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Sahid Research Group

Welcome to NEC Lab
Laboratory of Nanomaterials for Energy and Catalysis

Our Publications

2024

Barhoi, A., Mahto, B., Ali, H., & Hussain, S. (2024). Glutathione-Mediated Synthesis of WO3 Nanostructures with Controllable Morphology/Phase for Energy Storage, Photoconductivity, and Photocatalytic Applications. Langmuir. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c00199

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Mahto, B., Barhoi, A., Ali, H., & Hussain, S. (2024). Deciphering the mechanistic insights of 4-nitrophenol reduction catalyzed by a 1D–2D Bi 2 S 3 nanostructured catalyst. Nanoscale. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4NR00153B

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Mahto, B., Mahanty, B., Hait, S., & Hussain, S. (2024). A review of coal-based carbon and graphene quantum dots: synthesis, properties, and applications. Materials Science and Engineering: B, 304, 117386. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2024.117386

2023

Ali, H., Mahto, B., Barhoi, A., & Hussain, S. (2023). Visible light-driven photocatalytic thiol–ene/yne reactions using anisotropic 1D Bi 2 S 3 nanorods: a green synthetic approach. Nanoscale, 15(35), 14551-14563. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NR02889E

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Barhoi, A., Khan, A. A., Mahto, B., Bisoyi, A., & Hussain, S. (2023). Chelating Agent‐Assisted‐Bi2WO6 Nanostructured Materials for Electron Transfer‐Driven Ultrafast Catalytic Reduction of Organic and Inorganic Contaminants. ChemNanoMat, 9(10), e202300181. https://doi.org/10.1002/cnma.202300181

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Mahto, B., Khan, A. A., Barhoi, A., & Hussain, S. (2023). Hierarchical Cu3BiS3 Nanostructures with Thermally Controlled Morphology for Photoconductive, Photothermal, and Catalytic Applications. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 6(8), 6784-6797. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.3c00496

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Chowdhury, A., Mahto, B., Kumari, S., Khan, A. A., & Hussain, S. (2023). Quaternary Fe-Ni-Co-S nanostructures: Unprecedented removal capacity of congo red and toxic metal ions. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 11(1), 109199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2022.109199

Past years

1.Saawarn, B., Mahanty, B., Hait, S., & Hussain, S. (2022). Sources, occurrence, and treatment techniques of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in aqueous matrices: A comprehensive review. Environmental Research, 214, 114004.2.Rao, M. S., & Hussain, S. (2022).

2.LUDOX HS-40 Catalyzed Pot, Atom and Step Economic (PASE) Synthesis of Pyran Annulated Heterocyclic Scaffolds. Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds, 42(6), 3724-3735.

3.Hoque, A., Islam, M. S., Khan, M. A., Ghosh, S., Sekh, M. A., Hussain, S., & Alam, M. A. (2022). Biphenyl-containing amido Schiff base derivative as a turn-on fluorescent chemosensor for Al 3+ and Zn 2+ ions. New Journal of Chemistry, 46(33), 16025-16034.

4.Chowdhury, A., Kumari, S., Khan, A. A., & Hussain, S. (2021). Synthesis of mixed phase crystalline CoNi2S4 nanomaterial and selective mechanism for adsorption of Congo red from aqueous solution. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 9(6), 106554.

5. Rao, M. S., & Hussain, S. (2021). TEMPO-mediated aerobic oxidative synthesis of 2-aryl benzoxazoles via ring-opening of benzoxazoles with benzylamines. Synthetic Communications, 51(17), 2684-2694.6

6. Kumari, S., Chowdhury, A., Khan, A. A., & Hussain, S. (2021). Controlled surface functionalization of Ni-S nanostructures for pH-responsive selective and superior pollutants adsorption. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 415, 125750.

7. Rao, M. S., & Hussain, S. (2021). DABCO-mediated decarboxylative cyclization of isatoic anhydride with aroyl/heteroaroyl/alkoylacetonitriles under microwave conditions: Strategy for the synthesis of substituted 4-quinolones. Tetrahedron Letters, 76, 153187.

8. Rao, M. S., & Hussain, S. (2021). One-Pot, Borax-mediated synthesis of structurally diverse N, S-heterocycles in water. Tetrahedron Letters, 74, 153159.

