Publication

From postdoc at SMU:

1. Nilanjan Seal, D. Sulalith N. D. Samarasinghe,  Nagaraju Vodnala, Maxime A. Siegler, Christine M. Aikens*, Anindita Das*, Distibine versus Diphosphine Ligands: Modulating the Properties of Isostructural Au13Cu2 Nanoclusters, Chem. Mater., 2025, 37, 9908-9918 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c02450)

2. Sayan Maiti, Jatan K. Sharma, Melika Eshaghi Kenari, Nilanjan Seal, Jianheng Ling, Matthew A. Addicoat, Thomas W. Kasel, Haoyuan Chen, Tomče Runčevski, Phillip J. Milner, Francis D’Souza*, Anindita Das*, Effects of a Single Atom Substitution on the Physical Properties, Excited State Dynamics and Iodine Capture Performance of Emissive Covalent Organic Frameworks, ChemSusChem, 2025, 18, e202500791 (https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202500791)

From PhD:

1. Nilanjan Seal, Arun Karmakar, Partha Pratim Mondal, Subrata Kundu*, Subhadip Neogi*, Nitrogen-Rich Covalent Organic Polymer for Metal-Free Tandem Catalysis and Postmetalation-Actuated High-Performance Water Oxidation, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2024, 16, 41721-41733 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c06804)

2. Nilanjan Seal*, Arun Karmakar, Subrata Kundu*, Subhadip Neogi*, Pendent carboxylic acid-fuelled high-performance uranium extraction in a hydrogen-bonded framework and prolifically improved water oxidation via post-metalation-actuated composite fabrication, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12, 3501-3512 (https://doi.org/10.1039/D3TA06790D)

3. Nilanjan Seal*, Partha Pratim Mondal, Athulya S. Palakkal, Renjith S. Pillai*, Subhadip Neogi*, Site-Memory-Triggered Reversible Acronym Encryption in a Nitrogen-Rich Pore-Partitioned MOF for Ultrasensitive Monitoring of Roxarsone and Dichloran over Multiple Platform, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2023, 15, 54397-54408 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c11197)

4. Nilanjan Seal*, Partha Pratim Mondal, Subhadip Neogi*, A nitrogen-rich ionic metal-organic vessel: temperature triggered improved CO2 separation and hydrogen-bond mediated cycloaddition with pore-space-partition induced size-selective Friedel-Crafts alkylation, J. Environ. Chem. Eng., 2023, 11, 111219 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2023.111219)

5. Nilanjan Seal, Athulya S. Palakkal, Renjith S. Pillai*, Subhadip Neogi*, Coordination Unsaturation and Basic Site-Immobilized Nanochannel in Chemorobust MOF for Three-Fold-Increased High-Temperature Selectivity cum Mild-Fixation of CO2 with Nanomolar Recognition of Roxarsone, Inorg. Chem., 2023, 62, 11528-11540 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c01160)

6. Partha Pratim Mondal, Nilanjan Seal, Manpreet Singh, Subhadip Neogi*, Carboxamide functionality grafted entangled Co(II) framework as a unique hydrogen-bond-donor catalyst in solvent-free tandem deacetalization-Knoevenagel condensation with pore-fitting-mediated size-selectivity, Dalton Trans., 2023, 52, 8661-8669 (https://doi.org/10.1039/D3DT01053H)

7. Ranadip Goswami*, Nilanjan Seal, Sonal Rajput, Subhadip Neogi*, Fluoro-switchable Metal-Organic Frameworks: Self-Adjustable Detection of Multifarious Pollutants via Reversible Host- Guest Interplay, Recent Progress in Metal–Organic Frameworks: Properties and Applications, Tapan K. Pal, Central West Publishing, Australia, 2023, 161-195 (Book chapter)

8. Manpreet Singh, Arun Karmakar, Nilanjan Seal, Partha Pratim Mondal, Subrata Kundu*, Subhadip Neogi*, Redox-Active and Urea-Engineered Entangled MOF for High-Efficiency Water Oxidation and Elevated Temperature Advanced CO2 Separation cum Organic-Site-Driven Mild-Condition Cycloaddition, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2023, 15, 24504-24516 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c03619)

9. Nilanjan Seal, Subhadip Neogi*, Dangling carboxylic-acid functionality in fish-bone shaped 2D framework as hydrogen-bond-donating catalyst in Friedel-Crafts alkylation, Chem. Commun., 2023, 59, 4954-4957 (https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CC00657C)

10. Nilanjan Seal, Arun Karmakar, Subrata Kundu*, Subhadip Neogi*, Undulated Ni(II)-Framework with In Situ-Grafted Open-Metal and Basic Sites for High-Performance Electrochemical Water Oxidation and Flexible Composite-Driven Size-Exclusive Autotandem Catalysis, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2023, 11, 979-993 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c05673)

