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Prof. Nilanjan Dey 

Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry

Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Materials, Molecular Recognition, Nanoparticle Research, Photophysical Processes, Responsive Softmaterials, Surfactant Assemblies
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
Hyderabad Campus
Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal
Dist.-Medchal-500 078
Telangana, India

Publications

Citations: 3393; h-index: 35 [on 29-11-2025]

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Publications in peer-reviewed journals as corresponding author: 105

Book chapter contribution: 1

International Conference proceedings: 2

Editorial: 1 (Langmuir), 1 (Chem Asian J)

Journal Publications as Corresponding Author

  1. Subba, A. Pal, S. Jha, N. Dey*, Tuning Intramolecular Charge Transfer in Anthraimidazoledione Frameworks: A Reusable Sensor for Ratiometric Detection of Cu2+ Ions in Aqueous Media and Natural Water Samples, Mater Chem Phys., 2026, 347, 131356.
  2. R. S. Fernandes, and N. Dey, Harnessing PEI-Templated Aggregation of Bisindolyl Methane Derivatives for Dual-Mode Ratiometric Detection of Ascorbic Acid in Fruit Samples and LbL-Assembled Paper Strips, ACS Appl. Polymer Mater. 2026, 10.1021/acsapm.5c01645.
  3. B. Chettri, S. Pise, S. Jha and N. Dey*, Anthraimidazoledione-Based Charge Transfer Probe for Solvent-Guided Selective Detection of S2- and AcO-: A Colorimetric Strategy for Analysis of Fecal Contamination in Toilet Water. Talanta., 2026, 297, 128499.
  4. S. Mondal, S. Paul, N. Dey*, Host Guest-Mediated Modulation of Pyrimidine Charge-Transfer Probes by Cyclodextrin Nanosponges for Aqueous-phase Cyanide Detection, Langmuir., 2025, 41, 26789–26797.
  5. H. V. Barkale, B. Maiti, N. Dey*, Functionalized Pyrimidine Derivatives: Insights from Molecular Dynamics and Predictive Modelling for Melamine Detection in Dairy Products, Mater. Adv., 2025, 6, 6479–6492
  6. A. Pal, S. Mondal, R. Sharma, N. Dey, Trace-level moisture detection in soil and leaves: Integrated machine-learning assisted optical sensing with smart phone enabled digital colorimetry, Mater Today Chem., 2025, 48, 102891.
  7. S. Mondal, B. Maiti, N. Dey, Cationic Bis-Pyrene Probes for Ratiometric Detection of ATP: Assessing Microbial Biomass in Soil Samples, J Mol Liq., 2025, 437, 128391.
  8. H. V. Barkale, A. Narayn, G. Polumati, P. Sahatiya, and N. Dey*, Stimuli-Responsive Reversible Band-Gap Engineering: Application of Oligo(p-phenylenevinylene) Derivatives for Visible-Light-Driven Photodetector Applications, ACS Appl. Electron. Mater. 2025, 7, 6440–6449.
  9. A. Pal, H. V. Barkale and N. Dey*, Dual-Mode Ratiometric ESIPT Probes for Vapor-Phase Detection of a Pulmonary Agent: Leveraging Machine Learning for High-Precision Quantitative Analysis. Chem Asian J., 2025, 20, e202401676.
  10. S. Patil, S. Pise and N. Dey*, Tunelable Charge-Transfer Probes for Environmental Monitoring: Phthalimide-Linked Pyrene-Dione Probes for Ratiometric Sensing of Cu²⁺. J Mol Struct., 2025, 1337, 142103.
  11. S. Patra and N. Dey*, Unravelling Optical Properties and Self-Assembly Behavior of Ciprofloxacin in Ionic Liquid Environments: Probing the Role of Cationic Residues and Counter Anions. Dalton Trans., 2025, 54, 5502-5510.
  12. R. S. Fernandes and N. Dey,* Tuning Fluorescence Properties of BIM Probes via Clay Integration: Targeting Rifampicin with Improved Selectivity, Chem Asian J., 2025, 20, e202401354.
