Welcome to the Ghosh Research Group
Department of Chemistry,
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, India
PI: Prof. Sujit K. Ghosh
Address:
C219, Main BuildingDepartment of ChemistryIISER PuneDr. 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
Solid state chemistry of functional advanced porous materials (APMs) e.g. Metal-organic Frameworks (MOFs), Porous organic polymers (POPs), porous hybrid composite materials etc.
Hazardous (radioactive) pollutants recognition and capture for water remediation.
Materials for clean energy and industrially relevant chemicals (mainly hydrocarbons) separation.
Supramolecular, host-guest and crystal engineering chemistry of advanced porous materials.
Advanced porous materials for Safe Drinking Water, Clean Energy and Industrially Relevant Chemicals Separations.
Representative Publications
Research Articles
Chemically Robust Functionalized Covalent Organic Framework for Highly Efficient and Selective Separation of Bromine
S. Fajal, D. Ghosh, K. Biswas, W. Mandal, N. Sarkar, G. K. Dam, A. Roy, A. Roychowdhury, D. Majumder, R. R. Urkude, M. M. Shirolkar, S. K. Ghosh
Mater. Horiz., 2024, 0000. Weblink
Nanotrap Infused Ultrathin Hybrid Composite Material for Rapid and Highly Selective Entrapment of 99TcO4-
W. Mandal, S. Fajal, D. Majumder, A. Sengupta,S. Let, R. R. Urkude, M. M. Shirolkar, A. Torris, S. K. Ghosh
Chem. Sci., 2024, 0000. Weblink
Ultralight crystalline hybrid composite material for highly efficient sequestration of radioiodine
Sahel Fajal, Writakshi Mandal, Arun Torris, Dipanjan Majumder, Sumanta Let, Arunabha Sen, Fayis Kanheerampockil, Mandar M. Shirolkar and Sujit K. Ghosh
Nature Communication, 2024, 15, 1278. Web LinkNonfluorinated Hydrophobic Porous Composite for Efficient Recovery of Oil from Oil−Water Emulsion and for Oil Spills Clean-up from Seawater
Dipanjan Majumder, Sahel Fajal, Writakshi Mandal, Yogeshwar D. More, Anirban Roy, and
Sujit K. Ghosh
ACS Materials Lett. 2024, 6, 3254–3263. Web Link
Urea-Tethered Porous Organic Polymer (POP) as an Efficient Heterogeneous Catalyst for Hydrogen Bond Donating Organocatalysis and Continuous Flow Reaction
Gourab K. Dam, Sumanta Let, Vartika Jaiswal, and Sujit K. Ghosh
ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2024, 12, 8, 3000–3011. Web Link
Unraveling Mechanistic Insights in Covalent Organic Frameworks for Highly Efficient Sequestration of Organic Iodides from Simulated Nuclear Waste
Sahel Fajal, Dipanjan Majumder, Writakshi Mandal, Sumanta Let, Gourab K. Dam, Mandar M. Shirolkar and Sujit K. Ghosh
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023, 11, 26580-26591. Web LinkOrganic porous heterogeneous composite with antagonistic catalytic sites as a cascade catalyst for continuous flow reaction
Sumanta Let, Gourab K. Dam, Sahel Fajal and Sujit K. Ghosh
Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 10591-10601. Web LinkNanotrap Grafted Anionic MOF for Superior Uranium Extraction from Seawater
Yogeshwar D. More, Samraj Mollick, Satyam Saurabh, Sahel Fajal, Michele Tricarico, Subhajit Dutta, Mandar M. Shirolkar, Writakshi Mandal, Jin-Chong Tan and Sujit K. Ghosh
Small 2023, 2302014. Web LinkCovalent Organic Framework Featuring High Iodine Uptake for Li-ion Battery: Unlocking the Potential of Hazardous Waste
Satyam Saurabh, Samraj Mollick, Yogeshwar D. More, Abhik Banerjee, Sahel Fajal, Nikhil Kumar, Mandar M. Shirolkar, Satishchandra B. Ogale and Sujit K. Ghosh
ACS Materials Letters 2023, 5, 9, 2422-2430. Web LinkOrdered Macro/Microporous Ionic Organic Framework for Efficient Separation of Toxic Pollutants from Water
Sahel Fajal, Atikur Hassan, Writakshi Mandal, Mandar M. Shirolkar, Sumanta Let, Neeladri Das and Sujit K. Ghosh
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202214095. Web Link (Cover Page)
Our 10th Angewandte Chemie from the group.
