Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Tarasankar Pal

Ph.D., D.Sc.(Visva Bh. Univ)

Professor, Chemistry
T Pal joined the Institute in 1984

Contact Addresses

Residence	A-83, IIT Campus, Kharagpur 721302
Phone (office)	+91 - 3222 - 283320
Phone (residence)	+91 - 3222 - 283321 (IIT Phone)
email	tpal @ chem.iitkgp.ernet.in
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Awards & Honours

D. P. Chakraborty 60th Birth Anniversary Medal from the Indian Chemical Society. (2001)
P. Chakraboty Memorial Award by Indian Chemistry Society (2000)

Fellow

Life Member of the Indian Chemical Society
Indian Photochemical Society
Indian Surface Science Society
Chemical Research Scociety of India
Material Research Society of India
Fellow of the Natinal Academy of Sciences

Publications: 2013 - 2014

Fabrication of a ZnO nanocolumnar thin film on a glass slide and its reversible switching from a superhydrophobic to a superhydrophilic state by Mondal, Chanchal Ganguly, Mainak Sinha, Arun Kumar Pal, Jaya Pal, Tarasankar RSC Advances, 3(17), 5937-5944. (2013)
Synthesis of gold nanochains via photoactivation technique and their catalytic applications by By Sinha, Arun Kumar Basu, Mrinmoyee Sarkar, Sougata Pradhan, Mukul Pal, Tarasankar Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 398, 13-21 (2013)
Large-Scale Solid-State Synthesis of Sn-SnO2 Nanoparticles from Layered SnO by Sunlight: a Material for Dye Degradation in Water by Photocatalytic Reaction by By Sinha, Arun Kumar Pradhan, Mukul Sarkar, Sougata Pal, Tarasankar Environmental Science & Technology, 47(5), 2339-2345 (2013)
Synthesis of Highly Fluorescent Silver Clusters on Gold(I) Surface by Ganguly, Mainak Pal, Anjali Negishi, Yuichi Pal, Tarasankar Langmuir, 29(6), 2033-2043. (2013)

Publications: 2012 - 2013

Selective and sensitive recognition of Cu2+ in an aqueous medium: a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-based analysis with a low-cost Raman reporter by Sarkar Sougata Pradhan Mukul Sinha Arun Kumar Basu Mrinmoyee Pal Tarasankar Chemistry--A European Journal, 18(20), 6335-42 (2012)
Purification of Gold Organosol by Solid Reagent by Ganguly, Mainak Pal, Anjali Pal, Tarasankar Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116(16), 9265-9273 (2012)
Diiminic Schiff Bases: An Intriguing Class for Copper Nanoparticle Induced Fluorescence Study by Mainak Ganguly,[a] Anjali Pal,[b] Yuichi Negishi,[c] Tarasankar Pal Chemistry--A European Journal, (2012)

