- Recent Publications in Journals (2019 onwards)
- Research Group
- Research Interests
- Chapters published & Books Edited
- Funding - Projects/Workshops
Authors | Title | Name of the Journal | Vol | Page | Year |
Jyoti Kuntail, Uttam Kumar, Indrajit Sinha* | Insight into photo-Fenton reaction mechanism on a magnetite-GO nanocomposite: Computational and experimental investigations | Molecular Catalysis | 528 | 112491 | August 2022 Download Link: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1fRbi8nM6jCqT1 |
D. Khan, J. Kuntail, Indrajit Sinha * | Mechanism of phenol and p-nitrophenol adsorption on kaolinite surface in aqueous medium: A molecular dynamics study | Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling | 116 | 108251 | November 2022 https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1fF2L3ub-V2%7EMT |
N. Jatav, A. Shrivastava, A. K. De, Indrajit Sinha* | Experimental and molecular dynamics investigations on Z-scheme visible light Ag3PO4/CuWO4 photocatalysts for antibiotic degradation | Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering | 10[3] | 107975 | June 2022 Download link: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1fDNl_oKrieR6G |
A. K. De and Indrajit Sinha* | Synergistic effect of Ni doping and oxygen vacancies on the visible light photocatalytic properties of Ag2O nanoparticles | Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids | 167 | 110733 | August 2022, Download link: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1euEZ55XRLMZF |
M.Shukla, S. Pal and Indrajit Sinha* | Ionic Liquid Functionalized Cu2O nanoparticles | Journal of Molecular Structure | 1262 | 132961 | 15th August 2022, Download link: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1etay54JURDOX |
M. K. Singh, A. Verma, J. Basu, I. Sinha....R. K. Mandal | Rice extract assisted green synthesis of Au nanoparticles: Catalytic and SERS activities | Surface and Review Letters | Published online | DOI: 10.1142/S0218625X22500901 | 11th April 2022 Link: https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S0218625X22500901 |
U. Kumar, J. Kuntail, A. Kumar, R. Prakash, M. Pai, Indrajit Sinha* | In-situ H2O2 production for tetracycline degradation on Ag/s-(Co3O4/ NiFe2O4) visible light magnetically recyclable photocatalyst | Applied Surface Science | 589 | 153013 | 1st July 2022 Download link: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1ej2WcXa-0iGh |
S. Pal, A. Kumar, S. Kumar, A. K. De, R. Prakash, and Indrajit Sinha* | Visible Light Photocatalysis on Magnetically Recyclable Fe3O4/Cu2O Nanostructures | Catalysis Letter | Published online | DOI 10.1007/s10562-021-03893-1 |
Published online 22nd January 2022 Article link:https://rdcu.be/cFtGE |
P. Gautam, C. K. Behera, Indrajit Sinha, G. Gicheva, K. K. Singh | High added-value materials recovery using electronic scrap-transforming waste to valuable products | Journal of Cleaner Production | 330 | 129836 | Jan 2022 Download link: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1e9Gh3QCo9bRdf |
J. Kuntail, A. Verma, S. Kumar and Indrajit Sinha* | Photo-Fenton interfacial phenomena on graphene oxide: Computational and experimental investigations | Journal of Molecular Liquids | 342 | 117461 | November 2021 Download Link: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1dj8Fc8qpSuwR |
A. Verma, S. Pal, J. Kuntail, N. Kamal, Indrajit Sinha* | Visible light enhanced p-nitrophenol reduction by glycerol over Ag/Cu core-shell bimetallic nanocatalysts | Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering | 9[4] | 105655 | August 2021 Download link: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1d7bN7tGO%7EGQJn |
A. Gangwar, A. Singh, Shaili Pal, Indrajit Sinha, S. S. Meena, N. K. Prasad |
Magnetic nanocomposites of Fe3C or Ni-substituted (Fe3C/Fe3O4) with carbon for degradation of methylene orange and p-nitrophenol | Journal of Cleaner Production | 309 | 127372 | August 2021 Download link: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1d4Vx3QCo9bLje |
N. Jatav, J. Kuntail, D. Khan, A. K. De, Indrajit Sinha* | AgI/CuWO4 Z-scheme photocatalyst for the degradation of organic pollutants: Experimental and molecular dynamics studies | Journal of Colloid and Interface Science | 599 | 717 | October 2021 Download link https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1d2aq4-sDTdqt |
R. K. Madri, D. Tiwari and I. Sinha | Efficient removal of chromate ions from aqueous solution using a highly cost-effective ferric coordinated [3-(2-aminoethylamino)propyl] trimethoxysilane–MCM-41 adsorbent | RSC Advances | 11 | 11204 | 17th March 2021 (https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2021/ra/d0ra07425j) |
M. Shukla, A. D. Verma, S. Kumar, S. Pal, and Indrajit Sinha* | DFT Calculation Study of Interaction between Silver Nanoparticle and 1-butyl-3-methyl Imidazolium tetrafluoroborate Ionic Liquid | Heliyon | 7 (Issue 1) | e06065 | January 2021 Download link: https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S2405844021001705 |
