List Of Research Publications (only in Peer-reviewed
Journals)
59. Oxidative Esterification via Cleavage of C(sp2)-N Bond of Imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine: Access to the α-Ketoester and Late-Stage Modification, Segufa Rahaman, Suhag Singh Sahay, Annu Kumari, and Swapan Dey, The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2025, DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.5c02391.
58. A broad perspective on metal complex-based optical recognition of fluoride ions: Twelve years (2014-2025) of innovations and applications, Kingshuk Debsharma, Sunanda Dey, Swapan Dey, and Chittaranjan Sinha, Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2025, (accepted, Review article).
57. Small molecular N-heteroaromatics-based optical sensing of noxious Hg2+ ion: A comprehensive insight into recent advancements, existing challenges, and future perspective” Kingshuk Debsharma, Sunanda Dey, Basudeb Dutta and
Swapan Dey, Analyst, 2025,150, 2725-2775, (
10.1039/D5AN00538H)
. (Review Article)
56. A Comprehensive review of the imidazole, benzimidazole and imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-based sensors for the detection of fluoride ion, Annu Kumari, Chandan Kumar Maity,
Swapan Dey, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2025 ( https://doi.org/10.1039/D4OB01717J) (Review Article).
54. Multicomponent Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling of Imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine: Access to Abnormal Mannich and Mannich-Type Reaction, Segufa Rahaman, Suhag Singh Sahay, Annu Kumari,
Swapan Dey,
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2024, 89, 10773-10784. (
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.4c01001).
50. Imidazopyridine–fluoride interaction: Solvent-switched AIE effects via S…O conformational locking, Annu Kumari, Wim Dehaen, Deepak Chopra and Swapan Dey, New Journal of Chemistry, 2022, 46, 10628-10636.
49. D-Mannitol-based surfactants for cosmetic and food applications and hydrogels to produce stabilized Ag nanoparticles, Santosh Kumar Singh, Swapan Dey, Manfred P. Schneider and Sukhendu Nandi, New Journal of Chemistry, 2022, 46, 6193-6200.
48. Strategy to Design a Flexible and Macromolecular Sensor to Bind Cd2+ Ions: A Complete Photophysical Analysis and Bio-Imaging Study, Surajit Mondal and Swapan Dey, ACS OMEGA, 2021, 6, 42, 27936–27945.
47. Tandem Nenitzescu Reaction/Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution to Form Novel Pyrido Fused Indole Frameworks, Rashmi Singh, Harshita Bhatia, Prabhat Prakash, Elke Debroye, Swapan Dey, Wim Dehaen, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2021, 2021, 4865-4875.
46. Dicyanamide-intertwined assembly of two new Zn complexes based on N2O4-type pro-ligand: Synthesis, crystal networks, spectroscopic insights, and selective nitroaromatic turn-off fluorescence sensing, Dhrubajyoti Majumdar, Swapan Dey, Annu Kumari, Tapan Kumar Pal, Kalipada Bankura, and Dipankar Mishra, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2021, 254, 119612.
45. Application of the Meerwein reaction of 1,4-benzoquinone to a metal-free synthesis of benzofuropyridine analogues, Rashmi Singh, Tomas Horsten, Rashmi Prakash, Swapan Dey and Wim Dehaen, Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2021, 17, 977–982.
44. Unusual absence of FRET in triazole bridged coumarin–hydroxyquinoline, an active sensor for Hg2+ detection, Surajit Mondal, Niladri Patra, Hari Pada Nayek, Sumit K. Hira, Soumit Chatterjee and Swapan Dey, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2020, 19, 1211-1221
43. Template‐Assisted Regioselective Identification of Metal Ions on Coumarin‐Furan Conjugated Chemosensors: AIEE Effect and Photo‐Switching pH Indicator by ICT, Ashish Kumar, Sumit Kumar Hira, Swapan Dey, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2020, 3771-3777.
