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2024

41. S. Panguluri, E. Jourdain, P. Chakraborty, S. Klyatskaya, M. M. Kappes, A. M. Nonat, L. J. Charbonnière, M. Ruben, Yb to Eu cooperative sensitization upconversion in a multifunctional molecular nonanuclear lanthanide cluster in solution, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, 146, 13083–13092 .  (doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c14527)


40. P. Bose, K. K. Ramankutty, P. Chakraborty, E. Khatun, T. Pradeep, A concise guide to chemical reactions of atomically precise noble metal nanoclusters, Nanoscale, 2024, 16, 1446-1470. (doi.org/10.1039/D3NR05128E) 

2023

39. P. Chakraborty,* S. Malola, P. Weis, M. Neumaier, E. K. Schneider, H. Häkkinen,* M. M. Kappes,* Tailoring vacancy defects in isolated atomically precise silver clusters through mercury-doped intermediates, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2023, 14, 11659–11664. (doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02866)


38. P. Chakraborty,* S. Malola, M. Neumaier, P. Weis, H. Häkkinen,* M. M. Kappes*, Elucidating the structures of intermediate fragments during stepwise dissociation of monolayer-protected silver clusters, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202305836. (doi.org/10.1002/anie.202305836 )

37. P. Chakraborty,* M. Neumaier, P. Weis, M.M. Kappes,* Exploring isomerism in isolated cyclodextrin oligomers through trapped ion mobility mass spectrometry, J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 2023, 34, 676–684. (doi.org/10.1021/jasms.2c00351 )  

36. A. Chakraborty, M. M. Stanley, B. Mondal, M. Bodiuzzaman, P. Chakraborty, MP Kannan, T. Pradeep, Tunable reactivity of silver nanoclusters: A facile route to synthesize a range of bimetallic nanostructures, Nanoscale, 2023, 15, 2690-2699.   (doi.org/10.1039/D2NR06350F )

35. A. Jana, M. Jash, W. A. Dar, J. Roy, P. Chakraborty, G. Paramasivam, S. Lebedkin, K. Kirakci, S. Manna, S. Antharjanam, J. Machacek, M. Kucerakova, S. Ghosh, K. Lang, M. M Kappes, T. Base, T. Pradeep, Carborane-thiol protected copper nanoclusters: stimuli-responsive materials with tunable phosphorescence, Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 1613-1626. (doi.org/10.1039/D2SC06578A )  

34. M. Jash, A. Jana, A.K Poonia, E. Khatun, P. Chakraborty, A. Nagar, T. Ahuja, KV Adarsh, T. Pradeep, Phosphine-protected atomically precise silver–gold alloy nanoclusters and their luminescent superstructures, Chem. Mater.  2023, 35, 1, 313–326. (doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c03222 )

2022

33. C. Hu, T. Jochmann, P. Chakraborty, M. Neumaier, P. A. Levkin, M. M. Kappes and F. Biedermann, Further dimensions for sensing in biofluids: Distinguishing bioorganic analytes by the salt-induced adaptation of a cucurbit[7]uril-based chemosensor, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 13084–13095. (doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c01520 )

32. J. Roy, P. Chakraborty, G. Paramasivam, G. Natarajan and T. Pradeep, Gas phase ion chemistry of titanium–oxofullerene with ligated solvents, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2022, 24, 2332-2343 (contributed equally). (doi.org/10.1039/D1CP04716G )

2021

31. A. C. Venu, R. N. Din, T. Rudszuck, P. Picchetti, P. Chakraborty, A. K. Powell, S. Krämer, G. Guthausen and M. Ibrahim, NMR relaxivities of paramagnetic lanthanide-containing polyoxometalates, Molecules 2021, 26, 7481. (10.3390/molecules26247481)

30. M. Neumaier, A. Baksi, P.Weis, E. K. Schneider, P. Chakraborty, H. Hahn, T. Pradeep and M. M. Kappes, Kinetics of intercluster reactions between atomically precise noble metal clusters [Ag25(DMBT)18] and [Au25(PET)18] in room temperature solutions, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 6969-6980. (doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c01140)

29. A. Jana, M. Jash, A. K. Poonia, G. Paramasivam, R. Islam, P. Chakraborty, S. Antharjanam, J. Machacek, S. Ghosh, K. N. V. D. Adarsh, T. Base and T. Pradeep, Light-activated intercluster-conversion of an atomically precise silver nanocluster, ACS Nano 2021, 15, 15781-15793 (doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.1c02602)

