Research Publications
After joining IISER Mohali
Zn-Doped Cesium Bismuth Bromide Perovskites: Impact of Structural and Morphological Modifications on Linear and Non-Linear Optical Properties. Fency S., Priyakumari C. P., Nandakumar K., and Subila, K. B. Small, 2025.
Probing the significance of phenylethyl ammonium doping in Cs3Bi2Br9 halide perovskite nanosheets: a structural and optical perspective. Fency S., Priyakumari C. P., Nandakumar K., and Subila, K. B. Dalton Trans., 2025, Advance Article
In pursuit of understanding metavalency.
Gaurav J., Mithu K., Priyakumari C. P.*
ChemRxiv 10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-8856v-v2
What Can Chemical Bonding Tell Us about Photoinduced Phase Transition Reactions in Inorganic Semiconductors? Insight from Bismuth−Antimony Selenide
Anchal V., Subila K. B., Yaniv D., Jitendra K., Priyakumari C. P., and Eran E.,
Inorg. Chem. 2024, 63, 22492−22501
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c03454
Bond-Alternated and Bond-Equalized Hexazine Derivatives
Krishnapriya K. C., Ashith T, Mithu K., and Priyakumari C. P.*
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2024, 26, 3569-3577
https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CP05546A
At IIT Palakkad, with the support of DST Inspire grant
Revealing Hidden Phases and Self-Healing in Antimony Trichalcogenides and Chalcoiodides
Subila K. B., Priyakumari C. P., Lothar H., Maor A., Omer Y., and Eran E
Cell Rep. Phys. Sci. 2023 4, 101298
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2023.101298
(expt. collaboration)
On the Instability of Iodides of Heavy Main Group Atoms in their Higher Oxidation State
Priyakumari C. P.* and Sathya S. R. R. Perumal
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.2023, 25, 6306-6315
https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CP00014A
Lewis Acidity Trend of Boron and Aluminium Trihalides: If Not π Back-Bonding, What Else?
Ashith T., and Priyakumari C. P.*
ChemPhysChem, 2023, 24,1,e202200761
https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202200761
Preparation of Mesoporous Poly (Fullerene oxide) Framework by Thermal [3+ 2] Cycloadditions and its Application as a Semiconductor Photocatalyst
M. Usha, K. Sreeja, U. Rajeena, Priyakumari C. P., P. Raveendran, M. R. Resmi
Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures. (Taylor & Francis) 2022, 1-10
https://doi.org/10.1080/1536383X.2022.2152440
(expt. collaboration)
Mechanistic Insight into the Topotactic Transformation of Trichalcogenides to Chalcohalides
Subila K. B., Priyakumari C. P., and Eran E
Chem. Mater. 2022, 34, 7, 3468-3478
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c00306
(expt. collaboration)
This work appears as a cover page graphics
While at IISc, Bengaluru, with the support of DST Inspire grant
Lewis Base/Acid Coordination Stabilizes Planar 6π Aromatic Si6/P6
Priyakumari C. P.* and Sathya S. R. R. Perumal*
Organometallics, 2020, 39, 16, 2951-2955
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.0c00449
While at Cornell University
Alkyl Isosteres
Priyakumari C. P. and R. Hoffmann
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140 (40), 12844–12852,
https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b06141
Donor-Acceptor Strategies to Stabilize a Planar- Diplumbene
Priyakumari C. P. and R. Hoffmann
Organometallics 2017, 36 (24), 4825–4833.6
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00733
An Iodabenzene Story,
A. M. Rawashdeh, Priyakumari C. P., T. Zeng, and R. Hoffmann
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139 (20), 7124–7129
https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b03388
An interesting chronicle about this work can be found here
While at IISER Trivandrum
Computational Design of Oligo-sulfuranes,
C. P. Priyakumari, and E. D. Jemmis,
J. Chem. Sci. 2016, 128, 1663–166
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12039-016-1157-2
Electron Counting Rules in Cluster Bonding -Polyhedral Boranes, Elemental Boron, and Boron-Rich Solids, in The Chemical Bond: Chemical Bonding Across the Periodic Table, Ed., G. Frenking, S. Shaik, pp. 113-147, Wiley-VCH, 2014
C. P. Priyakumari and E. D. Jemmis,
https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527664658.ch5
P 3 F 92- An All-Pseudo-π* 2π-Aromatic
C. P. Priyakumari, E. D. Jemmis,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 16026-16029
https://doi.org/10.1021/ja408308g
This paper was highlighted in chemistryviews, a popular science portal
https://www.chemistryviews.org/details/news/5337741/New_Evidence_for_CO_and_PF3_Analogy.html