9. Khan, A. A., Molla, A., Chowdhury, A., Kumari, S., & Hussain, S. (2021). Surface-charge-controlled synthesis of ZnIn2S4 nanosheet-based materials for selective adsorption of organic dyes. Acs Applied Nano Materials, 4(4), 4114-4128.10.

10. Bhakta, A. K., Kumari, S., Hussain, S., Belkhiri, S., Lo, M., Mascarenhas, R. J., ... & Mekhalif, Z. (2021). Simultaneous formation of CuO nanoflowers and semi-spherical nanoparticles onto MWCNT surface. Emergent Materials, 4, 403-411.

11. Chowdhury, A., Kumari, S., Khan, A. A., Chandra, M. R., & Hussain, S. (2021). Activated carbon loaded with Ni-Co-S nanoparticle for superior adsorption capacity of antibiotics and dye from wastewater: kinetics and isotherms. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 611, 125868.

12. Sharma, P., Sarma, P., Frontera, A., Hussain, S., Verma, A. K., & Bhattacharyya, M. K. (2021). Energetically significant anti-parallel π-stacking and unconventional anion-π interactions in phenanthroline based Ni (II) and Cu (II) coordination compounds: Antiproliferative evaluation and theoretical studies. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 516, 120082.

13. Das, A., Sharma, P., Frontera, A., Verma, A. K., Barcelo-Oliver, M., Hussain, S., & Bhattacharyya, M. K. (2021). Energetically significant nitrile⋯ nitrile and unconventional C–H⋯ π (nitrile) interactions in pyridine based Ni (II) and Zn (II) coordination compounds: Antiproliferative evaluation and theoretical studies. Journal of Molecular Structure, 1223, 129246.

14. Das, A., Sharma, P., Frontera, A., Barcelo-Oliver, M., Verma, A. K., Ahmed, R. S., ... & Bhattacharyya, M. K. (2021). Supramolecular assemblies involving biologically relevant antiparallel π-stacking and unconventional solvent driven structural topology in maleato and fumarato bridged Zn (ii) coordination polymers: antiproliferative evaluation and theoretical studies. New Journal of Chemistry, 45(29), 13040-13055.

15. Sharma, P., Nath, H., Frontera, A., Barcelo-Oliver, M., Verma, A. K., Hussain, S., & Bhattacharyya, M. K. (2021). Biologically relevant unusual cooperative assemblies and fascinating infinite crown-like supramolecular nitrate–water hosts involving guest complex cations in bipyridine and phenanthroline-based Cu (ii) coordination compounds: Antiproliferative evaluation and theoretical studies. New Journal of Chemistry, 45(18), 8269-8282.

16. Kumar, B., Rao, M. S., Kumar, P., Hussain, S., & Das, S. (2020). Spectrophotometric investigation of 5-nitroso-6-aminouracil and its methyl derivative in methanol by selective complexation with bivalent metal ions. Journal of Molecular Structure, 1221, 128827.

17. Bhakta, A. K., Kumari, S., Hussain, S., Mascarenhas, R. J., Martis, P., Delhalle, J., & Mekhalif, Z. (2020). Lanthanum hydroxide nanoparticles/multi-wall carbon nanotubes nanocomposites. In Advanced Materials for Defense: Development, Analysis and Applications (pp. 25-34). Springer International Publishing.

18. A. A. Khan, A. Chowdhury, S. Kumari and Sahid Hussain, “A Facile Soft-Template-Morphology-Controlled (STMC) Synthesis of ZnIn2S4 Nanostructures and Excellent Morphology Dependent Adsorption Properties” J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, DOI: 10.1039/C9TA11800D.19.https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/ta/c9ta11800d#!divAbstract

19. S. Kumari, A. A. Khan, A. Chowdhury, A. K. Bhakta, Z. Mekhalif and Sahid Hussain, “Efficient and highly selective adsorption of cationic dyes and removal of ciprofloxacin antibiotic by surface modified nickel sulfide nanomaterials: Kinetics, isotherm and adsorption mechanism” Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2020, 586, 124264.20.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927775719312592 A.

