Publications

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Publications:

1. Aqueous systems of a surface active ionic liquid having an aromatic anion: phase behavior, exfoliation of graphene flakes and its hydrogelation. Manvir Kaur, Gagandeep Singh, Krishnaiah Damarla, Gurbir Singh, Huiyong Wang, Jianji Wang, Vinod Kumar Aswal, Arvind Kumar, Tejwant Singh Kang* Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2020, 22, 169-178
2. Gemini basic ionic liquid as bi-functional catalyst for the synthesis of 2, 3-dihydroquinazolin-4 (1H)-ones at room temperature. Apurba Dutta, Krishnaiah Damarla, Arvind Kumar, Prakash J Saikia, Diganta Sarma*, Tetrahedron Letters, 2019, :151587.
3. HBF₄/ACN: A simple and efficient protocol for the synthesis of pyrazoles under ambient reaction conditions. Roktopol Hazarika, Manashjyoti Konwar, Krishnaiah Damarla, Arvind Kumar, Diganta Sarma*, Synthetic Communications, 2019, 1-9.
4. An Unexplored Lewis Acidic Catalytic System for Synthesis of Pyrazole and its Biaryls Derivatives with Antimicrobial Activities through Cycloaddition‐Iodination‐Suzuki Reaction. Manashjyoti Konwar, Parmita Phukan, Amrita K Chaliha, Alak K Buragohain, Krishnaiah Damarla, Dipshikha Gogoi, Arvind Kumar, And Diganta Sarma* ChemistrySelect, 2019, 4 (35), 10236-10245 .
5. Transition metal containing ionic liquid-assisted one-pot synthesis of pyrazoles at room temperature. Manashjyoti Konwar, Hanan M F Elnagdy, Praveen Singh Gehlot, Nageshwar D Khupse, Arvind Kumar,* And Diganta Sarma*. J. Chem. Sci., 2019, 131, 80.
6. KOH/DMSO: A basic suspension for transition metal-free Tandem synthesis of 2,3-dihydroquinazolin-4(1H)-ones. Apurba Dutta, Krishnaiah Damarla, Ankur Bordoloi, Arvind Kumar, DigantaSarma, Tetrahedron Letters, 2019,60, :1614–1619
7. Ionic Liquid Assisted Gelatin Films: A Greener UV Shielding, Antioxidant and Antibacterial Food Packaging Material. Mohit J Mehta and Arvind Kumar,*ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2019, 7, 9, 8631-8636.
8. Ionic Liquid Stabilized Gelatin–Lignin Films: A Potential UV‐Shielding Material with Excellent Mechanical and Antimicrobial Properties. Mohit J Mehta and Arvind Kumar,* Chem.Eur.J.2019, 25, 1269 –1274.
9. 2. Paramagnetic Surface Active Ionic Liquids: Interaction with DNA and MRI application, Praveen Singh Gehlot, Hariom Gupta, Arvind Kumar,* Colloids and Interface Science Communication, 2018, 26, 14-23.
10. 3. Aqueous bile salt accelerated cascade synthesis of 1,2,3-triazoles from arylboronic acids. Anirban Garg, Abdul Aziz Ali, Krishnaiah Damarla, Arvind Kumar, Diganta Sarma . Tetrahedron Letters, 2018, 59:4031–4035.
11. 4. Nanoemulsions with All Ionic Liquid Components as “Recyclable Nanoreactors” Krishnaiah Damarla, Yadagiri Rachuri, Eringathodi Suresh, and Arvind Kumar,* Langmuir, 2018, 34, 10081-10091.
12. 5. Socio-Nutritional Status among Salt Farmers Engaged in Organized Salt Works: A Sequential Explanatory Field Research, Mayuri Banerjee Bhattacharya, S.C Upadhyay and Arvind Kumar, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2018, In press.
13. 6. Rural women involvement at solar salt industries in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, Mayuri Banerjee Bhattacharya, S.C Upadhyay and Arvind Kumar, Sociology Insights, 2018, 1, 1-7.