42. Novel Class of Isoxazole-Based Gelators for the Separation of Bisphenol A from Water and Cleanup of Oil Spills, Santosh Kumar Singh, Priyanka Saha, Swapan Dey, and Sukhendu Nandi, ACS Omega 2020, 5, 15, 8613-8618.
41. Dual core clickate fluorophores for selective recognition of Cu2+ and Ni2+ along with live cell imaging, Surajit Mondal, Chanda Kumari, Sumit K. Hira and Swapan Dey, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2020, 509, 1196552.
40. Photo-physical aspects of BODIPY-coumarin conjugated sensor and detection of Al3+ in MCF-7 cell, Kumari Somlata Kashyap Ashish Kumar, Sumit Kumar Hira, and Swapan Dey, Supramolecular Chemistry, 2019, 31, 695-702.
39. Recognition of Al3+ through the off-on mechanism as a proficient driving force for the hydrolysis of BODIPY conjugated Schiff base and its application in bio-imaging, Kumari Somlata Kashyap Ashish Kumar, Sumit Kumar Hira and Swapan Dey, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2019, 498, 1191572.
38. Detection of Hg2+ ion using highly selective fluorescent chemosensor in real water sample and in-vitro cell study upon breast adenocarcinoma (MCF-7), Ashish Kumar, Sumit Kumar Hira, Partha Pratim Manna, and Swapan Dey*, Supramolecular Chemistry, 2019, 31, 382-390.
37. Epoxy-based polymer incorporating 1-Naphthylamine and sebacic acid moieties: A selective fluorescent sensor for ferric ions, Samaresh Ghosh, Rajkumar Manna, and Swapan Dey, Journal of Molecular Structure, 2019, 1180, 406-410.
36. Syntheses, crystal structures and photo physical aspects of azido-bridged tetranuclear cadmium (II) complexes: DFT/TD-DFT, thermal, antibacterial and anti-biofilm properties, Dhrubajyoti Majumdara, Swapan Dey, S. S. Sreejith, Jayanta Kumar Biswas, Monojit Mondal, Pooja Shukla, Sourav Das, Tapan Pal, Dhiraj Das, Kalipada Bankura, Dipankar Mishra*, Journal of Molecular Structure, 2019, 1179, 694-708.
35. Nitrato, Pseudohalo‐Linked Zn(II)/Cd(II) Schiff‐Base Complexes with 1,3‐Diimine Spacer Group: Syntheses, Crystal Structures, DFT, TD‐DFT and Fluorescence Studies, Dhrubajyoti Majumdar, Swapan Dey, Sreejith S. Sreekumar, Sourav Das, Dhiraj Das, Ramesh K. Metre, Kalipada Bankura, Dipankar Mishra, ChemistrySelect, 2018, 3, 12371-12382.
34. Water switched aggregation/disaggregation strategies of a coumarin-naphthalene conjugated sensor and its selectivity on Cu2+ and Ag+ ions along with cell imaging study on human osteosarcoma cells (U-2 OS), Ashish Kumar, Surajit Mondal, Kumari Somlata Kayshap, Sumit Kumar Hira, Partha Pratim Manna, Wim Dehaen and Swapan Dey, New Journal of Chemistry, 2018, 42, 10983 - 10988.
33. Synthesis, characterisation, physical and thermodynamic properties of a novel anionic surfactant derived from Sapindus laurifolius, Neha Saxena, Nilajan Pal, Swapan Dey, and Ajay Mondal, RSC Advances 2018, 8, 24485 – 24499.
32. Polyurethane network using 1-Naphthylamine embedded epoxy-based polymer: Ferric ion selective Fluorescent probe, Samaresh Ghosh, Rajkumar Manna and Swapan Dey, Polymer Bulletin 2018, 1-9.
31. Highly selective and safe ‘in vitro’ detection of biologically important ‘Uric acid’ in living cells by a new fluorescent ‘turn-on’ probe along with quantum chemical calculation, Chanda Kumari, Dibyendu Sain, and Swapan Dey, Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical, 2018, 264, 208-215.
