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Department of Chemistry

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Dr Sourav Bej

Assistant Professor,Chemistry

Employee Code : 202506161101

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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
Academic Degree Subject University Address of the University Rank/ Medals
Ph.D. Chemical Sciences Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
M.Sc. Chemistry Presidency University, Kolkata 86, 1, College St, Calcutta University, College Square, Kolkata, West Bengal 700073
B.Sc. Chemistry Presidency University, Kolkata 86, 1, College St, Calcutta University, College Square, Kolkata, West Bengal 700073
Eligibility Details
Category Subject Status
GATE Chemistry Cleared
PhD Details
Title of Thesis University / Institution University Address Date of Registration Date of Completion Details of papers published (Enter the total number of papers published / under process as part of Phd) Current Status
Design and synthesis of supramolecular assembly as sensory receptor for detection of neutral and lethal anionic contaminants CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur & Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) AcSIR Headquarters CSIR-HRDC Campus, Postal Staff College Area, Sector 19, Kamla Nehru Nagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh 201002 13-08-2018 12-07-2022 25 Awarded
Post Doc Details
Institution Name Institution Address Start Date End Date Subject Outcome
Seoul National University of Science and Technology, South Korea 232 Gongneung-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul, South Korea 01-03-2024 31-05-2025 Materials Science, Inorganic Chemistry and Supramolecular Chemistry 2 Nos of First Authored SCI Journals
Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China 07-08-2023 18-02-2024 Materials Science 2 Nos First authored SCI Publications
Book Chapter Published
Article Title Book title Book editor Article pages No of Chapters Year ISBN Publisher Details
Design and Synthesis of New Ruthenium Coordination Complex as Efficient Dye in DSSC Like Alternative Energy Resources With a Bird’s Eye View on Strategies Towards GHGs Mitigation Encyclopedia of Renewable and Sustainable Materials Saleem Hashmi and Imtiaz Ahmed Choudhury 16 1 2025 9780128131961 Elsevier
Application of Surface Modified Carbon Nanotubes for Water Purification Surface Modified Carbon Nanotubes Volume 2: Industrial Applications Jeenat Aslam, Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain, Ruby Aslam 71-99 1 2025 9780841297470 ACS
Strategic advancement of exploiting metal organic frameworks for chromo-fluorogenic detection and detoxification of neurotoxic nerve agents via catalytic hydrolysis @ Sustainable Technology of the National Interest Comprehensive Materials Processing (Second Edition) Saleem Hashmi 162-174 1 2024 978-0-323-96021-2 Elsevier
Application of Optical Nanoprobes for Supramolecular Biosensing Recent Trends and Future Perspectives Inamuddin, Tariq Altalhi 267-326 1 2023 9781394167135 Wiley
Chapter 17 - Chemosensing technology for rapid detection of emerging contaminants Emerging Contaminants in the Environment Hemen Sarma, Delfina C. Dominguez, Wen-yee Lee 407-464 1 2022 978-0-323-85160-2 Elsevier
Effluent Water Treatment: A Potential Way Out Towards Conservation of Fresh Water in India Recent Trends in Waste Water Treatment and Water Resources Management Sadhan Kumar Ghosh, Papita Das Saha, Maria Francesco Di 14 1 2020 978-981-15-0705-2 Springer Singapore
Publications
Title Journal Name Year DOI/URL Your authorial position How many authors Clarivate IF
Discerning Detection of Mutagenic Biopollutant TNP from Water and Soil Samples with Transition Metal-Containing Luminescence Metal–Organic Frameworks ACS Omega 2025 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsomega.0c01194 2nd 5 4.3
State-of-the-art progress and prospect of metal-organic frameworks and composites for photoelectrochemical amino-drugs sensing Environmental Research 2025 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2025.120946 1st 2 7.7
Amine-substituent induced highly selective and rapid “turn-on” detection of carcinogenic 1,4- dioxane from purely aqueous and vapour phase with novel post-synthetically modified d10-MOFs Dalton Transactions 2025 https://doi.org/10.1039/D1DT03976H 2nd 6 3.3
A de novo strategy for the development of a ZnII–organic framework based luminescent “switch-on” assay for size-exclusive sensitization of the oxidised form of glutathione (GSSG) over the reduced form (GSH): insights into the sensing mechanism through DFT CrystEngComm 2025 https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CE01600A 1st 5 2.6
Exploratory studies of a multidimensionally talented simple MnII-based porous network: selective “turn-on” recognition @ cysteine over homocysteine with an indication of cystinuria and renal dysfunction New J. Chem. 2025 https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NJ02265A 1st 6 2.5
Anchoring ZnII-Coordination Polymers on Electrospun Cellulose Carbon Fibers for RET–PET Controllable Detection of Vitamin B12 and Furazolidone: Insights from Experiments and Theory ACS Applied Electronic Materials 2025 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsaelm.5c00161 1st 4 4.7