14. 7. Effect of Ionic Liquid Additives on the Solubility Behavior and Morphology of Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate (Gypsum) in the Aqueous Sodium Chloride System and Physicochemical Solution Properties at 30^oC, Jignesh Shukla, Mohit J Mehta, Arvind Kumar,* J. Chem. Eng. Data 2018, 63, 2743−2752
15. 8. "Salt-Induced Microstructural Transitions in Aqueous Dispersions of Ionic Liquids Based Surfactants" ChemistrySelect 2018, 3(17), 4851-4858
16. 9. 1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium diethylphosphate based extraction of Bioplastic “Polyhydroxyalkanoates” from bacteria: Green and Sustainable Approach, Sonam Dubey, Pankaj Bharmoria, Praveen Singh Gehlot, Vinod Agrawal, Arvind Kumar, Sandhya Mishra*, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2018 6 (1), 766-773.
17. 10. Synergistic Interaction between Cholesterol and Functionalized Ionic Liquid Based Surfactant Leading to the Morphological Transition, Zuber S. Vaid, Sargam M. Rajput, Muzammil Kuddushi, Arvind Kumar, Omar A. El Seoud,* and Naved I. Malek*, ChemistrySelect 2018, 3, 1300– 1308
18. 11. A recyclable/reusable hydrotalcite supported copper nano catalyst for 1,4-disubstituted-1,2,3-triazole synthesis via click chemistry approach, Mitali Chetia, Praveen Singh Gehlot, Arvind Kumar, and Diganta Sarma,* Tetrahedron Letters, 2018, 59, 397-401.
19. 12. Metal-based ionic liquids : Their properties, applications and future prospects, Invited review, Arvind Kumar*, Praveen Singh Gehlot, Krishnaiah Damarla, Mohit J. Mehta and Akshay Kulshrestha, Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 2017, 94, 1-20.
20. 13. A Quick, Efficient and Novel Protocol for Synthesis of Bimetallic Nickel-Palladium Nanoparticles: Effective Catalyst for Biaryl Synthesis, Parmita Phukan, Preeti Rekha Boruah, Praveen Singh Gehlot, Arvind Kumar and Digant Sarma,* ChemistrySelect 2017, 2, 11795-11800.
21. 14. Green and Efficient Processing of Cinnamomum Cassia Bark Using Ionic Liquids: Extraction of Essential Oil and Construction of UV-Resistant Composite Films from Residual Biomass, Mohit J. Mehta and Arvind Kumar,* Chemistry - An Asian Journal, 2017, 12 (24), 3150-3155.
22. 15. Surface Active Ionic Liquid Cholinium Dodecylbenzenesulfonate: Self-Assembling Behaviour and Interaction with Cellulase, Praveen Singh Gehlot, Akshay Kulshrestha, Pankaj Bharmoria, Krishnaiah Damarla, Kaumeel Chokshi, Arvind Kumar,* ACS Omega 2017, 2, 7451-7460.
23. 16. Process for Preparing Value-Added Products from Microalgae Using Textile Effluent through a Biorefinery Approach, Sourish Bhattacharya, Sumit Kumar Pramanik, Praveen Singh Gehlot, Himanshu Patel, Tejal Gajaria, Sandhya Mishra,* and Arvind Kumar,* ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2017, 5, 10019-10028.
24. 17. Gelatin Solubility and Processing in Ionic Liquids: an Approach towards Waste to Utilization, Mohit J. Mehta Pankaj Bharmoria, Khushbu Bhayani, and Arvind Kumar,* ChemistrySelect, 2017, 2, 9895 – 9900.
25. 18. Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel 1,2,3-triazole derivatives as anti-tubercular agents, Abdul Aziz Ali, Dhrubajyoti Gogoi, Amrita K. Chaliha, Alak K. Buragohain, Priyanka Trivedi, Prakash J. Saikia, Praveen S. Gehlot, Arvind Kumar, Vinita Chaturvedi,* Diganta Sarma,* Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 27 (2017) 3698–3703.
26. 19. A simple, quick and novel protocol for biaryl synthesis using LiCl‐promoted in situ‐generated Pd nanoparticles, Parmita Phukan, Preeti Rekha Boruah, Praveen Singh Gehlot, Arvind Kumar, Diganta Sarma, Appl Organometal Chem. 2017.