  13. S. Pise, A. Chatterjee, and N. Dey,* Exploring Self-Assembly and Viscoelastic Behavior of Pyrene-Based Fluorescent Hydrogel: Designing Paper Sensors for Water-Soluble Explosives. Eur J Org Chem., 2025, 28, e202401096.
  14. M. Karar, A. Pal, and N. Dey,* Designing smart tunable molecular logic systems: A unified approach on unimolecular platform of Anthraimidazolidione. Inorg Chim Acta., 2025, 587, 122797.
  15. R. S. Fernandes and N. Dey,* Shedding Light on Protein Aggregates by Bisindolyl-Based Fluorogenic Probes: Unveiling Mechanistic Pathways and real-time tracking of protein aggregation.  Biomacromolecules., 2025, 26, 1461–1475.
  16. R. S. Fernandes and N. Dey*, Bioinspired Composite Materials with Amplified Clusteroluminescence: Chmodosimtric Interaction Targeting Hypochlorite in Aqueous Medium. ACS Materials Au, 2025, 2025, 5, 308–319.
  17. M. Karar, S. Pise, and N. Dey,* Primordial Molecular 1-Bit Magnitude Comparator in consort with Excitation-Guided mouldable Logic Systems: A guided design of Regular Interactions between Molecules, Chem Asian J., 2025, 20, e202400843.
  18. S. Pise, I. Ahmad, and N. Dey,* Can Conformational Flexibility Influence the Self-Assembly Behavior and Sensing, Anal. Methods, 2025,17, 1137-1147.
  19. M. Gayathri, R.S. Fernandes, R.R. Awasthi, D. Sriram, N. Dey,* Improved Hg2+ detection with surfactant-assisted self-assembled bisindolyl methane derivatives: A smartphone-enabled digital image analysis. J. Mol. Liq., 2025, 421, 126776
  20. S. Pise and N. Dey,* Modulation in Charge Transfer Characteristics of Flexible Bis-Benzimidazole Probes: Independent Sensing Mechanisms for Hg²⁺ and F⁻. Dalton Trans., 2025,54, 2896-2907.
  21. R. S. Fernandes, N. Gupta, S. Ch, Anamika, A. Himaja, B. Ghosh, B.K. Kuila, and N. Dey*, Engaging Highly fluorescent Conjugated polymer network for Probing Endogenous Hypochlorite in Macrophage Cells: Improved Sensitivity via Signal Amplification. Nanoscale Adv., 2025, 7, 1183-1194.
  22. S. Paul and N. Dey*, Solvent-Assisted Prototopic Switching of Norharmane Along Hydrogen-Bonded Network: Assessing the Precise Length of Network, J Phys Org Chem., 2025, 38, e4678.
  23. A. Pal, I. Ahmad, N. Dey*, Hydrogen-Bond-Assisted Dual-Mode Ratiometric Detection of Uric Acid Using Pyrimidine-Driven Charge Transfer Probes: From Mechanistic Studies to Real-Life Applications. ACS Appl. Bio Mater. 2025, 8, 6, 4699–4706
  24. S. Patra, P. Singh, D. Singh, and N. Dey*, Conformational Stability of α-Lactalbumin and Lysozyme in Ammonium-Based Ionic Liquids: A Comprehensive Insight into Structure–Activity Relationship. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2025, 64, 2543–2552.
  25. A. Tiwari, H. Barkale, N. Harshini, S. Chennareddy, N. Dey,* and S. Kanungo,* Phenylalanine and Tyrosine Interactions with WSe2 Nanosheet- A Comparative Analysis based on DFT Calculation and Experimental Confirmation. J Phys Chem B, 2025,  129, 1769–1778.
  26. S. Mondal and N. Dey*, Comparative Analysis of Monomeric vs. Dimeric Salen Fluorescent Probes: Transition from Turn-On to Ratiometric Response Towards Nerve Gas Agents in Organic to Aqueous Media. Mater. Adv., 2025, 6, 977-991.
  27. H. V. Barkale and N. Dey,* Membrane-Bound Bisindolyl-Based Chromogenic Probes: Analysis of Cyanogenic Glycosides in Agricultural Crops for Possible Remediation, ACS Appl Bio Mater., 2025, 8,189-198.