20. Chowdhury, S. Kumari, A. A. Khan, Sahid Hussain, “Selective removal of anionic dyes with exceptionally high adsorption capacity and removal of dichromate (Cr2O72-) anion using Ni-Co-S/CTAB nanocomposites and its adsorption mechanism” Journal Hazardous Materials, 2020, 385, 121602.21.https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1aHOK15DSlDZ5e

21. K. Bhakta, S. Kumari, Sahid Hussain, S. Detriche, J. Delhalle and Z Mekhalif, “Differently substituted aniline functionalized MWCNTs to anchor oxides of Bi and Ni nanoparticles” Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry, 2019, 9 (4), 299-314.22.https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40097-019-00319-8

22. Mugada Sugunakara Rao, Subhankar Sarkar and Sahid Hussain, “Microwave-assisted synthesis of 3-aminoarylquinolines from 2-nitrobenzaldehyde and indole via SnCl2-mediated reduction and facile indole ring opening” Tetrahedron Letters, 2019, 60, 1221-122523.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040403919302643

23. A. Chowdhury, S. Kumari, A. A. Khan, Sahid Hussain, “Superadsorbent Ni–Co–S/SDS Nanocomposites for Ultrahigh Removal of Cationic, Anionic Organic Dyes and Toxic Metal Ions: Kinetics, Isotherm and Adsorption Mechanism” ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2019, 7, 4165-4176.24.https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b05775

24. R Paul, A Arya, R Laha, VR Dantham, Sahid Hussain, “Plasmon-enhanced fluorescence in nanomolar dye solution using combination of core-shell nanostructures of various shell thicknesses” Journal of Luminescence, 2019, 205, 451-456.25.

25. Arvind K. Bhakta, Sunita Kumari, Sahid Hussain, Praveen Martis, Ronald J. Mascarenhas, Joseph Delhalle, Zineb Mekhalif “Synthesis and characterization of maghemite nanocrystals decorated multi-wall carbon nanotubes for methylene blue dye removal” J. Mater. Sci., 2019, 54, 200-216.26.

26. Aniruddha Molla, Subham Ranjan, Mugada Sugunakara Rao, Arif Hassan Dar, Mousumi Shyam, Venkatesan Jayaprakash, Sahid Hussain “Borax Catalysed Domino Synthesis of Highly Functionalised Spirooxidation and Chromenopyridine Derivatives: X-ray structure, Hirshfeld Surface Analysis and Molecular Docking Studies” Chemistry Select 2018, 3, 8669 – 8677.27.

27. Afaq Ahmad Khan, Sunita Kumari, Arif Chowdhury and Sahid Hussain “Phase Tuned Originated Dual Properties of Cobalt Sulfide Nanostructures as Photocatalyst and Adsorbent for Removal of Dye Pollutants” ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2018, 1, 3474-348528.https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acsanm.8b00656

28. M. Musawwer Khan, Saigal Sarfaraz Khan, Sumbulunnisan Shareef and Sahid Hussain “A Facile and Green Approach for One‐Pot Synthesis of Functionalized Chromeno[3, 4-b]quinolines and Spiro Chromeno[3, 4-b]quinolines by Using Molecular Iodine as a Catalyst” Chemistry Select 2018, 3, 2261 – 2266.29.https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/slct.201702810

29. Arvind K. Bhakta, Simon Detriche, Sunita Kumari, Sahid Hussain, Praveen Martis, Ronald J. Mascarenhas, Joseph Delhalle and Zineb Mekhalif “Multi-wall Carbon Nanotubes Decorated with Bismuth Oxide Nanocrystals Using Infrared Irradiation and Diazonium Chemistry” J. Inorg. Organomet. Pol. and Mater. 2018, 28, 1402-1413.30.https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10904-018-0800-4

30. M Naqi Ahamad, Farasha Sama, Muhammad Nadeem Akhtar, Yan-Cong Chen, Ming-Liang Tong, Musheer Ahmad, M Shahid, Sahid Hussain, Kulsum Khan “A disc-like Co 7 cluster with a solvent dependent catecholase activity” New J. Chem., 2017, 41, 14057-14061..31.http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/nj/c7nj00761b#!divAbstract