Publications: 2010 - 2011

Chelate Effect in Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering with Transition Metal Nanoparticles by Sarkar, Sougata Pradhan, Mukul Sinha, Arun Kumar Basu, Mrinmoyee Pal, Tarasankar Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 1(1), 439-444 (2010)
. Controlled synthesis of CuO box shaped nanoparticles and their application in nitrophenol reduction by Pande, Surojit Pal, Tarasankar Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 87(4), 405-415 (2010)
An aminolytic approach toward hierarchical β-Ni(OH)2 nanoporous architectures: a bimodal forum for photocatalytic and surface-enhanced Raman scattering activity by Sarkar, Sougata Pradhan, Mukul Sinha, Arun Kumar Basu, Mrinmoyee Negishi, Yuichi Pal, Tarasankar Inorganic Chemistry, 49(19), 8813-8827 (2010)
Electrostatic Field Force Directed Gold Nanowires from Anion Exchange Resin by Sinha, Arun Kumar Basu, Mrinmoyee Sarkar, Sougata Pradhan, Mukul Pal, Tarasankar Langmuir, 26(22), 17419-17426 (2010)
Evolution of Hierarchical Hexagonal Stacked Plates of CuS from Liquid-Liquid Interface and its Photocatalytic Application for Oxidative Degradation of Different Dyes under Indoor Lighting by Basu, Mrinmoyee Sinha, Arun Kumar Pradhan, Mukul Sarkar, Sougata Negishi, Yuichi Govind Pal, Tarasankar Environmental Science & Technology, 44(16), 6313-6318 (2010)
Fabrication of Large-Scale Hierarchical ZnO Hollow Spheroids for Hydrophobicity and Photocatalysis by Sinha, Arun Kumar Basu, Mrinmoyee Pradhan, Mukul Sarkar, Sougata Pal, Tarasankar Chemistry--A European Journal, 16(26), 7865-7874, S (2010)
Fabrication of large-scale hierarchical ZnO hollow spheroids for hydrophobicity and photocatalysis by Sinha Arun Kumar Basu Mrinmoyee Pradhan Mukul Sarkar Sougata Pal Tarasankar Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 16(26), 7865-74 (2010)
Hierarchical Superparamagnetic Magnetite Nanowafers from a Resin-Bound [Fe(bpy)3]2+ Matrix by Basu, Mrinmoyee Sinha, Arun Kumar Sarkar, Sougata Pradhan, Mukul Yusuf, S. M. Negishi, Yuichi Pal, Tarasankar Langmuir, 26(8), 5836-5842 (2010)
High-Yield Synthesis of 1D Rh Nanostructures from Surfactant Mediated Reductive Pathway and their Shape Transformation by Pradhan, Mukul Sarkar, Sougata Sinha, Arun Kumar Basu, Mrinmoyee Pal, Tarasankar Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 114(39), 16129-16142 (2010)
Layer-by-layer deposition of silver/gold nanoparticles for catalytic reduction of nitroaromatics by Jana, Subhra Pande, Surojit Sinha, Arun Kumar Sarkar, Sougata Pradhan, Mukul Basu, Mrinmoyee Negishi, Yuichi Pal, Anjali Pal, Tarasankar Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 10(2), 847-859 (2010)
Ligand-stabilized metal nanoparticles in organic solvent by Nath Sudip Jana Subhra Pradhan Mukul Pal Tarasankar Journal of colloid and interface science, 341(2), 333-52 (2010)
Monoclinic CuO nanoflowers on resin support: recyclable catalyst to obtain perylene compound by Basu, Mrinmoyee Sinha, Arun Kumar Pradhan, Mukul Sarkar, Sougata Pal, Anjali Pal, Tarasankar Chemical Communications (Cambridge, United Kingdom), 46(46), 8785-878 (2010)
Photochemical Green Synthesis of Calcium-Alginate-Stabilized Ag and Au Nanoparticles and Their Catalytic Application to 4-Nitrophenol Reduction by Saha, Sandip Pal, Anjali Kundu, Subrata Basu, Soumen Pal, Tarasankar Langmuir, 26(4), 2885-2893 (2010)
Thermodynamic and Kinetics Aspects of Spherical MnO2 Nanoparticle Synthesis in Isoamyl Alcohol: An Ex Situ Study of Particles to One-Dimensional Shape Transformation by Sinha, Arun Kumar Basu, Mrinmoyee Pradhan, Mukul Sarkar, Sougata Negishi, Yuichi Pal, Tarasankar Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 114(49), 21173-21183 (2010)