30. Characterisations of surfactant synthesized from palm oil and its application in enhanced oil recovery, Neha Saxena, Nilanjan Pal, Swapan Dey and Ajay Mandal Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2017, 81, 343–355.
29. A Non-Perilous Coumarin-Based Ratiometric Probe for ′In Vitro′ Detection of Cu through Cell Imaging Technique, Chanda Kumari, Dibyendu Sain, Ashish Kumar, Hari Pada Nayek, Sushanta Debnath, Partha Saha and Swapan Dey ChemistrySelect, 2017, 2, 8270–8277.
28. Synthesis of Rhodamine-Based Chemosensor for Fe3+ Selective Detection with off-on Mechanism and its Biological Application in DL-tumor cells, Ashish Kumar, Dibyendu Sain, Chanda Kumari and Swapan Dey, ChemistrySelect 2017, 2, 2969-2974.
27. Intracellular detection of hazardous Cd2+ through a fluorescence imaging technique by using a nontoxic coumarin based sensor, Chanda Kumari, Dibyendu Sain, Ashish Kumar, Sushanta Debnath, Partha Saha and Swapan Dey Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 2524-2531.
26. Detection of Hg2+ and Cs+ with a Rhodamine–based Sensor and Ethoxy– substituted Dihydroimidazole Ring Formation Associated with the Reduction of Hg2+ to Hg, Ashish Kumar, Dibyendu Sain, Chanda Kumari and Swapan Dey, ChemistrySelect 2017, 2, 1106– 1110.
25. A bis-hydrazone derivative of 2,5-furandicarboxaldehyde with a perfect hetero-atomic cavity for selective sensing of Hg(II) and its intracellular detection in living HeLa S3 cell, Chanda Kumari, Dibyendu Sain, Ashish Kumar, Hari Pada Nayek, Sushanta Debnath, Partha Saha and Swapan Dey∗ Sensors and Actuators B 243 (2017) 1181–1190.
24. A real-time colorimetric ‘two in one’ kit for tracking ppb levels of uric acid and Hg2+ in live HeLa S3 cells and Hg2+ induced keto–enol tautomerism, Chanda Kumari, Dibyendu Sain, Ashish Kumar, Sushanta Debnath, Partha Saha and Swapan Dey* RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 62990.
23. Lead ion induced chemodosimeter approach of a tripodal hydroxyl-quinoline based phospho-ester through P–O bond cleavage, Dibyendu Sain, Chanda Kumari, Ashish Kumar, Hari Pada Nayek and Swapan Dey* Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 9187 – 9192.
22. Indole based distinctive chemosensors for ‘naked eye’ detection of CN− and HSO4−, associated with hydrogen bonded complex and their DFT study, Dibyendu Sain, Chanda Kumari, Ashish Kumar and Swapan Dey Supramolecular Chemistry, 2015, 28, 239-48.
21. Colorimetric ‘turn on TBET’ sensors for ‘on the spot’ visual detection of HSO4− in semi-aqueous medium: experimental and quantum chemical (DFT) studies, Dibyendu Sain, Chanda Kumari, Ashish Kumar and Swapan Dey Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2015, 221, 849-856.
20. Studies on Crystal Engineering Networks of Amidopyridine N-oxides in Solid State by NMR, mass and X-ray Techniques, Swapan Dey, Ashish Kumar, Dibyendu Sain, Hari Pada Nayek, Anita Hazra, Shyamaprosad Goswami, Subrata Jana, Hoong-Kun Fun and Samil Isik, Lett. Org. Chem., 2015, 12, 584-590.
19. A series of ditopic receptors for succinic acid Binding, Swapan Dey, Dibyendu Sain, Ashish Kumar and Chanda Kumari, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 51486-51495.
18. Steric inhibition of hydrogen bonding in molecular recognition of dicarboxylic acids: di-topic receptors containing a nitro group designed to behave like monotopic receptors, Shyamaprosad Goswami, Rinku Chakrabarty, Swapan Dey and Hoong-Kun Fun, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 49663-49671.