27. 20. Gelatin-Based Highly Stretchable, Self-Healing, Conducting, Multiadhesive, and Antimicrobial Ionogels Embedded with Ag₂O Nanoparticles, Gagandeep Singh, Gurbir Singh, Krishnaiah Damarla, Pushpender K. Sharma, Arvind Kumar, and Tejwant S. Kang,*ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2017, 5, 6568−6577.
28. 21. Effect of hydroxyl alkyl amines on the solubility behavior of calcium sulphate dehydrate (gypsum) in the aqueous sodium chloride system at 35 °C, Jignesh Shukla, Arvind Kumar,* Indian Journal of Chemistry 2017, 56A, 407-413.
29. 22. Drug induced micelle-to-vesicle transition in aqueous solutions of cationic surfactants, Zuber S. Vaid Arvind Kumar, Omar A. El Seoud and Naved I. Malek, RSC Advances, 2017, 7, 3861–3869.
30. 23. Illuminating microemulsions: ionic liquid–CdS quantum dots hybrid materials as potential white light harvesting systems, Krishnaiah Damarla, Pankaj Bharmoria, K. Srinivasa Rao, Praveen Singh Gehlot and Arvind Kumar*, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 6320-6323.
31. 24. Unusually high thermal stability and peroxidase activity of cytochrome c in ionic liquid colloidal formulation, Pankaj Bharmoria and Arvind Kumar* Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 497-500.
32. 25. Effect of flocculating agents on solubility behavior of calcium sulfate dehydrate (gypsum) in aqueous sodium chloride system and solution properties at 35 °C, Jignesh Shukla, Tushar J Trivedi, Pankaj Bharmoria & Arvind Kumar,* Indian Journal of Chemistry 2016, 55A, 57-63.
33. 26. Thermodynamic investigations of protein's behaviour with ionic liquids in aqueous medium studied by isothermal titration calorimetry, Pankaj Bharmoria, Arvind Kumar,* Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 2016, 1860, 1017–1025.
34. 27. Tuning the physicochemical properties of protic-aprotic ionic liquids upon reciprocal binary mixing, Pankaj Bharmoria, Tushar J Trivedi, Naved I Malek,* & Arvind Kumar* Indian Journal of Chemistry 2016, 55A, 544-553.
35. 28. Functionalized agarose Self-Healing ionogels suitable for supercapacitors. Trivedi, Tushar J.; Bhattacharjya, Dhrubajyoti; Yu, Jong-Sung; Arvind .Kumar, * ChemSusChem. 2015, 8 (19), 3294 – 3303.
36. 29. Sodium Bromide Induced Micelle to Vesicle Transitions of Newly Synthesized Anionic Surface Active Ionic Liquids Based on Dodecylbenzenesulfonate, Praveen Singh Gehlot, K. Srinivasa Rao, Pankaj Bharmoria, Krishnaiah Damarla, Hariom Gupta, Markus Drechsler and Arvind Kumar* J. Phys. Chem. B 2015, 119, 4263−4274.
37. 30. Ionic liquid-induced all-α toα+ β conformational transition in cytochrome c with improved peroxidase activity in aqueous medium, Pankaj Bharmoria, Tushar J. Trivedi, Ashok Pabbathi, Anunay Samanta and Arvind Kumar,* Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015, 17, 10189-10199.
38. 31. Spontaneous formation of multiarchitecture vesicles of [C(8)mim]Br + [Na]DBS in aqueous medium: Synergic interplay of electrostatic, hydrophobic, and pi-pi stacking interactions. Gehlot, Praveen Singh; Rao, K. Srinivasa; Bharmoria, Pankaj; Damarla, Krishnaiah; Gupta, Hariom; Drechsler, Markus; Kumar, Arvind. DEC.2015. J Phys Chem B. 119, 49, 15300 – 15309.
39. 32. A reciprocal binary mixture of protic/aprotic ionic liquids as a deep eutectic solvent: Physicochemical behaviour and application towards agarose processing. Bharmoria, Pankaj; Damarla, Krishnaiah; Trivedi, Tushar J.; Malek, Naved I.; Kumar, Arvind. Rsc Adv. 2015, 5(120), 99245 – 99252.
40. 33. Effect of [Cnmim][Br] Based Ionic Liquids on the Aggregation Behavior of Tetradecyltrimethylammonium Bromide in Aqueous Medium, Utkarsh More, Zuber Vaid, Pankaj Bhamoria, Arvind Kumar, N. I. Malek, J Solution Chem, 2015, 44, 850-874.
