Publications
39. A. Kumari, S. Sharma and S. Sengupta*
Molecular Rotors of Naphthalimide and Benzodithiophene as Effective Solvent Polarity Probes, Temperature
Sensors and for g-C3N4 Sensitization.
Photochemistry and Photobiology 2024 Accepted article
(Special issue: Photosciences in India)
https://doi.org/10.1111/php.13931
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38. S. Sharma, S.Chawla, V. Gupta, A. K. De* and S. Sengupta*
Materials Advances 2024 Advance Article
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2024/ma/d4ma00117f
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37. N. P. Tripathi, M. Sridevi, R. K. Singh and S. Sengupta*
Dithienopyrrolobenzothiadiazole and Naphthalimide based D-A Triads for Charge Transport and Photocatalytic Synthesis of Benzimidazoles.
ACS Appl. Opt. Mater. 2024
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaom.3c00446
36. S. Sharma and S. Sengupta*
Diindolocarbazole-based Rigid Donor-acceptor TADF Molecules for Energy and Electron Transfer Photocatalysis.
Chem. Eur. J. 2024, e202303754 (1-9). https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202303754
35. N. P. Tripathi, S. Jain, R. K. Singh and S. Sengupta*
Tripodal Triazine and 1,8-Naphthalimide based Small Molecules as Efficient Photocatalysts for Visible-light Oxidative Condensation.
Chem. Eur. J. 2023, e202303244 (1-9). https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202303244
(Featured as Hot paper).
34. A. Kumari and S. Sengupta*
Recent Progress and Challenges in Perylene Small Molecules, Assemblies and Composites based Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution.
ChemCatChem 2023, e202301033 (1-16) (Review).
https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202301033
33. S. Sharma and S. Sengupta*
Twisted Organic TADF Triads based on Diindolocarbazole Donor for Efficient Photoisomerization of Stilbene and Photo-arylation of Heteroarenes.
Org. Chem. Front., 2023, 10, 6087–6095. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3QO01542D
(Featured in 2023 Organic Chemistry Frontiers HOT articles).
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32. N. P. Tripathi, V. Gupta, T. Sharma, U. K. Pandey* and S. Sengupta*
Functionalized Benzothiadiazole Non-fused A-D-A’-D-A Small Molecules for Effective Electron Mobilities and Metal-free Photocatalysis.
Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202203951 (1-8). https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202203951
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31. K. Rani and S. Sengupta*
Metal-Free FRET Macrocycles of Perylenediimide and Aza-BODIPY for Multifunctional Sensing.
Chem. Commun., 2023, 59, 1042–1045. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CC06225A
30. S. Sharma, S. Srinivas, S. Rakshit* and S. Sengupta*
Aminoindole and Naphthalimide based Charge Transfer Fluorescent Probes for pH Sensing and Live Cell Imaging.
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2022, 20, 9422-9430. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2OB01614A
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29. K Rani†, S. Chawla†, V. Kumari, A. K. De* and S. Sengupta*
Unravelling the Excited State Dynamics of Monofunctionalized Mono- and Di-styryl BODIPY and Perylenediimide Dyads.
J. Mater. Chem. C 2022, 10, 10551-10561. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2TC01741E
(† contributed equally)
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28. R. De, S. Sharma, S. Sengupta*, S. K. Pal*
Discs to a ‘Bright’ Future: Exploring Discotic Liquid Crystals in Organic Light Emitting Diodes in the Era of New-Age Smart Materials.
The Chemical Record, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1002/tcr.202200056
27. K. Rani, S. Sengupta*
Multi-stimuli Programmable FRET based RGB Absorbing Antennae Towards Ratiometric Temperature, pH and Multiple Metal Ion Sensing.
Chemical Science, 2021, 12, 15533-15542. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1SC05112A
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26. R. Reji, N. P. Tripathi, K. Rani, A. Dalal, S. A. Babu, S. Sengupta*
Structure Property Correlation of C10-(H)-Arylated-N-(pyren-1-yl)-Picolinamide Regioisomers Towards Cu2+ and Fe3+ Sensing.
