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A multi-interfacial material design leading bifunctional oxygen reduction and water oxidation electrocatalysis to zinc-air battery application

SK T. Aziz, A. Kumar, M. Awasthi, Y. Kharwar, I. Karajagi, V. Vishal, P. C. Ghosh, D. Dubal, A. Dutta*, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2024, Just accepted.

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Bioinspired Graphene-based Metal Oxide Nanocomposites for Photocatalytic and Electrochemical Performances: An Updated Review

A. K. Potbhare, Sk T. Aziz, M. M. Ayyub, A. Kahate, R. S. Madankar, S. Wankar, A. Dutta, A. Abdala, S. H. Mahmoud*, R. Adhikari*, and R. G. Chaudhary*, Nanoscale Advances, 2024, Just accepted.

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Harnessing Cobalt Complex for Bidirectional O2/H2O Transformation in Neutral Water via Electro/Photocatalysis

A. Saini, C. Das, A. Guha, P. Majumder, A. Dutta*,

Star Protocols, 2024, Just accepted.

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Highly Stable Self-Regenerating Organic Multi-Redox Systems derived from Bicyclic (Alkyl) (amino) carbenes (BICAACs)

A. Das, S. Saha, S. Maji, P. Sarkar, A. Jose, M. M. Bhatt, A. Bhunia, A. Dutta*, S. K. Pati*, S. Mondal*, Chemistry A European Journal, 2024, Just accepted.

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Production of Hydrogen from Alcohols Via Homogeneous Catalytic Transformations by Molecular Transition-Metal Complexes

A. Bisarya, S. Karim, H. Narjinari, A. Banerjee, V. Arora, S. Dhole, A. Dutta*, A. Kumar*, Chemical Communications, 2024, 60, 4148-4169.

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Green Light Triggered Photocatalytic Anticancer Activity of Terpyridine-based Ru(II) Photocatalysts

A. Mandal, V. Singh, S. Saha, S. Peters, T. Sadhukhan, R. Kushwaha, A. Yadav, A. Mandal, A. Upadhyay, A. Bera, A. Dutta, B. Koch, S Banerjee*, Inorganic Chemistry, 2024, Just accepted.

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Rational design of adenine appended synthetic cobalt catalysts via click reaction for electrocatalytic hydrogen production

S. Das, T. Dolkar, N. A. Shah, S. Saha, A. Dutta*, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2024, 56, 582-588.

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Transition metal phosphides as cardinal electrocatalytic materials for alkaline hydrogen production

SK. T. Aziz, S. Sultana, A. Kumar, Sk. Riyajuddin, M. Pal, A. Dutta*, Cell Reports Physical Science, 2023,

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2023.101747.

A Review of Nano-structured Transition Metal Phosphide-driven Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction

SK. T. Aziz, M. Haque, S. Saha, B. Mondal, S. Jain, A. Dutta*, Energy & Fuels, 2023, 37, 23, 18291–18309.

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Polypyridyl-based Co(III) Complexes of Vitamin B6 Schiff base for Photoactivated Antibacterial Therapy

A. Mandal, R. Rai, S. Saha, R. Kushwaha, W. Li, H. Gogoi, A. A. Mandal, A. K. Yadav, H. Huang, A.  Dutta, P. Dhar, S. Banerjee*, Dalton Transactions, 2023, 52, 17562-17572.

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Energy-efficient CO2/CO interconversion by homogeneous copper-based molecular catalysts
 

S. Guria, D. Dolui, C. Das, S. Ghorai, V. Vishal, D. Maiti, G. K. Lahiri, A. Dutta*, Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 6859 (2023).

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ZnGa2−xAlxO4 (x = 0 ≤ 2) spinel for persistent light emission and HER/OER bi-functional catalysis

R. T. Parayil, S. K. Gupta*, M. Pal, A. Dutta*, D. Tyagi, K. Sudarshan, M. Mohapatra, RSC Advances, 2023, 13, 31101-31111.

A homogeneous cobalt complex mediated electro and photocatalytic O2/H2O interconversion in neutral water

A. Saini, C. Das, S. Rai, A. Guha, D. Dolui, P. Majumder, A. Dutta*, iScience, 2023, 26, 11, 108189.

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Designing Janus Catalysts for Renewable Energy-Relevant Bifunctional Small Molecule Activation
 

M. Awasthi. SK. T. Aziz, A. Saini, G. K. Lahiri*, A. Dutta*, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2023, 10, 5839-5855.

