24. Preprint: H. Mager, A. A. Butkevich, S. Klubertz, S. V. Haridas, O. Shyshov, Vivek C. Wakchaure, J. Borstelmann, I. Michalsky, M. García-Iglesias, V. Rodríguez, D. González-Rodríguez, A. R. A. Palmans, M. Kivala, M. von Delius, M. Kemerink, Highly polar groups and supramolecular order enable charge injection and long-range conductivity in organic materials without extended π-systems, (manuscript under review), arXivLabs. 2025; https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2506.02673

23. R. Gomes, J. Kraus, I. Krivtsov, Vivek C. Wakchaure, S. Riedel, Z. Z. Karger, J. Liessem, C. Neumann, M. Oschatz, A. Turchanin, M. Fichtner, R. Beranek, and M. von Delius, Melem-PDI Polymer Network as Efficient Positive Electrode for Rechargeable Lithium and Magnesium Batteries, ChemSusChem, 2025, e202500967. 

https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202500967

Also available as a preprint on ChemRxiv.

22. Vivek C. Wakchaure, M. M. Lorenzo-García, F. Fasano, M. Crosta, N. Biot, P. K. Mondal, N. Demitri, B. D. Ward and D. Bonifazi, Escape from Flatland: Stereoselective Synthesis of Hexa-aryl Borazines and their sp²-Based 3D Architectures, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 64(29), e202416700.

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202416700

Also available as a preprint on ChemRxiv.

  21. Vivek C. Wakchaure, X. Chang, J. Zolg, R. Blinder, M. E. Arnold, F. Jelezko, A. J. C. Kuehne and M. von Delius, Carbazole-Functionalized Chichibabin Diradicaloids with Redshifted Absorption and Enhanced Photoluminescence, Chem. Commun. 61(49), 2025, 8855-8858.

   https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC01805F

Chemical Communications HOT articles 2025 

  20. S. Chowdhury, Vivek C. Wakchaure, E. C. Galleposo, D. Bonifazi and R. D. Costa, Cyano-Borazine Photosensitizers for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Adv. Energ. Sust. Res., 2025, 6(5), 2400344.

   https://doi.org/10.1002/aesr.202400344

19. Vivek C. Wakchaure, J. Dosso, Martina Crosta, B. D. Ward, Hanspeter Kählig and D. Bonifazi, Expression of Hyperconjugative Stereoelectronic Interactions in Borazines, Chem. Commun. 2025, 61(6), 1200–1203.

https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CC05188B

ChemComm 60th Anniversary Board Member Collection 

18. R. Ferreira, D. Mosca, T. Moreira, Vivek C. Wakchaure, G. Romano, A Stopin, C. P. Baptista, A. M. T. Luci, L. M. A. Perdigão, G. Costantini, H. Amenitsch, C. A.T. Laia, A. J. Parola, L. Maggini and D. Bonifazi, Long-range Supramolecular Assembly of a Pyrene-derivatized Polythiophene/MWCNTs Hybrid for Fast and Resilient Flexible Electrochromic Displays, ACS Appl. Eng. Mater., 2024, 2(11), 2640–2650.

https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaenm.4c00534

17. Vivek C. Wakcahure, Goudappagouda, S. S. Babu, Solvent-Free Organic Liquids: An Efficient Fluid Matrix for Unexplored Functional Hybrid Materials, Acc. Chem. Res. 2024, 57(5), 670−684. 

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00670

16. Vivek. C. Wakcahure, S. D. Veer, A. D. Nidhankar, V. Kumar, A. Narayanan, S. S. Babu, Polymerizable Solvent-free Organic Liquids: A New Approach for Large Area Flexible and Foldable Luminescent Films, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62(34), e202307381. 

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202307381

15. S. D. Veer, Vivek C. Wakchaure, K. Asokan, R. Dixit, T. Goswami, R. Saha, R. Gonnade, H. N. Ghosh, S. S. Babu, Oligothiophene Ring Strapped Perylene Bisimides: A Functionalizable Co-axial Donor-Acceptor Macrocycle, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, 2023, 62(3), e202212934. 