Chemistry Select 2021, 6, 12022–12031.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author/VFZ9WGQRWNC2BCGRMTNE?target=10.1002/slct.202103030
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25. Z. Wei, S. Sharma, A. M. Phillip, S. Sengupta, F. C. Grozema
Excited State Dynamics of BODIPY-based Acceptor-Donor-Acceptor Systems: A Combined Experimental and Computational Study.
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2021, 23, 8900-8907. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CP00453K
24. K. Rani, U. K. Pandey, S. Sengupta*
Efficient Electron Transporting and Panchromatic Absorbing FRET Cassettes Based on Aza-BODIPY and Perylenediimide Towards Multiple Metal FRET-Off Sensing and Ratiometric Temperature Sensing.
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021, 9, 4607 - 4618. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1TC00068C
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23. H. Elangovan, S. Sengupta, R. Narayanan, K. Chattopadhyay
Silicon nanoparticles with UV range photoluminescence synthesized through cryomilling induced phase transformation and etching.
J. Mater. Sci. 2021, 56, 1515-1526. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-020-05374-z
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22. S. Sharma, Z. Wei, F. C. Grozema, S. Sengupta*
Structure Property Relationship in Multi-Stimuli Responsive BODIPY-biphenyl-Benzodithiophene TICT Rigidochromic Rotors Exhibiting (Pseudo) Stokes Shift up to 221 nm.
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2020, 22, 25514-25521 (https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CP04579A).
(Featured in 2020 PCCP Hot articles).
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21. Aswathy P. R., S. Sharma, N. P. Tripathi, S. Sengupta*
Regioisomeric BODIPY-Benzodithiophene Dyads and Triads with Tunable Red Emission as Ratiometric
Temperature and Viscosity Sensors.
Chem.-Eur. J. 2019, 25, 14870-14880 (https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201902952).
(Selected as Hot Paper).
20. A. Löhner, T. Kunsel, M. I. S. Röhr, T. L. C. Jansen, S. Sengupta, F. Würthner, J. Knoester, J. Köhler
Spectral- and Structural Variations of Biomimetic Light-Harvesting Nanotubes.
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2019, 10, 2715–2724. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00303
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19. G. Tarafdar, U. K. Pandey*, S. Sengupta*, P. C. Ramamurthy*
Effect of Structural Isomerism in BODIPY based Donor-acceptor co-polymers on their Photovoltaic
Performance.
Solar Energy, 2019, 186, 215-224. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0038092X19304396
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18. S. Sengupta*, U. K. Pandey
Dual Emissive Bodipy-Benzodithiophene-Bodipy TICT Triad with Remarkable Stokes Shift of 194 nm.
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2018, 16, 2033 - 2038.
https://doi.org/10.1039/C8OB00272J
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Before joining IISER Mohali:
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17. A. D. Rao, B. S. Sandeep, V. Adiga, S. M. Garner, U. K. Pandey, S. Sengupta, P. C. Ramamurthy
Flexural and bending fatigue studies of perovskite solar cells on Willow Glass substrates.
4th International Conference on Emerging Electronics (ICEE), 2018, 1-4.
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16. S. Sengupta*, U. K. Pandey, E. U. Athresh
Regioisomeric Donor-Acceptor-Donor Triads based on Benzodithiophene and BODIPY with Distinct Optical
Properties and Mobilities.
RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 73645-73649.
15. G. Tarafdar, S. Sengupta*, U. K. Pandey*, P. C. Ramamurthy*
Effect of structural isomerism on charge transport in copolymer of BODIPY and Benzodithiophene
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2016, IEEE 43rd, 1664-1669.
14. S. Alex, B. Basu, S. Sengupta, U. K. Pandey, K. Chattopadhyay
Electrodeposition of <delta>-phase based Cu-Sn mirror alloy from sulfate-aqueous electrolyte for solar reflector application.
