Develop novel heterogeneous catalyst for applications in
CO2 utilization
Food and agricultural storage
Energy safety
Hydrogen production
Air purification
S. Gupta, C. P. Vinod, C. Poupin, and D. Jagadeesan* Cobalt-alkaline earth metal carbonates (Ca, Mg, Sr and Ba) as a highly effective and precursor to CO2 hydrogenation catalysts Energy & Fuels (2025) 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5c01793 .
M. Roshni, A. B. Patel, C. P. Vinod, R. Gupta and D. Jagadeesan* Facile preparation of nanostructured Ni/NiO/N-doped graphene electrocatalysts for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction. Nanoscale Advances, 6, 2813 - 2822 (2024) DOI: 10.1039/D4NA00141A.,
K. Rajendran and D. Jagadeesan* Harnessing the oxygen-vacancies in metal oxides for nitroreduction, ChemCatChem (Concept article) (2024) 10.1002/cctc.202301647.
K. Rajendran, M. Roshni, S. Sayan, S. Rameshkumar, T. S. Khan, S. Gupta,* M. A. Haider and D. Jagadeesan* Oxygen vacancy mediated reactivity of CaO/CuO composite for the synthesis of amino-N-heterocycles ChemCatChem, (2023), 15, 24, doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202301048.
S. Gupta, P. Jain, D. Jagadeesan, C. P Vinod, Morphology Dependent Catalysis by Co3O4 Nanostructures in atmospheric pressure Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127, 13055-13064 (2023) doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c02857.
K. Rajendran, J. Yadav, T. S. Khan, A. Haider, S. Gupta* and D. Jagadeesan* Oxygen vacancy mediated reactivity: The curious case of reduction of nitroquinoline to aminoquinoline by CuO, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 18, 8576-8584 (2023) doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c01374.
K. Rajendran, M. Sharma, A. Jaison, A. Menon, A. D. Tiwari C. P. Vinod and D. Jagadeesan* Oxidation of ethylene by Cu/TiO2: Reducibility of Cu2+ in TiO2 as a possible descriptor of catalytic efficiency, Catalysis Science and Technology, 13, 2330 - 2339 (2023) doi.org/10.1039/D2CY02170F. (Selected for the themed issue on Oxidation for a Sustainable Future and Clean Environment by the Catalysis Science and Technology)
K. Rajendran, S. Akash, M. Roshni, N. Pandurangan and D. Jagadeesan* CuO/CaO as a solid reducing reagent for nitroarenes: Combined effect of oxygen vacancies and surface basicity, Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy, 88, 369-378. (2022).
K. Rajendran, S. Ananthu, N. Pandurangan, D. Krishnan, S. Shanmugaraju* and D. Jagadeesan* CuO/CaO mediated synthesis of amino-1,8-naphthalimides from the nitro analogs Results in Chemistry, 4, 100430 (2022) doi.org/10.1016/j.rechem.2022.100430
D. Vernekar,* M. Dayyan, S. Ratha, C. V. Rode, A. Haider, T. S. Khan* And D. Jagadeesan* Direct Oxidation of Cyclohexane to Adipic Acid by WFeCoO(OH) Catalyst: Role of Brønsted Acidity and Oxygen Vacancies, ACS Catalysis, 11, 10754 - 10766 (2021) doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.1c01464.
K. Rajendran, N. Pandu, C. P. Vinod, T. S. Khan, S. Gupta,* A. Haider And D. Jagadeesan* CuO as a reactive and reusable reagent for the hydrogenation of nitroarenes, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 297, 15, 120417 (2021) DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120417.
D. Vernekar, S. S. Sakate, C. V. Rode And D. Jagadeesan* Water enhanced surface basicity in FeO(OH) for the synthesis of pseudoionones and their analogues, Journal of Catalysis, 378, 80 - 89 (2019).
D. Vernekar, S. Ratha, C. V. Rode And D. Jagadeesan*, Efficient bifunctional reactivity of K-doped CrO(OH) nanosheets: Exploiting the combined role of Cr(III) and surface -OH groups in tandem catalysis, Catalysis Science and Technology, 9, 1154 - 1164 (2019), DOI: 10.1039/C8CY02345J.
D. Jagadeesan*, D. Vernekar, S. Gupta And G. Jaiswal, New opportunities in heterogeneous catalysis, Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy, 85, 23 - 41 (2019), DOI: 10.16943/ptinsa/2018/49504 Invited article.
