Research Journal Club is a weekly seminar event, where students of the department make an in-depth presentation on one of the recently published works in top journals. The event is regularly attended by the faculty and students and the discussions that follow enrich all with critical and insightful thinking.

 
Sl. No. Date Speaker Affiliation Topic
1 16 Oct 2019 K.L. Sebastian Faculty, Dean Research, IIT PKD  
2 31 Oct 2019 Aparna G. Nair Research Scholar Kinetics of Aqueous Media Reactions via Ab Initio Enhanced Molecular Dynamics: The Case of Urea Decomposition
3 13 Nov 2019 Liya T Research Scholar Rapamycin-inspired macrocycles with new target specificity
4 2 Dec 2019 Dr. N. Pandurangan Post Doctoral Fellow Sequence Defined Polymer
5 23 May 2020 Rajendran Research Scholar Single-site catalyst promoters accelerate metalcatalyzed nitroarene hydrogenation
6 20 Jun 2020 Anna Jose Research Scholar Effective removal of mercury from aqueous streams via electrochemical alloy formation on platinum
7 1 July 2020 Binduja Mohan Research Scholar Multicavity [Pd n L 4 ] 2n+ Cages with Controlled Segregated Binding of Different Guests
8 15 July Nayana Research Scholar pH-Induced Changes in Polypeptide Conformation: Force-Field Comparison with Experimental Validation
9 29 July 2020 Ananthu Research Scholar “Single-crystal x-ray diffraction structures of covalent organic frameworks”
10 12 August 2020 Anna Sebastian Research Scholar Photostable Copper Nanoclusters-Compatible Forster Resonance Energy Tranfer Assays and a nanothermometer
11 26 August 2020 Revathy Research Scholar Activity-Based Sensing of S-Depalmitoylases: ChemicalTechnologies and Biological Discovery
12 7 Oct 2020 Tarun Gera PhD (KLS group) Manipulating molecules by vibrational strong coupling
13 10 Dec Liya T Research Scholar Multi-targeting of functional cysteines in multiple conserved SARS-CoV-2 domains by clinically safe Zn-ejectors
14 18 Sept 2021 Dr. John Mohanraj Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Bayreuth, Germany Organic electronics and photovoltaics
15 2 Oct 2021 Aparna G. Nair Research Scholar  
16 9 Oct. 2021 Prof. Ranjan Dey BITS Pilani, Goa Newly developed, simple yet highly effective approaches for predicting thermophysical properties
17 30 Oct Debashis Barik Research Scholar Amphiphillic Janus dendrimer for mRNA delivery
18 13 Nov Aarya Research Scholar Lysozyme directed synthesis of yellow emitting CuNC for Co2+ ion sensing
19 8 Jan Shabin Research Scholar  
20 29 Jan 2022 Noushija Research Scholar  
21 5 Feb 2022 Roshni Research Scholar Geometrical site dependant catalytic activity of ordered mesoporous Co-based spinel for benzene oxidation: in situ DRIFTS study coupled with Raman and EXAFS spectroscopy
22 12 Feb 2022 Dr. Indrajit Maity (Postdoctoral researcher, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany) Complex chemical reaction network for biomimetics and material design
23 26 Feb 2022 Revathy Research Scholar  
24 5 March 2022 Anna Sebastian Research Scholar Luminescent Silver Nanoclusters Acting as a Label-Free Photoswitch in Metal Ion Sensing
25 12 March Ananthu Research Scholar Fluorescent aminal linked porous organic polymer for reversible organic polymer for reversible iodine capture and sensing
26 30 Mar 2022 Nayana Research Scholar  
27 9 April 2022 Rajendran Research Scholar Platinum nanoparticles/Ti3C2Tx (MXene) composite for the effectual electrochemical sensing of Bisphenol A in aqueous media
28 23 April Anna Jose Research Scholar Intracellular Self-Immolative Polyprodrug with Near-Infrared Light Guided Accumulation and in Vivo Visualization of Drug Release
29 4 May 2022 Liya T Research Scholar Efficient Mercury Capture Using Functionalized Porous Organic Polymer
30 4 June 2022 Dr. Krishnapriya Research Associate Singlet fission in DPP bridged pentacene dimers
31 24 August 2022 Deepraj Research Scholar Porous carbon Nonowire array for surface enhanced raman spectroscopy
32 31 August 2022 Ankitha Research Scholar Competitive electrochemical aptasensor based on a cDNA-ferrocene/MXene probe for detection of breast cancer marker Mucin1
33 21 September 2022 Debashis Barik Research Scholar Effective mrna delivery by ionised amphiphilic janus dendrimer.
