John Mondal , Ph.D
Senior Scientist
Organic & Medicinal Chemistry

Research Interest
- Exploration of versatile novel synthetic strategies for the design and synthesis of forefront and emerging Porous-Organic-Polymer (POP) & Covalent-Organic Framework (COF) in the application of Heterogeneous Nano catalysis.
- Rational Design of Bio-inspired POP based Nano-photo Reactor for CO2 reduction to solar-fuel production.
- Design of Porous-Organic-Polymer (POP) based Catalysts that can mimic Metallo-Enzyme activity.
- Visible-light responsive POPs for solar-driven CO2 fixation to value-added chemicals.
- Design of functionalized POP based Nano-trap for intracellular CO2 capture to regulate Bio-catalysis pathway.
- Understanding of catalyst-structure activity relationship with synchrotron-based X-ray absorption spectroscopy fine-structure (XAFS) analysis.
Credentials
- 2025 (February 10, 2025)-Present: Senior Scientist E1, Organic & Medicinal Chemistry Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB), Kolkata.
- 2021-2025 (February 07, 2025): Senior Scientist E1, Catalysis & Fine Chemicals Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad.
- 2017-2021: Scientist C, Catalysis & Fine Chemicals Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad.
- 2015-2017: DST-INSPIRE Faculty, Inorganic & Physical Chemistry Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad.
- 2013-2015: Post Doctoral Research Associate, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, with Prof. Yanli Zhao, Executive Editor of ACS Applied Nano Materials.
- 2008-2013: Ph.D in Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata, under the supervision of Prof. Asim Bhaumik
Honours & Awards
- Merck Young Scientist Award (winner)-2023
- Selected for Bristol Next generation Visiting Researchers Programme, University of Bristol, UK-2023
- 2023 Risings Stars Organic & Inorganic Chemistry for an outstanding early-career researcher (ACS)-2023
- Top 3% Highly Cited Authors 2019-2020 from India (ACS Publications)
- CSIR-IICT Young Scientist Award-2021.
- Featured Author Profile “Young Researcher Series” in ChemCatChem, Wiley-2020.
- CSIR-Young Scientist Award in Chemical Sciences-2019.
- INSA-JSPS Establishment for Young Researcher Fellowship Program-2019.
- The National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award in Chemical Sciences-2018.
- Telangana Academy of Sciences (TAS) Young Scientist Award in Chemical Sciences-2016.
- Department of Science & Technology (DST) Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) Faculty Research Award, 2015.
Service Academic Society:
- Life Member of Royal Society of Chemistry, UK (MRSC): Member ID: 734161
- Life Member of Materials Research Society of India (MRSI): Member ID: LMB3729
- Guest Editor on an RSC Sustainability Journal themed collection on CO2 conversion
Patents & Publications
- Ankita Boruah, Bishal Boro, Jiarui Wang, Ratul Paul, Rajib Ghosh, Debansh Mohapatra, Pei-Zhou Li, Xinglong Zhang, John Mondal*.Influence of Keto-Enol Tautomerism in Regulating CO2 Photoreduction Activity in Porous Organic Porphyrinic Photopolymers. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2025, 17, 1, 1259-1272. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c17714
- Nitumani Das, Ashakiran Maibam, Hongryeol Yun, Bishal Boro, Chang Seop Hong, Ravichandar Babarao, John Mondal*. Revving Up a Designed Copper Catecholate Porous Organic Polymer for Its Potent Ethylene Adsorption than Ethane. Inorg. Chem. 2024, 63, 42, 19759-19768. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c02987
Dhruba Jyoti Deka, Chandan Biswas, Dr. Ratul Paul, Jiabin Xu, Prof. Yining Huang, Dr. Duy Quang Dao, John Mondal*.Harmonizing Between Chemical Functionality and Surface Area of Porous Organic Polymeric Nanotraps for Tuning Carbon Dioxide Capture. Chemistry-An Asian Journal 2024, 19, e202400515. https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202400515