  28. R. S. Fernandes, S. Paul, M. Klikar, F. Bureš, N. Dey,* Towards portable kits for on-site colorimetric detection of aqueous hydrazine using piperidine-thiophene-barbituric acid push-pull probe. ChemPlusChem., 2025, 90, e202400492.
  29. M. Karar, R. S. Fernandes, S. Saha, and N. Dey, Preeminent Designing of Complementary Ternary TRANSFER and COMPLEMENT alongside excitation Modulated Molecular logic systems. Dalton Trans., 2025, 54, 2439-2447.
  30. N. Dey, Reversible color changing response of Pyrenylated charge-transfer probes towards Hg2+: linker-driven modulation of sensitivity and selectivity. RSC advances, 2025, 15, 9587-9593
  31. S. Mondal and N. Dey,* Exploring Photophysical Properties of Organic Doped Polymeric Aggregates for Detecting Relevant Inorganic Pyrophosphate: A Pathway to Sustainable Development. J. Environ. Chem. Eng., 2024, 12, 114412.
  32. A. Tiwari, V. Adepu, R. S. Fernandes, N. Dey,* P. Sahatiya* and S. Kanungo,* Perylene diimide architecture-based electromechanical sensors: a systematic experimental and theoretical framework for the comparative analysis and study of the transduction mechanism, Mater. Adv., 2024, 5, 9243-9258
  33. R. S. Fernandes, J. Kumari, A. Gangopadhyay, D. Sriram, and N. Dey,* Tailoring bisindolyl methane derivatives for dual applications: Substituent-directed probing of cyanide ions and anti-tubercular activity. J. Mol. Liq. 2024, 410, 125266
  34. R. S. Fernandes, A. Himaja, B. Ghosh, and N. Dey,* Fluorescent TICT probe for Precise Monitoring of Cellular Lipid Droplets. ACS Appl. Bio. Mater., 2024,7, 8248–8260.
  35. R. S. Fernandes, S. Paul, J. Tydlitát, F. Bureš, and N. Dey,* Triphenylamine Based Push-Pull Dyes for Chromogenic Detection of HSO4 Ion in Water: Role of Anion in the Formation of Fluorescent Organic Nanoparticles. J. Org. Chem., 2024,89, 17926–17933.
  36. M. Karar, A, Pal, and N. Dey,* Exploring Time-Dependent and Wavelength-Guided Tuneable binary & Ternary Logic Behaviour of a Charge-Transfer Probe. Anal. Methods, 2024, 16, 7589-7597
  37. R. S. Fernandes, R. Singh, S. Goel, and N. Dey,* Probe Integrated with Laser-Induced Graphene Electrode: Application Towards Multimodal Optoelectrochemical Detection of Cu(II) Ions and its Remediation. J. Mater. Chem C., 2024, 12, 15607-15620
  38. M. Gayathri, H.V. Barkale, D. Sriram, and N. Dey, * Chromogenic probes featuring hydroxyethyl acetate as metal ion binding site: Selective dual-mode response and quantitative analysis of Ag+at micellar interface. Colloids Surf. A Physicochem. Eng. Asp., 2024, 703, 135307.
  39. S. Mondal and N. Dey,* Modulating Fluorescent Responses in Organic-Doped Polyethyleneimine Composites: Impact on Pyrophosphate Detection and Biogenic Phosphate Analysis. ACS Applied Poly. Mater., 2024, 6, 10242–10253
  40. H. V. Barkale and N. Dey,* Selective Sensing of Cyanide Ions: Impact of Molecular Design and Assembly on the Response of π-Conjugated Acylhydrazone Compounds. RSC Advances, 2024, 14, 25108-25114
  41. H. V. Barkale, and N. Dey,* Functionalized Cyanostilbene-based Nano-AIEgens: Multipoint Binding Interactions for Improved Sensing of Gallic Acid in Real-Life Food Samples. J Mater Chem B., 2024, 12, 8746-8756
  42. R. S. Fernandes and N. Dey*, Exploring the Synergistic Effect of Aggregation and Hydrogen Bonding: Fluorescent Probe for Dual sensing of Phytic Acid and Uric Acid, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, 12, 11789-11799.