Kavita, J. Kuntail, D. K. Verma, B. Kumar, A. K. Singh, N. Shukla, Indrajit Sinha, R. B. Rastogi |
Theoretical and experimental studies of pyranopyrazoles and their tribological compatibility with a borate ester |
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects |
606 | 125497 | 5th December 2020 Download link: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1bmKQ3IywUFOXw doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2020.125497 |
J. Kuntail, S. Pal, and Indrajit Sinha* | Interfacial phenomena during Fenton reaction on starch stabilized magnetite nanoparticles: molecular dynamics and experimental investigations | Journal of Molecular Liquids | 318 | 114037 | 15th November 2020 Download link: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1beJPc8qpQH%7EN |
Manjeet Singh and Indrajit Sinha | Halide Perovskite-based Photocatalysis Systems for Solar-driven Fuel Generation | Solar Energy | 208 | 296-311 | 15 September 2020 Download link: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1bYU5,tRdEIse |
D. K. Verma, J, Kuntail, B. Kumar, A. K. Singh N. Shukla, Kavita, Indrajit Sinha and R. B. Rastogi |
Amino Borate-Functionalized Reduced Graphene Oxide Further Functionalized with Copper Phthalocyanine Nanotubes for Reducing Friction and Wear | ACS Appl. Nano Mater. | 6 | 5530-5541 | June 9, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.0c00812
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A. Verma, M. Shukla, S. Kumar, S. Pal and Indrajit Sinha* | Mechanism of visible light enhanced catalysis over curcumin functionalized Ag nanocatalysts | Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy | 240 | 118534 | 15 October 2020 Download link: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1bC%7E%7E4xB1qX%7ENo |
S. Pal, P. N. Singh, A. Verma, A. Kumar, D. Tiwary, R. Prakash, Indrajit Sinha* | Visible light photo-Fenton catalytic properties of starch functionalized iron oxyhydroxide nanocomposites | Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring & Management | 14 | 100311 | December 2020 Download link: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1bBJJ7tgkCmd4y |
S. I. Siddiqui, P. N. Singh, N. Tara, S. Pal, S. A. Chaudhry, Indrajit Sinha* | Arsenic removal from water by starch functionalized maghemite nano-adsorbents: Thermodynamics and kinetics investigations | Colloid and Interface Science Communications | 36 | 100263 | May 2020 |
A. K. De, S. Majumdar, S. Pal, S. Kumar, Indrajit Sinha* | Zn doping induced band gap widening of Ag2O nanoparticles | Journal of Alloys and Compounds | 832 | 154127 | August 2020 https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1aumU3IWkc0EW8 |
S. Pal, S. Kumar, A. Verma, A. Kumar, T. Ludwig, M. Frank, S. Mathur, R. Prakash, Indrajit Sinha* | Development of magnetically recyclable visible light photocatalysts for hydrogen peroxide production | Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing | 112 | 105024 | June 2020 |
P. Verma, S. Pal, S. Chauhan, A. Mishra, Indrajit Sinha, S. Singh, V. Srivastava | Starch functionalized magnetite nanoparticles: A green, biocatalyst for one-pot multicomponent synthesis of imidazopyrimidine derivatives in aqueous medium under ultrasound irradiation | Journal of Molecular Structure | 1203 | 127410 | 5 March 2020 |
Alkadevi Verma, R. K. Gupta, M. Shukla, M. Malviya and Indrajit Sinha* |
Ag-Cu bimetallic nanoparticles as efficient oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysts in alkaline media | Journal of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 20 | 1765-1772 | 2020 |
Sunil Kumar, Shaili Pal, Jyoti Kuntail and Indrajit Sinha* | Curcumin functionalized CuO/Ag nanocomposite: Efficient visible light Z-scheme photocatalyst for methyl orange degradation | Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring and Management | 12 | 100236 |
December 2019 |
Yash Manoj Jain, Jyoti Kuntail, Ashim K Mukherjee, and Indrajit Sinha* | Computational insight into the mechanism of arsenous acid adsorption on magnetite (311) surface |
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research | 58 (41) | 19197-19201 | September2019 |
Sunil Kumar, Shaili Pal, Jyoti Kuntail, Arup Kumar De, and Indrajit Sinha* | Construction of a Visible Light Z-scheme Photocatalyst: Curcumin Functionalized Cu2O/Ag Nanocomposites |
ChemistrySelect | 4 | 10709– 10718 | September 2019 |
B. Kumar, Jyoti Kuntail, D. K. Verma, R B. Rastogi, Indrajit Sinha | Mechanism of triboactivity of Schiff bases: Experimental and molecular dynamics simulations studies | Journal of Molecular Liquids |
289 | 111171 |
September 2019 |