Benchmark uranium extraction from seawater by an ionic macroporous metal-organic framework
Samraj Mollick, Satyam Saurabh, Yogeshwar D. More, Sahel Fajal, Mandar M. Shirolkar, Writakshi Mandal and Sujit K. Ghosh
Energy & Environmental Science 2022,15, 3462-3469. Web Link
Media Coverages: India Today, Nature India For More: Click here.
Trap Inlaid Cationic Hybrid Composite Material for Efficient Segregation of Toxic Chemicals from Water
Sahel Fajal, Writakshi Mandal, Samraj Mollick, Yogeshwer D. More, Arun Torris, Satyam Saurabh, Mandar M. Shirolkar, and Sujit K. Ghosh
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202203385. Web Link (Hot paper and Cover Page)Three-in-One C2H2-Selectivity-Guided Adsorptive Separation across an Isoreticular Family of Cationic Square-Lattice MOFs
Subhajit Dutta, Soumya Mukherjee, Omid T. Qazvini, Arvind K. Gupta, Shivani Sharma, Debanjan Mahato, Ravichandar Babarao and Sujit K. Ghosh
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202114132. Web Link
Efficient Capture of Trace Acetylene by an Ultramicroporous Metal–Organic Framework with Purine Binding Sites
Shivani Sharma , Soumya Mukherjee, Aamod V. Desai, Matthias Vandichel, Gourab K. Dam, Ashwini Jadhav, Gabriele Kociok-Köhn, Michael J. Zaworotko and Sujit K. Ghosh
Chem. Mater., 2021, 33, 14, 5800–5808. Web Link
Rapid, selective capture of toxic oxo-anions of Se(IV), Se(VI) and As(V) from water by an ionic metal-organic framework (iMOF)
Shivani Sharma, Sumanta Let, Aamod V. Desai, Subhajit Dutta, Gopalsamy Karuppasamy, Mandar M. Shirolkar, Ravichandar Babarao and Sujit K. Ghosh
J. Mater. Chem. A, 2021, 9, 6499-6507. Web Link
Nanotrap Grafted Anion Exchangeable Hybrid Materials for Efficient Removal of Toxic Oxoanions from Water
Samraj Mollick, Sahel Fajal, Satyam Saurabh, Dabanjan Mahato and Sujit K. Ghosh
ACS Cent. Sci. 2020, 6, 9, 1534–1541. Web Link FIRST REACTION Web Link
A Water-Stable Ionic MOF for the Selective Capture of Toxic Oxoanions of Se(VI) and As(V) and Crystallographic Insight into the Ion-Exchange Mechanism
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 LinkOuter 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
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: >250 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: >290 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: >350 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: >1200 (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. 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
Guest Editing
Themed collection " Emerging Trends in MOFs" in Chemical Communications by RSC.
Topical Collections "Applications of Porous Materials" in ChemPlusChem by Wiley.
Book Edited
Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for Environmental Applications (Edited by Sujit K. Ghosh, Elsevier Publication, 2019) Weblink
Selected Review Articles, Highlights etc.
Heavy Metal-Based Toxic Oxo-Pollutants Sequestration by Advanced Functional Porous Materials for Safe Drinking Water
Subhajit Dutta, Sahel Fajal, and Sujit K. Ghosh
Acc. Chem. Res. 2024, 57, 17, 2546–2560 . Web Link
(Review Article) Porous Organic Polymers (POPs) for Environmental Remediation
Sahel Fajal, Subhajit Dutta and Sujit K. Ghosh
Materials Horizons 2023, doi.org/10.1039/D3MH00672G. Web Link
(Feature Article) Ionic Metal-Organic Frameworks (iMOFs): Progress and Prospects as Ionic Functional Materials
S. Dutta, Y. D. More, S. Fajal, W. Mandal, G. K. Dam and S. K. Ghosh
Chem. Commun., 2022,58, 13676-13698. Web Link (Cover page)
( Perspective) How Reproducible are Surface Areas Calculated from the BET Equation?
Johannes W. M. Osterrieth,............................,Sujit K. Ghosh, Soumya
Mukherjee,.....................and David Fairen-Jimenez.
(Authors details: Total 60 labs and 113 authors working in the field of MOFs from around the
world, coordinated by Dr David Fairen-Jimenez, University of Cambridge. We are happy
to be part of this historial paper as the only contributing lab from India)
Adv. Mater. 2022, 2201502. Web Link (Inside Back Cover)
Chemistryworld News: Flaws fixed in venerable 84-year-old method of measuring
porosity Link
(NEWS & VIEWS) A decade of decoding
Soumya Mukherjee and Sujit K. Ghosh.
Nat. Rev. Chem., 2021, 5, 600–601. Web Link
(Perspective) 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.
(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
(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. 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: >2050 (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. Web Link