- Bishal Boro, Paramita Koley, Ankita Boruah, Tayebeh Hosseinnejad, Jang Mee Lee, Chia-Che Chang, Chih-Wen Pao, Sureh Bhargava, John Mondal*. Deciphering Reactivity Factors of Cu (II)-Pd (0) Engaged in Porous Organic Polymer toward Catalytic Hydrogenolysis of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-Dimethylfuran. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2024, 12, 38, 14200-14217. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c04337
- Ankita Boruah, Bishal Boro, Ratul Paul, Chia-Che Chang, Srayee Mandal, Abhijit Shrotri, Chih-Wen Pao, Binh Khanh Mai, John Mondal*. Site-Selective Zn-Metalation in Poly-Triphenyl Amine-based Porous Organic Polymer for Solid-Gas Phase CO2 Photoreduction. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2024, 16, 27, 34437-34449. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c06198
- Ratul Paul, Ashakiran Maibam, Rupak Chatterjee, Wenjing Wang, Triya Mukherjee, Nitumani Das, Masapogu Yellappa, Tanmay Banerjee, Asim Bhaumik, S Venkata Mohan, Ravichandar Babarao, John Mondal*. Purification of Waste-Generated Biogas Mixtures Using Covalent Organic Framework’s High CO2 Selectivity. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2024, 16, 17, 22066-22078. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c03245
- Nitumani Das, Ratul Paul, Shalini Tomar, Chandan Biswas, Sudip Chakraborty, John Mondal*. Catching an Oxo Vanadate Porous Acetylacetonate Covalent Adaptive Catalytic Network that Renders Mustard-Gas Simulant Harmless. Inorg. Chem. 2024, 63, 13, 6092-6102. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c00519
- Ratul Paul, Ankita Boruah, Risov Das, Subhajit Chakraborty, Kapil Chahal, Dhruba Jyoti Deka, Sebastian C. Peter, Binh Khanh Mai, John Mondal*. Pyrolysis Free Out-of-Plane Co-Single Atomic Sites in Porous Organic Photopolymer Stimulates Solar-Powered CO2 Fixation. Small 2024, 20, 2305307. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202305307
- Ratul Paul, Risov Das, Nitumani Das, Subhajit Chakraborty, Chih‐Wen Pao, Quang Thang Trinh, GT Kasun Kalhara Gunasooriya, John Mondal*, Sebastian C Peter. Tweaking Photo CO2 Reduction by Altering Lewis Acidic Sites in Metalated‐Porous Organic Polymer for Adjustable H2/CO Ratio in Syngas Production. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2023, 62, e202311304. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202311304
- Risov Das, Ratul Paul, Arko Parui, Abhijit Shrotri, Cesare Atzori, Kirill A Lomachenko, Abhishek Kumar Singh, John Mondal*, Sebastian C Peter. Engineering the Charge Density on an In2.77S4/Porous Organic Polymer Hybrid Photocatalyst for CO2-to-Ethylene Conversion Reaction. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 1, 422-435. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c10351
- Bishal Boro, Nayeong Kim, Jae-Seung Kim, Ratul Paul, Yogendra Nailwal, Yuri Choi, Dong-Hwa Seo, John Mondal*, Jungki Ryu. Photocatalytic H2O2 production from water and air using porous organic polymers. Journal of Colloid And Interface Science 652 (2023) 1784-1792. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2023.09.002
- Ratul Paul, Priyanka Kalita, Duy Quang Dao, Indranil Mondal, Bishal Boro, John Mondal*.Linker Independent Regioselective Protonation Triggered Detoxification of Sulfur Mustards with Smart Porous Organic Photopolymer. Small 2023, 19, 2302045. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202302045
- Bishal Boro, Priyanka Kalita, Aathilingam Vijayaprabhakaran, Duy Quang Dao, Subhajit Nandy, Keun Hwa Chae, Yogendra Nailwal, Murugavel Kathiresan, John Mondal*. Discrete Cu-Metalloporous Polycarbazole as a Nanoelectromediator for Effective Electrocarboxylation of Benzyl Bromide with CO2. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2023, 6, 13, 11788-11801. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.3c01721
