22. Tuning the Energy Transfer Efficiency between Ce3+ and Ln3+ Ions (Ln= Tm, Sm, Tb, Dy) by Controlling the Crystal Phase of NaYF4 Nanocrystals. Venkata N. K. B. Adusumalli, Heramba V. S. R. M. Koppisetti, Sagar Ganguli, Shyam Sarkar and Venkataramanan Mahalingam*, Chem. Eur. J., 2017, 23, 994-1000. (Appeared as Frontispiece)
21. Host-Guest and Electrostatic Interactions in Supramolecular Nanoparticle Clusters. Laura Graña-Suárez, Willem Verboom,* Richard J. M. Egberink, Shyam Sarkar, Venkataramanan Mahalingam, and Jurriaan Huskens*, Eur. J. Org. Chem, 2016, 33, 5511-5518
20. Versatile, fast, and easy one-step method for the synthesis of hydrophilic lanthanide-doped nanoparticles. Laura Graña-Suárez, Willem Verboom,* Shyam Sarkar, Venkataramanan Mahalingam, and Jurriaan Huskens*, ChemistrySelect, 2016, 1, 44068-40744.
19. A Luminescent Nanocrystal Marker for the Selective and Ultrasensitive Detection of Explosives. Shyam Sarkar,* Laura Graña-Suárez, Willem Verboom, Venkataramanan Mahalingam, and Jurriaan Huskens*, ChemNanoMat, 2016, 2, 805-809. (Appeared as Back Cover).
18. Glutathione-modified ultrasmall Ce3+ and Tb3+-doped SrF2 nanocrystal for the fluorescent determination of Hg(II) and Pb(II) ions. Manjunath Chatti,# Shyam Sarkar,# and Venkataramanan Mahalingam* (# equal authorship), Microchimica Acta, 2016, 183,133–140.
17. Enhanced visible and nearinfrared emissions via Ce3+ to Ln3+ energy transfer in Ln3+-doped CeF3 nanocrystals (Ln=Sm and Nd). Tuhin Samanta, Shyam Sarkar, Venkata NKB Adusumalli, and Venkataramanan Mahalingam*, Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 78–84.
16. Highly selective and sensitive detection of Cu2+ ions using Ce(III)/Tb(III)-doped SrF2 nanocrystals as fluorescent probe. Shyam Sarkar, Manjunath Chatti, Venkata N. K. B. Adusumalli, and Venkataramanan Mahalingam*, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2015, 7, 25702−25708.
15. Strong Single-Band Blue Emission from Colloidal Ce3+/Tm3+-Doped NaYF4 Nanocrystals for Light-Emitting Applications. Venkata N. K. B. Adusumalli #, Shyam Sarkar, # and Venkataramanan Mahalingam* (# equal authorship), ChemPhysChem, 2015, 16, 2312-2316.
14. Intense NIR emissions at 0.8 µm, 1.47 µm, and 1.53 µm from colloidal LiYbF4:Ln3+ (Ln = Tm3+ and Er3+) nanocrystals. Shyam Sarkar, Venkata N. K. B. Adusumalli, Venkataramanan Mahalingam* and John A. Capobianco*, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015, 17, 17577-17583.
13. Highly luminescent colloidal Eu3+-doped KZnF3 nanoparticles for the selective and sensitive detection of Cu(II) ions. Shyam Sarkar, Manjunath Chatti, and Venkataramanan Mahalingam*, Chem. Eur. J., 2014, 20, 3311-3316.
12. Strong Stokes and upconversion luminescence from ultrasmall Ln3+-doped BiF3 (Ln= Eu3+, Yb3+/Er3+) nanoparticles confined in a polymer matrix. Shyam Sarkar, Armita Dash and Venkataramanan Mahalingam*, Chem. Asian J., 2014, 9, 447-451.
11. Microwave synthesis, photoluminescence and sunlight-driven photocatalytic activity of PVA functionalized Eu3+-doped BiOX (X = Cl, Br, I) nanoflakes. Armita Dash, Shyam Sarkar, Venkata NKB Adusumalli, and Venkataramanan Mahalingam*, Langmuir., 2014, 30, 1401-1409.
10. Tuning the Crystalline Phase and Morphology of the YF3:Eu3+ Microcrystals through Fluoride Source. Shyam Sarkar, Venkataramanan Mahalingam*, CrystEngComm., 2013, 15, 5750-5755.
9. Sub-5 nm Ln3+-doped BaLuF5 Nanocrystals: A Platform to Realize Upconversion via Interparticle Energy Transfer. Shyam Sarkar, Brahmaiah Meesaragandla, Chanchal Hazra and Venkataramanan Mahalingam*, Adv. Mater., 2013, 25, 856-860. (Highlighted in Advances in Engineering)
8. Scaling Down the Size of the BaLnF5 (Ln=La, Gd, Lu) Nanocrystals by Ln3+ Doping. Shyam Sarkar, Chanchal Hazra, and Venkataramanan Mahalingam*, Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 63-66.
7. Eu3+ ions as an Optical Probe to Follow the Growth of Colloidal ZnO Nanostructures. Chanchal Hazra, Shyam Sarkar, Brahmaiah Meesaragandla and Venkataramanan Mahalingam*, Dalton Trans., 2013, 42, 11981-11986.
6. Ricinoleic acid-capped upconverting nanocrystals: An ideal capping ligand to render nanocrystals water dispersible. Brahmaiah Meesaragandla, Shyam Sarkar, Chanchal Hazra and Venkataramanan Mahalingam*, ChemPlusChem, 2013, 78, 1338-1342.
5. Enhanced Quantum Efficiency for Dy3+ Emissions in Water Dispersible PbF2 Nanocrystals. Shyam Sarkar, Chanchal Hazra, Manjunath Chatti, Vasanthakumaran Sudarsan, and Venkataramanan Mahalingam*, RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 8269-8272.
4. Bright Luminescence from Colloidal Ln3+-Doped Ca0.72Y0.28F2.28 (Ln=Eu, Tm/Yb) Nanocrystals via Both High and Low Energy Radiations. Shyam Sarkar, Chanchal Hazra, and Venkataramanan Mahalingam*, Chem. Eur. J., 2012, 18, 7050-7054.
3. Sonication-Responsive Organogelation of a Tripodal Peptide and Optical Properties of Embedded Tm3+ Nanoclusters. Sibaprasad Maity, Shyam Sarkar, Poulami Jana, Suman Kumar Maity, Santu Bera, Venkataramanan Mahalingam* and Debasish Haldar*, Soft Matter., 2012, 8, 3960-3966.
2. Selective Reduction of Visible Upconversion Emissions Induced by Bi3+ in Tm3+/Yb3+-doped Y0.89-xBixVO4 Microcrystals. Chanchal Hazra, Shyam Sarkar and Venkataramanan Mahalingam*, RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 6926-6931.
1. The Correlation of the Variation of the Chemical Reactivity and Site Selectivity of Benzene, Naphthalene and Azulene in terms of Density Functional Descriptors. Nazmul Islam, Monami Roy Chowdhury, Shyam Sarkar and Dulal C. Ghosh*, Int. J. Chem. Mod., 2011, 4, 71-85.