Publications

Research Articles:

41. Molecular Design Converts a CPL-Inactive Chiral Chromophore into a CPL-Active Emitter

A. R. Likhar, A. Cheran, J. Kumar* and D. Asthana*

2026, Submitted..

40. Anthracene-based Covalent Organic Framework for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Generation

A. Sengupta, A. Chakraborty, D. Asthana* and P. Pachfule*

2026, Submitted..

39. From Intra- to Intermolecular Excimers: Environment-Driven Evolution of Emissive States in a Covalent Anthracene Dimer

G. Roy, N. Doley, S. Verma, D. Asthana and S. D. Verma*

2026, Under Review..

38. Self-Assembly Driven Modulation of Photocatalytic Activity of Acridine Derivatives Towards H2O2 Generation

G. Roy, P. Kumar, P. Bhatt, D. Asthana* and M. Ghosh.*

2026, Under Review..

37. Excimer of Perylene in a Xerogel Matrix Shows Both Solution- and Solid-Like Dynamics

S. Verma, G. Roy, N. Doley, D. Asthana and S. D. Verma*

ChemPhysChem, 2026, 27, e70503.

36. Molecular Engineering of Naphthalimide-based Dyad Systems to Generate Multifaceted Materials

A. R. Likhar, G. Roy, and D. Asthana*

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2026, (Accepted Article, DOI: 10.1039/D6TC01450J )

35. Unravelling the Interplay between Structure, Self-Assembly Patterns, AIEE and Chiroptical Properties of NDI-bis-Cholesteryl Systems

G. Roy, A. R. Likhar and D. Asthana*

Nanoscale Adv., 2026, 8, 1641-1647

34. Tunable Naphthalimide-based Fluorogenic Intracellular Nanoaggregates Trigger ROS-Mediated DNA Damage and Apoptosis in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells

A. Hota, A. R. Likhar, S. Tanga, A. Karmakar, D. Asthana* and B. Maji*

Nanoscale, 2026, 18, 4159-4172

33. Observation of Intensity Redistribution of Emission Peaks in Anthracene: Dynamics of Vibronic Excimer Formation in a Xerogel Matrix

N. Dey, G. Roy, S. Verma, D. Asthana, and S. Verma*

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2025, 129, 39, 17653–17661

32. Diphenylanthracene-based Trimeric Systems for Efficient Photon Upconversion through Triplet-Triplet Annihilation

A. Sengupta, S. Nakagawa, A. R. Likhar, M. Uji, N. Yanai* and D. Asthana*

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2025, 13, 14452-14457

31. Supramolecular assembly-based tuning of optical properties of pyrrolidine, pyrimidine and morpholine functionalized naphthalimides

V. Khatri, A. Sengupta, R. Dave, R. Bhosale, N. Gour and D. Asthana*

Tetrahedron., 2025, 180, 134655

30. Dynamics of Pyrene Excimer in a Cholesteryl-based Supramolecular Host Matrix

S. Verma, G. Roy, N. Doley, D. Asthana and S. D. Verma*

ChemPhysChem., 2025, e202400969

29. Pyridyl Aroyl Hydrazone-Based Metal Complexes Showing a Ligand-Centered Metal-Assisted Pathway for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

Bharath M, G. Roy, A. Ghosh,* M. Ghosh* and D. Asthana*

ACS Omega, 2025, 10, 4, 3511–3519

28. Aggregation induced generation of circularly polarized luminescence in naphthaleneimide-based nanostructures with high dissymmetry factor

A. R. Likhar, A. Cheran, A. Sengupta, C. Dutta, J. Kumar* and D. Asthana*

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60, 9022-9025

27. A Supramolecular Host Matrix for Preserving Fluorescence in the Solid-State

G. Roy, A. Sengupta, A. R. Likhar and D. Asthana*

Soft Matter., 2024, 20, 6327-6331

26. New azo dyes for detection of metallic impurities

M. Patel, A. R. Likhar, A. K. Bhojani, A. Vaishnani, H. Patel, D. K. Singh*, D. Asthana* and N. Gaur*

Microchem. J., 2024, 200, 110351.