  43. M. Karar, H. Barkale, S. Vasishtha, and N. Dey,* Designing Unconventional Molecular Ternary INHIBIT Logic Gate and Crafting Multifunctional Molecular Logic Systems. J. Phys. Chem. B 2024, 128, 6684–6692
  44. A. Tiwari, R. S. Fernandes, N. Dey* and S. Kanungo*, Comparative Analysis of the Hydrazine Interaction with Arylene Diimide Derivatives: Complementary Approach Using First Principles Calculation and Experimental Confirmation. Langmuir, 2024, 40, 10966–10979.
  45. S. Mondal, N. Dey*, Polyethyleneimine-Derived fluorescent conjugate for Trace-Level Detection of Multiple Ions via Signal Amplification. J. Photochem. Photobiol., A., 2024, 455, 115686
  46. A. Pal, O. Sarkar, N. Pramanik, and N. Dey*, Design ESIPT-Based Fluorescent Probes for Dual-Mode Sensing of Cyanide: Application to Rapid On-location Detection and Screening of Natural Water Samples. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2024, 63, 8489–8496
  47. S. Mondal, B. Krishna, S. Roy, and N. Dey,* Discerning Toxic Nerve Gas Agents Via Distinguishable ‘Turn-On’ Fluorescence Response: Multi Stimuli Responsive Quinoline Derivatives in-Action. Analyst, 2024, 149, 3097-3107 (Invited cover page)
  48. R. S. Fernandes, S. D. Vasishtha, R. Singh, S. Goel, and N. Dey,* Converging Optical and Electrochemical Detection Strategies for Multimodal Hydrazine Sensing: Insights into Substituent-Driven Diverse Response. Anal Methods, 2024, 16, 2643-2653 (Invited cover page)
  49. Mondal, I. Ahmad, and N. Dey,* Multifaceted Applications of Luminescent Metalloporphyrin Derivatives: Fluorescence Turn-On Sensing of Nicotine and Antimicrobial Activity. ACS Appl. Bio Mater., 2024, 7, 2346–2353
  50. H. V. Barkale, and N. Dey,* Tuning Sensing Efficacy of Oligo(phenylenevinylene) Based Chromogenic Probes: Effect of Alkyl Substituents on Metal Ion Detection at Micelle-Water Interface. Chem Asian J, 2024, 19, e202400058 (Invited publication)
  51. A. Pal, M. Karar, and N. Dey,* Visualizing Anions by Color Changing Response: Exploitation of Pyrimidine-Based Probe for Simultaneous Detection of CN- and F- Ions, J. Mol. Struct., 2024, 1307, 137836
  52. S. Mondal, and N. Dey,* Biogenic Polymer-Based Fluorescent Assemblies: Versatile Platforms for Ultra-Sensitive ATP Detection and Enzyme Assay. Langmuir, 2024, 40, 6163–6171 (Invited publication)
  53. B. Chettri, A. Pal, S. Jha, and N. Dey,* Tuning Sensing Efficacy of Anthraimidazolidione-Based Charge Transfer Dyes: Nitro Group Positioning Impact. Dalton Trans., 2024, 53, 6343-6351
  54. A. Pal, and N. Dey,* A Chromogenic Anthraimidazoldione Probe for Ratiometric Analysis of Hg2+ Exclusively at Mesoscopic Interface: Screening of Real-life Biological Samples. Colloids Surf. A: Physicochem. Eng., 2024, 687, 133397
  55. H. V. Barkale, and N. Dey,* Tailoring Rhodamine Probes: Oxyethylene Chains, Conjugation, and End Substituents in the Quest for Superior Hg2+ Sensing. Asian J Org Chem., 2024, 13, e202300657
  56. R. S. Fernandes, Ch. Sanjay, B. Ghosh, and N. Dey, * Sulfide Induced Concentration Dependent Distinct Optical Response: Unique Chromogenic Probe Developed for Analyzing Fecal contamination in Water and Intracellular Imaging Applications. ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng., 2024, 12, 4922–4932
  57. A. Pal, and N. Dey,* Surfactant-Induced Alterations in Optoelectronic Properties of Perylene Diimide Dyes: Modulating Sensing Responses in the Aqueous Environment. Soft Matter, 2024, 20, 3044-3052 (Invited cover page).
