PUBLISHED/IN-PRESS ARTICLES:

With IIT Tirupati Affiliation:

1. Why does urea not alter the vibrational spectroscopic signatures of water? P. Adhikary, K. D. Reddy and R. Biswas, Chemical Physics Impact 8,100609 (2024).

2. Perturbation of Fermi Resonance on Hydrogen-Bonded >C=O: A 2D IR Studies of Small Ester Probes, S. Sakpal, S. Chakrabarty, K. D. Reddy, S. Deshmukh, R. Biswas, S. Bagchi, A. Ghosh, J. Phys. Chem. B (Accepted) (2024).

3. Significance of Disulfide Bridge in the Structure and Stability of Metalloprotein Azurin, A. Joy and R. Biswas, J. Phys. Chem. B 128, 4, 973–984 (2024). 

4. Role of Metal Cofactor in Enhanced Thermal Stability of Azurin, A. Joy and R. Biswas, J. Phys. Chem. B 127, 4374–4385 (2023).

5. Theoretical Spectroscopy Aided Validation of Hydration Structure of Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), K. D. Reddy and R. Biswas, J. Phys. Chem. B (part of the virtual special issue "Early-Career and Emerging Researchers in Physical Chemistry Volume 2”) 127, 12, 2774–2783 (2023).

6. Hydrophobic Hydration: A Theoretical Investigation of Structure and Dynamics, K. D. Reddy and R. Biswas, J. Chem. Sci. 135, 5(1-8) (2023).

7. Molecular Insight into the High Thermal Stability of Metalloprotein Azurin, A. Joy and R. Biswas, J. Phys. Chem. B (Kankan Bhattacharyya Festschrift), 126, 2496–2506 (2022).

8. Effects of hydrophobic solute on water normal modes, K. D. Reddy, A. Joy and R. Biswas, Chem. Phys. 550, 111303 (2021) (arxiv:2105.00640) (2021).

9. Theoretical Spectroscopy of Isotopically Dilute Water and Hydrophobicity, K. D. Reddy and R. Biswas, J. Chem. Phys. 153, 094501 (2020) (arXiv:2006.07960v1).

10. Enhancement of reaction rate in small-sized droplets: A combined analytical and simulation study, S. Mondal, S. Acharya, R. Biswas, B. Bagchi, R. N. Zare, J. Chem. Phys. 148 (24), 244704 (2018).

11. Study of distance dependence of hydrophobic force between two graphene-like walls and a signature of pressure induced structure formation in the confined water, T. Samanta, R. Biswas, S. Banerjee and B. Bagchi, J. Chem. Phys. 149 (4), 044502 (2018).

12. Anomalous water dynamics at surfaces and interfaces: Synergistic effects of confinement and surface interactions, R. Biswas and B. Bagchi J. Phys. Cond. Mat. 30, 013001 (2017).

Before joining IIT Tirupati:

13. Infrared spectroscopic study of super-critical water across the Widom line, T. Samanta, R. Dutta, R. Biswas and B. Bagchi Chem. Phys. Lett. 702, 96-101 (2018).

14. Delocalization and stretch-bend mixing of the HOH bend in liquid water, W. Carpenter, J. A. Fournier, R. Biswas, G. A. Voth and A. Tokmakoff, J. Chem. Phys. 147, 084503 (2017).

15. Role of Solvation in the Shuttling of the Hydrated Excess Proton, R. Biswas and G. A. Voth, J. Chem. Sci. 129, 1045 (2017).

16. IR spectral assignments for the hydrated excess proton in liquid water, R. Biswas, W. Carpenter, J. A. Fournier, G. A. Voth and A. Tokmakoff, J. Chem. Phys. 146, 154507 (2017).

17. Molecular modeling and assignment of IR spectra of the hydrated excess proton in isotopically dilute water, R. Biswas, W. Carpenter, G. A. Voth and A. Tokmakoff, J. Chem. Phys. 145, 154504 (2016).