Publications: 2009 - 2010

A Green Chemistry Approach for the Synthesis of Flower-like Ag-Doped MnO2 Nanostructures Probed by Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy by Jana, Subhra Pande, Surojit Sinha, Arun Kumar Sarkar, Sougata Pradhan, Mukul Basu, Mrinmoyee Saha, Sandip Pal, Tarasankar Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113(4), 1386-1392 (2009)
Alginate Gel-Mediated Photochemical Growth of Mono- and Bimetallic Gold and Silver Nanoclusters and Their Application to Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering by Saha, Sandip Pal, Anjali Pande, Surojit Sarkar, Sougata Panigrahi, Sudipa Pal, Tarasankar Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113(18), 7553-7560 (2009)
Dopamine molecules on Aucore-Agshell bimetallic nanocolloids: Fourier transform infrared, raman, and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy study aided by density functional theory by Pande, Surojit Jana, Subhra Sinha, Arun Kumar Sarkar, Sougata Basu, Mrinmoyee Pradhan, Mukul Pal, Anjali Chowdhury, Joydeep Pal, Tarasankar Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113(17), 6989-7002 (2009)
Effect of concentration of methanol for the control of particle size and size-dependent SERS studies by Praharaj, Snigdhamayee Jana, Subhra Kundu, Subrata Pande, Surojit Pal, Tarasankar Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 333(2), 699-706 (2009)
Hydroxylation of benzophenone with ammonium phosphomolybdate in the solid state via UV photoactivation by Basu, Mrinmoyee Sarkar, Suresh Pande, Surojit Jana, Subhra Sinha, Arun Kumar Sarkar, Sougata Pradhan, Mukul Pal, Anjali Pal, Tarasankar Chemical Communications (Cambridge, United Kingdom), (46), 7191-7193 (2009)
Ligand-stabilized metal nanoparticles in organic solvent by Nath, Sudip Jana, Subhra Pradhan, Mukul Pal, Tarasankar Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 341(2), 333-352 (2009)
New hydrothermal process for hierarchical TiO2 nanostructures by Sinha, Arun Kumar Jana, Subhra Pande, Surojit Sarkar, Sougata Pradhan, Mukul Basu, Mrinmoyee Saha, Sandip Pal, Anjali Pal, Tarasankar CrystEngComm, 11(7), 1210-1212 (2009)
Photophysical aspects of molecular probes near nanostructured gold surfaces by Ghosh, Sujit Kumar Pal, Tarasankar Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 11(20), 3831-3844 (2009)
Potencies of Aurum metallicum and Colchicum ameliorate adjuvant arthritis in albino rats by Sukul, N. C. Singh, Raj Kumar Pal, Tarasankar Bhattacharyya, A. Sukul, A. Chakravarty, Rathin Environment and Ecology, 27(4B), 2082-2087 (2009)
Resin-Immobilized CuO and Cu Nanocomposites for Alcohol Oxidation. by Pande, Surojit Saha, Arindam Jana, Subhra Sarkar,Sougata Basu, Mrinmoyee Pradhan, Mukul Sinha, Arun Kumar Saha, Sandip Pal, Anjali Pal, Tarasankar Organic Letters, 11(13), 2956 (2009)
Room Temperature Ferromagnetic Ni Nanocrystals: An Efficient Transition Metal Platform for Manifestation of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering by Sarkar, Sougata Pande, Surojit Jana, Subhra Sinha, Arun Kumar Pradhan, Mukul Basu, Mrinmoyee Saha, Sandip Yusuf, S. M. Pal, Tarasankar Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113(15), 6022-6032 (2009)
Solvent effect on the electronic spectra of azine dyes under alkaline condition. by Pal, Tarasankar Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 113(34), 9577 (2009)