41. 34. Modulation of Micellization Behavior of Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide (CTAB) by Organic Anions in Low Concentration Regime, Pankaj Bharmoria, Vaneet, Parampaul Kaur Banipal, Arvind Kumar, Tejwant Singh Kang. J Solution Chem, 2015, 44, 16-33.
42. 35. Effect of cationic head group on micellization behavior of new amide-functionalized surface active ionic liquids Raman Kamboj Pankaj Bharmoria Vinay Chauhan Gurbir Singh , Arvind Kumar, Sukhprit Singh and Tejwant Singh Kang, Phys.Chem.Chem.Phys.,2014,16 2604.
43. 36. Structural and Functional Stability of Cellulase in Aqueous-Biamphiphilic Ionic Liquid Surfactant Solution, Pankaj Bharmoria, Mohit J Mehta, Imran Pancha, and Arvind Kumar,* J. Phys. Chem. B 2014, 118, 9890-9899.
44. 37. Self-assembly of new surface active ionic liquids based on Aerosol-OT in aqueous media, K. Srinivasa Rao, Praveen Singh Gehlot, Tushar J. Trivedi, Arvind Kumar*, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 428 (2014) 267–275.
45. 38. Efficient extraction of agarose from red algae using ionic liquids, Tushar J. Trivedi, Jignesh Shukla, and Arvind Kumar,* Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 2014, 4, 190-201.
46. 39. Micellization Behavior of Morpholinium-Based Amide-Functionalized Ionic Liquids in Aqueous Media, Raman Kamboj, Pankaj Bharmoria, Vinay Chauhan, Sukhprit Singh, Arvind Kumar, Venus Singh Mithu, and Tejwant Singh Kang, Langmuir, 2014, 30 (33), 9920–9930.
47. 40. Biamphiphilic Ionic Liquid Induced Folding Alterations in the Structure of Bovine Serum Albumin in Aqueous Medium. Bharmoria, Pankaj; Rao, K. Srinivasa; Trivedi, Tushar J. and Arvind Kumar,* J. Phys. Chem. B. 2014. 118 (1) : 115 – 124.
48. 41. Temperature-Dependent Solubility Transition of Na₂SO₄ in Water and the Effect of NaCl Therein: Solution Structures and Salt Water Dynamics, Pankaj Bharmoria, Praveen Singh Gehlot, Hariom Gupta and Arvind Kumar,* J. Phys. Chem. B 2014, 118, 12734-12742.
49. 42. Effect of Nitrate Salts on Solubility Behavior of Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate (Gypsum) in the Aqueous Sodium Chloride System and Physicochemical Solution Properties at 308.15 K; Tushar J. Trivedi, Jignesh Shukla, and Arvind Kumar* J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2014, 59 (3), pp 832–838
50. 43. Facile preparation of agarose–chitosan hybrid materials and nanocomposite ionogels using an ionic liquid via dissolution, regeneration and sol–gel transition, Tushar J. Trivedi, K. Srinivasa Rao, and Arvind Kumar,* Green Chem., 2014, 16, 320-330.
51. 44. Effect of Organic Additives on the Solubility Behavior and Morphology of Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate (Gypsum) in the Aqueous Sodium Chloride System and Physicochemical Solution Properties at 35 °C Tushar J. Trivedi, Pratiksha Pandya, and Arvind Kumar, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2013, 58 , 773–779.
52. 45. Interactional Behaviour of Surface Active Ionic Liquids with Gelling Biopolymer Agarose in Aqueous Medium, Pankaj Bharmoria, and Arvind Kumar,* RSc Advances, , 2013, 3, 19600–19608.
53. 46. Vesicles and Reverse Vesicles of an Ionic Liquid in Ionic Liquids, Srinivasa Rao, and Arvind Kumar,* ChemCommun. 2013, 49, 8111-8113.
54. 47. Complexation of chitosan with surfactant like ionic liquids: Molecular interactions and preparation of chitosan nanoparticles, Pankaj Bharmoria, Tejwant Singh, and Arvind Kumar, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2013, 407, 361.