17. Directed Molecular Recognition: Furfurylamine appended ditopic receptor for succinic acid, Swapan Dey and Dibyendu Sain Supramolecular Chemistry, 2014, 26, 769-776.
16. Naphthyridine Based Fluorescent Receptors for the Recognition of Uric Acid, Swapan Dey, Dibyendu Sain and Shyamaprosad Goswami RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 428- 433.
15. Recognition of a dicarboxylic acid with dipicolyl urea in solution and in solid phases: intramolecular hydrogen bond inhibiting both pyridine nitrogens from binding carboxyl groups, Shyamaprosad Goswami, Subrata Jana, Swapan Dey, Debabrata Sen, Hoong-Kun Fun, Suchada Chantrapromma Tetrahedron, 2008, 64, 6426-6433.
14. Design and synthesis of a unique ditopic macrocyclic fluorescent receptor containing furan ring as a spacer for molecular recognition of dicarboxylic acids, Shyamaprosad Goswami, Swapan Dey, and Subrata Jana, Tetrahedron, 2008, 64, 6358-6363.
13. Specificity in crystal engineering: polymerization and dimerisation motif design in pyridine system, Shyamaprosad Goswami, and Swapan Dey, subrata Jana, Letters in Organic Chemistry, 2007, 4, 448-451.
12. Tailor-made Naphthyridines: Self-Assembling Multiple Hydrogen-Bonded Supramolecular Architectures from Dimer to Helix, Shyamaprosad Goswami*, Swapan Dey, John F. Gallagher, Alan J. Lough, Santiago Garcı´a-Granda, Laura Torre-Ferna´ndez, Ibon Alkorta, Jose´ Elguero, Journal of Molecular Structure, 2007, 846, 97-107.
11. Microwave-expedited one-pot, two-component solvent-free synthesis of functionalised pyrimidines’ Shyamaprosad Goswami, Subrata Jana, Swapan Dey and Avijit Kumar Adak, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 2007, 60, 120-123.
10. Directed Molecular Recognition: Design and Synthesis of Neutral Receptors for Biotin to bind both its functional groups, Shyamaprosad Goswami and Swapan Dey, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2006, 71, 7280-7287.
9. Recognition of Dicarboxylic Acid by 6,6/-Dipivaloylamino- 3,3/-bipyridine and the Supramolecular Solid State Locking of the Carboxyls in the anti-Form, Shyamaprosad Goswami, Subrata Jana, Swapan Dey, Ibrahim Abdul Razak, Hoong-Kun Fun. Supramolecular Chemistry, 2006, 18, 571-576.
8. 2-Amino-6-hydroxymethylpyridine, Shyamaprosad Goswami, Swapan Dey, Suchada Chantrapromma, Hoong-Kun Fun; Acta Crystallographica, 2006, E62, o3225–o3227.
7. Dynamic molecular recognition in the generation of a new crystal engineering motif: a unique case study of a dicarboxylic acid with a ditopic receptor favouring a polymeric over a dimeric hydrogen bonded supramolecular complex, Shyamaprosad Goswami, Swapan Dey, Hoong-Kun Fun, Shazia Anjum and Atta-ur-Rahman, Tetrahedron Letters, 2005, 46, 7187-7191.
6. Directed H-bonding inhibition in molecular recognition: A NMR case study of the H-bonding of a dicarboxylic acid with a new mixed diamide receptor having one adjacent pyridine-N-oxide, Shyamaprosad Goswami, Swapan Dey, Annada C. Maity and Subrata Jana, Tetrahedron Letters, 2005, 46, 1315-1318.
5. A Convenient Palladium Catalyzed Synthesis of Symmetric Biaryls, Biheterocycles and Biaryl Chiral Diamides, Shyamaprosad Goswami, Avijit Kumar Adak, Reshmi Mukherjee, Subrata Jana, Swapan Dey, and John F. Gallagher, Tetrahedron, 2005, 61, 4289-4295.