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Bio-inspired Design of Bidirectional Oxygen Reduction and Oxygen Evolution Reaction Molecular Electrocatalysts

 

M. Awasthi. A. Saini, C. Das, A. Banerjee, N. A. Shah, G. K. Lahiri*, A. Dutta*,  
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2023, 26, 27, e202300204.

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Electrochemical water splitting by a bidirectional electrocatalyst
 

SK T. Aziz, M. Awasthi, S. Guria, M. Umekar, I. Karajagi, S. K. Riyazuddin, K. V. R. Siddhartha, A. Saini, A. Potbhare, R. G. Chadhury, V. Vishal, P. C. Ghosh, A. Dutta*

STAR Protocols, 2023, 4, 3, 102448.

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Deploying a molecular copper catalyst for efficient degradation of commercial and industrial dyes under practical conditions

 

A. Ali, B. V. Meena, N. A. Shah, Tannu, T. Dolkar, C. Ghoroi*, A. Dutta*,  Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2023, 9, 2219-2225.

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Post-synthetic modulation of UiO-66-NH2 with cobaloxime catalyst for efficient hydrogen production

 

Sk. Saddam, S. P. Shelake, D. Dolui, S. Karim, R. Ghosh, M. V. Jyothirmai, A. V. Sesha Sainath, U. Pal* and A. Dutta*, Energy Advances, 2023, 2, 1116-1121 (Selected as Inner Cover Figure).

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Iridium-Doping as a Strategy to Realize Visible-Light Absorption and p-Type Behavior in BaTiO3

 

S. Chandrappa, S. J. Galbao, P. S. S. Rama Krishnan, N. A. Koshi, S. Das, S. N. Myakala, S-C. Lee, A. Dutta, A. Cherevan, S. Bhattacharjee, D. H. K. Murthy*,  

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2023, 127, 25, 12383–12393.

 

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Crafting Fast and Efficient H2 Evolution Electrocatalysts with Tactical Inclusion of Nucleobases

 

Ab Q. Mir, S. Das, S. Rai, N. A. Shah, P. Majumder, A. Dutta* 

ACS Catalysis, 2023, 13, 8238–8246.

 

(Selected as a Journal Front Cover)

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Peripheral nucleic bases boost H2 production by synthetic molecular catalysts in acidic water

 

S. Das, C. Das, N. A. Shah, S. Ghorai, P. Majumder, A. Dutta* 

Chemical Communications, 2023, 59, 7243-7246.

 

This article is part of the themed collection: 2023 Pioneering Investigators

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Double Perovskite Oxides Bringing a Revelation in Oxygen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalyst Design

 

A. Banerjee, M. K. Awasthi, P. Maji, M. Pal, Sk. T. Aziz*, G. K. Lahiri*, A. Dutta* 

ChemElectroChem, 2023, 10, 4, e202201098.


 

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A Simulation Independent Analysis of Single- and Multi-Component cw ESR Spectra

 

A. Sinharoy, B. Dzikovski, D. Dolui, O. Makhlynets, A. Dutta, M. Srivastava* 

Magnetochemistry, 2023, 9, 112.

 

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Transition Metal-Catalyzed C−H Functionalization Through Electrocatalysis

 

P. K. Baroliya*, M. Dhaker, S. Panja, S. A. Al-Thabaiti, S. M. Albukhari, Q. A. Alsulami, A. Dutta*, D. Maiti* 

ChemSusChem, 2023, e202202201.

 

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Optimizing green hydrogen production: Leveraging load profile simulation and renewable energy integration

 

Rishabh Sharma, Harsh Sharda, Arnab Dutta, Aarti Dahiya, Rahul Chaudhary, Anita Singh, Kavita Rathi, Suresh Kumar, Anshu Sharma, Sanjeev Maken, S.P. Nehra 

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023, 48, 96, 38015-38026.

 

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Expanding the horizon of bio-inspired catalyst design with tactical incorporation of drug molecules

 

Gulafshan, S. Ghorai, S. Rai, A. Pandey, P. Majumder, G. N. Patwari, A. Dutta*

Chemistry A European Journal, 2023, 29, 21, e202203730.