55. 48. Aqueous-Biamphiphilic Ionic Liquid Systems: Self-Assembly and Synthesis of Gold Nanocrystals/Microplates K. Srinivasa Rao, Tushar J. Trivedi, and Arvind Kumar* J. Phys. Chem. B, 2012, 116 (49), pp 14363.
56. 49. Agarose processing in protic and mixed protic–aprotic ionic liquids: dissolution, regeneration and high conductivity, high strength ionogels, Tushar J. Trivedi, D. N. Srivastava, Robin D. Rogers and Arvind Kumar,* Green Chem., 2012, 14, 2831.
57. 50. Temperature Invariance of NaCl Solubility in Water: Inferences from Salt−Water Cluster Behavior of NaCl, KCl, and NH₄Cl, Pankaj Bharmoria, Hariom Gupta, V. P. Mohandas, Pushpito K. Ghosh,* and Arvind Kumar,* J. Phys. Chem. B, 2012, 116, 11712.
58. 51. Ionic Liquids Induced Structural Changes of Bovine Serum Albumin in Aqueous Media: A Detailed Physicochemical and Spectroscopic Study, Tejwant Singh, Pankaj Bharmoria, Masa-aki Morikawa, Nobuo Kimizuka, and Arvind Kumar,* J. Phys. Chem. B, 2012, 116, 11924–11935.
59. 52. Ionic Liquid-assisted preparation of ZnO nanostructures, Tejwant Singh, Tushar. J. Trivedi, and Arvind Kumar,* Nanomaterials and Energy, 2012, 1, 207.
60. 53. Effect of Ethylene Glycol and Its Derivatives on the Aggregation Behaviour of an Ionic Liquid 1-Butyl-3-methyl Imidazolium Octylsulfate in Aqueous Medium, Tejwant Singh, Srinivasa Rao, and Arvind Kumar,* J. Phys. Chem. B.2012, 116, 1612.
61. 54. Water-clustering in hygroscopic ionic liquids-an implicit solvent analysis, A. Maiti, Arvind Kumar, R. D. Rogers, Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2012, 14, 5139.
62. 55. Thermodynamic and spectroscopic studies on binary mixtures of imidazolium ionic liquids in ethylene glycol, Bhupinder Kumar, Tejwant Singh, K. Srinivasa Rao, Amalendu Pal and Arvind Kumar,* J. Chem Thermodyn.,2012, 44, 121.
63. 56. Temperature dependence of physical properties of amino acid ionic liquid surfactants. Trivedi, Tushar J.; Bharmoria, Pankaj; Singh, Tejwant; Kumar, Arvind,* J. Chem. Eng. Data. 2012. 57. 317.
64. 57. Aggregation Behavior of Amino Acid Ionic Liquid Surfactants in Aqueous Media, K. Srinivasa Rao, Tejwant Singh, Tushar J. Trivedi and Arvind Kumar,* J. Phys. Chem. B.2011, 115, 13847.
65. 58. Aqueous-Mixed Ionic Liquids System: Phase Transitions and Synthesis of Gold Nanocrystals, K. Srinivasa Rao, Tejwant Singh, and Arvind Kumar,* Langmuir, 2011, 27, 9261.
66. 59. Task Specific, Biodegradable Amino Acid Ionic Liquid Surfactants, Tushar J. Trivedi, K. Srinivasa Rao, Tejwant Singh, Subir Mandal, Narottam Sutradhar, Asit Baran Panda and Arvind Kumar*, ChemSusChem, 2011, 4, 604.
67. 60. Polarity Behaviour and Specific Interactions of Imidazolium Based Ionic Liquids in Ethylene-Glycol, Tejwant Singh, K. Srinivasa Rao, and Arvind Kumar,* ChemPhysChem, 2011, 12, 836.
68. 61. Thermodynamics of Dilute Aqueous Solutions of Imidazolium Based Ionic Liquids, Tejwant Singh, and Arvind Kumar^*, J. Chem Thermodyn. 2011 43, 958.
69. 62. Cation−Anion−Water Interactions in Aqueous Mixtures of Imidazolium Based Ionic Liquids, Tejwant Singh, and Arvind Kumar,* Vibrational Spectroscopy, 2011, 55, 119.
