Research Group Homepage of Prof. Sujit K. Ghosh


Department of Chemistry, 

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, India








Address:
C219, Main Building
Dr. Homi Bhabha Road,
Pashan, Pune - 411008, India.
Tel.: +91 202590 8076(O)
        +91 202590 8677(L)
E-mail: sghosh[at]iiserpune.ac.in/ sghoshchem[at]gmail.com


Major Research Areas

  • Advanced functional microporous materials like Metal-organic Frameworks (MOFs), Metal-organic Polyhedra (MOPs), Porous organic polymers (POPs), Hydrogen-bonded Organic Frameworks (HOFs), Nano-composites of porous materials etc. 
  • Supramolecular chemistry, Crystal engineering.
  • Chemicals sensors, Anion exchange materials, Pollutants capture, Hydrocarbons separation, Fuel-cell membrane materials etc. 
  • Advanced materials for chemical industry, energy and environmental applications.

Selected Publications

         Research Articles
  • Selective capture of toxic oxoanions of Se(VI) and As(V) with a rare crystallographic insight by a water stable ionic MOF   
    Shivani Sharma  Aamod V. Desai  Biplab Joarder  Sujit K. Ghosh    
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.  2020, 59, 7788. Web Link

  • Hybrid blue perovskite@metal-organic gel (MOG) nanocomposite: simultaneous improvement of luminescence property and stability
    Samraj Mollick, Tarak Nath Mandal, Atanu Jana, Sahel Fajal and Sujit K. Ghosh
    Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 10524–10530. Web Link

  • Ultrastable Luminescent Hybrid Bromide Perovskite@MOF Nanocomposites for the Degradation of Organic Pollutants in Water
    Samraj Mollick, Tarak Nath Mandal, Atanu Jana, Sahel Fajal, Aamod V. Desai, and Sujit K. Ghosh
    ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2019, 2, 1333−1340 Web Link

  • Outer Surface Hydrophobic Shielding Strategy to Enhance the Chemical Stability of Metal-Organic Polyhedra
    Samraj Mollick, Soumya Mukherjee, Dongwook Kim, Qiao Zhiwei, Aamod V. Desai, Rajat Saha, Yogeshwar D. More, Jianwen Jiang, Myoung Soo Lah, Sujit K. Ghosh
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.  2019, 58, 1041-1045.     Web Link

  • Multifunctional Behavior of Sulfonate-Based Hydrolytically Stable Microporous Metal-Organic Frameworks 
    Aamod V. Desai, Biplab Joarder, Arkendu Roy, Partha Samanta, Ravichandar Babarao, and Sujit K. Ghosh 
    ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2018, 10, 39049–39055. Web Link
  • Chemically Stable Ionic Viologen-Organic Network: An Efficient Scavenger of Toxic Oxo-anions from Water
    Partha Samanta, Priyanshu Chandra, Subhajit Dutta, Aamod V. Desai and Sujit K. Ghosh
    Chem. Sci., 2018, 9, 7874-7881.     Web Link
  • Enhanced Proton Conduction by Post-Synthetic Covalent Modification in a Porous Covalent Framework
    Partha Samanta, Aamod V. Desai, Bihag Anothumakkool, Mandar M. Shirolkar, Avishek Karmakar, Sreekumar Kurungot and Sujit K. Ghosh
    J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5,13659-13664. Web Link
  • Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks: A New Class of Porous Crystalline Proton Conducting Materials 
    Avishek Karmakar, Rajith Illathvalappil, Bihag Anothumakkool, Arunabha Sen, Partha Samanta, Aamod V. Desai, Sreekumar Kurungot and Sujit K. Ghosh
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 10667-10671. Cited by: >110 Web Link
  • A Water Stable Cationic Metal-Organic Framework as Dual Adsorbent of Oxo-Anion Pollutants
    Aamod V. Desai, Biplab Manna, Avishek Karmakar, Amit Sahu and Sujit K. Ghosh
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 7811-7815. Cited by: >185 Web Link
  • Two-in-one: Inherent Anhydrous and Water-assisted High Proton Conduction in a 3D Metal-organic Framework
    Sanjog S. Nagarkar, Sreekuttan M. Unni, Amitosh Sharma, Sreekumar Kurungot and Sujit K. Ghosh​
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 2638-2642. Cited by: >245 Web Link 
  • Highly selective detection of nitro explosives by a luminescent metal–organic framework
    Sanjog S. Nagarkar, Biplab Joarder, Abhijeet K. Chaudhari, Soumya Mukherjee, Sujit K. Ghosh
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013 , 52 (10), 2881-2885.  Web Link Cited by: >925     (Most cited: Second most cited communication among Articles published in 2013 or 2014)
  • Dynamic Structural Behavior and Anion-Responsive Tunable Luminescence of a Flexible Cationic Metal-Organic Framework
    Biplab Manna, Abhijeet K. Chaudhari, Biplab Joarder, Avishek Karmakar and Sujit K. Ghosh
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 998-1002. Cited by: >150 Web Link