 

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Improving the synthetic H2 production catalyst design strategy with the neurotransmitter dopamine

 

S. Ghorai, S. Khandelwal, S. Das, S. Rai, S. Guria, P. Majumder, A. Dutta* 

Dalton Transactions, 2023, 52, 1518-1523.


 

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A quinary high entropy metal oxide exhibiting robust and efficient bidirectional O2 reduction and water oxidation

 

K. V. R. Siddhartha, Sk. T. Aziz, I. Karajagi,A. Saini, M. Pal, P. C. Ghosh, A. Dutta* 

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023, 48, 28, 10521-10531.


 

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Polypyridyl Co (II)‐Curcumin Complexes as Photo‐activated Anticancer and Antibacterial Agents

 

A. K. Yadav, V. Singh, R. Kushwaha, D. Dolui, R. Rai, P. Dhar, A. Dutta, B. Koch, Samya Banerjee*

ChemBioChem, 2023, 24, 10, e202300033

(Selected as Journal Front Cover)

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Cobalt-doped copper vanadate: A dual active electrocatalyst propelling efficient H2 evolution and glycerol oxidation in alkaline water

 

V. Tripathi, S. Jain*, D. Kabra, L. S. Panchakarla, A. Dutta* 

Nanoscale Advances, 2023, 5, 237-246.


 

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Thiolate-Bridged Heterodinuclear Manganese–Cobalt Complexes with Bridging Hydride Ligands

 

K. Pathak, S. Mishra, S. Bairagi, B. Rajeshwaree, A. Dutta*, S. G. Ghosh*, 

Organometallics, 2023, 42, 2, 133–145.

(Selected as Journal Front Cover)


 

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A first-order estimation of underground hydrogen storage potential in Indian sedimentary basins, Enabling Secure Subsurface Storage in Future Energy Systems

 

V.Vishal*, Y. Verma, K. Sulekh, T. N. Singh and Arnab Dutta 

Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2022, 528,https://doi.org/10.1144/SP528-2022-24

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A Janus cerium-doped bismuth oxide electrocatalyst for complete water splitting

 

Sk. T. Aziz, M. Ummekar, I. Karajagi, Sk. Riyajuddin, K.V.R. Siddhartha, A. Saini, A. Potbhare, R. G. Chaudhary, V. Vishal, P. C. Ghosh, and A. Dutta* 

Cell Reports Physical Science, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2022.101106 


 

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NIR-Driven Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production by Silane- and Tertiary Amine-Bound Plasmonic Gold Nanoprisms

 

G. Joshi, A. Saha, A. Dutta*, S. Khatua*  

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022, 

14, 34, 38815–38823

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The rational inclusion of Vitamin B6 boosts artificial cobalt complex catalyzed green H2 production

 

Ab. Q. Mir*, S. Saha, S. Mitra, S. Guria, P. Majumder,

D. Dolui*, A. Dutta*  (†Contributed equally)

Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2022, 6, 4160-4168

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Redox-Induced Intramolecular C–C Coupling of Acyclic Bis(2-pyridylmethylene)ethylenediamine on a Ru(acac)2 Platform

 

M. Bisawas, S. Dey, S. Panda, A. Dutta, and G. K. Lahiri*   

Inorganic Chemistry, 2022, 61, 17, 6347–6352.

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Group 6 transition metal-based molecular catalysts for sustainable catalytic CO2 reduction

 

B. RajeshwareeA. AliAb Q. Mir, J. Grover,  G. K. Lahiri*A. Dutta* 

and  D. Maiti*  (†Contributed equally)

Catalysis Science & Technology, 2022, 12, 390-408

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Flexible Ligand in a Molecular Cu Electrocatalyst Unfurls Bidirectional O2/H2O Conversion in Water

 

A. Ali, D. Prakash, P. Majumder, S. Ghosh*, A. Dutta*

ACS Catalysis, 2021, 11, 10, 5934–5941

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Organopalladium Intermediates in Coordination-Directed C(sp3)-H Functionalizations

 

A. S. Suseelan, A. Dutta*, G. K. Lahiri*, D. Maiti*

Trends in Chemistry, 2021, 3, 3, 188-203

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Bio-inspired Cobalt Catalyst Enables Natural-Sunlight-Driven Hydrogen Production from Aerobic Neutral Aqueous Solution

 

D. Dolui, S. Das, J. Bharti, S. Kumar, P. Kumar, A. Dutta* 

Cell Reports Physical Science

2020, 1, 1, 100007.