- Bishal Boro, Ratul Paul, Hui Ling Tan, Quang Thang Trinh, Jabor Rabeah, Chia-Che Chang, Chih-Wen Pao, Wen Liu, Nam-Trung Nguyen, Binh Khanh Mai, John Mondal*. Experimental Validation and Computational Predictions Join Forces to Map Catalytic C-H Activation in Ferrocene Metalated Porous Organic Polymers. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2023, 15, 17, 21027-21039. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c01393
- Nitumani Das, Ratul Paul, Sohag Biswas, Risov Das, Rupak Chatterjee, Asim Bhaumik, Sebastian C Peter, Bryan M Wong, John Mondal*. Photo-Responsive Signatures in a Porous Organic Polymer Enable Visible Light-Driven CO2 Photofixation. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2023, 11, 6, 2066-2078. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c04428
- Nitumani Das, Ratul Paul, Rupak Chatterjee, Digambar Balaji Shinde, Zhiping Lai, Asim Bhaumik, John Mondal* Tuning of Microenvironment in Covalent Organic Framework via Fluorination Strategy promotes Selective CO2 Capture. Chem Asian J. 2023, 18, e202200970. https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202200970
- Priyanka Kalita, Ratul Paul, Ankita Boruah, Duy Quang Dao, Asim Bhaumik, John Mondal*.A critical review on emerging photoactive porous materials for sulfide oxidation and sulfur mustard decontamination. Green Chem., 2023,25, 5789-5812. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3GC01149F
- Priyanka Kalita, Ratul Paul, Chih-Wen Pao, Rupak Chatterjee, Asim Bhaumik, John Mondal*. Putting forward a Ni-metallosalphen-based porous organic polymer for detoxification of sulfur mustard gas simulant. Chem. Commun., 2023,59, 5067-5070. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CC00349C
- Ratul Paul, Priyanka Kalita, Bryan M Wong and John Mondal* Progress and Outlook of Solar-Powered Biomass for Biorefineries: A Minireview. Energy & Fuels 2022, 36, 14573-14583
- Subhash Chandra Shit, Niket S. Powar, Priyanka Kalita, Ratul Paul, Shaojun Xu, Jin-Woo Jung, Chang-Hee Cho, Su-Il In and John Mondal*. Selective photocatalytic CO2 reduction to CH4 over metal-free porous polyimide in the solid-gas mode. Chemical Communications 2022,58, 13716-13719
- Bishal Boro, Paramita Koley, Hui Ling Tan, Sohag Biswas, Ratul Paul, Suresh Bhargava, Wen Liu, Bryan M. Wong, and John Mondal* Influence of the Intrinsic Nanocore Environment in a Pd-Metalated Porous Organic Polymer for Catalytic Biomass-Derived Furfural Upgrading. ACS Applied Nano Materials 2022, 5, 14706-14721
- Chitra Sarkar, Ratul Paul, Duy Quang Dao, Shaojun Xu, Rupak Chatterjee, Subhash Chandra Shit, Asim Bhaumik, and John Mondal* Unlocking Molecular Secrets in a Monomer-Assembly-Promoted Zn-Metalated Catalytic Porous Organic Polymer for Light-Responsive CO2 Insertion. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2022, 14, 33, 37620-37636
- Ratul Paul, Chitra Sarkar, Manjari Jain, Shaojun Xu, Kashmiri Borah, Duy Quang Dao, Chih-Wen Pao, Saswata Bhattacharya, and John Mondal*Ferrocene Derived Fe-Metalated Porous-Organic-Polymer for Core Planarity Triggered Detoxification of Chemical Warfare Agents. Chemical Communications, 2022, 58, 7789-7792.
- Bishal Boro, Mrinal K. Adak, Sohag Biswas, Chitra Sarkar, Yogendra Nailwal, Abhijit Shrotri, Biswarup Chakraborty, Bryan M. Wong, and John Mondal*. Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation Performance in an Extended Porous Organic Framework with a Covalent Alliance of Distinct Ru Sites.Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 7621-7633.
- Nitumani Das, Ratul Paul, Duy Quang Dao, Rupak Chatterjee, Kashmiri Borah, Subhash Chandra Shit, Asim Bhaumik, and John Mondal* Nanospace Engineering of Triazine-Thiophene-Intertwined Porous-Organic-Polymers via Molecular Expansion in Tweaking CO2 Capture.ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2022, 5, 5302-5315.
