Publications

1. Highly Twisted Arenes by Scholl Cyclizations with Unexpected Regioselectivity. A. Pradhan, P. Dechambenoit, H. Bock, F. Durola, Angew. chem., int. ed., 2011, 50, 12582. (Highlighted in Synfacts. 2012, 8(4), 0385. (IF: 16.82)

2. Twisted polycyclic arenes by intramolecular Scholl reactions of C3-symmetric precursors. A. Pradhan, P. Dechambenoit, H. Bock, F. Durola, J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 2266. (Highlighted in Synfacts. 2013, 9(6), 0617. (IF: 4.35)

3. Helicenes from diarylmaleimides. H. Bock, D. Subervie, P. Mathey, A. Pradhan, P. Sarkar, E. Hillard, P. Dechambenoit, F. Durola, Org. Lett. 2014, 16(6), 1546. (IF: 6.05)

4. Fused Helicene Chains: Towards Twisted Graphene Nanoribbons.A. Pradhan, P. Dechambenoit, H. Bock, F. Durola, Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 18227. (labelled as Very Important Paper) (IF: 5.02)

5. Electrochemical Stimuli-Driven Facile Metal-Free Hydrogen Evolution from Pyrene-Porphyrin-Based Crystalline Covalent Organic Framework. S. Bhunia, S. K. Das, R. Jana, S. C. Peter, S. Bhattacharya, M. Addicoat, A. Bhaumik, A. Pradhan*,ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9, 23843. (IF: 10.38)

6.  A Metal-Free Covalent Organic Polymer for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. B. C. Patra, S. Khilari, R. N. Manna, S. Mondal, D. Pradhan, A. Pradhan, * A. Bhaumik, ACS Catal. 2017, 7, 6120. (IF: 13.70)

7. A new strongly paramagnetic cerium-containing microporous MOF for CO2 fixation under ambient conditions, S. K. Das, S. Chatterjee, S. Bhunia, A. Mondal, P. Mitra, V. Kumari, A. Pradhan, A. Bhaumik, Dalton Trans. 2017, 46, 13783. (IF:4.57)

8. Thiolated Truxene Derivatives as Hole-Transporting Materials for Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells, A. Pradhan, * Asian Journal of Science and Technology, 2017, 08(09), 5725. (IF:6.315)

9. A new electrochemically responsive 2D π-conjugated covalent organic framework as a high-performance supercapacitor, S. K. Das, K. Bhunia, A. Mallick, A. Pradhan, D. Pradhan, A. Bhaumik, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2018, 266, 109. (IF: 5.88)

10. A conjugated microporous polymer based visual sensing platform for aminoglycoside antibiotics in water, S. Bhunia, N. Dey, A. Pradhan, S. Bhattacharya, Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 7495. (IF:6.06)

11.  Covalent Organic Framework based Microspheres as Anode Materials for Rechargeable Sodium Batteries, B. C. Patra, S. K. Das, A. Ghosh, A. R. K, P. Moitra, M. Addicoat, S. Mitra, A. Bhaumik, S. Bhattacharya, A. Pradhan*, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018, 6, 16655. (IF:14.51)

12.  Inhibition of amyloid fibril formation of β-lactoglobulin by the natural and synthetic curcuminoids, S. Maity, S.  Pal, S. Sardar, N.  Sepay, H. Parvej, S.  Begum, R. Dalui, N.  Das, A.  Pradhan, U. C. Halder, New J. Chem. 2018, 42, 19260. (IF: 3.93)

13.  Efficacious Electrochemical Oxygen Evolution from Novel Co (II) Porphyrin-Pyrene based Conjugated Microporous Polymer, S. Bhunia, K. Bhunia, B. C. Patra, S. K. Das, D. Pradhan, A. Bhaumik, A. Pradhan*, S. Bhattacharya. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2019, 11, 1520. (IF: 10.38)

14. Inhibitory effect of Ferulic acid on the aggregation of bovine β-lactoglobulin in vitro, S. Pal, S.  Maity, S. Sardar, K. Bera, A. Pradhan, N. Sepay, S. Choudhury, U. Halder, Journal of Chemical Sciences, 2020, 132, 1. (IF: 2.15)