34 28 September 2022 Shabin N. C. Research Scholar Visualisation and In-situ ablation through intracellular bacterial pathogens through metabolic labelling
35 26 October 2022 Aarya Prasaadham Research Scholar Fluorescent Gold Nanoclusters for Selective Detection of Dopamine in Cerebrospinal fluid
36 9 November 2022 Roshni M Research Scholar Engineering cobalt oxide with coexisting cobalt defects and oxygen vacancies for enhanced catalytic oxidation of toluene
37 16 November 2022 Revathy S Research Scholar Carbon Quantum Dots Based Nanozyme from Coffee Induces Cancer Cell Ferroptosis to Activate Antitumor Immunity
38 23 November 2022 Abra Mathew Research Scholar Discovery of Redox-Promoted Bronsted Acid Catalysis in the Gold(III)-Catalyzed Annulation of Phenol and Cyclohexadiene
39 30 November 2022 Ananthu S Research Scholar Construction of Pyridine-Based Chiral Ionic Covalent Organic Frameworks as a Heterogeneous Catalyst for Promoting Asymmetric Henry Reactions
40 25 January 2023 Noushija M K Research Scholar Synthesis of Ultrafine and Highly Dispersed Metal Nanoparticles Confined in a Thioether-Containing Covalent Organic Framework and Their Catalytic Applications
41 1 February 2023 S. Hafila Khairun MSc student Energy Generation from Pharmaceutical Residual Water in Microbial Fuel Cells Using Ordered Mesoporous Carbon and Bacillus subtilis as Bioanode
42 04 October 2023 Paul Mathew Research Scholar Binding Mechanisms of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins: Theory, Simulation and Experiment.
43 18 October 2023 Rakhi Mol K M Research Scholar Binding Mechanisms of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins: Theory, Simulation Pillar[5]arene-Based Fluorescent Sensor Array for Biosensing of Intracellular Multi-neurotransmitters through Host-Guest Recognitions.
44 23 October 2023 Vishnu N V Research Scholar Chemical Proteomics Reveals Antibiotic Targets of Oxadiazolones in MRSA
45 01 November 2023 Anjalin Roy Research Scholar Prediction of Excited-State Energies and Singlet−Triplet Gaps of Charge-Transfer States Using a Restricted Open-Shell Kohn−Sham Approach.
46 08 November 2023 Dr. R Shyama Postdoctoral researcher(Dr. Padmesh Group) Investigation on the Interconversion Process of Superoxo Peroxo Complexes in Ni-TMC Complexes
47 22 November 2023 Abhineet Verma MSc. 2nd year Quantifying Oligomer Populations in Real Time during Protein Aggregation Using Single-Molecule Mass Photometry
48 29 November 2023 Nandamol P. S Research Scholar Reticular Synthesis of Highly Crystalline Three-Dimensional Mesoporous Covalent−Organic Frameworks for Lipase Inclusion
49 6 December 2023 Aarya Prasaadham Research Scholar Light-Emitting Atomically Precise Nanocluster-Based Flexible QR Codes for Anticounterfeiting
50 24 January Reshmi A S Research Scholar Implantable Hydrogel-Protective DNA Aptamer-Based Sensor Supports Accurate, Continuous Electrochemical Analysis of Drugs at Multiple Sites in Living Rats
51 31 January 2024 Roshini M Research Scholar Ultralow Doping of Mn Species into Pt Catalyst Enhances the CO Oxidation Performance in the Presence of H2O and SO2
52 7 February 2024 Ms. Kavitha Lakavath Research Scholar Touch-Based Stressless Cortisol Sensing
53 14 February 2024 Mr.Debashis Barik Research Scholar Telechelic Sequence-Defined Oligoamides: Their Step-Economical Synthesis, Depolymerization and Use in Polymer Networks
54 21 February 2024 Ms.Anjana S Research Scholar Waste is the best: end-of-life lithium-ion battery derived ultra-active Ni3+-enriched β-Ni(OH)2 for the electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction.
55 06 March 2024 Ms Noushija M K Research Scholar Iodide-Selective Synthetic Ion Channels Based on Shape-Persistent Organic Cages
56 06 March 2024 Mr. Bartholomew Richard Project Staff Swarms of Enzyme-Powered Nanomotors Enhance the Diffusion of Macromolecules in Viscous Media.