Applied Thermal Engineering 2016, 109, 1003-1010.
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13. R. K. Dubey, D. Inan, S. Sengupta, E. J. R. Sudhölter, F. C. Grozema, W. F. Jager
Tunable and Highly Efficient Light-Harvesting Antenna Systems Based on 1,7-Perylene-3,4,9,10-Tetracarboxylic
Acid Derivatives.
Chem. Sci. 2016, 7, 3517-3532.
12. S. Sengupta, R. Dubey, R. Hoek, S. van Eeden, D. Gunbas, F. C. Grozema, E. Sudhölter, W. Jager
Highly Efficient Synthesis of Regioisomerically Pure 1,7-Dibromo Perylene-3,4,9,10-Tetracarboxylic Acid Derivatives.
J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 6655−6662.
11. F. Würthner, S. Sengupta, C. Grzeszkiewicz
Metallosupramolecular Polymers Based on Semisynthetic Chlorophyll Derivatives.
Abstract of Papers of the American Chemical Society
2014, volume 248, 99-Poly.
10. S. Sengupta, F. Würthner
Chlorophyll J-Aggregates: From Bioinspired Dye Stacks to Nanotubes, Liquid Crystals and Biosupramolecular Electronics.
Acc. Chem. Res. 2013, 46, 2498-2512.
9. S. Sengupta, D. Ebeling, S. Patwardhan, X. Zhang, H. von Berlepsch, C. Böttcher, V. Stepanenko, S. Uemura, C. Hentschel, H. Fuchs, F. C. Grozema, L. D. A. Siebbeles, A. R. Holzwarth, L. Chi, F. Würthner
Biosupramolecular wires derived from tubular chlorophyll dye aggregates with exceptional charge transport properties
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 6378–6382.
8. S. Sengupta, F. Würthner
Covalently stabilized self-assembled chlorophyll nanorods by olefin metathesis.
Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 5730–5732.
7. S. Patwardhan, S. Sengupta, L. D. A. Siebbeles, F. Würthner, F. C. Grozema
Efficient Charge Transport in Semisynthetic Zinc Chlorin Dye Assemblies.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 16147−16150.
6. S. Sengupta, S. Uemura, S. Patwardhan, V. Huber, F. C. Grozema, L. D. A. Siebbeles, U. Baumeister, F. Würthner
Columnar Mesophases Based On Zinc Chlorin Derivatives Bearing Peripheral Dendron Wedges.
Chem.–Eur. J. 2011, 17, 5300–5310.
5. S. Patwardhan, S. Sengupta, F. Würthner, L. D. A. Siebbeles, F. C. Grozema
Theoretical study of the Optical Properties of Artificial Self-organizing Zinc Chlorins.
J. Phys. Chem. C. 2010, 114, pp 20834–20842.
4. S. Uemura, S. Sengupta, F. Würthner
Cyclic Self-Assembled Structures of Chlorophyll Dyes on HOPG by the Dendron Wedge Effect.
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 7825–7828.
3. S. Ganapathy, S. Sengupta, P. Wawzryniak, V. Huber, F. Buda, U. Baumeister, F. Würthner, H. J. M. de Groot
Zinc Chlorins for Artificial Light-harvesting Self-assemble into Antiparallel Stacks Forming a Micro-crystalline Solid-state Material.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 2009, 106, 11472–11477.
2. V. Huber, S. Sengupta, F. Würthner
Structure-Property Relationships for Self-assembled Zinc Chlorin Light Harvesting Dye Aggregates.
Chem.–Eur. J. 2008, 14, 7791–7807.
1. J. N. Moorthy, P. Venkatakrishnan, S. Sengupta, M. Baidya
Facile Synthesis, Fluorescence, and Photochromism of Novel Helical Pyrones and Chromenes.
Org. Lett., 2006, 8, 4891–4894.