  58. S. Saha, S. Paul, R. Debnath, N. Dey,* and B. Biswas,* AIE Active Fluorescent Organic Nanoparticles based Optical Detection of Cu2+ ion in Pure Water: A Case of Aggregation-disaggregation Reversibility. Anal. Methods, 2024, 16, 1058-1068
  59. S. Mondal and N. Dey, Flexible Metallosalen Complex for Pyrophosphate Sensing in Biological Milieu: Use Disassembly Strategy for Signal Amplification, J. Mol. Liq., 2024, 398, 123914.
  60. R. S. Fernandes and N. Dey, Single-Benzene-Based Fluorophores (SBBFs) with Green Luminescence: Improved Sensitivity towards Cysteine both in Solution and Solid State, Mater. Today, Chem., 2024, 36, 101850.
  61. D. Sunil, R. K Jain, K. Muthamma, R. S. Fernandes and N. Dey,* Pyrene-pyridoxine azine as a functional fluorophore: developing LFPs and formulating security ink, Emergent Mater., 2024, 7, 299–310.
  62. B. Chettri, R. S Fernandes, S. Jha, and N. Dey*, Label-free multimodal analysis of copper ions at below permissible exposure limit in the aqueous medium, Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc., 2024, 308, 123620.
  63. H. V. Barkale and N. Dey, Phenazine-Based Fluorescence Probes for Simultaneous Sensing of Silver and Iodide Ions, J. Mol. Struct., 2024, 1303, 137427.
  64. M. Kumar and N. Dey,* Recent Advances in Designing Colorimetric Probes for Nitrite Ions. Asian J Org Chem., 2024, 13, e202300453.
  65. S. Paul, M. Karar, and N. Dey,* Sequence Specific Optical Recognition of Dual Anions, Fluoride and Bisulfate Ions: An Update, J Mol Liq., 2024, 394, 123524.
  66. M. Karar; S. Mondal, and N. Dey,* Assorted Designing of Molecular Logic Gates and Memory latch functionality Descended from Copper Ions-Triggered Optical Responses., Materials Science & Engineering B, 2024, 299, 116958.
  67. R. S. Fernandes and N. Dey,* Oxidized bis(indolyl)methane derivatives with Diverse Signaling units: Excitation-Dependent Fluorescence Response Towards Heavy Metal Pollutants in Aqueous Medium, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2023, 62, 21536–21545.
  68. R. S. Fernandes, S. Pal, and N. Dey*, Sequence-Specific Relay Recognition of Multiple Anions: An Interplay between Proton Donors and Acceptors, ChemPhysChem., 2023, 24, e202300434.
  69. S. Pal, P. Daga and N. Dey*, Exploring Various Photochemical Processes in Optical Sensing of Pesticides by Luminescent Nanomaterials: A Concise Discussion on Challenges and Recent Advancements, ACS Omega, 2023, 8, 44395–44423.
  70. P. Singh, O. P. Verma, N. Dey,* and D. Singh*, Influence of Counter Anion of Ionic Liquids on the Packaging of Pepsin. J Mol Liq., 2023, 391, 123366.
  71. S. Mondal, H. Barkale and N. Dey*, Detection of Multiple Metal Ions Exclusively at Bilayer Interface: Does the Nature of the Membranous Aggregates Affect the Sensitivity? Colloids Surf. A: Physicochem. Eng., 2023, 677,  132322.
  72. R. S. Fernandes, J. Kumari, D. Sriram and N. Dey*, Fluorescent Nanoassembly of Tetrazole-based Dyes with Amphoteric Surfactants: Investigation of Cyanide Sensing and Antitubercular Activity, ACS Appl. Bio Mater., 2023, 6, 4158–4167.
  73. S. Mondal and N. Dey*, Flexible “V-Shaped” Dibenzimidazole Amphiphile: Metal Ion-Driven Microenvironment-Sensitive Reversible Supramolecular Assembly in Aqueous Medium, Eur J Inorg Chem., 2023, 26, e202300147.
  74. M. Karar and N. Dey*, Integrated Multifunctional Molecular Logic Device Powered by Ion-Specific Dual Mode Optical Responses, Opt. Mater, 2023, 142, 113989.