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202212934

14. Vivek C. Wakchaure, S. D. Veer, A. D. Nidhankar, Goudappagouda, R. Nayak, K. Asokan, S. Ravindranathan, S. S. Babu, Donor–acceptor based solvent-free organic liquid hybrids with exciplex emission and room temperature phosphorescence, Chem Commun, 2022, 58(12), 1998-2001.

https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CC07082G

2022 Emerging Investigators 

13. Vivek C. Wakchaure, Goudappagouda, Tamal Das, Sapna Ravindranathan, Sukumaran Santhosh Babu, An Excimer to Exciplex Transition through Realization of Donor-Acceptor Interaction in Luminescent Solvent-free Liquid, Nanoscale, 2021, 13(24), 10780-10784. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1NR02190G

Nanoscale 2021 Emerging Investigators 

12. Aakash D. Nidhankar, Goudappagouda, Vivek C. Wakchaure, Sukumaran Santhosh Babu, Efficient metal-free organic room temperature phosphors, Chem. Sci. 2021, 12(12), 4216-4236.

https://doi.org/10.1039/D1SC00446H

Materials & Energy in Chemical Science - most popular articles 2021 and Chemical Science Recent Perspective articles 

11. Vivek C. Wakchaure, A. R. Kottaichamy, A. D. Nidhankar, K. C. Ranjeesh, M. A. Nazrulla, M. O. Thotiyl and S. S. Babu, Hexaaminobenzene Derived Two-Dimensional Polymer Supercapacitor with High Specific Capacitance and Energy Density, ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2020, 3(7), 6352-6359. 

https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.0c00569

10. K. C. Ranjeesh, R. Illathvalappil, S. Veer, J. Peter, Vivek C. Wakchaure, Goudappagouda, V. K. Raj, S. Kurungot and S. S. Babu, Imidazole-linked Crystalline Two-Dimensional Polymer with Ultrahigh Proton-Conductivity, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141(38), 14950-14954. 

https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b06080

9. Vivek C. Wakchaure, L. V. Pillai, Goudappagouda, K. C. Ranjeesh, S. Chakrabarty, S. Ravindranathan, P. R. Rajamohanan and S. S. Babu, Charge Transfer Liquid: A Stable Donor-Acceptor Interaction in Solvent-free Liquid State, Chem. Commun. 2019, 55(63), 9371-9374. 

https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CC03671G

8. Vivek C. Wakchaure, T. Das and S. S. Babu, Boron Conjugated Pyrenes as Fluorescence Based Molecular Probes and Security Markers, ChemPlusChem. 2019, 84(9), 1253-1256. 

https://doi.org/10.1002/cplu.201900280

7. K. C. Ranjeesh, L. George, Vivek C. Wakchaure, Goudappagouda, R. N. Devi and S. S. Babu, A Squaraine-Linked Metalloporphyrin Two-Dimensional Polymer Photocatalyst for Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution, Chem. Commun. 2019, 55(11), 1627-1630. 

https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CC09132C

20th Anniversary of the CRSI: Celebrating Indian Chemistry in ChemComm 

6. Goudappagouda, A. Manthanath, Vivek C. Wakchaure, K. C. Ranjeesh, T. Das, K. Vanka, T. Nakanishi and S. S. Babu, Paintable Room Temperature Phosphorescent Liquid Formulations of Alkylated Bromonaphthalimide, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58(8), 2284-2288. 

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201811834

​​[Selected as hot paper]

5. K. C. Ranjeesh, R. Illathvalappil, Vivek C. Wakchaure, Goudappagouda, S. Kurungot and S. S. Babu, Metalloporphyrin Two-Dimensional Polymers via Metal Catalyst-free C-C Bond Formation for Efficient Catalytic Hydrogen Evolution.

ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2018, 1(11), 6442-6450. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.8b01381

4. Vivek C. Wakchaure, K. C. Ranjeesh, Goudappagouda, T. Das, K. Vanka, R. Gonnade and S. S. Babu, Mechano-Responsive Room Temperature Luminescence Variations of Boron Conjugated Pyrene in Air, Chem. Commun. 2018, 54(47), 6028-6031.

https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CC03494J

3. Goudappagouda, Vivek C. Wakchaure, K. C. Ranjeesh, C. A. R. Abhai and S. S. Babu, Cascade energy transfer and tunable emission from nanosheet hybrids: locating acceptor molecules through chiral doping, Chem. Commun. 2017, 53(52), 7072-7075.

https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CC02994B 

2. R. S. Phatake, V. Mullapudi, Vivek C. Wakchaure, and C. V. Ramana, Fluoride-Mediated Dephosphonylation of 𝛂 -Diazo-ß-carbonyl Phosphonates, Org. Lett. 2017, 19(2), 372-375. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.6b03573