70. 63. Volumetric and Surface Properties of Aqueous Mixtures of Polyethers at T = (298.15, 308.15, and 318.15) K. Manchanda, Harsh Kumar; Singla, Meenu; Khosla, Akanksha; Singh, Tejwant; Trivedi, Tushar J.; Kumar, Arvind,* J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2011, 56, 2669.
71. 64. Effect of Ethylene Glycol and its Derivatives on the Solubility Behavior of CaSO₄·2H₂O in the Aqueous NaCl System and Physicochemical Solution Properties at 35 ⁰C, Manjinder Kaur, K. Srinivasa Rao, Tejwant Singh, V. P. Mohandas and Arvind Kumar^* J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2010, 55, 4704-4708.
72. 65. Micellar Transitions in the Aqueous Solution of a Surfactant Like Ionic Liquid: 1-Butyl-3-Methylimidazolium Octylsulfate, Tejwant Singh, Markus Drechsler, Axel H. E. Müller, Indrajit Mukhopadhyay, and Arvind Kumar,* Phys Chem Chem Phys, 2010, 12, 11728.
73. 66. Interactions of Gelatin with Room Temperature Ionic Liquids: A Detailed Physicochemical Study, Tejwant Singh, Shilpi Boral, H. B. Bohidar, Arvind Kumar,* J. Phys. Chem. B., 2010, 114, 8441.
74. 67. Dissolution, Regeneration and Ion-Gel Formation of Agarose in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids, Tejwant Singh, Tushar J. Trivedi, Arvind Kumar,* Green Chemistry, 2010, 12, 1029.
75. 68. Effect of MgCl₂ on Solubility of CaSO₄·2H₂O in Aqueous NaCl System and Physicochemical Solution Properties at 35 ^oC, Arvind Kumar,^* Jignesh Shukla, Yogesh Dangar, and V. P. Mohandas, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2010, 55, 1675.
76. 69. Volumetric Behaviour of 1-Butyl-3-Methyl Imidazolium Hexafluorophosphate with Ethylene Glycol Derivatives: Application of Prigogine-Flory-Patterson Theory, Tejwant Singh, and Arvind Kumar^*, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2010, 153, 117.
77. 70. Temperature Dependence of Physical Properties of Imidazolium Based Ionic Liquids: Internal Pressure and Molar Refraction, Tejwant Singh, and Arvind Kumar^*, J Solution Chem, 2009, 38, 1043-1053.
78. 71. Effect of Sodium Sulfate on the Gelling Behaviour of Agarose and Water Structure inside the Gel Networks, Tejwant Singh, and Arvind Kumar^*, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2009, 113, 2519-2525.
79. 72. Non ideal behaviour of room temperature ionic liquid in ethylene glycol derivatives at (298.15, 308.15, and 318.15) K, Tejwant Singh, and Arvind Kumar,^* J. Chem Thermodyn. 2009, 41, 717-723.
80. 73. Fluorescence Behaviour and Specific Interactions of an Ionic Liquid in Ethylene Glycol Derivatives, Tejwant Singh, and Arvind Kumar,^* J. Phys. Chem. B, 2008, 112, 4079.
81. 74. Estimates of internal pressure and molar refraction of imidazolium based ionic liquids as a function of temperature, Arvind Kumar,* J Solution Chem, 2008, 37, 203.
82. 75. Static Dielectric Constant of Room Temperature Ionic Liquids: Internal Pressure and Cohesive Energy Density Approach, Tejwant Singh, and Arvind Kumar^*, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2008, 112, 12968-12972.
83. 76. Self aggregation of ionic liquids in aqueous media: a thermodynamic study, Tejwant Singh, and Arvind Kumar^*, Colloids and Surfaces A, 2008, 318, 263-268.
84. 77. Effect of pH on the Solubility of CaSO₄·2H₂O in Aqueous NaCl solutions and Physicochemical Solution Properties at 35 ^oC, Jignesh Shukla, V. P. Mohandas and Arvind Kumar,* J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2008, 53, 2797-2800.
85. 78. Physical and Excess properties of a room temperature ionic liquid in n-alkoxyethanols at T = (298.15 to 318.15) K. Tejwant Singh, and Arvind Kumar^*, J. Chem Thermodyn. 2008, 40, 417-423.