  75. R. S. Fernandes, A. Tiwari, S. Kanungo* and N. Dey*, Formation of Stable Naphthalenediimide Radical Anion: Substituent-Directed Synergetic Effects of Hydrogen Bonding and Charge Transfer Interactions on Chromogenic Response Towards Hydrazine, J Mol Liq., 2023, 387, 122238.
  76. A. Tiwari, R. S. Fernandes, N. Dey*, and S. Kanungo*, Site-Specific Ammonia Adsorption and Transduction on Naphthalimide Molecule- A Complementary Analysis Involving Ab-initio Calculation and Experimental Verifications, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2023, 25, 17021-17033.
  77. A. Ray Choudhury, N. Dey*, Molecular Amplification as an Affordable Strategy for Trace-Level Detection of Ionic Analytes with Fluorometric or Colorimetric Readout, ChemPhotoChem, 2023, 7, e202200306.
  78. S. Mondal, M. Karar and N. Dey*, Dye-Surfactant Co-Assembly as the Chromogenic Indicator for Nanomolar Level Detection of Cu(I) Ions via Color-changing Response, J Mater Chem B, 2023, 11, 4111-4120.
  79. V. Adepu, M. Tathacharya, R. S Fernandes, A. Tiwari, S. Kanungo*, N. Dey* and P. Sahatiya* Perylene Diimide (PDI) based Flexible Multifunctional Sensor Design for Personal Healthcare Monitoring- A Complementary Approach Involving Experimental and Theoretical Investigations. Adv. Mater. Technol., 2023,  8, 2201633.
  80. S. Paul, S. Mondal and N. Dey*, Improved Analytical Performance of an Amphiphilic Probes Upon Protein Encapsulation: Spectroscopic Investigation along with Computational Rationalization, ACS Appl. Bio Mater., 2023, 6, 1495–1503.
  81. S. Fernandes and N. Dey*, Metal Ion Responsive Bifunctional Bis(indolyl)methane Derivative: Excitation-Triggered Alteration in the Sensing Behavior. Mater. Chem. Phys., 2023, 302,127637.
  82. R. S. Fernandes and N. Dey*, Polarity-Independent Temperature-Induced Reversible Fluorescence Switching of Organic Nanoparticles: Application to Intracellular Temperature Imaging, ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2023, 6, 5168–5176.
  83. R. S. Fernandes and N. Dey*, A Combinatorial Effect of TICT and AIE on Bisulfate Detection using a Pyrenylated Charge-Transfer Luminogen, Mater. Res. Bull., 2023, 163, 112192.
  84. M. Karar, R. S. Fernandes, and N. Dey*, Differential Response for Multiple Ions: Smart Probe to Construct Optically Tuneable Molecular Logic Systems, Analyst, 2023, 148, 1460-1472. (Invited cover page)
  85. S. Paul, A Ray Choudhury, and N. Dey*, Dual Mode Multiple Ions Sensing via Analyte-Specific Modulation of Keto-Enol Tautomerization of an ESIPT Active Pyrene Derivative: Experimental Findings and Computational Rationalization” ACS Omega., 2023, 8, 6349–6360.