- Sujan Mondal, Niket S. Powar, Ratul Paul, Hyuna Kwon, Nitumani Das, Bryan M. Wong, Su-Il In, and John Mondal*Nanoarchitectonics of Metal-Free Porous Polyketone as Photocatalytic Assemblies for Artificial Photosynthesis. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022, 14, 771-783.
- Ratul Paul, Subhash Chandra Shit, Arunima Singh, Roong Jien Wong, Duy Quang Dao, Boby Joseph, Wen Liu, Saswata Bhattacharya, and John Mondal*Organogel Assisted Porous Organic Polymer Embedding Cu Nanoparticles for Selectivity Control Semi-Hydrogenation of Alkynes. Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 1505-1519.
- Ratul Paul, Subhash Chandra Shit, Haraprasad Mandal, Jabor Rabeah, Siddhartha Shankar Kashyap, Yogendra Nailwal, Digambar Balaji Shinde, Zhiping Lai, and John Mondal*Benzothiazole-Linked Metal-Free Covalent Organic Framework Nanostructures for Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Conversion of Phenylboronic Acids to Phenols. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2021, 4, 11732-11742.
- Chitra Sarkar, Subhash Chandra Shit, Nitumani Das, and John Mondal*Presenting Porous-Organic-Polymers as Next Generation Invigorating Window for Nanoreactor.
Chemical Communications, 2021, 57, 8550-8567. - Paramita Koley, Subhash Chandra Shit, Ylias M. Sabri, Bolla Srinivasa Rao, Lingaiah Nakka, James Tardio, and John Mondal*Looking Into More Eyes Combining In-Situ Spectroscopy in Catalytic Bio-Fuel Upgrade with Composition-Graded Ag-Co Core-Shell Nanoalloy. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2021, 10, 3750-3767.
- Chitra Sarkar, Ratul Paul, Subhash Chandra Shit, Paramita Koley, Quang Thang Trinh, Andrew M. Beale, Chih-Wen Pao, Arghya Banerjee, and John Mondal*
Navigating Copper-Atom-Pair Structural Effect inside Porous-Organic-Polymer Cavity for Selective Hydrogenation of Biomass Derived 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2021, 5, 2136-2151. - Subhash Chandra Shit, Indrajit Shown, Ratul Paul, Kuei-Hsien Chen, John Mondal* and Li-Chyong Chen. Integrated nano-architectured photocatalysts for photochemical CO2 reduction. Nanoscale 2020, 12, 23301-23332
- Ratul Paul, Subhash Chandra Shit, Thibault Fovanna, Davide Ferri, Bolla Srinivasa Rao, G. T. Kasun Kalhara Gunasooriya, Duy Quang Dao, Quyet Van Le, Indrajit Shown, Matthew P. Sherburne, Quang Thang Trinh, and John Mondal*. Realizing Catalytic Acetophenone Hydrodeoxygenation with Palladium Equipped Porous-Organic-Polymer. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2020, 12, 50550-50565
- Paramita Koley, Subhash Chandra Shit, Boby Joseph, Simone Pollastri, Ylias M. Sabri, Edwin Lawrence Harrop Mayes, Lingaiah Nakka, James Tardio, and John Mondal*.Leveraging Cu/CuFe2O4-Catalyzed Bio-Mass Derived Furfural Hydrodeoxygenation: Nanoscale Metal Organic-Framework Template Is the Prime Key. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2020, 12, 21682–21700.
- Ratul Paul, Chitra Sarkar, Yong Yan, Quang Thang Trinh, Bolla Srinivasa Rao, Chih-Wen Pao, Jyh-Fu Lee, Wen Liu, and John Mondal*. Porous-Organic-Polymer-Triggered Advancement of Sustainable Magnetic Efficient Catalyst for Chemoselective Hydrogenation of Cinnamaldehyde. ChemCatChem 2020, 12, 3687-3704.