86. 79. Non ideal behaviour of a room temperature ionic liquid in mono or poly ethers at (298.15, 308.15, and 318.15) K , Arvind Kumar^*, Tejwant Singh, Ramesh, L. Gardas, João A. P. Coutinho, J. Chem Thermodyn. 2008, 40, 32-39.
87. 80. Aggregation Behaviour of Ionic Liquids in Aqueous Solutions: Effect of Alkyl Chain Length, Cations and Anions, Tejwant Singh, and Arvind Kumar^*, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2007, 111, 7843-7851.
88. 81. Thermodynamic study of functionally modified chitosan and its blends in aqueous media, A. Saxena, V. K. Shahi, and Arvind Kumar*, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2007, 135, 21.
89. 82. Solubility Pattern of CaSO4á2H2O in the System NaCl + CaCl2 + H2O and Solution Densities at 35 °C: Non-ideality and Ion Pairing, Arvind Kumar,^* Rahul Sanghavi, and V. P. Mohandas, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2007, 52, 902-905.
90. 83. Preparation and characterization of N-methylene phosphonic and quaternized chitosan composite membranes for electrolyte separations, Arunima Saxena, Arvind Kumar and V. K. Shahi, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2006, 303, 484-493.
91. 84. Experimental Densities, Speeds of Sound, Isentropic compressibilties and Shear Relaxation Times of CaSO₄・2H₂O + CaCl₂ + H₂O and CaSO₄・2H₂O + NaCl + H₂O Systems at Temperatures 30 and 35 ^◦C, Arvind Kumar,^* Rahul Sanghavi, and V. P. Mohandas, J Solution Chem, 2006, 35, 1515-1524.
92. 85. Ellipsometric characterization of surface freezing in Ga-based alloys, K. Bartel, D. Nattland, A. Kumar, S. Dogel and W. Freyland, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter. 2006, 18, 3535-3542.
93. 86. ¹H NMR studies of aqueous solutions of some n-alkoxyethanols (C₁E_m, m=1,2,3) or polyethers (C₁E_mC₁, m=1,2,3,4) at 298.15 K, Mukesh Kr. Yadav, Arvind Kumar^*, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2005, 121, 94-98.
94. 87. Characterizing Solution and Gel Structure of Agarose in the Aqueous Sodium Sulfate Solutions, Tejwant Singh, Ramavatar Meena, Arvind Kumar* Recent Advances in Thermodynamic Research, 2008, 125-131, NCTCBS.
95. 88. Ionic Interactions of Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate in Aqueous Sodium Chloride Solutions: Solubilities, Densities, Viscosities, Electrical Conductivities, and Surface Tensions at 35 ^oC, Arvind Kumar,* V. P. Mohandas, Rahul Sanghavi and P. K. Ghosh, J Solution Chem, 2005, 34, 333-342.
96. 89. Salt Effects on Volumetric Properties of Some n-Alkoxyethanols (C₁E_m, m = 1, 2, and 3) in Aqueous Solutions at 298.15 K, Arvind Kumar,^* J Solution Chem 2004, 33, 1585-1599.
97. 90. Ionic Interactions of Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate in Aqueous Calcium Chloride Solutions: Solubilities, Densities, Viscosities, and Electrical Conductivities at 30°C Arvind Kumar,^* V. P. Mohandas, V. R. K. S. Susarla and P. K. Ghosh, J Solution Chem 2004, 33, 995-1003
98. 91. Experimental Surface Tensions and Derived Surface Properties of Binary Mixtures of Water + Alkoxyethanols (C₁E_m, m= 1, 2, 3) and Water + Ethylene Glycol Dimethyl Ether (C₁E₁C₁) at (298.15, 308.15, and 318.15) K Arvind Kumar,* V. P. Mohandas, and P. K. Ghosh, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2003, 48, 1318-1322
99. 92. Speeds of sound and isentropic compressibilities of mixtures containing polyethers and ethyl acetate at the temperature at 298.15 K. Amalendu Pal, Sanjay Sharma, and Arvind Kumar ,Indian J. Pure Appl. Phys. 2000, 38, 174-181.
100. 93. Excess Molar volumes and viscosities of mixtures of some alkoxyethanols with dialkyl carbonates at 298.15 K Amalendu Pal, Harsh Kumar, Gurcharan Dass, and Arvind Kumar Fluid Phase Equilibria 1999, 166, 245-258.