25. Two- and Three-Spin Hybrid Inorganic-Organic [2]Rotaxanes Containing Metallated Salen Groups

T. S. Bennett, S. J. Lockyer, D. Asthana, G. Whitehead, I. J. Vitorica-Yrezabal, G. Timco, E. McInnes* and Richard Winpenny*

Chem. Asian J., 2024, e202400641.

24. A supramolecular assembly-based strategy towards the generation and amplification of photon up-conversion and circularly polarized luminescence

A. Sengupta, G. Roy, A. R. Likhar and D. Asthana*

Nanoscale., 2023, 15, 18999-19015.

23. A ring of rotaxanes: studies of a large paramagnetic assembly in solution

T. S. Bennett, S. Nawaz, S. J. Lockyer, D. Asthana, G. Whitehead, I. J. Vitorica-Yrezabal, G. Timco, N. A. Burton, Richard Winpenny* and E. McInnes*

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023, 10, 6945-6952.

22. Control and transferability of magnetic interactionsin supramolecular structures:trimers of {Cr7Ni} antiferromagneticrings

S. J. Lockyer, D. Asthana, G. Whitehead, I. J. Vitorica-Yrezabal, G. Timco, E. McInnes* and Richard Winpenny*

Chem. Eur. J., 2023, 29, e202302360

21. A Folded π-system with Supramolecularly Oriented Dipoles: Single-Component Piezoelectric Relaxor with NLO-Activity

S. De, D. Asthana, T. Chinthakuntla, S. K. Keshri, R. K. Ghosh, G. Hundal, R. Kumar, S. Singh, R. Chatterjee, and P. Mukhopadhyay

Chem. Sci, 2023, 14, 2547-2552.

20. Ferrocene as an iconic redox marker: From solution chemistry to molecular electronic devices

G. Roy, R. Gupta, S. R. Sahoo, S. Saha, D. Asthana*, and P. C. Mondal*

Coord. Chem. Rev., 2022, 473, 214816.

19. Modelling Conformational Flexibility in a Spectrally Addressable Molecular Multi-Qubit Model System

C. Rogers, D. Asthana, A. Brookfield, A. Chiesa, G. Timco, D. Collison, L. Natrajan, S. Carretta, R. Winpenny, and A. Bowen

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202207947

18. Decorating polymer beads with 1014 inorganic-organic [2]rotaxanes as shown by spin counting

D. Asthana, D. Thomas, S. J. Lockyer, A. Brookfield, G. A. Timco, I. J. Vitorica-Yrezabal, G. F. S. Whitehead, E. J. L. McInnes, D. Collison, D. A. Leigh and R. E. P. Winpenny

Communications Chemistry, 2022, 5, 73.

17. Acridine-Peptide Conjugated Nanofibers Assembly Triggers Stimuli-free Immobilization of Crude Oil and Read-out by Turn-On Emission

D. Asthana,* P. Nagabhushanam and P. Mukhopadhyay*

ChemNanoMat, 2022, 8, e202200220

16. Imprinting chirality in inorganic nanomaterials for optoelectronic and bio-applications: strategies, challenges, and opportunities

P. C. Mondal,* D. Asthana,* R. K. Parashar and S. Jadhav

Materials Advances, 2021, 2, 7620-7637.

15. Gold(i) bridged dimeric and trimeric heterometallic {Cr7Ni}-based qubit systems and their characterization

D. Asthana, S. J. Lockyer, S. Nawaz, R. J. Woolfson, G. A. Timco, C. A. Muryn, I. J. Vitorica-Yrezabal, D. Collison, N.l A. Burton and R. E. P. Winpenny

Dalton Trans., 2021, 50, 4390.

14. A [13]rotaxane assembled via a palladium molecular capsule

J. Ferrando-Soria, A. Fernandez, D. Asthana, S. Nawaz, I. J. Vitorica-Yrezabal, G. F.S. Whitehead, C. A. Muryn, F. Tuna, G. A. Timco, N. D. Burton and R. E. P. Winpenny

Nature Commun., 2019, 10: 3720.