D. Nagaraju,* S. Gupta, D. Kumar, C. Jijil, S. Bhat, D. Jagadeesan* And S. B. Ogale*, Room temperature activation of CO2 by dual defect stabilized nanoscale haematite: Concurrent role of Fe and O vacancies, ACS Omega, 2, 8407 - 8413 (2017), DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b01505.
G. Jaiswal, V. Landge, D. Jagadeesan* And E. Balaraman*, Iron-based Nanocatalyst for the Acceptorless Dehydrogenation Reactions, Nature Communications, 8:2147 (2017), DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01603-3.
S. Ratha, D. Vernekar, K. Sivaneri, D. Jagadeesan* And C. S. Rout*, Iron-carbon nanocomposite as environmentally benign electrode for supercapacitor applications, Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 21, 1665 - 1674 (2017), DOI:10.1007/s10008-017-3537-z.
S. Gupta, V. K. Jain And D. Jagadeesan*, Fine tuning the composition and nanostructure of Fe-based core-shell nanocatalyst for efficient CO2 hydrogenation, ChemNanoMat, 2, 989 - 996 (2016), DOI:10.1002/cnma.201600234.
G. Jaiswal, V. Landge, D. Jagadeesan* And E. Balaraman*, Sustainable Iron-catalyzed direct imine formation by acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling of alcohols with amines, Green Chemistry, 18, 3232 - 3238 (2016), DOI:10.1039/C6GC00565A.
S. Venkatesh, D. Vernekar, G. Jaiswal, D. Jagadeesan* And R. Sai Sathish*, Earth Abundant Iron-rich N-doped Graphene Based Spacer and Cavity Materials for Surface Plasmon-Coupled Emission Enhancements, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 8, 12324 - 12329 (2016), DOI:10.1021/acsami.5b12038.
D. Vernekar And D.Jagadeesan*, Tunable acid-base bifunctional catalytic activity of FeOOH in an orthogonal tandem reaction, Catalysis Science and Technology, 5, 4029 - 4038 (2015), DOI:10.1039/C5CY00361J.
S. Gupta, C. P. Vinod And D. Jagadeesan*, Preparation of mesoporous titanosilicate with isolated Ti active centers for cyclohexene oxidation, RSC Advances, 5, 92371 - 92377 (2015), DOI:10.1039/C5RA18044A.
D. Jagadeesan, Y. Sundarayya, G. Madras And C. N. R. Rao, Direct conversion of inorganic carbonates to C1 – C3 hydrocarbons, RSC Advances, 3, 7224 - 7229 (2013), DOI:10.1039/c3ra40264a.
W. Li, K. Liu, R. Simms, J. Greener, D. Jagadeesan, S. Sascha, A. Guenther And E. Kumacheva, A microfluidic study of fast gas-liquid reactions, Journal of American Chemical Society, 134, 3127 - 3133 (2012).
D. Voicu, C. Scholl, W. Li, D. Jagadeesan, I. Nasimova, J. Greener And E. Kumacheva, Kinetics of multicomponent polymerization reactions studied in a microfluidic format, Macromolecules, 45, 4469 - 4475 (2012).
B. R. Selvi, S. Chatterjee, D. Jagadeesan, P. Chathurbedy, B. S. Suma, M. Eswaramoorthy And T. K. Kundu, ATP driven clathrin dependent entry of carbon nanospheres prefer cells with glucose receptors, Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 10:35, (2012), DOI:10.1186/1477-3155-10-35.
D. Jagadeesan, I. Nasimova, I. Gourevich, S. Starodubtsev And E. Kumacheva, Microgels for the encapsulation and stimulus-responsive release of molecules with distinct polarities, Macromolecular Bioscience, 11, 889 - 896 (2011).
N. Kumar, D. Jagadeesan, P. B. Pillai, M. Checko, A. Sundaresan And M. Eswaramoorthy, Emergence of ferromagnetism in hollow spheres of non-magnetic inorganic materials, Chemical Physics Letters, 504, 189 - 192 (2011).
K. K. R. Datta, D. Jagadeesan, C. Kulkarni, A. Kamath, R. Datta And M. Eswaramoorthy, Observation of pore-switching behavior in porous layered carbon through mesoscale order-disorder transformation, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 50, 3929 - 3933 (2011).
P. Chaturbedy, D. Jagadeesan And M. Eswaramoorthy, pH sensitive breathing of clay sheets in the polymer matrix, ACS Nano, 4, 5921 - 5929 (2010).
J. I. Park, D. Jagadeesan, R. Williams, W. Oakden, S. Chung, G. Stanisz And E. Kumacheva, Microbubbles loaded with nanoparticles: A route to multiple imaging modalities, ACS Nano, 4, 6579 - 6586 (2010).
