Publications

Peer-Reviewed Research Articles

2024

23. John Marques Dos Santos, David Hall, Biju Basumatary, Megan Bryden, Dongyang Chen, Praveen Choudhary, Thomas Comerford, Ettore Crovini, Andrew Danos, Joydip De, Stefan Diesing, Mahni Fatahi, Máire Griffin, Abhishek Kumar Gupta, Hassan Hafeez, Lea Hämmerling, Emily Hanover, Janine Haug, Tabea Heil, Durai Karthik, Shiv Kumar, Oliver Lee, Haoyang Li, Fabien Lucas, Campbell Frank Ross Mackenzie, Aminata Mariko, Tomas Matulaitis, Francis Millward, Yoann Olivier, Quan Qi, Ifor DW Samuel, Nidhi Sharma, Changfeng Si, Leander Spierling, Pagidi Sudhakar, Dianming Sun, Eglė Tankelevičiu̅tė, Michele Duarte Tonet, Jingxiang Wang, Tao Wang, Sen Wu, Yan Xu, Le Zhang, Eli Zysman-Colman "The Golden Age of Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials: Design and Exploitation" Chemical Reviews 2024, 124 (24), 13736-14110. [Link] (Review)

22. P Frangville,  A S Tanwar, S Kumar, M Gelbcke, N Wauthoz, S Basov, M J V Bael, K V Hecke, F Meyer “Sensing diversity in halogen-bonded multi-stimuli responsive materials: Light, pH, magnetism, and electron-rich species” Materials Today Chemistry 2024, 40, 102234. [Link]

21. A Malinge, S Kumar, D Chen, E Zysman-Colman, and S Kéna-Cohen “Heavy Atom Effect in Halogenated mCP and Its Influence on the Efficiency of the Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence of Dopant Molecules” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2024, 128(3), 1122–1130. [Link]

2023

20. S Kumar, K V Hecke, F Meyer "Insight into Unusual Supramolecular Self-Assemblies of Terthiophenes Directed by Weak Hydrogen Bonding" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2023, 24(13), 11127. (This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Hydrogen Bonding) [Link]

19. K Chu, J R Adsetts, Z Whitworth, S Kumar, E Zysman-Colman, Z Ding "Elucidation of an Aggregate Excited State in the Electrochemiluminescence and Chemiluminescence of a Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence (TADF) Emitter" Langmuir 2023, 39 (7), 2829-2837. [Link]

18. S Kumar, C Body, T Leyssens, K V Hecke, G Berger, A V d Lee, D Laurencin, S Richeter, S Clément, F Meyer “Halogen-Bonded Thiophene Derivatives Prepared by Solution and/or Mechanochemical Synthesis. Evidence of N··· S Chalcogen Bonds in Homo-and Cocrystals” Crystal Growth & Design 2023, 23 (4), 2442–2454. [Link]

2022

17. S Kumar, P Tourneur, J R Adsetts, M Y Wong, P Rajamalli, D Chen, R Lazzaroni, P Viville, D B Cordes, A M Z Slawin, Y Olivier, J Cornil, Z Ding and E Zysman-Colman “Photoluminescence and Electrochemiluminescence of Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence (TADF) Emitters Containing Diphenylphosphine Chalcogenide-Substituted Carbazole Donors” Journal of Material Chemistry C, 2022, 10, 4646-4667. (This article is part of the themed collections: Journal of Materials Chemistry C HOT Papers, 2022 Journal of Materials Chemistry C Most Popular Articles and Materials for thermally activated delayed fluorescence and/or triplet fusion upconversion) [Link]

2021

16. P Frangville, S Kumar, M Gelbcke, K V Hecke, F Meyer “Stimuli-Responsive Materials Supported by Orthogonal Hydrogen and Halogen Bonding or I...Alkene Interaction” Molecules 2021, 26(24), 7586. (This article belongs to the Special Issue Halogen Bond in Crystalline Systems) [Link]

15. S Kumar, L G Franca, K Stavrou, E Crovini, D B Cordes, A M Z Slawin, A P Monkman and E Zysman-Colman “Investigation of intramolecular through-space charge transfer states in donor-acceptor charge transfer systems” Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2021, 12 (11), 2820-2830. [Link]

2020

14. S Kumar, P Rajamalli, D B Cordes, A M Z Slawin, E Zysman‐Colman “Front Cover: Highly Fluorescent Emitters Based on Triphenylamine‐π‐Triazine (D‐π‐A) System: Effect of Extended Conjugation on Singlet‐Triplet Energy Gap (Asian J. Org. Chem. 2020, 9(9), 1277-1285) Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry 2020, 9 (9), 1249-1249. (Cover Page) [Link]