15.  Surface Modified Porous Organic Polymer for Metal-Free Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, A. Pradhan,* R. Manna, ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 2021, 3, 1376. (IF: 4.85)

16. Modulation of amyloid fibrillation routes through reduction of thermal stability of bovine β-lactoglobulin by selective methionine oxidation, S.  Maity, N. Sepay, S. Pal, S. Sardar, H. Parvej, A. Pradhan, U. Halder, RSC Adv. 2021, 11, 11192. (IF: 4.04)

17.  Photoelectrochemical water splitting by triazine based covalent organic framework. A. Pradhan*, M. A. Addicoat, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2022, 6, 4248-4255. (IF: 6.813)

18. An Easy Access to Sauropunols A-D: Synthesis and Spectroscopy Correlation of their Natural Methyl and Ethyl glycoside. R. Hore, T. Halder, A. Pradhan, S. Mukherjee, J. K. Maity ACS Omega, 2023, 8, 39739-39748, (IF: 4.20)

19. Morphology-Dependent Covalent Organic Polymers Exhibit Tun-able Charge Storage Performance in Supercapacitor Application. S. Samanta, S. Khatun, A. Pradhan,* ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2023, 6, 11890–11896. (IF: 6.4)

20.  Anion–Induced Amyloid Fibrillation of Human Insulin In vitro, S. Begum, S. Paul, H. Parvej, F. Mondal, R. Dalui, A. Pradhan, N. Sepay, U. C. Halder, Chemistry Select, 2024, 9, e202303699. (IF: 2.31)

21. Bottom-Up Synthesis of Twisted Porous Graphene through a Heterogeneous Scholl Reaction and Its Supercapacitor Application. S. Khatun, S. Samanta, M. A. Addicoat, and A. Pradhan,* ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2024, 16, 19877-19883. (IF: 10.38)

22. A metal-free perylene-porphyrin based covalent organic framework for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution. S. Samanta, S. Khatun, I. Mukherjee, S. Maity, M. A. Addicoat, and A. Pradhan,* Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2024, 8,4183-4191. (IF: 6.813) (selected as HOT Sustainable Energy & Fuels article as well as for cover page)

23. Perylene Based Twisted Emissive Curved Nanographene Synthesis through Scholl Reaction, S. Samanta, S. Khatun, S. Maity and A. Pradhan,* European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2024, 27, e202401170. (IF: 3.26).(selected as front cover page)

24. Bottom-Up Porous Graphene Synthesis and Its Applications, S. Khatun, S. Samanta, S. Sahoo, I. Mukherjee, S. Maity and A. Pradhan,* Chemistry: A European Journal, 2024, 30, e202403386. (IF: 5.02).

25. Metal-free Carbon-based Porous Materials, a Promising Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Fuel Production, S. Samanta, and A. Pradhan, * Chemical Communications, 2025, 61, 8108 - 8119. (IF:6.06)

26.  Hyaluronic Acid Modified 2D Covalent Organic Framework for Targeted and Sustainable Drug Delivery, S. Samanta, N. Pramanik, N. Singh, S. Maity   and A. Pradhan, * ACS Appl. Bio Mater. 2025, 8, 7139–7144. (IF:4.7)

27.  Dual-Porous Holey Graphene for Supercapacitor Applications, S. Khatun, and A. Pradhan, * ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2025, 8, 14750–14758. (IF:5.5)

28.  Rare-earth doping in Aurivillius phases: a study on Sm3+-modified CaBi4Ti4O15 ceramics and its photoluminescent response, C. Satapathy, S.J Nalini, P. Nayak, T. R. Das, A. Pradhan, A. K. Palai, S.S. Nanda, Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inoche.2025.115369. (IF:5.4)

Book Chapters published and submitted:

[1] Application of algae in microbial fuel cells: wastewater treatment and bioenergy generation, I. Mukherjee, S. Sahoo, S. Maity, V. K. Parida, A. Pradhan, 2025, Springer, Book Chapter submitted

[2] Green Synthesis of Nanocatalysts and Nanomaterials for Effluent Treatment, V. K. Parida, S. Das, S. Maity, A. Mahanty, D. Datta, A. Pradhan, 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS), Book Chapter Published.