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Perturbing the AIEE activity of pyridine functionalized α-cyanostilbenes with donor substitutions: an experimental and DFT study

 

P. Jana, M. Paramasivam, S. Khandelwal,

A. Dutta, S. Kanvah

New Journal of  Chemistry

2020,44, 218-230.

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Enzyme-inspired synthetic proton relays generate fast and acid stable Cobalt-based H2 production electrocatalysts

 

D. Dolui, S. Khandelwal, A. Saikh, D. Gaat,

V. Thiruvenkatam, A. Dutta*,

ACS Catalysis

2019, 9, 10115−10125. 

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Developing photosensitizer-Cobaloxime hybrid for solar-driven H2 production in aqueous aerobic conditions

 

A. Q. Mir, D. Dolui, S. Khandelwal, H. Bhatt, B. Kumari, S. Barman, S. Kanvah, A. Dutta*

Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) 

2019, 152, e60231, DOI:10.3791/60231.

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Plasmonic gold nanoprism-Cobalt molecular complex dyad mimics Photosystem-II for visible-NIR illuminated neutral water oxidation

 

A. Q. Mir, G. Joshi, P. Ghosh, S. Khandelwal,

A. Kar, R. S. Hegde, S. Khatua*, A. Dutta* 

ACS Energy Letters

2019, 4, 2428-2435. 

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Plasmonic CoO-Decorated Au Nanorods for Photoelectrocatalytic Water Oxidation

 

 

P. Ghosh, A. Kar, S. Khandelwal, D. Vyas,

A. Q. Mir, Arup L. Chakraborty,

R. S.  Hegde, S. Sharma,

A. Dutta*, S. Khatua*

ACS applied Nanomaterials

2019, 2, 5795-5803.

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A Nanotube-Supported Dicopper Complex Enhances Pt-free Molecular H2/Air Fuel Cells

 

S. Gentil, J. K. Molloy, M. Carrière, A. Hobballah, A. Dutta, S. Cosnier, W. J. Shaw, G. Gellon, C. Belle, V. Artero, F. Thomas, A. Le Goff* 

Joule

2019, 3, 8, 2020-2029.

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Inclusion of peripheral basic groups activates dormant cobalt-based molecular complex for catalytic H2 evolution in water

 

S. Khandelwal, A. Zamader, V. Nagayach,

D. Dolui, A. Q. Mir, A. Dutta*

ACS Catalysis

2019, 9 (3), 2334–2344.

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Branching Effect on Triphenylamine-CF3 cyanostilbenes: Enhanced Emission and Aggregation in Water 

 

B. Kumari, S. Singh, R. Santosh, A. Dutta,

S. Mallajosyula, S. Ghosal, S. Kanvah* 

New Journal of Chemistry

2019, 43, 4106-4115.

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Emission and Color Tuning of Cyanostilbenes and White Light Emission

 

B. Kumari, M. Paramasivam ,

A. Dutta*, S. Kanvah*,

ACS Omega

2018, 3 (12), 17376–17385.

(*Corresponding author)

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Chemical Method for Evaluating Catalytic Turnover Frequencies (TOF) of Moderate to Slow H2 Oxidation Electrocatalysts

 

A. Dutta*, W. J. Shaw* 

Organometallics

2018, 38, 6, 1311-1316.

(*Corresponding author)

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Designing electrochemically reversible H2 oxidation and production catalysts

 

A. Dutta*, A. M. Apple, W. J. Shaw,

Nature Reviews Chemistry

2018, 2, 9, 244–252.

(*Corresponding author)

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Bio-Inspired H2 Production Catalysts (Mini-Review)

 

D. Dolui, A. Dutta*

Research and Development in Material Science

1(5). RDMS.000524. 2017

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Publications during Ph.D. and Post-doc research

S. Gentil, N. Lalaoui, A. Dutta, Y. Nedellec, S. Cosnier, W. J. Shaw, Vincent Artero, and A. Le Goff, Carbon-Nanotube-Supported Bio-Inspired Nickel Catalyst and Its Integration in Hybrid Hydrogen/Air Fuel Cells, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2017, 56, 1845-1849.