- Chitra Sarkar, Subhash Chandra Shit, Duy Quang Dao, Jihyeon Lee, Ngoc Han Tran, Ramana Singuru, Kwangjin An, Dang Nam Nguyen, Quyet Van Le, Prince Nana Amaniampong, Asmaa Drif,Francois Jerome, Pham Thanh Huyen,Thi To Nga Phan, Dai-Viet N. Vo, Nguyen Thanh Binh, Quang Thang Trinh, Matthew P. Sherburne and John Mondal*.An efficient hydrogenation catalytic model hosted in a stable hyper-crosslinked porous-organicpolymer: from fatty acid to bio-based alkane diesel synthesis. Green Chemistry 2020, 22, 2049–2068.
- Subhash Chandra Shit, Paramita Koley, Boby Joseph, Carlo Marini, Nakka Lingaiah, James Tardio, and John Mondal*. Porous Organic Polymer-Driven Evolution of High-Performance Cobalt Phosphide Hybrid Nanosheets as Vanillin Hydrodeoxygenation Catalyst. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2019, 11, 24140-24153.
- Saikiran Pendem, Bolla Srinivasa Rao, David J. Morgan, Digambar B. Shinde, Zhiping Lai, Nakka Lingaiah, and John Mondal* 2019 Metal-Organic-Framework Derived Co-Pd Bond is Preferred over Fe-Pd for Reductive Upgrading of Furfural to Tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol. Dalton Transactions 2019, 48, 8791-8802.
- Chitra Sarkar, Paramita Koley, Indrajit Shown, Jihyeon Lee, Kwangjin An, James Arido, Nakka Lingaiah, Kuei-Hsien Chen and John Mondal* 2019 Integration of Interfacial and Alloy Effects to Modulate catalytic performance of MOF derived Cu-Pd Nanocrystals toward hydrogenolysis of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2019, 7, 10349-10362.
- Chitra Sarkar, Saikiran Pendem, Abhijit Shrotri, Duy Quang Dao, Quang Thang Trinh, Matthew Sherburne and John Mondal*.Interface Engineering of Graphene-Supported Cu Nanoparticles Encapsulated by Mesoporous Silica for Size-Dependent Catalytic Oxidative Coupling of Aromatic Amines. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2019, 11, 11722-11735
- Nagasuresh Enjamuri, Santu Sarkar, Benjaram M. Reddy and John Mondal*. Design and Catalytic Application of Functional Porous Organic Polymer: Opportunities and Challenges. The Chemical Record 2019, 19 (9), 1782-1792.
- Saikiran Pendem, Ramana Singuru, Chitra Sarkar, Boby Joseph, Jyh-Fu Lee, Digambar Shinde, Zhiping Lai and John Mondal*. Zeolitic imidazolate framework-mediated synthesis of Co3O4 nanoparticles encapsulated in N-doped graphitic carbon as an efficient catalyst for selective oxidation of hydrocarbons. ACS Applied Nano Materials 2018, 1, 4836-4851.
- Subhash Chandra Shit, Indranil Mondal, Pendem Saikiran, Linyi Bai, Jeong Young Park and John Mondal* MOF derived Bifunctional Iron oxide & Iron phosphide Nanoarchitecture Photoelectrode towards Neutral Water Splitting. ChemElectroChem 2018, 5, 2842-2849.
- Pendem Saikiran, Indranil Mondal, Abhijit Shrotri, B. Srinivasa Rao, N. Lingaiah, and John Mondal* Unraveling Structural Properties and Reactivity Trends of Cu-Ni Bimetallic Nanoalloy Catalyst for Biomass-Derived Levulinic Acid Hydrogenation Sustainable. Energy & Fuel 2018, 2, 1516-1529.
- Subhash Chandra Shit, Ramana Singuru, Simone Pollastri, Boby Joseph, Bolla, Nakka Lingaiah and John Mondal*.Cu-Pd bimetallic nanoalloy anchored on N-rich porous organic polymer for high-performance hydrodeoxygenation of biomass-derived vanillin. Catalysis Science & Technology 2018, 8, 2195-2210.