Publications: 2008 - 2009

Room Temperature Ferromagnetic Ni Nanocrystals: An Efficient Transition Metal Platform for Manifestation of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering by Sarkar, Sougata; Pande, Surojit; Jana, Subhra; Sinha, Arun Kumar; Pradhan, Mukul; Basu, Mrinmoyee; Saha, Sandip; Yusuf, S. M.; Pal, Tarasankar Journal of Physical Chemistry, 113 (2009)
A Green Chemistry Approach for the Synthesis of Flower-like Ag-Doped MnO2 Nanostructures Probed by Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy by Jana, Subhra; Pande, Surojit; Sinha, Arun Kumar; Sarkar, Sougata; Pradhan, Mukul; Basu, Mrinmoyee; Saha, Sandip; Pal, Tarasankar Journal of Physical Chemistry CJournal of Physical Chemistry C, 113,1386 (2009)
Resin-Immobilized CuO and Cu Nanocomposites for Alcohol Oxidation by Pande, Surojit; Saha, Arindam; Jana, Subhra; Sarkar, Sougata; Basu, Mrinmoyee; Pradhan, Mukul; Sinha, Arun Kumar; Saha, Sandip; Pal, Anjali; Pal, Tarasankar Organic Letters, 10, 5179 (2008)
Exploration of Electrostatic Field Force in Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering: An Experimental Investigation Aided by Density Functional Calculations by Sarkar, Sougata; Pande, Surojit; Jana, Subhra; Sinha, Arun Kumar; Pradhan, Mukul; Basu, Mrinmoyee; Chowdhury, Joydeep; Pal, Tarasankar Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112, 17862 (2008)
Harnessing the mechanism of glutathione reductase for synthesis of active site bound metallic nanoparticles and electrical connection to electrodes by Pal, Anjali; Pal, Tarasankar Chemtracts, 20, 357 (2007)
Gram level synthesis of lead-free solder in the nanometer length scale obtained from tin and silver compounds using silicone oil by Pande, Surojit; Sarkar, Achintya Kumar; Basu, Mrinmoyee; Jana, Subhra; Sinha, Arun Kumar; Sarkar, Sougata; Pradhan, Mukul; Saha, Sandip; Pal, Anjali; Pal, Tarasankar Langmuir, 24, 8991 (2008)
Synthesis of Superparamagnetic β-MnO2 Organosol: a Photocatalyst for the Oxidative Phenol Coupling Reaction by Jana, Subhra; Pande, Surojit; Sinha, Arun Kumar; Pal, Tarasankar Inorganic Chemistry, 47, 5558 (2008)
Arsenic removal household filter for small community by Maji, Sanjoy Kumar; Pal, Anjali; Pal, Tarasankar Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment, 12, 23 (2008)
Controlled Interparticle Spacing for Surface-Modified Gold Nanoparticle Aggregates by Basu, Soumen; Pande, Surojit; Jana, Subhra; Bolisetty, Sreenath; Pal, Tarasankar Langmuir, 24, 5562 (2008)
Interaction of DNA bases with silver nanoparticles: Assembly quantified through SPRS and SERS by Basu, Soumen; Jana, Subhra; Pande, Surojit; Pal, Tarasankar Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 321, 288 (2008)
Adsorption thermodynamics of arsenic on laterite soil by Maji, Sanjoy Kumar; Pal, Anjali; Pal, Tarasankar; Adak, Asok Journal of Surface Science and Technology, 23, 161 (2007)
Nanoparticle-Catalyzed Clock Reaction by Pande, Surojit; Jana, Subhra; Basu, Soumen; Sinha, Arun Kumar; Datta, Ayan; Pal, Tarasankar Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112, 3619 (2008)
Arsenic removal from real-life groundwater by adsorption on laterite soil by Maji, Sanjoy Kumar; Pal, Anjali; Pal, Tarasankar Journal of Hazardous Materials, 151, 811 (2008)
