Publications

*refers to corresponding author, # refers to equal contribution, Total publications: 22, h-index: 15

After joining IIT Kanpur

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Postdoctoral

1. *Mothika, V. S., Baumgarten, M., Scherf, U. (2019): Neutral, π-Radical-Conjugated Microporous Polymer Films of Nanoscale Thickness for Potential Use in Magnetoelectronics and Sensor Devices. In: ACS Applied Nano Materials. Vol. 2, 4832-4841. (Cover Art) (weblink)

2. *Mothika, V. S., Räupke, A., Brinkmann, K. O., Riedl, T., Brunklaus, G., Scherf, U. (2018): Nanometer-Thick Conjugated Microporous Polymer Films for Selective and Sensitive Vapor-Phase TNT Detection. In: ACS Applied Nano Materials. Vol. 1, 6483-6492. (weblink)

3. *Mothika, V. S., Scherf, U. (2018): Electrochemically Generated Conjugated Microporous Polymer Network Thin Films For Chemical Sensor Applications. In: Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. Vol. 219, 1800207. (weblink)

4. Widling, C., Forster, M., Mothika, V. S., Scherf, U. (2017): Catalyst-And Solvent-Free, Thermal Generation of Microporous Polymer Networks. In: Science China Chemistry. Vol. 60, 1103-1106. (weblink)

Doctoral

1. Mothika, V. S., Sutar, P., Verma, P., Das, S., Pati, S. K., Maji, T. K. (2019): Regulating Charge‐Transfer in Conjugated Microporous Polymers for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. In: Chemistry-A European Journal. Vol. 25, 3867-3874.

2. Adalikwu, S. A., Mothika, V. S., Hazra, A., Maji, T. K. (2019): Polar functional groups anchored to a 2D MOF template for the stabilization of Pd (0) nps for the catalytic C–C coupling reaction. In: Dalton Transactions. Vol. 44, 83-86. 

3. #Sutar, P., #Mothika, V. S., Jayaramulu, K., Hazra, A., Maji, T. K. (2018): Binder driven self-assembly of metal-organic cubes towards functional hydrogels. In: Nature Communications. Vol. 9, 1-12.

4. #Roy, S., #Mothika, V. S., Hazra, A., Bandyopadhyay, A., Laha, S., Pati, S. K., Maji, T. K. (2018): Solvent-Modulated Emission Properties in a Superhydrophobic Oligo(p-phenyleneethynylene)-Based 3D Porous Supramolecular Framework. In: Inorganic Chemistry. Vol. 57, 8693-8696.

5. Roy, S., Mothika, V. S., Maji, T. K. (2016): Self-Cleaning MOF: Realization of Extreme Water Repellence in Coordination Driven Self-Assembled Nanostructures. In: Chemical Science. Vol. 7, 2251-2256.

6. Mothika, V. S., Bandyopadhyay, A., Pati, S. K., Maji, T. K. (2016): Luminescent Conjugated Microporous Polymer with Lewis Acidic ‘Boron’ Sites on the Pore Surface: Ratiometric Sensing and Capture of F- Ion. Indian Patent, IP No: WO 2016/162810 AI

7. Mothika, V. S., De, A., Maji, T. K. (2015): High Aspect Ratio, Processable Coordination Polymer Gel Nanotubes Based on an AIE-Active LMWG with Tunable Emission. In: Chemical Communications. Vol. 51, 14678-14681.

8. Mothika, V. S., Bandyopadhyay, A., Roy, S., Pati, S. K., Maji, T. K. (2015): Highly Luminescent Microporous Organic Polymer with Lewis Acidic ‘Boron’ Sites on the Pore Surface: Ratiometric Sensing and Capture of F- Ion. In: Chemistry-A European Journal. Vol. 21, 10799-10804.

9. Sutar, P.,Mothika, V. S., Maji, T. K. (2015): Tunable Emission in Lanthanide Coordination Polymer Gels Based on a Rationally Designed Blue Emissive Gelator. In: Chemical Communications. Vol. 51, 9876-9879.

10. Jayaramulu, K., Mothika, V. S., Maji, T. K. (2015): Stabilization of Cu2O Nanoparticles on a 2D Metal-Organic Framework for Catalytic Huisgen 1, 3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reaction. In: Dalton Transactions. Vol. 44, 83-86.

11. Mothika, V. S., Bonakala, S., Roy, S., Balasubramanian, S., Maji, T. K. (2014): Synthesis, Characterization, and Modeling of a Functional Conjugated Microporous Polymer: CO2 Storage and Light Harvesting. In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Vol. 118, 24369-24376.

12. Mothika, V. S., Chatterjee, S., Modak, R., Tiwari, V., Patel, A. B., Kundu, T. K., Maji, T. K. (2014): Oligo(p‑phenyleneethynylene)-Derived Porous luminescent Nanoscale Coordination Polymer of GdIII: Bimodal Imaging and Nitroaromatic Sensing. In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Vol. 118, 12241-12249.

13. Mothika, V. S., Bonakala, S., Atreya, H. S., Balasubramanian, S., Maji, T. K. (2014): Amide Functionalized Microporous Organic Polymer (Am-MOP) for Selective CO2 Sorption and Catalysis. In: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Vol. 6, 4630-4637.

14. Haldar, R., Reddy, S. K., Mothika, V. S., Mohapatra, S., Balasubramanian, S., Maji, T. K. (2014): Flexible and Rigid Amine-Functionalized Microporous Frameworks Based on Different Secondary Building Units: Supramolecular Isomerism, Selective CO2 Capture, and Catalysis. In: Chemistry-A European Journal. Vol. 20, 4347-4356.

15. #Kumar, R.,#Mothika, V. S., Maji, T. K., Rao, C. N. R. (2014): Porous Graphene Frameworks Pillared by Organic Linkers with Tunable Surface Area and Gas Storage Properties. In: Chemical Communications. Vol. 50, 2015-2017.

16. Mothika, V. S., George, S. J., Maji, T. K. (2013): MOF Nano-Vesicles and Toroids: Self-Assembled Porous Soft-Hybrids for Light Harvesting. In: Advanced Functional Materials. Vol. 23, 5585-5590. (Cover Art)

17. Jayaramulu, K., Datta, K. K. R., Mothika, V. S., Kumari, G., Datta, R., Narayana, C., Eswaramoorthy, M., Maji, T. K. (2012): Honeycomb Porous Framework of Zinc(II): Effective Host for Palladium Nanoparticles for Efficient Three-Component (A3) Coupling and Selective Gas Storage. In: Chempluschem. Vol. 77, 743-747.

Masters

1. Geetharani, K., Bose, S. K., Basak, D., Mothika, V. S., Ghosh, S. (2011): A New Entry into Ferraborane Chemistry: Synthesis and Characterization of Heteroferraborane Complexes. In: Inorganica Chimica Acta. Vol. 372, 42-46.