[3] Recent Insights into the Application of Magnetic Nanomaterials for Photocatalytic Degradation of Pollutants, N. Singh, V. K. Parida, A. Tambi, S. Maity, A. Pradhan, 2025, CRC Press, Book Chapter submitted

[4] Carbon-based Immobilized Biocatalysts for wastewater Treatment, S. Maity, V. K. Parida, N. Singh, D. Datta, A. Pradhan, 2025, Bentham Science, Book Chapter submitted

[5] Recent Developments in Activated Sludge Process and its modifications for industrial Wastewater Remediation, S. Maity, V. K. Parida, S. Das, S. Chatterjee, A. Pradhan, Bentham Science, 2025, Book Chapter submitted

Paper in Conference Proceeding:

[1] Strongly twisted arenes by Scholl cyclizations with unexpected regioselectivity [p], A. Pradhan, P. Dechambenoit, H. Bock, F. Durola, ACS Meeting-2012, Published by: American Chemical Society, Volume-243 held on 22nd to 25th March, 2012.

[2] Design and synthesis of new organic electronic materials based on hetero doped organic polymers. A. Pradhan, * Published by: Proceedings of the International Conference on Polymer Science and Technology, MACRO-2017, Thiruvananthapuram, India held on 8th to 11th January, 2017

Oral presentation:

[3] “Electrochemistry metalloproteins Redox enzymes as biosensors” A. Pradhan, “Best Speaker Award” “In course symposium 2010” at the Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay, India. 4th April, 2010.

[4] Strongly twisted arenes by Scholl cyclizations with unexpected regioselectivity. A. Pradhan, P. Dechambenoit, H. Bock, F. Durola, SECO-49 summer school, Annecy, France, 21st to 26th May 2012.

[5] Strongly twisted arenes by Scholl cyclizations with unexpected regioselectivity. A. Pradhan, P. Dechambenoit, H. Bock, F. Durola. GSO2012, ENSCPB, Bordeaux, France, 30th November 2012.

[6] Strongly twisted arenes by Scholl cyclizations with unexpected regioselectivity.  A. Pradhan, P. Dechambenoit, H.Bock, F. Durola, 14th Journée de l'école doctorale des sciences chimiques de Bordeaux, France, 25th April, 2013.

[7] Distorted arenes by Scholl cyclizations, towards twisted carbon nanoribbons. A. Pradhan, H.Bock, F. Durola. Société Chimique de France (SCF) meeting 2013, Bordeaux, France, 30th September, 2013.

[8] Design and Synthesis of Porous Organic Polymers/Frameworks and Their Potential Applications. A. Pradhan, Invited Speaker, TSSRA-2016 held on 20th August 2016 organised by Indian Society for Surface Science & Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.

[9] “Application of Poly Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) and Carbon Materials in Energy and Optoelectronics” A. Pradhan, “Invited speaker for SAIS-2019 symposium” Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata India. 8th to 9th March, 2019.

[10] Bottom-up approach towards multifunctional graphene/carbon nanoribbons synthesis for optoelectronics applications, A. Pradhan*, “Invited speaker for Young scientists conference” (YSC, IISF-2020), virtual mode, New Delhi, 22nd to 25th December 2020.

[11] “Bottom-up approach towards multifunctional graphene/carbon nanoribbons synthesis for optoelectronics applications” A. Pradhan*, “Invited speaker” for webinar hosted by: SINSIL International Pvt. Ltd. India, Mumbai, 25th June 2021.

[12] “Application of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) to Solve Complex Structures” “Invited speaker” for Advanced Instrumental Techniques in Chemistry and Materials Sciences (AITCMS22) workshop from 09th May to15th May, 2022 funded by DST, GOI under DST-STUTI program at BIT, Mesra Ranchi

[13] Participated in online workshop “Short Term Training Program on Research Methodology Basics” organised by BIT Mesra off campus Lalpur, Ranchi from 23rd- 27th May 2022.