Glutathione- and cysteine-induced transverse overgrowth on gold nanorods by Jana, Subhra; Pal, Tarasankar Chemtracts, 20, 78 (2007)
Tin/indium nanobundle formation from aggregation or growth of nanoparticles by Jiang, Hongjin; Moon, Kyoung-sik; Sun, Yangyang; Wong, C. P.; Hua, Fay; Pal, Tarasankar; Pal, Anjali Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 10, 41 (2008)
Interparticle Coupling Effect on the Surface Plasmon Resonance of Gold Nanoparticles: From Theory to Applications by Ghosh, Sujit Kumar; Pal, Tarasankar Chemical Reviews, 107, 4797 (2007)
Shape-Selective Synthesis, Magnetic Properties, and Catalytic Activity of Single Crystalline β-MnO2 Nanoparticles by Jana, Subhra; Basu, Soumen; Pande, Surojit; Ghosh, Sujit Kumar; Pal, Tarasankar Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 111, 16272 (2007)
Modeling and fixed bed column adsorption of As(V) on laterite soil by Maji, Sanjoy K.; Pal, Anjali; Pal, Tarasankar; Adak, Asok Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A: Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engi, 42, 1585 (2007)
Modeling and fixed bed column adsorption of As(III) on laterite soil by Maji, Sanjoy Kumar; Pal, Anjali; Pal, Tarasankar; Adak, Asok Separation and Purification Technology, 56, 284 (2007)
Biomolecule induced nanoparticle aggregation: Effect of particle size on interparticle coupling by Basu, Soumen; Ghosh, Sujit Kumar; Kundu, Subrata; Panigrahi, Sudipa; Praharaj, Snigdhamayee; Pande, Surojit; Jana, Subhra; Pal, Tarasankar Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 313, 724 (2007)
Anisotropic metal nanoparticles for use as surface-enhanced Raman substrates by Jana, Nikhil R.; Pal, Tarasankar Advanced Materials, 19, 1761 (2007)
Synthesis of Normal and Inverted Gold-Silver Core-Shell Architectures in β-Cyclodextrin and Their Applications in SERS by Pande, Surojit; Ghosh, Sujit Kumar; Praharaj, Snigdhamayee; Panigrahi, Sudipa; Basu, Soumen; Jana, Subhra; Pal, Anjali; Tsukuda, Tatsuya; Pal, Tarasankar Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 111, 10806 (2007)
Synthesis of Plant-Mediated Gold Nanoparticles and Catalytic Role of Biomatrix-Embedded Nanomaterials by Sharma, Nilesh C.; Sahi, Shivendra V.; Nath, Sudip; Parsons, Jason G.; Gardea-Torresdey, Jorge L.; Pal, Tarasankar Environmental Science & Technology, 41, 5137 (2007)
Sorption kinetics of arsenic on laterite soil in aqueous medium by Maji, Sanjoy K.; Pal, Anjali; Pal, Tarasankar; Adak, Asok Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A: Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engi, 42, 989 (2007)
Light-Induced Hydrolysis of Nitriles by Photoproduced α-MnO2 Nanorods on Polystyrene Beads by Jana, Subhra; Praharaj, Snigdhamayee; Panigrahi, Sudipa; Basu, Soumen; Pande, Surojit; Chang, Chien-Hsiang; Pal, Tarasankar Organic Letters, 9, 2191 (2007)
Photochemical evolution of palladium nanoparticles in Triton X-100 and its application as catalyst for degradation of Acridine orange by Nath, Sudip; Praharaj, Snigdhamayee; Panigrahi, Sudipa; Basu, Soumen; Pal, Tarasankar Current Science, 92, 786 (2007)