- Sujan Mondal, Ramana Singuru, Subhash Shit, Taku Hayashi, Stefan Irle, Yuh Hijikata, John Mondal* and Asim Bhaumik.Ru nanoparticle-decorated porous organic network for direct hydrodeoxygenation of long chain fatty acids to alkanes ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2018, 6, 1610-1619.
- Subhash Chandra Shit, Santimoy Khilari, Indranil Mondal, Debabrata Pradhan and John Mondal*. The Design of New Cobalt Sulfide Nanoparticles Implanted Porous Organic Polymer Nanohybrid as Smart and Durable Water-Splitting Photoelectrocatalyst. Chemistry A European Journal 2017, 23, 14827-14838.
- Sudipta K. Kundu, Ramana Singuru, Taku Hayashi, Yuh Hijikata, Stephan Irle, and John Mondal*. Constructing Sulfonic Acid Functionalized Anthracene Derived Conjugated Porous Organic Polymer for Efficient Metal-Free Catalytic Acetalization of Bio-glycerol. ChemistrySelect 2017, 2, 4705-4716.
- Ramana Singuru, Karnekanti Dhanalaxmi, Subhash Chandra Shit, Benjaram Mahipal Reddy, and John Mondal* Palladium Nanoparticles Encaged in Nitrogen Rich Porous Organic Polymer: Constructing Promising Robust Nanoarchitecture in Catalytic Biofuel Upgrade. ChemCatChem 2017, 9, 2550-2564.
- Karnekanti Dhanalaxmi, Ramana Singuru, Sujan Mondal, Linyi Bai, Benjaram Mahipal Reddy, Asim Bhaumik, and John Mondal*.Magnetic Nanohybrid Decorated Porous Organic Polymer: Synergistic Catalyst for High Performance Levulinic Acid Hydrogenation. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2017, 5, 1033-1045.
- Ramana Singuru, Quang Thang Trinh, Biplab Banerjee, Bolla Govinda Rao, Linyi Bai, Asim Bhaumik, Benjaram Mahipal Reddy, Hajime Hirao and John Mondal* 2016 Integrated Experimental and Theoretical Study of Shape-Controlled Catalytic Oxidative Coupling of Aromatic Amines over CuO Nanostructures. ACS Omega 2016, 1, 1121-1138.
- Karnekanti Dhanalaxmi, Rajkumar Yadav, Sudipta Kumar Kundu, Benjaram Mahipal Reddy, Vipin Amoli, Anil Kumar Sinha and John Mondal*. MnFe2O4 Nanocrystals Wrapped in a Porous Organic Polymer: A Designed Architecture for Water-Splitting Photocatalysis. Chemistry-A European Journal 2016, 22, 15639-15644.
- John Mondal,* Quang Thang Trinh, Avijit Jana, Wilson Kwok Hung Ng, Parijat Borah, Hajime Hirao and Yanli Zhao. Size-Dependent Catalytic Activity of Palladium Nanoparticles Fabricated in Porous Organic Polymers for Alkene Hydrogenation at Room Temperature. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2016, 8, 15307-15319.
- Karnekanti Dhanalaxmi, Ramana Singuru, Sudipta K Kundu, Benjaram Mahipal Reddy, Asim Bhaumik and John Mondal*. Strongly coupled Mn3O4-Porous Organic Polymer Hybrid: A Robust, Durable and Potential Nanocatalyst for Alcohol Oxidation Reactions. RSC Advances 2016, 6, 36728-36735.
- Biplab Banerjee, Ramana Singuru, Sudipta K. Kundu, Karnekanti Dhanalaxmi, Linyi Bai, Benjaram Mahipal Reddy, Asim Bhaumik and John Mondal*. Towards Rational Design of Core-Shell Catalytic Nanoreactor with high Performance Catalytic Hydrogenation of Levulinic acid. Catalysis Science & Technology 2016, 6, 5102-5115.
- John Mondal,* Sudipta K. Kundu, Wilson Kwok Hung Ng, Ramana Singuru, Parijat Borah, Hajime Hirao, Yanli Zhao and Asim Bhaumik. Fabrication of Ru Nanoparticles in Porous Organic Polymer: Towards Advanced Heterogeneous Catalytic Nanoreactor. Chemistry-A European Journal 2015, 21, 19016-19027.