Is Ammonia the Fuel of Future? Direct Ammonia Fuel Cell (DAFC) as an Alternative Energy Infrastructure Small 2025 https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202503733 Other 5 12.1
Effect of Anion-Directed Structural Tuning of Triazole-Containing Ag(I) Coordination Polymers for “Turn-on” Sensing of the Disulfide (?S–S?) Amino Acid over the Monosulfide (?SH) Form: Experiments and DFT Corroboration Inorganic Chemistry 2024 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c02790 1st 7 4.7
Conjoining the benefits of an additional phenyl ring in a simple benzophenone hydrazone-based platform @ discriminatory recognition of F? over CN? with quantitation of aqueous Cu2+: New tricks for an old dog Journal of Molecular Liquids 2024 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2024.125781 1st 4 5.2
Molecular sieving of L-arginine over L-lysine by ?-Hydroxy acid functionalized ZnII-luminescent framework from aqueous medium and other biofluids: Experimental and DFT corroboration with logic gate construction Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 2024 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2023.115152 2nd and equal contribution 6 4.7
Upconversion and downshifting of the luminescence of reticular lanthanide metal-organic frameworks for biomarker signalling: Where do we stand in 2024? Coordination Chemistry Reviews 2024 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2024.215862 1st 5 23.5
Recent advancements of metal–organic frameworks in sensing platforms: relevance in the welfare of the environment and the medical sciences with regard to cancer and SARS-CoV-2 Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2023 https://doi.org/10.1039/D2TA07938K 2nd and equal contribution 5 9.5
Metal-organic frameworks/cellulose hybrids with their modern technological implementation towards water treatment Environmental Pollution 2023 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121278 1st 4 7.3
Insights into the uses of two azine decorated d10-MOFs for corrosion inhibition application on mild steel surface in saline medium: Experimental as well as theoretical investigation Journal of Molecular Liquids 2023 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2023.121789 2nd 3 5.2
Anion-directed structural tuning of two azomethine-derived Zn2+ complexes with optoelectronic recognition of Cu2+ in aqueous medium with anti-cancer activities: from micromolar to femtomolar sensitivity with DFT revelation Dalton Transactions 2023 https://doi.org/10.1039/D3DT01901B 2nd and equal contribution 9 3.3
Selective colorimetric detection of Cyanide from Agro products and blood plasma by a bio-active Cu(II) complex of azophenine derivative: A potential tool for autopsy investigation Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 2022 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.130022 Other 6 5.4
Recent progress in 0D optical nanoprobes for applications in the sensing of (bio)analytes with the prospect of global health monitoring and detailed mechanistic insights Mater. Adv. 2022 https://doi.org/10.1039/D2MA00238H 2nd 6 4.7
“Caught in the Act” @ disruption of A-ET-E process in the recognition of F? by a lamellar EuIII-MOF in heterogeneous manner with logic gate construction: From protagonist idea to implementation world Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 2022 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2022.121764 1st 2 4.6
Evaluation of nanomaterials-grafted enzymes for application in contaminants degradation: Need of the hour with proposed IoT synchronized nanosensor fit sustainable clean water technology in en masse Journal of the Indian Chemical Society 2022 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jics.2022.100429 1st 4 3.4
A new phosphonate based Mn-MOF in recognising arginine over lysine in aqueous medium and other bio-fluids with “Sepsis” disease remediation Chemical Engineering Journal 2022 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.136916 2nd 5 13.2
Knoevenagel condensation triggered synthesis of dual-channel oxene based chemosensor: Discriminative spectrophotometric recognition of F?, CN– and HSO4? with breast cancer cell imaging, real sample analysis and molecular keypad lock applications Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 2022 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2022.120989 1st 6 4.6
Selective recognition of ammonia and aliphatic amines by C-N fused phenazine derivative: A hydrogel based smartphone assisted ‘opto-electronic nose’ for food spoilage evaluation with potent anti-counterfeiting activity and a potential prostate cancer biomarker sensor Analytica Chimica Acta 2022 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2022.339597 2nd 4 6.0
Unveiling Role of Metals in Mononuclear Metal-Complexes for Chemodosimetric Detection of S2? from aqueous medium: Experimental and DFT Corroboration with Real-Field Application ChemistrySelect 2022 https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202200307 2nd and equal contribution 4 2