Publications: 2007 - 2008

Anisotropic growth of gold clusters to gold nanocubes under UV irradiation by Kundu, Subrata Panigrahi, Sudipa Praharaj, Snigdhamayee Basu, Soumen Ghosh, Sujit Kumar Pal, Anjali Pal, Tarasankar Nanotechnology, 18(7), 075712/1-0757 (2007)
Adsorption thermodynamics of arsenic on laterite soil by Maji, Sanjoy Kumar Pal, Anjali Pal, Tarasankar Adak, Asok Journal of Surface Science and Technology, 23(3-4), 161-176 (2007)
Anisotropic metal nanoparticles for use as surface-enhanced Raman substrates by Jana, Nikhil R. Pal, Tarasankar Advanced Materials (Weinheim, Germany), 19(13), 1761-1765 (2007)
Arsenic removal from aqueous solutions by adsorption on laterite soil by Maji, Sanjoy K. Pal, Anjali Pal, Tarasankar Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A: Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engi, 42(4), 453-462 (2007)
Bimetallic nanoparticles: synthesis and characterization by Pal, Tarasankar Pal, Anjali Panigrahi, Sudipa Nanotechnology in Biology and Medicine, 8/1-8/10 (2007)
Biomolecule induced nanoparticle aggregation: Effect of particle size on interparticle coupling by Basu, Soumen Ghosh, Sujit Kumar Kundu, Subrata Panigrahi, Sudipa Praharaj, Snigdhamayee Pande, Surojit Jana, Subhra Pal, Tarasankar Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 313(2), 724-734 (2007)
Effect of bromide and chloride ions for the dissolution of colloidal gold by Praharaj, Snigdhamayee Panigrahi, Sudipa Basu, Soumen Pande, Surojit Jana, Subhra Ghosh, Sujit Kumar Pal, Tarasankar Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, A: Chemistry, 187(2-3), 196-201 (2007)
Glutathione- and cysteine-induced transverse overgrowth on gold nanorods by Jana, Subhra Pal, Tarasankar Chemtracts, 20(2), 78-83 (2007)
Glutathione-induced aggregation of gold nanoparticles: electromagnetic interactions in a closely packed assembly by Basu, Soumen Pal, Tarasankar Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 7(6), 1904-1910 (2007)
. Harnessing the mechanism of glutathione reductase for synthesis of active site bound metallic nanoparticles and electrical connection to electrodes by Pal, Anjali Pal, Tarasankar Chemtracts, 20(9), 357-361 (2007)
Interparticle Coupling Effect on the Surface Plasmon Resonance of Gold Nanoparticles: From Theory to Applications by Ghosh, Sujit Kumar Pal, Tarasankar Chemical Reviews (Washington, DC, United States), 107(11), 4797-4862 (2007)
Light-Induced Hydrolysis of Nitriles by Photoproduced α-MnO2 Nanorods on Polystyrene Beads by Jana, Subhra Praharaj, Snigdhamayee Panigrahi, Sudipa Basu, Soumen Pande, Surojit Chang, Chien-Hsiang Pal, Tarasankar Organic Letters, 9(11), 2191-2193 (2007)
Modeling and fixed bed column adsorption of As(III) on laterite soil by Maji, Sanjoy Kumar Pal, Anjali Pal, Tarasankar Adak, Asok Separation and Purification Technology, 56(3), 284-290 (2007)
Modeling and fixed bed column adsorption of As(V) on laterite soil by Maji, Sanjoy K. Pal, Anjali Pal, Tarasankar Adak, Asok Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A: Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engi, 42(11), 1585-1593 (2007)
Nonaqueous Route for the Synthesis of Copper Organosol from Copper Stearate: An Effective Catalyst for the Synthesis of Octylphenyl Ether by By Panigrahi, Sudipa Kundu, Subrata Basu, Soumen Praharaj, Snigdhamayee Jana, Subhra Pande, Surojit Ghosh, Sujit Kumar Pal, Anjali Pal, Tarasankar Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 111(4), 1612-1619 (2007)
Photochemical evolution of palladium nanoparticles in Triton X-100 and its application as catalyst for degradation of Acridine orange by Nath, Sudip Praharaj, Snigdhamayee Panigrahi, Sudipa Basu, Soumen Pal, Tarasankar Current Science, 92(6), 786-790 (2007)
Shape-Selective Synthesis, Magnetic Properties, and Catalytic Activity of Single Crystalline β-MnO2 Nanoparticles by Jana, Subhra Basu, Soumen Pande, Surojit Ghosh, Sujit Kumar Pal, Tarasankar Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 111(44), 16272-16277 (2007)
Solvent effect on the electronic spectra of azine dyes under alkaline condition by Basu, Soumen Panigrahi, Sudipa Praharaj, Snigdhamayee Ghosh, Sujit Kumar Pande, Surojit Jana, Subhra Pal, Anjali Pal, Tarasankar Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 111(4), 578-583 (2007)
Sorption kinetics of arsenic on laterite soil in aqueous medium by Maji, Sanjoy K. Pal, Anjali Pal, Tarasankar Adak, Asok Asok Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A: Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmenta, 42(7), 989-996 (2007)
Synthesis and Size-Selective Catalysis by Supported Gold Nanoparticles: Study on Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Catalytic Process by Panigrahi, Sudipa Basu, Soumen Praharaj, Snigdhamayee Pande, Surojit Jana, Subhra Pal, Anjali Ghosh, Sujit Kumar Pal, Tarasankar Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 111(12), 4596-4605 (2007)
Synthesis of Normal and Inverted Gold-Silver Core-Shell Architectures in β-Cyclodextrin and Their Applications in SERS by Pande, Surojit Ghosh, Sujit Kumar Praharaj, Snigdhamayee Panigrahi, Sudipa Basu, Soumen Jana, Subhra Pal, Anjali Tsukuda, Tatsuya Pal, Tarasankar Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 111(29), 10806-10813 (2007)
Synthesis of Plant-Mediated Gold Nanoparticles and Catalytic Role of Biomatrix-Embedded Nanomaterials by Sharma, Nilesh C. Sahi, Shivendra V. Nath, Sudip Parsons, Jason G. Gardea-Torresdey, Jorge L. Pal, Tarasankar Environmental Science & Technology, 41(14), 5137-5142 (2007)
Synthesis, characterization and catalytic application of silver nanoshell coated functionalized polystyrene beads by Jana, Subhra Pal, Tarasankar Tarasankar Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 7(6), 2151-2156 (2007)