D. Jagadeesan, M. Eswaramoorthy And C. N. R. Rao, Investigations on the conversion of inorganic carbonates to methane, ChemSusChem, 9, 878 - 882 (2009).
D. Jagadeesan, C. Deepak, S. Kavitha, M. S. Inamdar And M. Eswaramoorthy, Carbon spheres assisted synthesis of porous bioactive glass containing hydroxycarbonate apatite nanocrystals: A material with high in vitro bioactivity, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112, 7379 - 7384 (2008).
K. Raidongia, D. Jagadeesan, M. Upadhyay-Kahalay, U. V. Waghmare, S. K. Pati, M. Eswaramoorthy And C. N. R. Rao, Synthesis, Structure and Properties of homogeneous BC4N nanotube brushes, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 18, 83 - 90 (2008).
B. R. Selvi, D. Jagadeesan, G. Nagshankar, B. S. Suma, M. Arif, K. Balasubramanyam, M. Eswaramoorthy And T. K. Kundu, Intrinsically fluorescent carbon nanospheres as nucleus targeting vector: Delivery of membrane-impermeable molecule to modulate gene expressions in vivo, Nano Letters, 8, 3182 - 3188 (2008).
D. Jagadeesan, U. Mansoori, P. Mandal, A. Sundaresan And M. Eswaramoorthy, Hollow spheres to nanocups: Tuning the morphology and the magnetic properties of alpha-Fe2O3 nanostructures, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 47, 7685 - 7688 (2008).
S. Pal, D. Jagadeesan, K. L. Gurunatha, M. Eswaramoorthy And T. Maji, Construction of bi-functional inorganic-organic hybrid nanocomposites, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 18, 5448 - 5451 (2008).
D. Jagadeesan, M. Eswaramoorthy And C. N. R. Rao, Use of amorphous carbon nanotube brushes as templates to fabricate GaN nanotubes brushes and related materials, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 111, 510 - 513 (2007).
D. Jagadeesan and Deepraj Pandit, Method of detection of organic carbonates, IIT Palakkad and IPTIF, Application No. 202541079020, filed on 20 Aug 2025.
D. Jagadeesan, A. Alex, S. Rawat, T. Hafna and B. Padmavathy, Method of preparation of supported Pt bimetallic nanoparticles, IIT Palakkad, Application No. 202541074511, Filed on 5/8/2025.
Roshni M and D. Jagadeesan, Method of preparation of metal oxide catalyst for oxidation and a process thereof, IIT Palakkad, Application No. 202541042350, Filed on 30/4/2025.
D. Jagadeesan, K. Rajendran, The process of making amino-heterocycles from nitro-heterocycles using non-noble metal catalysts, IIT Palakkad, IN202141037847, Granted Nov 21, 2023.
G. Jaiswal, D. Jagadeesan, S. P. Borikar. E. Balaraman, Magnetically separable Fe-based heterogeneous catalysts for dehydrogenation of alcohols, CSIR, US10335775 B2, Granted Jul 2, 2019.
R. Selvi, D. Jagadeesan, T. Kundu, M. Eswaramoorthy, Intrinsically fluorescent carbon nanospheres and a process thereof, JNCASR, US9,034,387, Granted May 19, 2016.
Tapas Kumar Kundu, Eswaramoorthy Muthusamy, Ruthrotha Selvi Bharatha Vikru, D. Jagadeesan, Carbon Nanosphere - N-(4-Chloro-3-Trifluoromethyl-Phenyl)-2-Ethoxy-6-Pentadecylbenzamide Composition and a Process Thereof, JNCASR, IN272637, Granted 13/04/2016.
D. Pandit and D. Jagadeesan* Nanoengineering of materials for the chemo resistive sensing of volatile organic compounds Elsevier publications, Chapter 14, Nanoengineering at functional interfaces for multi-disciplinary applications, Edited S.S. Ramamurthy, S. Bhaskar, N. Reddy, Elsevier publications (2024) 339 - 369.
M. Roshni, S. Anaina and D. Jagadeesan* Chapter 13, Iron Oxide-Based Nanocomposites and Nanoenzyme Iron oxide based heterogeneous catalysts for environmental applications, Nanostructure Sci.,Techn., Eds., H. Sahoo and J. K. Sahoo, Springer Nature Publishers (2023). ISBN 978-3-031-44598-9, 528971.
D. Jagadeesan*, Multifunctional nanocatalysts for tandem reactions: A leap toward sustainability, Applied Catalysis A: General, 511, 59 - 77 (2016), DOI:10.1016/j.apcata.2015.11.033.