Solvothermal Synthesis of High-Performance d10-MOFs with Hydrogel Membranes @ “Turn-On” Monitoring of Formaldehyde in Solution and Vapor Phase ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.1c05998 1st 5 8.2
Trace-Level Humidity Sensing from Commercial Organic Solvents and Food Products by an AIE/ESIPT-Triggered Piezochromic Luminogen and ppb-Level “OFF–ON–OFF” Sensing of Cu2+: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Outcome ACS Omega 2021 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsomega.1c00565 2nd 4 4.3
Stimuli-responsive discriminative detection of Cu2+ and Hg2+ with concurrent sensing of S2- from aqueous medium and bio-fluids by Csingle bondN fused azophenine functionalized “smart” hydrogel assay @A potential biomarker sensor for Wilson’s disease Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 2021 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2021.129925 2nd 6 7.7
Novel Nanoporous Ti-Phosphonate Metal–Organic Framework for Selective Sensing of 2,4,6-Trinitrophenol and a Promising Electrode in an Energy Storage Device ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2021 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c04877 2nd 7 7.3
Exploratory studies on azido-bridged complexes (Ni2+ and Mn2+) as dual colourimetric chemosensors for S2? and Ag+: combined experimental and theoretical outcomes with real field applications Dalton Transactions 2020 https://doi.org/10.1039/D0DT02846K 2nd and equal contribution 8 3.3
Selective Identification and Encapsulation of Biohazardous m-Xylene among a Pool of Its Other Constitutional C8 Alkyl Isomers by Luminescent d10 MOFs: A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Study Inorg. Chem. 2020 https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b03306 1st 4 5.436
“Naked-eye” detection of CN? from aqueous phase and other extracellular matrices: an experimental and theoretical approach mimicking the logic gate concept New Journal of Chemistry 2019 https://doi.org/10.1039/C9NJ04528G 1st 5
Participation (Seminar, Conference, Workshop)
Title of Event Type of Event Level Organized by Start Date Place Duration
9th International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management towards Circular Economy, organized by Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India and International Society of Waste Management, Air and Water (ISWMAW) Conference International ICON-SWM-2019 27-11-2019 KIIT, Bhubaneshwar 27.11.2019-30.11.2019
8th International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management Conference International Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, AP, India and International Society of Waste Management, Air and Water (ISWMAW) 22-11-2018 Guntur, AP, India 22.11.2018-25.11.2018
Awards, Achievements
Name of Fellowship/ Award/Achievement Level Awarded by Place Date Duration of Fellowship
SeoulTech Post-Doc Research Professorship Award International Research and Industry-University Cooperation Foundation South Korea 01-03-2024 1 y 3 m
FAPESP Post-Doctoral Fellowship International The São Paulo Research Foundation The São Paulo Research Foundation, Brazil 07-10-2023 2 years
Excellent Poster Award International 8th IconSWM-2018 Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, AP, India 25-11-2018
DST-INSPIRE Scholarship National DST, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt of India India 09-03-2012 5 years
Scheme of Scholarship for College and University for rank 216 in Higher Secondary Examination State Govt. of West Bengal Kolkata 08-02-2012 Declined
Faculty Development Program
Title of Event Type of Event Level Organized by Place Date From Date To
Enhancing Teaching and Learning: A Two-day workshop on outcome based Education Workshop Others St. Joseph's University St. Joseph's University campus 18-07-2025 19-07-2025
Resource Persons
Title of the Program Role Level Organized by Start Date Place Country
Invited Lecture Invited Talk State Vidyasagar college for Women, Kolkata, West Bengal, India 18-05-2023 Kolkata, West Bengal, India India
Research ids
PATENT
Title Patent Type Patent Application Number Status Year
A new process for detection and measurement of fluoride level in water Indian 201811019066 and grant no. 518667 Granted 2024
INTEGRATED COMMUNITY LEVEL WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR TOXIC CONTAMINANTS REMOVAL FROM EFFLUENT WATER BODIES Indian 202011006018 Granted 2024
Utilization of waste pet bottles for value added preparation of Porous chemical clip for detection of CHCl3 along with mitigation of spilled organo-solvents: a viable solution towards sustainable livelihood generation, Indian 202311006044 A Published 2023
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW LOW COST TECHNOLOGY FOR MITIGATION OF EXCESS FLUORIDE FROM FLUORIDE CONTAMINATED GROUND WATER FOR COMMUNITY LEVEL USAGE Indian 201911012126 and Grant No. 401940 Granted 2022
A combined mechanical and physico-chemical method for municipal sewage water treatment Indian 202111045215 Filed 2021
A novel adsorbent composition for the simultaneous removal of fluoride, arsenic and iron from groundwater and a process for the preparation thereof Indian 202011049587 Filed 2020

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