Publications: 2006 - 2007

Anisotropic metal nanoparticles for use as surface-enhanced Raman substrates by Jana N, R and Pal T Adv. Mater., 19, 1761 (2007)
Synthesis of Normal and Inverted Gold-Silver Core-Shell Architectures in β-Cyclodextrin and Their Applications in SERS by Pande S, Ghosh S, K, Praharaj S, Panigrahi S, Basu S, Jana S, Pal A, Tsukuda T and Pal T J. Phys. Chem. C, 111, 10806 (2007)
Synthesis, characterization and catalytic application of silver nanoshell coated functionalized polystyrene beads by Jana S and Pal T J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol., 7, 2151 (2007)
Glutathione-induced aggregation of gold nanoparticles: electromagnetic interactions in a closely packed assembly by Basu S and Pal T J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol., 7 1904 (2007)
Sorption kinetics of arsenic on laterite soil in aqueous medium by Maji S, Pal A, Pal T and Adak A J. Environ. Sci. and Health, Part A: Toxic/Hazardous Subs. and Environ. Eng., 42, 989 (2007)
Synthesis and characterization of Ag nanoshells by a facile sacrificial template route through in situ replacement reaction by Jana S and Pal T Chemtracts, 19, 306 (2007)
Synthesis of Plant-Mediated Gold Nanoparticles and Catalytic Role of Biomatrix-Embedded Nanomaterials by Sharma N, C, Sahi S, V, Nath S, Parsons J, G, Gardea-Torresdey J, L, and Pal T Environ. Sci. & Technol, 41, 5137 (2007)
Photochemical evolution of palladium nanoparticles in Triton X-100 and its application as catalyst for degradation of acridine orange by Nath S, Praharaj S, Panigrahi S, Basu S, and Pal T Curr. Sci., 92, 786 (2007)
Light-induced hydrolysis of nitriles by photoproduced α-MnO2 nanorods on polystyrene beads by Jana S, Praharaj S, Panigrahi S, Basu S, Pande S, Chang C-H and Pal T Organic Letters, 9, 2191 (2007)
Anisotropic growth of gold clusters to gold nanocubes under UV irradiation by Kundu S, Panigrahi S, Praharaj S, Basu S, Ghosh S K, Pal A and Pal T Nanotechnology, 18 075712/1 (2007)
Arsenic removal from aqueous solutions by adsorption on laterite soil by Maji S K, Pal A and Pal T Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A: Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engi, 42, 453 (2007)
Effect of bromide and chloride ions for the dissolution of colloidal gold by Praharaj S, Panigrahi S, Basu S, Pande S, Jana S, Ghosh S K and Pal T J. Photochem. Photobio. A: Chemistry, 187, 196 (2007)
Bimetallic nanoparticles: synthesis and characterization by Pal T, Pal A and Panigrahi S Nanotechnology in Biology and Medicine, 8/1-8/10 (2007)
Solvent effect on the electronic spectra of azine dyes under alkaline condition by Basu S, Panigrahi S, Praharaj S, Ghosh S K, Pande S, Jana S, Pal A and Pal T J. Phys. Chem. A, 111, 578 (2007)
Dipole-dipole plasmon interactions in self-assembly of gold organosol induced by glutathione by Basu S, Panigrahi S, Praharaj S, Ghosh S K, Pande S, Jana S and Pal T New J. Chem., 30, 1333 (2006)
Nonaqueous Route for the Synthesis of Copper Organosol from Copper Stearate: An Effective Catalyst for the Synthesis of Octylphenyl Ether by Panigrahi S, Kundu S, Basu S, Praharaj S, Jana S, Pande S, Ghosh S K, Pal A and Pal T J. Phys. Chem. C, 111, 1612 (2007)
Thiol-functionalized undecagold clusters by ligand exchange: synthesis, mechanism, and properties by Sarkar A K and Pal T Chemtracts, 19, 180 (2006)
Synthesis and Size-Selective Catalysis by Supported Gold Nanoparticles: Study on by Panigrahi S, Basu S, Praharaj S, Pande S, Jana S, Pal A, Ghosh S K and Pal T J. Phys. Chem. C, 111, 4596 (2006)
Cysteine functionalized copper organosol: synthesis, characterization and catalytic application by Panigrahi S, Praharaj S, Basu S, Ghosh S K, Jana S, Pande S, Vo-Dinh T, Jiang H and Pal T Nanotechnology, 17, 5461 (2006)
Room temperature synthesis of coinage metal (Ag, Cu) chalcogenides by Praharaj S, Nath S, Panigrahi S, Basu S, Ghosh S K, Pande S, Jana S and Pal T Chem. Commun., 36, 3836 (2006)
Synthesis of silver nanoshell-coated cationic polystyrene beads: A solid phase catalyst for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol by Jana S, Ghosh S K, Nath S, Pande S, Praharaj S, Panigrahi S, Basu S, Endo T and Pal T Applied Catalysis A: General, 313, 41 (2006)
Exploitation of Electrostatic Field Force for Immobilization and Catalytic Reduction of o-Nitrobenzoic Acid to Anthranilic Acid on Resin-bound Silver Nanocomposites by Jana S, Pande S, Panigrahi S, Praharaj S, Basu S, Pal A and Pal T Langmuir, 22, 709 (2006)
Self-Assembly of Silver Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Stabilization, Optical Properties, and Application in Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering by Panigrahi S, Praharaj S, Basu S, Ghosh S K, Jana S, Pande S, Vo-Dinh T, Jiang H and Pal T J. Phys. Chem. B, 110, 13436 (2006)
Reduction of methylene blue by thiocyanate: Kinetic and thermodynamic aspects by Pande S, Ghosh S K, Nath S, Praharaj S, Jana S, Panigrahi S, Basu S and Pal T J. Colloid Interface Sc., 299, 421 (2006)
Coinage Metals in the Nanometer Length Scale by Pal, Tarasankar Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 21, 315 (2006)
Hexadecylamine capped silver organosol: a substrate for surface enhanced Raman scattering by Nath S, Praharaj S, Panigrahi S, Kundu S, Ghosh S K, Basu S and Pal T Colloids Surf. A, 274, 145 (2006)
Is Gold Really Softer than Silver? HSAB Principle Revisited by Nath S, Ghosh S K, Kundu S, Praharaj S, Panigrahi S and Pal T J. Nanoparticle Res., 8, 111 (2006)
Layer-by-Layer Deposition of Bimetallic Nanoshells on Functionalized Polystyrene Beads by Praharaj S, Nath S, Panigrahi S, Ghosh S K, Basu S, Pande S, Jana S and Pal T Inorg. Chem, 45, 1439 (2006)
Selective One-pot Synthesis of Copper Nanorods under Surfactantless Condition by Panigrahi S, Kundu S, Ghosh S K, Nath S, Praharaj S, Basu S and Pal T Polyhedron, 25, 263 (2006)