 

N. Priyadarshani†, A. Dutta†, B. Ginovska, G. W. Buchko, M. O’Hagan, S. Raugei, and  W. J. Shaw, Achieving Reversible H2/H+ Interconversion at Room Temperature with Enzyme-Inspired Molecular Complexes: A Mechanistic Study, ACS Catalysis, 2016, 6, 6037–6049. (†Equally contributing authors)

 

P. Rodriguez-Maciá, N. Priyadarshini, A. Dutta, C. Weidenthaler, W. Lubitz, W.J. Shaw, and O. Rüdiger, Covalent Attachment of the Water-insoluble Ni(PCy2NPhe2)2 Electrocatalyst to Electrodes Showing Reversible Catalysis in Aqueous Solution, Electroanalysis, 2016, 28,  2452-2458.

 

A. Dutta, B. Ginovska-Pangovska, S. Raugei, J. A. S. Roberts, and W. J. Shaw, Optimizing conditions for utilization of an H2 oxidation catalyst with outer coordination sphere functionalities, Dalton Transactions, 2016, 45, 9786-9793.

 

A. Dutta, S. Lense, J. A. S. Roberts, M. Helm, and W. J. Shaw; The role of solvent and the outer coordination sphere on H2 oxidation using [Ni(PCy2NPyz2)2]2+, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2015, 31, 5218-5225.

P. Rodriguez-Maciá, A. Dutta, W. Lubitz, W.J. Shaw, and O. Rüdiger, Direct comparison of the performance of a bio-inspired synthetic Ni-catalyst and a [NiFe]-hydrogenase covalently attached to electrodes, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2015, 54, 12303-12307.

 

A. Dutta, D. Dubois, J. A. S. Roberts, and W. J. Shaw; Amino acid-modified Ni catalyst exhibits reversible H2 oxidation/production over a broad pH range at elevated temperatures, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA, 2014,111, 16286-16291.

 

B. Ginovska-Pangovska, A. Dutta, M. L. Reback, J. C. Linehan, and W. J. Shaw; Beyond the Active Site: The Impact of the Outer Coordination Sphere on Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Production and Oxidation, Accounts of Chemical Research, 2014, 47, 2621–2630.

 

A. Dutta, J. A. S. Roberts, and W. J. Shaw; Arginine containing ligands enhance H2 oxidation catalyst performance, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2014, 53, 6487-6491.

 

D. Sengupta, S. Gangopadhyay, S. Goswami, A. Dutta, V. Kumar, S. De, and P. K. Gangopadhyay; Novel low-spin mixed ligand thiohydrazide complexes of iron(III): Synthesis, spectral characterization, molecular modeling, and antibacterial activity, International Journal of Inorganic Chemistry,2014, Volume 2014, Article ID 580232, 9 pages, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/580232.

 

S. Lense, A. Dutta, J. A. S. Roberts, and W. J. Shaw; A proton channel allows a hydrogen oxidation catalyst to operate at a moderate overpotential with water acting as a base, Chemical Communications, 2014, 50, 792-795.

 

A. Dutta, S. Lense, J. Hou, M. H. Engelhard, J. A. S.Roberts, and W. J. Shaw; Minimal Proton Channel Enables H2 Oxidation and Production with a Water-Soluble Nickel-Based Catalyst, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2013, 135,18490–18496.

 

A. Dutta, M. Flores, S. Roy, J. Schmitt, G.A. Hamilton, H. Hartnett, J. Shearer, and A.K. Jones; Sequential oxidation of thiolate and cobalt metallocenter in a synthetic metallopeptide: Implications for the biosynthesis of nitrile hydratase, Inorganic Chemistry, 2013, 52, 5236-5245.

 

Y. Marusenko, J. Shipp, G.A. Hamilton, J.L.L. Morgan, M. Keebaugh, H. Hill, A. Dutta, X. Zhuo, N. Upadhyay, J. Hutchings, P. Herckes, A. Anbar, E. Shock, H. Hartnett; Bioavailability of Nanoparticulate Hematite to Arabidopsis thaliana, Environmental Pollution, 2013, 174, 150-156.

 

A. Dutta, G. A. Hamilton, H. Hartnett, and A. K. Jones; Construction of heterometallic clusters in a small peptide scaffold as [NiFe]-hydrogenase models: Development of a synthetic methodology, Inorganic Chemistry, 2012, 51, 9580-9588.

 

A. K. Jones, B. R. Lichtenstein, A. Dutta, G. Gordon, and P. L. Dutton; Synthetic hydrogenases: Incorporation of an iron carbonyl thiolate into a designed peptide, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2007, 129, 14844–14845.

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