J. Kuntail, Y. M. Jain, M. Shukla and Indrajit Sinha* | Adsorption mechanism of phenol, p-chlorophenol, and p-nitrophenol on magnetite surface: A molecular dynamics study | Journal of Molecular Liquids | 288 | 111053 | 15th August 2019 |
P. Nayak, S. Kumar, Indrajit Sinha* and K. K. Singh | ZnO/CuO nanocomposites from recycled printed circuit board: preparation and photocatalytic properties | Environmental Science and Pollution Research | 26 | 16279-16288 |
June 2019 |
Alkadevi Verma and Indrajit Sinha* | Visible-light plasmonic enhancement of catalytic activity of silver nanoparticles | Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology | 19 | 5130-5141 | August 2019 |
*Corresponding author
Total Number of Research Publications (in Journals, Book Chapters and Peer Reviewed Conference Proceedings): 78
Google Scholar Link: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=KVKyWcAAAAAJ&hl=en
Researchgate Link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Indrajit_Sinha2
Current Ph.D. students
Name of the PhD Research Student |
Year of Admission | Research Area |
Arup Kumar De | July 2017 | Experimental and computational approach to doped photocatalyst development |
Neha Jatav | Dec 2017 | Photocatalytic heterostructures |
Anshu Shrivastava | July 2019 | Molecular dynamics simulations for understanding adsorption and catalytic mechanisms |
Neha Kamal | July 2019 | Catalysts for glycerol oxidation |
Nivedita Singh | Dec 2019 | Doped photocatalysts |
Uttam Kumar | July 2020 | Heterojunction photocatalysts (BRNS sponsored project fellow) |
S. No. | Name of the candidate | Title of the Thesis | Year | Supervisor/Co-supervisor |
6. | Jyoti Kuntail | Adsorption and Catalysis on Magnetite, Graphene Oxide and their Composites | 2021 | Supervisor |
5. | Shaili Pal | Iron oxide based p-n heterojunction photocatalysts | 2020 | Supervisor |
4. | Sunil Kumar | Z-scheme Photocatalytic Properties of Curcumin Functionalized Nanocomposites | 2019 | Supervisor |
3. | Alkadevi Verma | Catalytic properties of nanomaterials based on Ag, Cu and their bimetallics | 2017 | Supervisor |
2. | P. N. Singh | Studies on adsorption and catalytic properties of starch functionalized iron oxide nanoparticles | 2016 | Co-supervisor |
1. | Manjeet Singh | Synthesis of Ag, Cu, and Ag-Cu nanoparticles in presence of different stabilizers: Aggregation and LSPR studies | 2010 | Supervisor |
NPDF Post-doctoral Fellow: Dr. Madhulata Shukla (2017)
Integrating computational and experimental approaches for better adsorbent and catalyst/photocatalyst development
- We use classical molecular dynamics simulations and DFT calculations to understand adsorption/catalysis/photocatalysis mechanisms.
- The above is used in conjunction with extensive experimental investigations.
S.No. | Author(s) | Title | Publication details | Publisher |
3. | Indrajit Sinha* and Arup Kumar De | “An overview of synthesis techniques for preparing doped Photocatalysts”, Chapter 1 in book entitled “Nano-Materials as Photocatalysts for Degradation of Environmental Pollutants Challenges and Possibilities” |
Paperback ISBN: 9780128185988 DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-818598-8.00001-8 |
Imprint: Elsevier Published Date: 2nd December 2019 |
2. | Alkadevi Verma, Madhulata Shukla and Indrajit Sinha* | In book entitled: Nanocatalysts Chapter 1. Salient Features of Nanocatalysis |
DOI:10.5772/intechopen.86209 | Publisher: Intech Open July 31st 2019 |
1. | Madhulata Shukla and Indrajit Sinha | In book entitled: DFT Calculations Chapter 7 : Catalytic activation of PVP-stabilized Gold/Silver Cluster on p-nitrophenol reduction: A DFT calculation | http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.72097 | Publisher: Intech Open May 31st 2018 |
Title of the Book |
Publisher and publication details |
Nanocatalysts | Published: July 31st 2019 ISBN: 978-1-78984-160-2 Print ISBN: 978-1-78984-159-6 eBook (PDF) ISBN: 978-1-78985-046-8 Copyright year: 2019 |
S. No. | Sponsoring Agency | Title | Fund sanctioned | Period | PI/Coordinator |
1. | BRNS | Development of magnetically recyclable visible light photocatalysts for H2O2 production. | Rs. 34.05 Lakh | 2019-2022 | PI |
2. | AICTE | Quick revision of the Model Curriculum in Undergraduate Engineering ....AICTE colleges | Rs. 11.52 Lakhs | 2017 | Overall Coordinator |
3. | MHRD GIAN workshop | Nanochemistry: From preorganized molecular architectures to Functional Materials | $8000 | December 2016 | Coordinator |
4. | IIT(BHU) Institute Research Project | Ag, Cu and Ag-Cu nanoparticle catalyzed p-nitrophenol reduction reaction: Theoretical and experimental studies |
Rs. 15 Lakhs | 2016 | PI |
5. | UGC-UPE Focused Area I of UGC UPE scheme | Synthesis of (Ag-Cu) bimetallic/alloy nanostructures: Aggregation and LSPR studies | Rs. 0.825 Lakh | 2013 | PI |
6. | SERC-DST Young Scientist Fast Track project | Simulation of microstructural evolution .... | Rs. 4.26 Lakhs | 2003-2006 | PI |