13. S Kumar, P Rajamalli, D B Cordes, A M Z Slawin, E Zysman‐Colman “Highly fluorescent emitters based on triphenylamine‐π‐triazine (D‐π‐A) system: effect of extended conjugation on singlet‐triplet energy gap” Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry 2020, 9 (9), 1277-1285. (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Organic Donor-Acceptor Systems) [Link]

12. Z Zhang, S Kumar, S Bagnich, E Spuling, F Hundemer, M Nieger, Z Hassan, A Köhler, E Zysman-Colman, S Bräse “OBO-Fused Benzo [fg] tetracene as Acceptor with Potential for Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitters” Frontiers in Chemistry 2020, 8, 563411. (This article is part of the Recent Advances in Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials) [Link]

2019

11. J U Kim, M Y Wong, S Kumar, O G Hayes, F Duncan, C Y Chan, B Y W Wong, H Ye, L-S Cui, H Nakanotani, E Zysman- Colman, C Adachi “High-triplet-energy Bipolar Host Materials Based on Phosphine Oxide Derivatives for Efficient Sky-blue Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Organic Light-emitting Diodes” Chemistry Letters 2019, 48 (10), 1225- 1228. [Link]

10. S Kasthuri†, S Kumar†, S Raviteja, B Ramakrishna, S Maji, N Veeraiah, N Venkatramaiah, “Influence of alkyl chains on fluoranthene ensembles towards fluorescence-based detection of 2,4,6-trinitrophenol” Applied Surface Science 2019, 481, 1018-1027. (†Equal contribution) [Link]

2016

9. N Sharma†, S Kumar†, Y Chandrasekaran, S Patil, “Maleimide–Based Donor- π- Acceptor-π-Donor Derivative for Efficient Organic Light-Emitting Diodes” Organic Electronics 2016, 38, 180-185. (†Equal contribution) [Link]

8. S Kumar, P R Boregowda, S Patil, “Deep Blue Electroluminescent Device Based on Coumarin Derivative” ChemPlusChem 2016, 81(4), 384-390. (This article is part of ChemPlusChem: Early Career Series) [Link]

2015

7. S Kumar, D Kumar, Y Patil, S Patil, “Fluoranthene Derivatives as Blue Fluorescent Materials for Non-Doped Organic Light-Emitting Diodes” Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2015, 4(1), 193-200. [Link]

6. S Kumar, S Patil, “Fluoranthene-Based Molecules as Electron Transport and Blue Fluorescent Materials for Organic Light-Emitting Diodes” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2015, 119 (33), 19297–19304. [Link]

5. S Kumar, S Patil, “High Tg Fluoranthene-Based Electron Transport Materials for Organic Light-Emitting Diodes” New Journal of Chemistry, 2015, 39 (8), 6351-6357. [Link]

2014

4. J Dhar†, S Kumar†, S Patil, “Correlation between Optical Properties and Nanomorphology of Fluoranthene-Based Conjugated Copolymer” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2014, 118 (27), 15079-15085. (†Equal contribution) [Link]

2013

3. S Kumar†, N Venkatramaiah†, S Patil, “Fluoranthene Based Derivatives for Detection of Trace Explosive Nitroaromatics” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2013, 117 (14), 7236-7245. (†Equal contribution) [Link]

2012

2. N Venkatramaiah, S Kumar, S Patil, “Femtogram Detection of Explosive Nitroaromatics: Fluoranthene-Based Fluorescent Chemosensors” Chemistry-A European Journal, 2012, 18 (46), 14745-14751. [Link]

1. N Venkatramaiah, S Kumar, Satish Patil, “Fluoranthene based fluorescent chemosensors for detection of explosive nitroaromatics” Chemical Communications, 2012, 48 (41), 5007-5009. (This article is part of the themed collections: 20th Anniversary of the CRSI: Celebrating Indian Chemistry in ChemComm and ChemComm 60th Anniversary Historic Papers from India) [Link]

Patent(s)

1. SATISH AMRUTRAO PATIL, VENKATRAMAIAH NUTALAPATI, SHIV KUMAR, “Fluoranthene Derivatives for Detection of Nitroaromatics Compounds”. Application ID: 3513/CHE/2012, Date of Filing: 27/08/2012, Date of Publication: 17/09/2012, Granted: 30/10/2017, Indian Patent Number: 288889

Ph.D. Thesis

S Kumar "Fluoranthene-Based Materials for Non-Doped Blue Organic Light-Emitting Diodes" Indian Institute of Science 2018. [Link]

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