Publications: 2005 - 2006

Exploitation of Electrostatic Field Force for Immobilization and Catalytic Reduction of o-Nitrobenzoic Acid to Anthranilic Acid on Resin-bound Silver Nanocomposites by Subhra Jana, Surojit Pande, Sudipa Panigrahi, Snigdhamayee Praharaj, Soumen Basu, Anjali Pal, and Tarasankar Pal Langmuir, 22, 7091 (2006)
Dipole-dipole plasmon interactions in self-assembly of gold organosol induced by glutathione by Basu, Soumen; Panigrahi, Sudipa; Praharaj, Snigdhamayee; Ghosh, Sujit Kumar; Pande, Surojit; Jana, Subhra; Pal, Tarasankar New Journal of Chemistry, 30, 13 (2006)
Synthesis of silver nanoshell-coated cationic polystyrene beads: A solid phase catalyst for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol. by Jana, Subhra; Ghosh, Sujit Kumar; Nath, Sudip; Pande, Surojit; Praharaj, Snigdhamayee; Panigrahi, Sudipa; Basu, Soumen; Endo, Takeshi; Pal, Tarasankar. Applied Catalysis, A: General, 313, 4 (2006)
Self-Assembly of Silver Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Stabilization, Optical Properties, and Applition in Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering by Panigrahi, Sudipa; Praharaj, Snigdhamayee; Basu, Soumen; Ghosh, Sujit Kumar; Jana, Subhra; Pande, Surojit; Vo-Dinh, Tuan; Jiang, Hongjin; Pal, Tarasankar The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 110, 13436 (2006)
Reduction of methylene blue by thiocyanate: Kinetic and thermodynamic aspects. by Pande, Surojit; Ghosh, Sujit Kumar; Nath, Sudip; Praharaj, Snigdhamayee; Jana, Subhra; Panigrahi, Sudipa; Basu, Soumen; Pal, Tarasankar. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 299, 421 (2006)
Facile light-triggered one-step synthesis of small and stable platinum nanoparticles in an aqueous medium from a b-cyclodextrin host-guest inclusion complex. by Panigrahi, Sudipa; Pal, Tarasankar. Chemtracts, 18, 449 (2005)
Is Gold Really Softer than Silver? HSAB Principle Revisited. by Nath, Sudip; Ghosh, Sujit Kumar; Kundu, Subrata; Praharaj, Snigdhamayee; Panigrahi, Sudipa; Pal, Tarasankar. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 8, 111 (2006)
Growing and full grown coinage metal nanoparticles for catalytic reduction of nitrocompounds in aqueous and micellar environments. by Panigrahi, Sudipa; Pradhan, Narayan; Pal, Anjali; Pal, Tarasankar. Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 58, 971 (2005)
Coinage Metals in the Nanometer Length Scale. by Pal, Tarasankar. Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 21, 315. (2006)
Selective one-pot synthesis of copper nanorods under surfactantless condition. by Panigrahi, Sudipa; Kundu, Subrata; Ghosh, Sujit Kumar; Nath, Sudip; Praharaj, Snigdhamayee; Basu, Soumen; Pal, Tarasankar. Polyhedron, 25, 1263 (2006)
Hexadecylamine capped silver organosol: A substrate for surface enhanced Raman scattering by Nath, Sudip; Praharaj, Snigdhamayee; Panigrahi, Sudipa; Kundu, Subrata; Ghosh, Sujit Kumar; Basu, Soumen; Pal, Tarasankar Colloids and Surfaces, A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 274, 145 (2006)
Layer-by-layer deposition of bimetallic nano shells on functionalized polystyrene beads. by Praharaj, Snigdhamayee; Nath, Sudip; Panigrahi, Sudipa; Ghosh, Sujit Kumar; Basu, Soumen; Pande, Surojit; Jana, Subhra; Pal, Tarasankar. Inorganic Chemistry, 45, 1439 (2006)
Synthesis of CdE (E = S, Se, Te) nanocrystals from cadmium amido alkoxide and alkoxide precursors. by Panigrahi, Sudipa; Pal, Tarasankar. Chemtracts 2005, 18, 112 (2005)
Synthesis, characterization, and optical properties of AuSe nanoalloys. by Nath, Sudip; Pal, Anjali; Ghosh, Sujit Kumar; Praharaj, Snigdhamayee; Panigrahi, Sudipa; Kundu, Subrata; Thundat, Thomas; Pal, Tarasankar. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 5, 1832 (2005)

Some Earlier Publications

Silver Nanoparticle Catalyzed Reduction of Aromatic Nitro Compounds by T. Pal, N. Pradhan, A. Pal Colloids & Surfaces A, 196 PP 247 (2002)
Studies on the Effect of Organized Media and Nanoparticles on the Physical and Chemical Properties of Some Organic and Ino by T. Pal, N. Pradhan, M. Mandal J. Ind. Chem. Soc., 79 PP 14 (2002)
Micelle Bound Redox Dye Marker for Nanogram Level Arsenic Detection Promoted by Nanoparticles by T. Pal, S. Kundu, S. K. Ghosh, M. Mandal New Journal of Chemistry, 26 PP 1081 (2002)
Silver and Gold Nanocluster Catalyzed Reduction of Methylene Blue by Arsine in Micellar Medium by T. Pal, S. Kundu, S. K. Ghosh, N. Pradhan, A. Pal ACE-2002, PP 579 (2002)
Silver Nanoparticle Catalyzed Reduction of Aromatic Nitro Compounds by T. Pal, N. Pradhan, A. Pal Colloids & Surfaces A, 196 PP 247 (2002)
Studies on the Effect of Organized Media and Nanoparticles on the Physical and Chemical Properties of Some Organic and Inorganic Molecules in Solution, by T. Pal, N. Pradhan, M. Mandal J. Ind. Chem. Soc, 79 PP 14 (2002)
Micelle Bound Redox Dye Marker for Nanogram Level Arsenic Detection Promoted by Nanoparticles by T. Pal, S. Kundu, S. K. Ghosh, M. Mandal New Journal of Chemistry, 26 PP 1081 (2002)
Silver and Gold Nanocluster Catalyzed Reduction of Methylene Blue by Arsine in by T. Pal, S. Kundu, S. K. Ghosh, N. Pradhan, A. Pal Micellar Medium, ACE-2002, PP 579 (2002)

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