31. Afaq Ahmad Khan, Manish Kumar, Kulsum Khan, Aniruddha Molla and Sahid Hussain “Photoinduced Oxygen Prompted Iron-Iron Oxide Catalyzed Clock Reaction: Mimic of Blue Bottle Experiment” New J. Chem., 2017, 41, 6420-6426.32.http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/nj/c7nj00761b#!divAbstract

32. S. Mukherjee, M. Chattopadhyay, S. Bhattacharya, S. Bhattacharya, T. K. Maity, S. Dasgupta, Sahid Hussain, S. K. Bharadwaj, D. Talukdar, M. K. Chaudhuri, A. Usmani, B. S. Pradhan, S. S. Majumdar, P. Chattopadhyay and S. Mukhopadhyay "A small inulinomimetic molecule also improves insulin sensitivity in dibetic mice" PLOS ONE, 2017, 12(1), e0169809.33.http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0169809

33. Aniruddha Molla, Meenakshi Sahu and Sahid Hussain "Synthesis of Tunable Band Gap Semiconductor Nickel Sulphide Nanoparticles: Rapid and Round the Clock Degradation of Organic Dyes" Scientific Reports, 2016, 6, 26034.

34. S. Singh, P. Jha, V. Singh, K. Sinha, Sahid Hussain, M. K Singh, Prolay Das “A quantum dot–MUC1 aptamer conjugate for targeted delivery of protoporphyrin IX and specific photokilling of cancer cells through ROS generation” Integr. Biol., 2016, 8, 1040-1048.

35. Aniruddha Molla and Sahid Hussain, "Base free synthesis of iron oxide supported on boron nitride for the construction of highly functionalized pyrans and spirooxindoles" RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 5491–5502.

36. Seema Singh, Rina Kumari, Anirban Chakraborty, Sahid Hussain, Manoj K. Singh and Prolay Das, "Melamine-DNA Encoded Periodicity of Quantum dot Arrays" J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2016, 461, 45–49.36.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021979715301594 Aniruddha Molla Meenakshi Sahu and Sahid Hussain, “Under dark and visible light: fast degradation of methylene blue in presence of Ag-In-Ni-S nanocomposites" J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015, 3, 15616–15625.

37. Aniruddha Molla Meenakshi Sahu and Sahid Hussain, “Soft template mediated synthesis of Bi–In–Zn–S and its efficient visible-light-driven decomposition of methylene blue” RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 41941 - 41948.

38. Seema Singh, Anirban Chakraborty, Vandana Singh, Aniruddha Molla, Sahid Hussain, Manoj K. Singh and Prolay Das, “DNA mediated assembly of quantum dot–protoporphyrin IX FRET probes and the effect of FRET efficiency on ROS generation” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015, 17, 5973-5981.

39. Aniruddha Molla, Sahid Hussain “Borax catalyzed domino reactions: synthesis of highly functionalised pyridines, dienes, anilines and dihydropyrano[3,2-c] chromenes”, RSC Adv. 2014, 4, 29750–29758.

40. M. S. H. Faizi and Sahid Hussain “Dichlorido¬(N,N-diethyl-4-{[(quinolin-2-yl)meth -yl¬idene]amino-ĸ2N,N'}aniline) mercury(II)”, Acta Cryst. E, 2014, E70, m197.41.http://journals.iucr.org/e/issues/2014/06/00/zs2295/index.html

41. Aniruddha Molla, Ezaz Hossain and Sahid Hussain “Multicomponent Domino Reactions: Borax Catalyzed Synthesis of Highly Functionalised Pyran-annulated Heterocycles”, RSC Adv. 2013, 3, 21517-21523.

42. Aniruddha Molla and Sahid Hussain “An Expedient Synthesis of b-Acetamido and Benzamidocarbonyl Compounds via KAl(SO4)2•12H2O-catalyzed Three-component Coupling Reaction” Org. Prep. Proc. Int. 2013, 45, 494-503.43.http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00304948.2013.834788

43. Aniruddha Molla and Sahid Hussain ‘Boron Nitride: An Efficient Reusable Heterogeneous Catalyst for Hetero-Michael Reactions under Solvent-Free ConditionCurr. Catal.2, 88 – 95.