  86. N. Dey*, An anthraimidazoledione-based charge transfer probe for dual mode sensing of calcium ions: role of the counter ion in signal improvement, J Mater Chem B, 2023, 11, 1222-1231
  87. B. Chettri, S. Jha, and N. Dey*, Tuning Anion Binding Properties of Bis(indolyl)methane Receptors: Effect of Substitutions on Optical Responses, Spectrochimica Acta Part A, 2023, 287, 121979
  88. B. Chettri, S. Jha, and N. Dey*, Unique CT emission from Aryl Terpyridine Nanoparticles in Aqueous Medium: A Combined Effect of Excited State Hydrogen bonding and Conformational Planarization, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A, 2023, 435, 114210
  89. R. S Fernandes and N. Dey*, “Ion-Specific Bathochromic Shifts: Simultaneous Detection of Multiple Heavy Metal Pollutants via Charge Transfer Interactions. J Mol Liq., 2022, 367, 120369
  90. S. Paul, R. S Fernandes, and N. Dey*, Ppb-Level, Dual Channel Sensing of Cyanide and Bisulfate Ions in Aqueous Medium: Computational Rationalization of Ion-Dependent ICT Mechanism. New J. Chem., 2022, 46, 18973-18983
  91. R. S Fernandes and N. Dey*, Anion Binding studies with Anthraimidazoledione-Based Positional Isomers: A comprehensive Analysis of different Strategies for Improved Selectivity. Talanta, 2022, 250, 123703
  92. R. S Fernandes and N. Dey*, Modulation of Analytical Performance of a Bifunctional Optical Probe at Micelle-water interface: Selective Sensing of Histidine in Biological Fluid. Asian J. Org. Chem., 2022, 11, e202200257
  93. R. S Fernandes and N. Dey*, Synthetic Supramolecular Host for D-(-)-Ribose: Ratiometric Fluorescence Response via Multivalent Lectin-Carbohydrate Interactions. ChemBioChem., 2022, 23, e202200044, (Invited cover page)
  94. N. Dey* and R. S Fernandes, Moisture-Sensitive Ratiometric Color Changing Response: A Useful tool for Precision Farming. ACS J. Agric. Sci. Technol., 2022, 2, 546–554.
  95. S. Jha, N. Kumari, B. Chettri, and N. Dey*, Monitoring Local pH of Membranous Aggregates via Ratiometric Color Changing Response. ChemPhysChem., 2022, 23, e202200208
  96. N. Dey*, A pyrene-based ratiometric probe for nanomolar level detection of glyphosate in food and environmental samples and its application for live-cell imaging. New J. Chem., 2022, 46, 8105-8111.
  97. S Fernandes and N. Dey*, Acyl Hydrazone-Based Reversible Optical Switch for Reporting of Cyanide ion in Industrial Wastewater Samples. J Mol Struct., 2022, 1262, 132968.
  98. N. Dey*, and N. Kumari, Anion-Induced Deprotonation as a Simple Strategy to Improve Analytical Performance of an Amphiphilic Probe at Mesoscopic Interface. Results Chem. 2022, 4, 100248.
  99. N. Dey*, Coordination-Driven Reversible Supramolecular Assembly Formation at Biological pH: Trace- Level Detection of Hg2+and I-Ions in Real Life Samples. Spectrochim. Acta A, 2022, 267, 120447.
  100. N. Dey*, and S. Bhattacharya, Hydrogen Bonding Induced Unique Charge-Transfer Emission from Multichromophoric Polypyridyl Ligands: Ratiometric Probing of Methanol Impurity in Commercial Biofuel.   ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2021, 9, 50, 17078–17084.
  101. S. Jha, and N. Dey*, Differential Chromogenic Response towards F-and H2PO4-: Hydrogen Bonding vs Deprotonation, Chemistry Select, 2021, 6, 9211 – 9216.
  102. N. Dey,*Metal Ion-Responsive Chromogenic Probe for Rapid, On-Location Detection of Foodborne Bacterial Pathogens in Contaminated Food Items. ACS Appl. Bio Mater., 2021, 4, 6893–6902.
  103. N. Dey,*A Simple Strategy for Visual Detection as well as Discrimination of Hg2+ and CH3Hg+ Species Using Fluorescent Nanoaggregates. Dalton Trans., 2021, 50, 12563-12569.
  104. N. Dey*, Use of Biocompatible Natural Product ‘Quinine’ for Naked-Eye Sensing of Sarin-Surrogate both in Solution-State and Vapor Phase. J Mol Liquid, 2021, 321, 114799.
  105. N. Dey*, Naked-Eye Sensing of Phytic Acid at Sub-Nanomolar Level in 100% Water Medium by Charge Transfer Complex Derived from off-the-shelf Ingredients. Analyst, 2020, 145, 4937-4941.

Book Chapter

  1. Synthesis of Functionalized Luminescent Nanomaterials and the Optical Detection and Regulation of Harmful Pesticides (Chapter 4) in book titled as, Engineered Nanomaterials in Food and Drugs: From Laboratory to Market, Edited by Santosh K. Misra, Nishima Wangoo, and Sangeeta Khare
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