  • Porous Coordination Polymer having Bond Switching Mechanism Showing Reversible Structural and Functional Transformations

    Sujit K. Ghosh, Wakako Kaneko, Daisuke Kiriya, Masaaki Ohba, Susumu Kitagawa

    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 8843-8847. 

    (Selected as a Hot Paper by the Editors)  Web link

  • A Dynamic, Isocyanurate-Functionalized Porous Coordination Polymer
    Sujit K. Ghosh, Sareeya Bureekaew, Susumu Kitagawa
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 3403-3406. Web link
    (Selected as a Hot Paper by the Editors)
  • Reversible Topochemical Transformation of a Soft Crystal of a Coordination Polymer     
    Sujit K. Ghosh, Jie-Peng Zhang, Susumu Kitagawa
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 7965-7968. Web link

  • A Novel Dodecameric Water Cluster Built Around a Cyclic Quasi-Planar Hexameric Core in an Organic Supramolecular Complex of Cryptand

    Sujit K. Ghosh and Parimal K. Bharadwaj

    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 3577-3580. Web link


       
        Book Edited

         Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for Environmental Applications (Edited by Sujit K. Ghosh, Elsevier
         Publication) Weblink      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/C2017-0-01721-4   
  


        Selected Review Articles

  • (Review Article) N-donor linker based metal-organic frameworks (MOFs): Advancement and prospects as functional materials
    Aamod V. Desai, Shivani Sharma, Sumanta Let and Sujit K. Ghosh.
    Coord. Chem. Rev. 2019, 395, 146-192.     Web Link
  • (Perspectives) Advanced Porous Materials for Sensing, Capture and Detoxification of Organic Pollutants toward Water Remediation
    Partha Samanta, Aamod V. Desai, Sumanta Let and Sujit K. Ghosh.
    ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2019, 7, 7456-7478. Web Link
  • (Review Article) Potential of Metal-Organic Frameworks for Adsorptive Separation of Industrially and Environmentally Relevant Liquid Mixtures 
    Soumya Mukherjee, Aamod V. Desai and Sujit K. Ghosh
    Coord. Chem. Rev. 2018, 367, 82-126. Web Link 
  • (Article) Guest Responsive Metal-Organic Frameworks as Scaffolds for Separation and Sensing applications
    Avishek Karmakar, Partha Samanta, Aamod V. Desai and Sujit K. Ghosh
    Accounts of Chemical Research 2017, 50, 2457-2469. Cited by: >100 Web Link (Front Cover of the issue)
  • (Review Article) Metal-organic Frameworks: Functional Luminescent and Photonic Materials for Sensing Applications
    William P. Lustig, Soumya Mukherjee, Nathan D. Rudd, Aamod V. Desai, Jing Li and Sujit K. Ghosh
    Chem. Soc. Rev. 2017, 46, 3242-3285.     Web Link  Cited by: >1100 (Back Cover of the issue).     Listed in the TOP 5 Impact Factor (2019) contributing items.
  • (Review Article) Ionic metal-organic frameworks (iMOFs): Design principles and applications 
    Avishek Karmakar, Aamod V. Desai, and Sujit K. Ghosh
    Coord. Chem. Rev. 2016, 307, 313-341. Cited by: >150      Web Link 
    (Most Cited: Listed in the most cited Coordination Chemistry Review Articles.)