4. N-[6-(Hydroxymethyl)pyridin-2-yl]-2,2-dimethyl-propanamide, Shyamaprosad Goswami, Swapan Dey, Suchada Chantrapromma, Hoong-Kun Fun, Acta Crystallographica, 2005, E61, o105-o107.
3. Simple and Convenient Manganese Dioxide Oxidation of Benzyl Halides to Aromatic Aldehydes under Neutral Condition, Shyamaprosad Goswami, Subrata Jana, Swapan Dey, and Avijit Kumar Adak Chemistry Letters, 2005, 34,194-195.
2. Side chain bromination of mono and dimethyl heteroaromatic and aromatic compounds by solid phase N-bromosuccinimide reaction without radical initiator under microwave’ Shyamaprosad Goswami, Swapan Dey, Subrata Jana, and Avijit Kumar Adak Chemistry Letters, 2004, 33, 916-918.
1. Multiple hydrogen bonds and tautomerism in naphthyridine derivatives, Carmen Alvarez-Rua, Santiago García-Granda, Shyamaprosad Goswami, Reshmi Mukherjee, Swapan Dey, Rosa M. Claramunt, M. Dolores Santa María, Isabel Rozas, Nadine Jagerovic, Ibon Alkorta, and José Elguero, New Journal of Chemistry, 2004, 28, 700-707.
Papers in conference abstract volumes / presented
Papers in conference abstract volumes / presented
1. ‘Rhodamine based highly fluorescent and colorimetric chemosensor for selective detection of Hg2+ and Cu2+ ions in aqueous medium’ O-49, Ashish Kumar and Swapan Dey* Oral Presentation, ICEFN-2016 (March 27-29, 2016), organized by Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Centre, Department of Chemistry, Kumaun University, Uttarakhand, India.
2. ‘Rhodamine scaffold bis-triazole used as a highly fluorescent and colorimetric chemosensor for selective detection of Fe3+ ion and reversible Off-On fluorescence response’ O-11, Surajit Mondal, Ashish Kumar, Chanda Kumari, K. Somlata Kashyap and Swapan Dey, Oral Presentation, ICEFN-2016 (March 27-29, 2016), organized by Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Centre, Department of Chemistry, Kumaun University, Uttarakhand, India.
3. ‘Rhodamine based highly selective fluorescent ‘turn-on’ chemosensor for visual detection of Hg2+ ion’ Ashish Kumar, Dibyendu Sain, Chanda Kumari and Swapan Dey* Oral Presentation, 33rd Annual Conference, Indian Council of Chemists, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad (15th – 17th December, 2014)
4. Selective sensing of Mercury (II) ion by a rhodamine & napthyridine based highly selective fluorescent-chemosensor and their quantum chemical DFT calculation’ Chanda Kumari, Dibyendu Sain, Ashish Kumar and Swapan Dey* Oral Presentation, 33rd Annual Conference, Indian Council of Chemists, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad (15th – 17th December, 2014).
5. Selective sensing of bismuth (III) ion by an 8-hydroxyquinoline based highly fluorescent tripodal receptor, Chanda Kumari, Dibyendu Sain, and Swapan Dey, PP-175, North Maharastra University, February 2014.
6. Visual detection of Pb+2 and Cu+2 by an 8-Hydroxyquinoline based Fluorogenic chemosensor Dibyendu Sain and Swapan Dey, (OP - 16) North Maharastra University, February 2014.
7. Indole based Fluorogenic chemosensor for visual detection of HSO4− and CN− ions, Dibyendu Sain, Ashis Kumar and Swapan Dey* OP-15, CTriC-2014, CUSAT, 17th-18th January 2014.