11. Nilanjan Seal, Subhadip Neogi*, Lewis acid-base integrated robust metal-organic framework and reconfigurable composite for solvent-free Biginelli condensation and tandem catalysis with size selectivity, Mater. Today Chem., 2022, 26, 101064 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtchem.2022.101064)

12. Ranadip Goswami, Kannimuthu Karthick, Sandeep Das, Sonal Rajput, Nilanjan Seal, Biswarup Pathak*, Subrata Kundu*, Subhadip Neogi*, Brønsted Acid-Functionalized Ionic Co(II) Framework: A Tailored Vessel for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution and Size-Exclusive Optical Speciation of Biothiols, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2022, 14, 29773−29787 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.2c05299)

13. Ranadip Goswami*, Balasaheb D. Bankar, Sonal Rajput, Nilanjan Seal, Renjith S. Pillai*, Ankush V. Biradar, Subhadip Neogi*, In situ fabricated MOF–cellulose composite as an advanced ROS deactivator-convertor: fluoroswitchable bi-phasic tweezers for free chlorine detoxification and size-exclusive catalytic insertion of aqueous H2O2, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022, 10, 4316–4332 (https://doi.org/10.1039/D1TA10504C)

14. Nilanjan Seal, Kannimuthu Karthick, Manpreet Singh, Subrata Kundu*, Subhadip Neogi*, Mixed-ligand-devised anionic MOF with divergent open Co(II)-nodes as chemo-resistant, bi-functional material for electrochemical water oxidation and mild-condition tandem CO2 fixation, Chem. Eng. J., 2022, 429, 132301 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.132301)

15. Nilanjan Seal, Subhadip Neogi*, Intrinsic-Unsaturation-Enriched Biporous and Chemorobust Cu(II) Framework for Efficient Catalytic CO2 Fixation and Pore-Fitting Actuated Size-Exclusive Hantzsch Condensation with Mechanistic Validation, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 55123−55135 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c16984)

16. Ranadip Goswami, Sandeep Das, Nilanjan Seal, Biswarup Pathak*, Subhadip Neogi*, High-Performance Water Harvester Framework for Triphasic and Synchronous Detection of Assorted Organotoxins with Site-Memory-Reliant Security Encryption via pH-Triggered Fluoroswitching, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 34012−34026 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c05088)

17. Nilanjan Seal, Athulya S. Palakkal, Manpreet Singh, Ranadip Goswami, Renjith S. Pillai*, Subhadip Neogi*, Chemically Robust and Bifunctional Co(II)-Framework for Trace Detection of Assorted Organo-toxins and Highly Cooperative Deacetalization−Knoevenagel Condensation with Pore-Fitting-Induced Size-Selectivity, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 28378−28389 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c07273)

18. Nilanjan Seal, Manpreet Singh, Sandeep Das, Ranadip Goswami, Biswarup Pathak*, Subhadip Neogi*, Dual-functionalization actuated trimodal attribute in an ultra-robust MOF: exceptionally selective capture and effectual fixation of CO2 with fast-responsive, nanomolar detection of assorted organo-contaminants in water, Mater. Chem. Front., 2021, 5, 979—994 (https://doi.org/10.1039/D0QM00721H)

19. Nilanjan Seal, Ranadip Goswami, Manpreet Singh, Renjith S. Pillai*, Subhadip Neogi*, An ultralight charged MOF as fluoro-switchable monitor for assorted organo-toxins: size-exclusive dye scrubbing and anticounterfeiting applications via Tb3+ sensitization, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2021, 8, 296–310 (https://doi.org/10.1039/D0QI01091J)

20. Ranadip Goswami, Nilanjan Seal, Soumya Ranjan Dash, Anshu Tyagi, Subhadip Neogi*, Devising Chemically Robust and Cationic Ni(II)−MOF with Nitrogen-Rich Micropores for Moisture-Tolerant CO2 Capture: Highly Regenerative and Ultrafast Colorimetric Sensor for TNP and Multiple Oxo−Anions in Water with Theoretical Revelation, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2019, 11, 40134−40150 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b15179)

21. Ranadip Goswami, Shyama Charan Mandal, Nilanjan Seal, Biswarup Pathak*, Subhadip Neogi*, Antibiotic-triggered reversible luminescence switching in amine-grafted mixed-linker MOF: exceptional turn-on and ultrafast nanomolar detection of sulfadiazine and adenosine monophosphate with molecular keypad lock functionality, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019, 7, 19471–19484 (https://doi.org/10.1039/C9TA06632B)