101. 94. Speeds of sound and isentropic compressibilities of triethylene glycol monomethyl ether with n- alkanols at 298.15 K. Amalendu Pal and Arvind Kumar Acoustics Letters, 1999, 22, 168-175.
102. 95. Speeds of sound and isentropic compressibilities of some polyethers with propylene carbonate at 298.15 K, Amalendu Pal and Arvind Kumar J. Indian J. Pure Appl. Phys., 1999 , 37, 810-817.
103. 96. Volumetric properties of (n-alkanol + polyether) systems at 298.15 K, Amalendu Pal and Arvind Kumar Fluid Phase Equlibria, 1999, 161,153-168.
104. 97. Excess molar volumes and viscosities of binary mixtures of 2-{2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethoxyethanol with chloroalkanes at 298.15 K, Amalendu Pal and Arvind Kumar Indian Journal of Chemistry, 1999, 38A,275-279.
105. 98. Excess molar volumes and excess partial molar volumes of triethylene glycol monomethyl ether -n- alcohol mixtures at 25⁰ C, Amalendu Pal and Arvind Kumar, J Solution Chem, 1999, 28, 153-161.
106. 99. Excess molar volumes, viscosities and refractive indices of tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether + dimethyl carbonate, + diethyl carbonate, and + propylene carbonate at 298.15 K Amalendu Pal, Gurcharan Dass and Arvind Kumar J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1999, 44,2-5.
107. 100.Excess molar volumes, viscosities and refractive indices of triethylene glycol dimethyl ether with dimethyl carbonate, diethyl carbonate,and propylene carbonate at 298.15 K, Amalendu Pal, Gurcharan Dass and Arvind Kumar J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1998, 43, 738-741.
108. 101.Excess molar volumes, viscosities and refractive indices of diethylene glycol dimethyl ether with dimethyl carbonate, diethyl carbonate,and propylene carbonate at(298.15, 308.15, 318.15) K Amalendu Pal and Arvind Kumar J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1998,43, 143-147.
109. 102.Excess molar volumes and viscosities of binary mixtures of 2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethanol with chloroalkanes at 298.15 K, Amalendu Pal and Arvind Kumar Fluid Phase Equlibria, 1998, 143, 241-251.
110. 103.Excess molar volumes and ultrasonic speeds of diethylene glycol monomethyl ether -n- alcohol mixtures at 298.15 K, Amalendu Pal and Arvind Kumar Acoustics Letters, 1997, 20, 203-212.

Book Chapters

1. Invited book chapter entitled “Self-assembly of surface active ionic liquids in aqueous medium” for publishing in book ed. Ionic Liquid-Based Surfactant Science: Formulation, Characterization, and Applications (by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)
2. Invited book chapter entitled “Utilization of ionic liquids for the processing of biopolymers -“A case study on gelling biopolymer-agarose” for publishing in book ed. CRC/Taylor and Francis book
3. Invited book chapter entitled “Extraction of Sandalwood Oil Using Ionic Liquids: Towards a “Greener” More Efficient Process” Arvind Kumar, Hui Wang, and Robin D. Rogers, Green Chemistry and Sustainable Technology, 2014.

Review articles in magazines

1. Recent Innovations in Common Salt Production n Product Attributes, Pushpito Ghosh, Arvind Kumar, Chemical Industry Digest, 2011, 76-83.
2. Case Study: A Waste to Wealth Initiative, V. P. Mohandas, A. U. Hamidani, M. R. Gandhi, A. M. Bhatt, Arvind Kumar, U. P. Saraiya, R. J. Sanghvi and P. K. Ghosh, Chemical Engineering World (Features), 2012, 80-81

Patents

Process for the preparation of common salt of high purity from brines in solar salt pans

1. Patent No. US8,021442 B 2, Dated: Sep. 20, 2011
2. Israeli Patent , Patent Application No. 206877, dated 31 October 2011

Technology transferred

1. High purity salt production to M/s. Grassim Ltd. Nagda
2. Value added salts from the spent water of isobutyl benzene (IBB) production plant of Vinati Organics Limited Containing Na₂CO₃, K₂CO₃ and KOH to Viral Alkalis Limited, Maharashtra