- Sujan Mondal, John Mondal* and Asim Bhaumik. Sulfonated porous polymeric nanofibers as an efficient solid acid catalyst for the production of 5-hydroxymethyl furfural from biomass. ChemCatChem 2015, 7, 3570-3578.
- Parijat Borah, John Mondal and Yanli Zhao. Urea-Pyridine Bridged Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica: An Efficient Hydrogen-Bond Donating Heterogeneous Organocatalyst for Henry Reaction. Journal of Catalysis 2015, 330, 129-134.
- Avijit Jana, John Mondal, Parijat Borah, Sujan Mondal, Asim Bhaumik and Yanli Zhao. Ruthenium Bipyridyl Tethered Porous Organosilica: A Versatile, Durable and Reusable Heterogeneous Photocatalyst. Chemical Communications 2015, 51, 10746-10749.
- John Mondal, Anup Biswas, Shunsuke Chiba and Yanli Zhao. Cu0 Nanoparticles Deposited on Nanoporous Polymers: A Recyclable Heterogeneous Nanocatalyst for Ullmann Coupling of Aryl Halides with Amines in Water. Scientific Reports (Nature Journal Group), 2015, 5, 8294.
- John Mondal, Parijat Borah, Sivaramapanicker Sreejith, Kim Truc Nguyen, Han Xiguang, Xing Ma and Yanli Zhao. Morphology tuned exceptional catalytic activity of porous polymer supported Mn3O4 in aerobic sp3 C-H oxidation of aromatic hydrocarbons and alcohols. ChemCatChem 2014, 6, 3518-3529.
- John Mondal, Kim Truc Nguyen, Avijit Jana, Karina Kurniawan, Parijat Borah,
- Yanli Zhao and Asim Bhaumik. Efficient alkene hydrogenation over a magnetically recoverable and recyclable Fe3O4@GO nanocatalyst using hydrazine hydrate as the hydrogen source. Chemical Communications 2014, 50, 12095-12097.
- John Mondal, Sivaramapanicker Sreejith, Parijat Borah and Yanli Zhao.One-Pot Synthesis of Antitumor Agent PMX 610 by a Copper (II)-Incorporated Mesoporous Catalyst. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2014, 2, 934-941.
- John Mondal, Parijat Borah, Arindam Modak, Yanli Zhao and Asim Bhaumik. Cu-Grafted Functionalized Mesoporous SBA-15: A Novel Heterogeneous Catalyst for Facile One-Pot Three-Component C–S Cross-Coupling Reaction of Aryl Halides in Water. Organic Process Research & Development 2014, 18 (1), 257-265.
- Anupam Singha Roy, John Mondal, Biplab Banerjee, Paramita Mondal, Asim Bhaumik and Sk. Manirul Islam. Pd-grafted porous metal–organic framework material as an efficient and reusable heterogeneous catalyst for C-C coupling reactions in water. Applied Catalysis A: General 2014, 469, 320-327.
- Sudipta K. Kundu, John Mondal and Asim Bhaumik. Tungstic acid functionalized mesoporous SBA-15: A novel heterogeneous catalyst for facile one-pot synthesis of 2-amino-4H-chromenes in aqueous medium. Dalton Transactions 2013, 42, 10515-
- Arindam Modak, John Mondal and Asim Bhaumik.Highly Porous Organic Polymer as an Efficient Catalyst for Indole C-H Activation at Room Temperature. ChemCatChem 2013, 5, 1749-1753.
- Arindam Modak, John Mondal and Asim Bhaumik. Porphyrin based porous organic polymer as bi-functional catalyst for selective oxidation and Knoevenagel condensation reactions. Applied Catalysis A: General 2013, 459, 41-5
- John Mondal, Arindam Modak, Mahasweta Nandi, Hiroshi Uyama and Asim Bhaumik. Triazine functionalized ordered mesoporous organosilica as a novel organocatalyst for the facile one-pot synthesis of 2-amino-4H-chromene under solvent-free conditions. RSC Advances 2012, 2, 11306-11317.