18. Differences in the Vibrational Dynamics of H2O and D2O: Observation of Symmetric and Antisymmetric Stretching Vibrations in Heavy Water, L. D. Marco, W. Carpenter, H. Liu, R. Biswas, J. M. Bowman and A. Tokmakoff, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 7 (10), 1769-1774 (2016).

19. Role of Presolvation and Anharmonicity in Aqueous Phase Hydrated Proton Solvation and Transport, R. Biswas, Y. L-S. Tse, A. Tokmakoff and G. A. Voth, J. Phys. Chem. B 120, 1793-1804 (2016).

20. Use of polydispersity index as control parameter to study melting/freezing of Lennard-Jones system: Comparison among predictions of bifurcation theory with Lindemann criterion, inherent structure analysis and Hansen-Verlet rule, S. Sarkar, R. Biswas, P. P. Ray and B. Bagchi, J. Chem. Sci. 127, 1715-1728 (2015).

21. Spatio-Temporal Correlations in Aqueous Systems: Computational Studies of Static and Dynamic Heterogeneity by 2D-IR Spectroscopy, B. Bagchi, R. Ghosh, T. Samanta, S. Banerjee and R. Biswas, Faraday Discuss., 177, 313 (2015).

22. Diffusion on a rugged energy landscape with spatial correlations, S. Banerjee, R. Biswas, K. Seki and B. Bagchi, J. Chem. Phys. 141, 124105 (2014).

23. Layer-wise decomposition of water dynamics in reverse micelles: A simulation study of two-dimensional infrared spectrum, R. Biswas and B. Bagchi, J. Chem. Phys. 139, 144906, (2013).

24. Solid-liquid transition in polydisperse Lennard-Jones systems, S. Sarkar, R. Biswas, M. Santra and B. Bagchi, Phys. Rev. E 88, 022104, (2013).

25. Non-monotonic, distance-dependent relaxation of water in reverse micelles: Propagation of surface induced frustration along hydrogen bond networks, R. Biswas, T. Chakraborti, B. Bagchi and K. G. Ayappa, J. Chem. Phys. 137, 014515 (2012).

26. Dynamic and thermodynamic anomalies of water at low temperatures: from bulk water to reverse micelles and DNA hydration layer, B. Jana, R. S. Singh, R. Biswas and B. Bagchi, Curr. Sci. 101, 900 (2011).

27. Dynamic coupling between the LID and NMP domain motions in the catalytic conversion of ATP and AMP to ADP by adenylate kinase, B. Jana, B. V. Adkar, R. Biswas and B. Bagchi, J. Chem. Phys. 134, 035101 (2011).

28. A kinetic Ising model study of dynamical correlations in confined fluids: Emergence of both fast and slow time scales, R. Biswas and B. Bagchi, J. Chem. Phys. 133, 084509 (2010).

OPEN-ACCESS/ARCHIVE ARTICLES:

1. Phase transition in magnetically coupled spins on a ring (SOR) model, R. Biswas and B. Bagchi, arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.6543, (2012).

PhD Thesis:

1. Kambham Devendra Reddy, Impacts of hydrophobic and amphiphilic solutes on water structure and dynamics, 2023, IIT Tirupati.

Master's (MSc/MS/MTech) Thesis:

1. Suman Adhikary, Artificial Water Channels Towards Better Water Desalination, 2023, IIT Tirupati.

2. Konda Hemahasan Sai, Theoretical Quest to Investigate the Molecular Mechanisms of Water Purification using Carbon-Based Nanomaterials, 2022, IISER Tirupati.

3. Pankaj Adhikary, Removal of Arsenic Contamination from Groundwater Using CNT Nanochannel: A Molecular Dynamics Study, 2021, University of Kalyani.

4. Nikhil Ranjan Das, Probing Radioactive Waste in Water: A Molecular Simulation and Theoretical Spectroscopy Approach, 2020, Amity Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Amity University.