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 |
| 86 | 04 December 2024 | Mr. Vamshi Krishna | Research Scholar | Zinc ion interactions in a two-dimensional covalent organic framework-based aqueous zinc ion battery |
| 87 | 04 December 2024 | Mr. Balineni Prasad | Research Scholar | Double Strain-Release[2π+2σ]-Photocycloaddition |
| 88 | 11 December 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 |
| 89 | 11 December 2024 | Ms. Krishnapriya A. U | Research Scholar | Insights into the Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Wacker-Type Oxidation of Styrene with Hydrogen Peroxide and tert-Butyl Hydroperoxide |
| 90 | 18 December 2024 | Mr. Jithin Thomas Chacko | Research Assistant | Simultaneous and Rapid Detection of Glucose and Insulin: Coupling Enzymatic and Aptamer-Based Assays |
| 91 | 18 December 2024 | Ms. Chanchal N S | Research Scholar | A fluorescence probe based on blue luminescent carbon dots for sensing Fe3+ in plants |