- John Mondal, Arindam Modak, Arghya Dutta, Sohini Basu, Shambhu Nath Jha, Dibyendu Bhattacharyya and Asim Bhaumik. One-pot Thioetherification of Aryl halides using Thiourea and Benzyl bromides in water catalyzed by Cu-grafted furfural functionalized mesoporous SBA-15. Chemical Communications 2012, 48, 8000-8002.
- John Mondal, Tapas Sen and Asim Bhaumik.Fe3O4@ mesoporous SBA-15: A robust and magnetically recoverable catalyst for one-pot synthesis of 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-ones via Biginelli reaction. Dalton Transactions 2012, 41, 6173-6181.
- Arindam Modak, John Mondal and Asim Bhaumik.Pd-grafted periodic mesoporous organosilica: an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for Hiyama and Sonogashira coupling, and cyanation reactions. Green Chemistry 2012, 14, 2840-2855.
- Sabari Ghosh, Asim Bhaumik, John Mondal, Amit Mallik, Sumita Sengupta (Bandyopadhyay) and Chhanda Mukhopadhyay. Direct amide bond formation from carboxylic acids and amines using activated alumina balls as a new, convenient, clean, reusable and low-cost heterogeneous catalyst. Green Chemistry 2012, 14, 3220-3229.
- John Mondal, Mahasweta Nandi, Arindam Modak and Asim Bhaumik. Acid Functionalized Mesoporous Silica as Efficient Organocatalysts for Syntheses of Xanthenes. Journal of Molecular Catalysis: A 2012, 363-364, 254-264.
- Arghya Dutta, John Mondal, Astam kumar Patra and Asim Bhaumik. Synthesis and temperature induced morphology control in a hybrid porous iron phosphonate nanomaterial and its excellent catalytic activity for benzimidazole synthesis. Chemistry-A European Journal 2012, 18, 13372-13378.
- Noor Salam, Paramita Mondal, John Mondal, Anupam Singha Roy, Asim Bhaumik and S. M. Islam.Highly efficient base catalysis and sulphide oxidation reactions over new functionalized mesoporous polymers. RSC Advances 2012, 2, 6464-6477.
- Arindam Modak, Mahasweta Nandi, John Mondal and Asim Bhaumik. Porphyrin based porous organic polymers: novel synthetic strategy and exceptionally high CO2 adsorption capacity. Chemical Communications 2012, 48, 248-250.
- John Mondal, Arindam Modak, Arghya Dutta and Asim Bhaumik.Facile C-S coupling reaction of aryl iodide and thiophenol catalyzed by Cu-grafted furfural functionalized mesoporous organosilica. Dalton Transactions 2011, 40, 5228-5235
- Mahasweta Nandi, John Mondal, Krishanu Sarkar, Yusuke Yamauchi and Asim Bhaumik. Highly ordered acid functionalized SBA-15: Novel organocatalyst for preparation of Xanthenes. Chemical Communications 2011, 47, 6677-6679
- Arindam Modak, John Mondal, Manickam Sasidharan and Asim Bhaumik. Triazine functionalized ordered mesoporous polymer: a novel solid support for Pd-mediated C–C cross-coupling reactions in water. Green Chemistry 2011, 13, 1317-1331.
- John Mondal, Arindam Modak and Asim Bhaumik.One-pot efficient Heck coupling in water catalyzed by palladium nanoparticles tethered into mesoporous organic polymer. Journal of Molecular Catalysis: A 2011, 350, 40-48.
- John Mondal, Arindam Modak and Asim Bhaumik. Highly efficient mesoporous base catalyzed Knoevenagel condensation of different aromatic aldehydes with malononitrile and subsequent noncatalytic Diels–Alder reactions. Journal of Molecular Catalysis: A 2011, 335, 236-241.
- Arindam Modak, John Mondal, Vinod K. Aswal and Asim Bhaumik. A new periodic mesoporous organosilica containing diimine-phloroglucinol, Pd(II)-grafting and its excellent catalytic activity and trans-selectivity in C–C coupling reactions Journal of Materials Chemistry 2010, 20, 8099-8106.