44. Sahid Hussain, Dhrubajyoti Talukdar, Saitanya K. Bharadwaj, Mihir K. Chaudhuri, ‘VO2F(dmpz)2: a new catalyst for selective oxidation of organic sulfides to sulfoxides with H2O2’ Tetrahedron Lett. 2012, 53, 6512-6515.

45. Sahid Hussain, Nayoun Won, Jutaek Nam, Jiwon Bang, Hyokyun Chung, Sungjee Kim, `One-Pot Fabrication of High-Quality InP/ZnS (Core/Shell) Quantum Dots and Their Application to Cellular Imaging- ChemPhysChem, 2009, 10, 1466-1470.

46. Sahid Hussain, Saitanya K. Bharadwaj, Ravindra Pandey, Mihir K. Chaudhuri, `Borax-Catalyzed and pH-Controlled Selective Oxidation of Organic Sulfides by H2O2: An Environmentally Clean Protocol Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2009, 3319-3322.

47. Saitanya K. Bharadwaj, Susanda N. Sharma, Sahid Hussain, Mihir K. Chaudhuri, `Chemoselective sulfoxidation by H2O2 or HNO3 using a phosphate impregnated titania catalyst Tetrahedron Lett. 2009, 50, 3767-3771.

48. Saitanya K. Bharadwaj, Sahid Hussain, Manoranjan Kar and Mihir K. Chaudhuri, `Acid Phosphate impregnated Titania Catalyzed Nitration of Aromatic Compounds with Nitric Acid Appl. Catal. A: General, 2008, 343, 62-67.

49. Saitanya K. Bharadwaj, Sahid Hussain, Manoranjan Kar and Mihir K. Chaudhuri, `Al (H2PO4)3: An efficient catalyst for nitration of organic compounds with nitric acid Catal. Commun, 2008, 9, 919-923.

50. Sahid Hussain, Gopal Das and Mihir K. Chaudhuri, `Intermolecular hydrogen bonded and self-assembled β pleated sheet structures of β sulfidocarbonyls J. Mol. Structure, 2007, 837, 190-196.

51. Mihir K. Chaudhuri and Sahid Hussain, `Boric acid catalysed thia-Michael reactions in water or alcohols J. Mol.Catal. A: Chemical 2007, 269, 214-217.

52. Sahid Hussain, Saitanya K. Bharadwaj, Mihir K. Chaudhuri and Harjyoti Kalita, `Borax as an efficient metal-free catalyst for hetero-Michael reactions in aqueous medium Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2007, 374-378.

53. Mihir K. Chaudhuri, Sanjay K. Dehury, Sahid Hussain, Ankur Duarah and Nayanmoni Gogoi, `The selective solid-phase oxidation of alcohols and other organic substrates by 3,5-dimethylpyrazolium fluorochromate Org. Prep. Proc. Int. 2006, 38, 331-336.

54. Mihir K. Chaudhuri and Sahid Hussain, `An efficient synthesis of quinolines under solvent-free conditions J. Chem Sci. 2006, 118, 199-202.

55. Mihir K. Chaudhuri, Sahid Hussain, M. Lakshmi Kantam and B. Neelima, `Boric acid: A novel and safer catalyst for aza-Michael reaction in water Tetrahedron Lett. 2005, 46, 8329-8331.

56. Mihir K. Chaudhuri, Sanjay K. Dehury, Sahid Hussain, Ankur Duarah, Nayanmoni Gogoi and M. Lakshmi Kantam, `3,5-Dimethylpyrazolium Fluorochromate(VI)-catalysed oxidation of organic substrates by hydrogen peroxide under solvent-free conditions Adv. Synth. Catal.2005, 347, 1349-1352.

57. Mihir K. Chaudhuri, Sanjay K. Dehury and Sahid Hussain, `Barbier coupling in water: SnCl2-mediated and Co(acac)2-catalyzed allylation of carbonyls Tetrahedron Lett. 2005, 46, 6247-6251.

58. M. Lakshmi Kantam, V. Neeraja, B. Kavita, B. Neelima, Mihir K. Chaudhuri and Sahid Hussain, `Cu(acac)2 immobilized in ionic liquids: A recoverable and reusable catalytic system for aza-Michael Reactions Adv. Synth. Catal. 2005, 347, 763 -766.

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