[14] “Activated porous carbon materials/graphene/nanoribbons synthesis for energy production and storage applications” “Invited speaker” for 27th ISCB International Conference (ISCBC-22), 16th-19th November 2022 at BIT, Mesra Ranchi

[15] “Green and Renewable Hydrogen Fuel Production based on Porous Carbon Materials” A. Pradhan*, “Invited speaker” on 28th ISCB International Conference (ISCBC-2024) hosted by: Marwadi University, Rajkot, India from 8th to 10th January 2024.

[16] “Green and Renewable Hydrogen Fuel Production Based on Metal-Free Porous Carbon Materials”A. Pradhan*,“Invited speaker” International Conference on Energy, Materials, and Information Technology (ICEMIT-24) held on 19th to 20th December 2024 at Amity University Jharkhand.

[17] “Metal Free Porous Carbon Materials Based Electrocatalyst for Green Hydrogen Fuel Production” A. Pradhan*, “Invited speaker” on 30th ISCB International Conference (ISCBC-2025) hosted by: University of Lucknow India from 27th to 29th January 2025.

Posters:

[18] Strongly twisted arenes by Scholl cyclizations towards soluble carbon nanoribbons. A. Pradhan, P. Dechambenoit, H.Bock, F. Durola, 13th Journée de l'école doctorale des sciences chimiques de Bordeaux, France 7th April, 2012.

[19] Strongly twisted arenes by Scholl cyclizations with unexpected regioselectivity. A. Pradhan, P. Dechambenoit, H. Bock, F. Durola. 21st IUPAC International Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry (ICPOC-21), Durham, UK, 9th to 13th September 2012 (selected poster for a flash oral presentation).

[20] Distorted arenes by Scholl cyclizations, towards twisted carbon nanoribbons. A. Pradhan, P. Dechambenoit, H. Bock, F. Durola. 15th International symposium on novel aromatic compound (ISNA-15), Taipei, Taiwan, 28th July to 2nd August 2013.

[21] Design and synthesis of new organic electronic materials based on hetero doped organic polymers. A. Pradhan *, 20th - CRSI-NSC, Gauhati University, Assam, India, 2nd to 5th February 2017.

[22] Bottom-up approach towards multifunctional graphene/carbon nanoribbons synthesis for optoelectronics applications, A. Pradhan*, for young scientist’s conference” (YSC, IISF-2019), virtual mode, Kolkata, 05th to 07th November, 2019.

Faculty devlopment pogram(FDP):

[23] Participated in FDP workshop on NEP- 2020 Orientation and Sensitization under Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Programme (MM-TTP) of UGC Organized by Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre, University of Hyderabad (MMTTC-UoH) from 23rd May to 31st May 2024.

Reviewer of international journals: (more than 300 articles): Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Chemical Society Reviews, Chemical Communications, Journal of Power Sources, Nature Communications, Scientific Reports, Chemistry of Materials, ACS Applied Nano Materials, ACS Applied Energy Materials, ACS Materials Letters, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, etc.

[1] “Preparation of new organic electronic materials based on chiral hetero doped graphene nanoribbons.” DST Inspire project (DST/INSPIRE/04/2015/002294) by Government of India, Total research grant amount (35 Lakh INR) for five years (2016-2021). Along with equivalent salary of Assistant Professor at IIT (PI of this project) (Status: Completed)

[2] “Combination of small light emitting molecules with carbon materials for next generation optoelectronics” SERB Research Scientists scheme (SB/SRS/2020-21/52/CS). by SERB-DST, Government of India, Total research grant amount (16 Lakh INR), Duration: (2021-2024). (PI of this project) (Status: Completed)

[3] “Synthesis of new carbon-based material as alternative energy sources as well as optoelectronic application” SEED Money research grant: (Ref: GO/ESTB/SMS/7998) Amount: 05 Lakh INR, Duration: (2 years), (2022-2024) Funded by: BIT Mesra, Ranchi (Status: Completed) (PI of this project)

[4] “Bottom-up solution phase synthesis of curved polycyclic aromatics, nanographene, carbon nanoribbons and nanobelts for next-generation optoelectronics” SERB-SRG project, (File Number: SRG/2022/000628) Amount: 31.18 lakh (2022-2025) funded by SERB-DST, GOI, (Status: Completed) (PI of this project)