28. P. Chakraborty, P. Bose, J. Roy, A. Nag, B. Mondal, A. Chakraborty and T. Pradeep, Isotopic exchange of atomically precise nanoclusters with materials of varying dimensions: From nanoscale to bulk, J. Phys. Chem. C 2021, 125, 16110-16117. (doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c02264)

2020

27. P. Bose, P. Chakraborty, J. S. Mohanty, A. R. Chowdhuri, E. Khatun, T. Ahuja, A. Mahendranath and T. Pradeep, Atom transfer between precision nanoclusters and polydispersed nanoparticles: A facile route for monodisperse alloy nanoparticles and their superstructures, Nanoscale 2020, 43, 22116-22128. (doi.org/10.1039/D0NR04033A)

26. A. Jana, P. Chakraborty, W. A. Dar, S. Chandra, E. Khatun, MP Kannan, R. HA Ras and T. Pradeep, Dual emitting Ag35 nanocluster protected by 2-pyrene imine thiol, Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 12550-12553. (doi.org/10.1039/D0CC03983G)

25. M. Jash, E. Khatun, P. Chakraborty, C. Sudhakar and T. Pradeep, [Ag15H13(DPPH)5]2+ and [Ag27H22(DPPB)7]3+: Two new hydride and phosphine co-protected clusters and their fragmentation leading to naked clusters, Ag13+ and Ag25+, J. Phys. Chem. C 2020, 124, 20569–20577. (doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c05867)

24. A. Nag, P. Chakraborty, A. Thacharon, G. Paramasivam, B. Mondal, M. Bodiuzzaman and T. Pradeep, Atomically precise noble metal cluster-assembled superstructures in water: Luminescence enhancement and sensing, J. Phys. Chem. C 2020, 124, 22298–22303. (doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c06770)

23. P. Chakraborty, A. Nag, B. Mondal, E. Khatun, Ganesan Paramasivam and Thalappil Pradeep, Fullerene-mediated aggregation of M25(SR)18 (M = Ag, Au) nanoclusters, J. Phys. Chem. C 2020, 124, 14891–14900. (doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c03383)

2019

22. E. Khatun, P. Chakraborty, B. Jacob, G. Paramasivam, M. Bodiuzzaman, W. Dar and, T. Pradeep, Intercluster reactions resulting in silver-rich trimetallic nanoclusters, Chem. Mater. 2019, 32, 611-619. (doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b04530)

21. P. Chakraborty and T. Pradeep, The emerging interface of mass spectrometry with materials, NPG Asia Mat. 2019, 11:48. (doi.org/10.1038/s41427-019-0149-3)

20. P. Chakraborty, A. Nag, K. S. Sugi, T. Ahuja, B. Varghese and T. Pradeep, Crystallization of a supramolecular co-assembly of an atomically precise nanoparticle with a crown ether, ACS Materials Lett. 2019, 1, 534-540. (doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialslett.9b00352)

19. E. Khatun, M. Bodiuzzaman, K. Sugi, P. Chakraborty, G. Paramasivam, W. A. Dar, T. Ahuja, S. Antharjanam and T. Pradeep, Confining an Ag10 core in an Ag12 shell: A four-electron superatom with enhanced photoluminescence upon crystallization, ACS Nano 2019, 13, 5753-5759. (doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.9b01189)

18. P. Chakraborty, A. Nag, G. Natarajan, N. Bandyopadhyay, G. Paramasivam, M. K. Panwar, J. Chakrabarti and T. Pradeep, Rapid isotopic exchange in nanoparticles, Sci. Adv. 2019, eaau7555. (10.1126/sciadv.aau7555)

17. P. Chakraborty, A. Nag, A. Chakraborty and T. Pradeep, Approaching materials with atomic precision using supramolecular cluster assemblies, Acc. Chem. Res. 2019, 52, 2-11. (10.1021/acs.accounts.8b00369)

2018

16. A. Nag, P. Chakraborty, G. Paramasivam, M. Bodiuzzaman, G. Natarajan and T. Pradeep, Isomerism in supramolecular adducts of atomically precise nanoparticles, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 13590-13593. (doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b08767)

15. E. Khatun, A. Ghosh, P. Chakraborty, P. Singh, M. Bodiuzzaman, G. Paramasivam, G. Nataranjan, J. Ghosh, S. K. Pal and T. Pradeep, Thirty-fold photoluminescence enhancement induced by secondary ligands in monolayer protected silver clusters, Nanoscale 2018, 10, 20033-20042. (doi.org/10.1039/C8NR05989F)

