

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


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.


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, Just Accepted.


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.


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.


V. Tripathi, S. Jain*, D. Kabra, L. S. Panchakarla, A. Dutta*
Nanoscale Advances, 2023, 5, 237-246.


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.


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


G. Joshi, A. Saha, A. Dutta*, S. Khatua*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022,
14, 34, 38815–38823


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


Exploring the Cobalt–Histidine Complex for Wide-Ranging Colorimetric O2 Detection
A. Saini, S. Rai, D.Maiti*, A. Dutta*
ACS Omega, 2022, 7, 31, 27734-27741
(Selected as Front Cover Figure)


Recent developments in first-row transition metal complex-catalyzed CO2 hydrogenation
C. Das, J. Grover, Tannu, A. Das, D.Maiti*, A. Dutta* and G. K. Lahiri*
Dalton Transactions, 2022, 51, 8160-8168.


M. Bisawas, S. Dey, S. Panda, A. Dutta, and G. K. Lahiri*
Inorganic Chemistry, 2022, 61, 17, 6347–6352.


G. Joshi, A. Ali, A. Layek, Ab Q. Mir, Sk T. Aziz, S. Khatua* and A. Dutta*
ACS Catalysis, 2022, 12, 1052–1067.


Group 6 transition metal-based molecular catalysts for sustainable catalytic CO2 reduction
B. Rajeshwaree†, A. Ali†, Ab Q. Mir, J. Grover, G. K. Lahiri*, A. Dutta*
and D. Maiti* (†Contributed equally)
Catalysis Science & Technology, 2022, 12, 390-408


Recent Advances in the Incorporation of CO2 for C-H and C-C bond Functionalization
S. Pimparkar, A. K. Dalvi, A. Koodan, S. Maiti,
S. Al-Thabaiti, M. M. Mostafa, A. Dutta*, Y. R. Lee*
and D. Maiti*
Green Chemistry, 2021, 23, 9283-9317.

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


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


D. Dolui, Ab Q. Mir, A. Dutta*
Chemical Communications
2020, 56, 14841-14844


D. Dolui, S. Khandelwal, P. Majumder, A. Dutta*
Chemical Communications
2020, 56, 8166-8181
(Selected as front cover figure)
(Emerging Investigator 2020 themed issue)


D. Dolui, S. Ghorai, A. Dutta*
Coordination Chemistry Reviews
2020, 416, 213335.


D. Dolui, S. Das, J. Bharti, S. Kumar, P. Kumar, A. Dutta*
Cell Reports Physical Science
2020, 1, 1, 100007.



P. Jana, M. Paramasivam, S. Khandelwal,
A. Dutta, S. Kanvah
New Journal of Chemistry
2020,44, 218-230.

D. Dolui, S. Khandelwal, A. Saikh, D. Gaat,
V. Thiruvenkatam, A. Dutta*,
ACS Catalysis
2019, 9, 10115−10125.


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.




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.


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.


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.



S. Khandelwal, A. Zamader, V. Nagayach,
D. Dolui, A. Q. Mir, A. Dutta*
ACS Catalysis
2019, 9 (3), 2334–2344.


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.

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)


A. Dutta*, W. J. Shaw*
Organometallics
2018, 38, 6, 1311-1316.
(*Corresponding author)


A.L. James, S. Khandelwal,
A. Dutta, K. Jasuja*
Nanoscale
2018,10, 20514-20518.



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)

Bio-Inspired H2 Production Catalysts (Mini-Review)
D. Dolui, A. Dutta*
Research and Development in Material Science
1(5). RDMS.000524. 2017

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.