role of pore size in catalysis. Chemistry-A European Journal 2017, 23, 12519-12526.
20. Qysar Maqbool, Chanderpratap Singh, Priyajit Jash, Amit Paul*, and Aasheesh Srivastava*. Nano “Koosh balls” of mesoporous MnO2: Improved supercapacitor performance through superior ion transport. Chemistry-A European Journal 2017, 23, 4216-4226.
19. Suman Chandra, Debarati Roy Chowdhury, Matthew Addicoat, Thomas Heine, Amit Paul*, and Rahul Banerjee*. Molecular level control of the capacitance of two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks: Role of H-bonding in Energy Storage Materials. Chemistry of Materials 2017, 29, 2074-2080. (Among most read articles (top 4) in January-March, 2017, Selected for front coverpage) (Also among most read article for the entire year 2017)
18. Santanu Pattanayak, Debarati Roy Chowdhury, Bikash Garai, Kundan K. Singh, Amit Paul*, Basab B. Dhar*, and Sayam Sen Gupta*. Electrochemical formation of FeV(O) and mechanism of its reaction with water during O-O bond formation. Chemistry-A European Journal 2017, 23, 3414-3424.
2016
17. Chanderpratap Singh, Nikhil S., Anwesha Jana, Ashish Kumar Mishra*, and Amit Paul*. Proton conduction through oxygen-functionalized few-layer graphene. Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 12661-12664. (Highlighted by Chem Comm on Twitter) (Part of New Frontiers of Indian Research collection)
16. Debarati Roy Chowdhury, Leone Spiccia, S. S. Amritphale, Amit Paul*, and Archana Singh*. A robust iron oxyhydroxide water oxidation catalyst operating under near neutral and alkaline conditions. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2016, 4, 3655-3660.
2015
15. Chanderpratap Singh, Ashish Kumar Mishra*, and Amit Paul*. Highly conducting reduced graphene synthesis via low temperature chemically assisted exfoliation and energy storage application. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2015, 3, 18557-18563.
14. Chanderpratap Singh and Amit Paul*. Physisorbed Hydroquinone on Activated Charcoal as a Supercapacitor: An Application of Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2015, 119, 11382-11390.
13. Qysar Maqbool, Chanderpratap Singh, Amit Paul*, and Aasheesh Srivastava*. Uniform spheroidal nanoassemblies of magnetite using Tween surfactants: Influence of surfactant structure on morphology and electrochemical performance. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2015, 3, 1610-1618.
2014
12. Anwesha Jana, Debarati Roy Chowdhury, Archana Singh*, and Amit Paul*. Simultaneous Introduction of the Henderson-Hasselbalch Equation and Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer: An Undergraduate Laboratory Experiment. Chemical Educator 2014, 19, 333-337. [pdf] (Students Handout) (Teaching Article, a tribute to Prof. Tom Meyer)
11. Archana Singh, Debarati Roy Chowdhury, and Amit Paul*. A kinetic study of ferrocenium cation decomposition utilizing an integrated electrochemical methodology composed of cyclic voltammetry and amperometry. Analyst 2014, 139, 5747-5754.
10. Debarati Roy Chowdhury, Chanderpratap Singh, and Amit Paul*. Role of graphite precursor and sodium nitrate in graphite oxide synthesis. RSC Advances 2014, 4, 15138-15145.
From PhD and Postdoc
9. Weinberg, D. R.; Gagliardi, C. J.; Hull, J. F.; Murphy, C. F.; Kent, C. A.; Westlake, B.; Paul, A.; Ess, D. H.; McCafferty, D. G; Meyer, T. J. Proton Coupled Electron Transfer. Chem. Rev. 2012, 112, 4016-4093.
8. Ramidi, P.; Munshi, P.; Gartia, Y.; Pulla, S.; Biris, A. S.; Paul, A.; Ghosh, A. Synergistic Effect of Alkali Halide and Lewis Base on the Catalytic Synthesis of Cyclic Carbonate from CO2 and Epoxide. Chem. Phys. Lett. 2011, 512, 273-277.
7. Paul, A.; Hull, J. F.; Norris, M. R.; Chen, Z.; Ess, D. H.; Concepcion, J. J.; Meyer, T. J. Multiple Pathways for Benzyl Alcohol Oxidation by RuV=O3+ and RuIV=O2+. Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 1167-1169.
6. Venkatramani, R.; Davis, K. L.; Wierzbinski, E.; Bezer, S.; Balaeff, A.; Keinan, S.; Paul, A.; Kocsis, L.; Beratan, D. N.; Achim, C.; Waldeck, D. H. Evidence for a Near-Resonant Charge Transfer Mechanism for Double-Stranded Peptide Nucleic Acid. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 62-72.
5. Chen. Z.; Concepcion, J. J.; Luo, H.; Hull, J. F.; Paul, A.; Meyer, T. J. Nonaqueous Catalytic Water Oxidation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 17670-17673. (Manuscript highlighted in Nature Chemistry 2011, 3, 92)
4. Paul, A.; Watson, R. M.; Wierzbinski, E.; Davis, K. L.; Sha, A.; Achim, C.; Waldeck, D. H. Distance Dependence of the Charge Transfer Rate for Peptide Nucleic Acid Monolayers. J. Phys. Chem. B 2010, 114, 14140-14148.
3. Paul, A.; Bezer, S.; Venkatramani, R.; Kocsis, L.; Wierzbinski, E.; Balaeff, A.; Keinan, S.; Beratan, D. N.; Achim, C.; Waldeck, D. H. Role of Nucleobase Energetics and Nucleobase Interactions in Single Stranded Peptide Nucleic Acid Charge Transfer. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 6498-6507.
2. Paul, A.; Watson, R. M.; Lund, P.; Xing, Y.; Burke, K.; He, Y.; Borguet, E.; Achim, C.; Waldeck, D. H. Charge Transfer through Single-Stranded Peptide Nucleic Acid Composed of Thymine Nucleotides. J. Phys. Chem. C 2008, 112, 7233-7240.
1. Wei, J. J.; Schafmeister, C.; Bird, G.; Paul, A.; Naaman, R.; Waldeck, D. H. Molecular Chirality and Charge Transfer through Self-Assembled Scaffold Monolayers. J. Phys. Chem. B 2006, 110, 1301-1308. (Manuscript highlighted in Science 2009, 323, 1435-1436)
Patent:
1. Kumta, P. N.; Paul, A.; Hanumantha, P. J. Ternary Metal Transition Metal Non-oxide Nanoparticles, Methods and Applications Thereof. U.S. Pat. Appl. 2010, US 2010/0019207 A1.
Citations: (H Index: 25, Total citations: 3827, Average citations/article: 72.2 as of 04/03/2025)