57 27 March 2024 Ms. Ankitha Menon Research Scholar A wearable aptamer nanobiosensor for non-invasive female hormone monitoring
58 03 April 2024 Ms. M Keerthana Research Scholar Tuning light-driven oxidation of styrene inside water-soluble nanocages
59 17 April 2024 Mr. Shabin N. C Research Scholar Switching from Membrane Disrupting to Membrane Crossing, an Effective Strategy in Designing Antibacterial Polypeptide
60 24 April 2024 Ms. Fathima Abdul Rahim Research Scholar Preclinical Safety Assessment of Red emissive Gold Nanocluster Conjugated Crumpled MXene Nanosheets: A Dynamic Duo for Image-Guided Photothermal Therapy
61 01 May 2024 Ms. Nayana E C Research Scholar Understanding the Reversible Binding of a Multichain Protein−Protein Complex through Free-Energy Calculations
62 08 May 2024 Mr. Abra Mathew Research Scholar Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding Enables a Zwitterionic Mechanism for Macrocyclic Peptide Formation: Computational Mechanistic Studies of CyClick Chemistry
63 22 May 2024 Ms. Sukanya Research Scholar Nanomolar pyrophosphate detection and nucleus staining in living cells with simple terpyridine–Zn(II) complexes
64 14 August 2024 Ms. Roshni M Research Scholar Facile Synthesis of Nanostructured Ni/NiO/N-doped Graphene Electrocatalysts for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Reaction
65 21st August 2024 Dr. Shyama Ramakrishnan Post Doc  
66 11 September 2024 Dr. Saravanan R. Post Doc Metallophilic Interactions between closed Shell Metal ions (Hg‧‧‧M, M = Cu, Ag, Au, Hg and Pd)
67 11 September 2024 Dr. Shimi M Post Doc Size Modulation of Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles for Improved NIR-II Fluorescence Imaging and Photothermal Therapy
68 25 September 2024 Ms. Jiji M Research Scholar Selective Upcycling of Polyethylene Terephthalate towards High valued Oxygenated Chemical Methyl p-Methyl Benzoate using a Cu/ZrO2 Catalyst
69 25 September 2024 Ms. Vanditha S Research Scholar Dialumene as a Dimeric or Monomeric Al Synthon for C−F Activation in Monofluorobenzene
70 9 October 2024 Dr Ajay Jayaprakash. Post Doc Planar Antiaromatic Core-Modified 24π Hexaphyrin(1.0.1.0.1.0) and 32π Octaphyrin(1.0.1.0.1.0.1.0) Bearing Alternate Hybrid Diheterole Units
71 9 October 2024 Ms. Fathima Shamsheera P Junior Research Fellow Touch-Based Stressless Cortisol Sensing
72 16 October 2024 Ms. Anna Sebastian Research Scholar Tailoring of Carbon Tails of Ligands on Au52(SR)32 Nanoclusters Enhances the Near Infrared Photoluminescence Quantum Yield from 3.8 to 18.3 %
73 16 October 2024 Ms. Yohaesweri J Research Scholar Aggregation Induced Emission- Based Covalent Organic Frameworks for High-Performance Optical Wireless Communication
74 23 October 2024 Dr. Jeethu Raveendran Post Doc Selective and naked eye colorimetric detection of creatinine by aptamer-based target induced passivation of gold nanoparticles
75 23 October 2024 Ms. Aishwarya Alex Project Assistant Highly dispersed and small-size Pd-Cu nanoparticles supported on N-doped graphene for oxygen reduction reaction catalysts
76 30 October 2024 Mr. Ananthu S Research Scholar Intrinsically microporous polyimide-based metal-free catalysts for round-the-clock photodegradation of organic pollutants
77 30 October 2024 Ms. Aishwarya Menon T Research Scholar Designing New Magnesium Pincer Complexes for Catalytic Hydrogenation of Imines and N-Heteroarenes: H2 and N−H Activation by Metal−Ligand Cooperation as Key Steps
78 06 November 2024 Dr. Surya K Post Doc Combinatorial Ligand Assisted Simultaneous Control of Axial and Central Chirality in Highly Stereoselective C−H Allylation
79 06 November 2024 Ms. Sijisha Devidas Research Scholar One-Pot Synthesis of Marine-Biodegradable Poly (Ethylene Succinate)-Based Ester Amide Copolymers Containing Amino Acid
80 13 November 2024 Ms. Revathy S Research Scholar Self-Assembly and Wound Healing Activity of Biomimetic Cycloalkane-Based Lipopeptides
81 13 November 2024 Ms. Sisira Santhosh Research Scholar Origin of Octafluorocyclopentene Polyelectrophilicity
82 20 November 2024 Mr. Deepraj Pandit Research Scholar Ultrasensitive Acetone Gas Sensor Based on a K/Sn−Co3O4 Porous Microsphere for Noninvasive Diabetes Diagnosis
83 20 November 2024 Mr. Vishnu Suresh Research Scholar Copper-CatalyzedDearomative1,2-Hydroamination
84 27 November 2024 Dr. Sampath K Research Associate Development of 1D-metalloid- induced highly porous carbon nanofiber conjugated with PEDOT polymer through concurrent selenization of ZIF-67 for energy storage and green H2 production
85 27 November 2024 Mr. Abhineet Verma Research Scholar Highly two-photon and X- ray excited long-persistent luminescence in a crystalline host-guest aggregate