14. K. Hirata, P. Chakraborty, A. Nag, S. Takano, K. Koyasu, T. Pradeep, and T. Tsukuda, Interconversions of structural isomers of [PdAu8(PPh3)8]2+ and [Au9(PPh3)8]3+ revealed by ion mobility mass spectrometry, J. Phys. Chem. C.  2018, 40, 23123-23128. (doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b04722)

13. A. Baksi, P. Chakraborty, A. Nag, D. Ghosh, S. Bhat and T. Pradeep, Monolayer protected noble metal clusters as potential standards for negative ion mass spectrometry, Anal. Chem. 2018, 90, 11351−11357 (contributed equally). (doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.8b02280)

12. S. Bhat, R. Narayanan, A. Baksi, P. Chakraborty, G. Paramasivam, R. Methikkalam, A. Nag, G. Natarajan and T. Pradeep, Detection of [Au25(PET)18(O2)n]- (n=1,2,3) species by mass spectrometry, J. Phys. Chem. C., 2018, 122, 19455–19462. (doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b03220)

11. A. Nag, P. Chakraborty, G. Natarajan, A. Baksi, S. K. Mudedla, V. Subramanian and T. Pradeep, Bent keto form of curcumin, preferential stabilization of enol by piperine, and isomers of curcumin∩cyclodextrin complexes: Insights from ion mobility mass spectrometry, Anal. Chem. 2018, 90, 8776–8784.(10.1021/acs.analchem.7b05231)

10. A. Nag, P. Chakraborty, M. Bodiuzzaman, T. Ahuja, P. K. S. Antharjanam and T. Pradeep, Polymorphism of [Ag29(BDT)12(TPP)4]3- cluster: Interactions of secondary ligands and their effect on solid state luminescence, Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 9851–9855. (doi.org/10.1039/C8NR02629G )

9. P. Chakraborty, A. Nag, G. Paramasivam, G. Natarajan and T. Pradeep, Fullerene functionalized monolayer protected silver clusters: [Ag29(BDT)12(C60)n]3- (n=1-9), ACS Nano 2018, 12, 2415–2425. (doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.7b07759 )

8. P. Chakraborty, A. Baksi, S. K. Mudedla, A. Nag, G. Paramasivam, V. Subramanian and T. Pradeep, Understanding proton capture and cation-induced dimerization of [Ag29(BDT)12]3- clusters by ion mobility mass spectrometry, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2018, 20, 7593-7603. (doi.org/10.1039/C7CP08181B)

2017

7. P. Chakraborty, A. Baksi, E. Khatun, A. Nag, A. Ghosh and T. Pradeep, Dissociation of gas phase ions of atomically precise silver clusters reflects their solution phase stability, J. Phys. Chem. C 2017, 121, 10971-10981 (doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b12485 ). 

6. A. Baksi, M. Bootharaju, P. Chhotaray, P. Chakraborty, B. Mondal, S. Bhat, R. Gardas and T. Pradeep, Reactivity of monolayer protected silver clusters towards excess ligand: A calorimetric study, J. Phys. Chem. C., 2017, 121, 26483–26492. (10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b07557)

5. A. Baksi, A. Ghosh, S. Mudedla, P. Chakraborty, S. Bhat, B. Mondal, K. R. Krishnadas, V. Subramanian and T. Pradeep, Isomerism in monolayer protected silver cluster ions: An ion mobility-mass spectrometry approach, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2017, 121, 13421-13427. (doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b04559)

4. E. Khatun, A. Ghosh, D. Ghosh, P. Chakraborty, A. Nag, B. Mondal, S. Chennu and T. Pradeep, [Ag59(2,5-DCBT)32]3-: A new cluster and a precursor for three well-known clusters, Nanoscale 2017, 9, 8240-8248. (doi.org/10.1039/C7NR01670K )

3. A. Nag, A. Baksi, K. C. Krishnapriya, S. S. Gupta, B. Mondal, P. Chakraborty and T. Pradeep, Synergistic effects in green extraction of noble metals and its consequences, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2017, 3072-3079. (doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201700182 )

2016

2. A. Ghosh, D. Ghosh, E. Khatun, P. Chakraborty and T. Pradeep, Unusual reactivity of dithiol protected clusters in comparison to monothiol protected clusters: Studies using Ag51(BDT)19(TPP)3 and Ag29(BDT)12(TPP)4, Nanoscale 2016, 9, 1068–1077. (doi.org/10.1039/C6NR07692K)

1. A. Baksi, P. Chakraborty, S. Bhat, G. Natarajan and T. Pradeep, [Au25(SR)18]22- : A noble metal cluster dimer in the gas phase, Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 8397-8400 (contributed equally). (doi.org/10.1039/C6CC03202H)

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