8. ‘Synthesis of an 8-Hydroxyquinoline based fluorogenic chemosensor for visual and spectroscopic detection of Pb+2’ Dibyendu Sain, Chanda Kumari, Ashish Kumar and Swapan Dey, Best Oral presentation, Research Scholar Meet-2014 (RSM-2014), Indian School of mines, Dhanbad, 28th February, 2014.
9. Furfuryl amine based ditopic receptor for succinic acid, Swapan Dey and Dibyendu Sain, Abs. # ORG(OP)72, 48th Annual Convention of Chemists 2011 organised by the Indian Chemical Society, Allahabad University, December 2011.
10. Dicarboxylic Acids: Good Supramolecular Synthons for Crystal Engineering, Swapan Dey Abs.# ORG(OP)-68; 46th Annual Convention of Chemists 2009 and International Conference On Recent Research Trends in Chemical Sciences by Indian Chemical Society held on 2nd -6th December 2009 at VIT, Vellore, Tamilnadu, India.
11. Appliance of Molecular Recognition: Urea-Uric Acid-Biotin-Creatinine: Subrata Jana and Swapan Dey, Abs.# ORG(AP) 32; 45th Annual Convention of Chemists 2008 by Indian Chemical Society held on 23rd to 27th November, 2008 at Dharwad, Karnatak University, India.
12. Molecular Recognition and Fluorescence Sensors for Urea and Uric Acid; Shyamaprosad Goswami and Swapan Dey, Abs# ORG (AP)17, 44th Annual Convention of Chemists 2007 by Indian Chemical Society held on 23rd to 27th December, 2007 at Jaipur, India.
14. Molecular Recognition in Aqueous Media: Receptors for Uric Acid; Shyamaprosad Goswami and Swapan Dey, Abs.# 11F, National Symposium on Organic Chemistry-II: Current Trends and Prospects. Jadavpur University, Kolkata-32, India, December 17, 2003.
13. Directed Molecular Recognition of Biotin: Design and Synthesis of specific Receptors: Shyamaprosad Goswami, and Swapan Dey. Abs.# 19, The Ramanbhai Foundation 1st International Symposium in Recent Trends in Pharmaceutical Research. Jan. 23-24, 2003, Ahmedabad, India.
Invited lectures in conferences/ seminars
"Molecular Recognition: Principles and Applications” One-day National Seminar on Methodology of Scientific Research: A Systematic Development, Organised by the Department of Chemistry, Tamralipta Mahavidyalaya, Tamluk, Purba Medinapur, WB on 2nd April 2025.
"Highly Fluorescent Boranil Materials and Their Applications as a Light Emitter", RACS2024, during 7th- 9th November 2024, IIEST, Shibpur.
Directed Molecular Recognition: Theory and its Potential Applications” held on the 21st June, 2024, in One Day International Seminar on Recent Advances in Chemical and Biological Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Alipurduar University, West Bengal.
International Symposium on “Molecular Recognition: The techniques for complexation of the substrates with designed receptors" held during 21st-22nd May 2015 in the Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Belgium.
"Indole-based Fluorogenic chemosensor for visual detection of HSO4− and CN− ions", CTriC-2014, CUSAT, 17th-18th January 2014.
"Dicarboxylic Acids: Good Supramolecular Synthons for Crystal Engineering", 46th Annual Convention of Chemists 2009 and International Conference On Recent Research Trends in Chemical Sciences by Indian Chemical Society held on 2nd-6th December 2009 at VIT, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
"Appliance of Molecular Recognition: Urea-Uric Acid-Biotin-Creatinine": 45th Annual Convention of Chemists 2008 and by the Indian Chemical Society held on 23rd to 27th November, 2008 at Dharwad, Karnatak University, India.
"Molecular Recognition and Fluorescence Sensors for Urea and Uric Acid" in the 44th Annual Convention of Chemists 2007 by the Indian Chemical Society held in Jaipur.
Patents
"Yellow-to-NIR-I Emissive Reversed AIEgens for Simultaneous Hybrid ROS Generation and Physiological Biosensing" (2025) submitted with Ref. No: PSD/PAT/1697