D. Jagadeesan And M. Eswaramoorthy, Functionalized Carbon Nanomaterials derived from Carbohydrates, Chemistry – An Asian Journal, (Focus Review), 5, 232 - 243 (2010).
D. Jagadeesan, M. Eswaramoorthy Chapter 12, Nanobiomaterials for therapeutic drug delivery, CRC Nanobiomaterials Handbook, Ed. B. Sitaraman, Taylor & Francis Publishers 2011, ISBN 978-1-4200-9466-4.
K. Bagawan, M. Roshni, D. Jagadeesan* An overview of Volatile Organic Compounds Resonance - Journal of Science Education, 27, 12, 2183 - 2211 (2022).
D. Jagadeesan*, B. Joshi, P. Parameswaran Chemical utilization of CO2 – A challenge for the sustainable world Resonance - Journal of Science Education, 20, 165–176 (2015).
54th Research Council meeting, CSIR – National Chemical Laboratory, November 2014
Department of Chemistry, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, April 2015.
Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli, April 2015.
Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences, Bangalore, August 2015.
School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA University, December 2016.
Department of Chemistry, IISER – Bhopal, March 2016.
Workshop on Frontiers in Applied Chemistry: From Molecules to Materials, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, February 2016.
Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay, August 2017.
Chemical Frontiers - 2017 at Goa (Organized by ICMS, JNCASR & IIT Bombay), August 2017.
HEAM Scientist 2018 (Hydrogen Energy and Advanced Materials), University of Kerala, March 2018.
National Conference on Challenges in Energy Conversion and Environmental Applications (NCCEA 2018), Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Erode, March 2018.
National Seminar on Frontier in Materials and Chemical Sciences, Jain University, Bangalore, August 2018.
National Conference on Emerging Frontiers in Chemical Sciences, Farook College, Kozhikode, November 2018.
National Seminar on the Role of Chemistry in Sustainable Rural Development, Kongunadu Arts & Science College, Coimbatore, February 2020.
Nanomaterials for Clean Energy and Environmental Applications (STTP - AICTE), Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi, November 2020.
Alumni lecture on CPMU Silver Jubilee Day, JNCASR, December 2020.
National Webinar on Role of Chemistry in the Industrial Development of India RCIDI-2021 to celebrate the 127th birth anniversary of Sir Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, February 2021.
Invited talk at SRM University, Sikkim campus, July 2021.
Invited talk at the International Symposium on Materials Chemistry from Fundamentals to Translational Research at SRM Institute of Science and Technology, March 2022.
Invited talk at ChemCatCon 2.0 organized by IIT Gandhinagar, May 2022.
Invited talk at The International Conference on Beyond Fossil Fuels: The Future of Alternative Energy Technologies organized by IIT (BHU), Varanasi, July 2022.
Invited talk at National conference on Futuristic Strategies for Sustainment of Troops in Different Terrains, DRDO – DFRL, Mysuru, Dec 2022.
Invited talk, CompCatCollab - A forum of researchers and scientists working in catalysis and chemical engineering across the globe for exchange of ideas, Dec 2022.
Invited talk at Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences, Nelamangala, Bangalore, Feb 2023.
Invited talk, CRSI Distinguished lecture series, Organized by CRSI-Kerala chapter, CUSAT Sep 2023.
Invited member of the panel Discussion with industry experts on enhancing Industry - academia interaction. IAC 5.0, IIT Palakkad.
Invited talk as Chief guest on the occasion of National Science Day at the Amrita Viswa Vidhyapeet, Coimbatore in March 2024.
Invited talk at NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad, March 2024 Sponsored by Association of Indian Science Academies.
Invited talk at Catalysis - A key to Sustainable Future, Department of Chemistry, IIT Madras, June 21, 2024.
Invited talk at the International Conference on Advanced Energy Materials for a Sustainable Future (ICAEMS 2024) organized by the Department of Sciences and Humanities, Federal Institute of Science and Technology. Angamaly, in August 2024.
Invited talk at the Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Symposium (CARES) 2024 Organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras in September 2024
Invited talk at International Symposium on Innovative Materials for Energy and Environment (IMEE 2024) organized by CUSAT in Dec 2024
Invited as a member to the panel discussion, Research Scholars Day (RSD 7.0) by the PG student body General secretary, IIT Palakkad in Feb 2025.
Invited talk at International Conference on Emerging Trends in Materials Chemistry ICETMC - 2025 organized by PSG College of Technology in Apr 2025.