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Publications (Narayan Pradhan)
2015
1. Coincident Site Epitaxy at the Junctions of Au-Cu2ZnSnS4 Hetero-nanostructures
Biplab K. Patra et al.
Chem. Mater. 2015, ASAP Article
2014
2. Au-SnS Hetero Nanostructures: Size of Au Matters
Biplab K. Patra, Amit K. Guria, Anirban Dutta, Arnab Shit and Narayan Pradhan
Chem. Mater. 2014, 26, 7194-7200.
3. Tuning the Growth Pattern in 2D Confinement Regime of Sm2O3 and the
Emerging Room Temperature Unusual Superparamagnetism
Amit K. Guria, K. Dey, S. Sarkar, B. K. Patra, S. Giri and Narayan Pradhan
Scientific Report 2014 doi:10.1038/srep06514
4. Chemically Sealing the Nanotubes: A Case Study on Sb2S3
Suresh Sarkar, Amit K Guria, Biplab Patra and Narayan Pradhan
Angew. Chem., Int. Edn. 2014, 53, 6743–6746.
5. Hetero-epitaxial Junction in Au-ZnSe Nanostructure: Experiment versus First
Principle Simulation.
Riya Bose, A. H. M. Abdul Wasey, Gour P. Das, and Narayan Pradhan
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2014, 5, 1892−1898
6. Photocatalytic Au-Bi2S3 Heteronanostructures.
Goutam Manna, Riya Bose and Narayan Pradhan
Angew. Chem., Int. Edn.2014 53, 6743–6746.
7. Vortex Pattern Self-Assembly in Mn doped ZnSe Nanorods,
Shinjita Acharya, Suresh Sarkar, S. Chacrabarty, Narayan Pradhan
Chemistry - Er Journal, 20, 2014, 3922–3926,
8. Photo-darkening/Photo-brightening of Blue Emitting Doped Semiconductor
Nanocrystals
Suresh Sarkar, Amit Kumar Guria, Biplab Kumar Patra and Narayan Pradhan
Nanoscale, 2014, 6, 3786-3790.
9. Efficient Superionic Conductor Catalyst for Solid in Solution–Solid–Solid Growth
of Heteronanowires
Amit K Guria, S. Sarkar, B. K. Patra and Narayan Pradhan
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2014, 5, 732–736.
10. Ag2S-AgInS2 : p-n Junction Heteronanostructures with Quasi type-II Band
Alignment
Riya Bose, Goutam Manna and Narayan Pradhan
Chem Comm 2014,50, 3074-3077.
11. Au-thiol Interaction Chemistry and Formation of Giant ZnSe Nanostructures.
Riya Bose, Goutam Manna and Narayan Pradhan
Small, 10, 2014, 1289–1293.
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2013
12. Monodisperse SnS Nanocrystals: In Just 5 Seconds
Biplab K Patra, Suresh Sarkar, Amit K. Guria and Narayan Pradhan
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2013, 4, 3929–3934.
13. Fluorescence Energy Transfer from Doped to Undoped Quantum dots
Suresh Sarkar, Amit Ranjan Maity, Niladri S. Karan and Narayan Pradhan
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2013. 117, 21988−21994.
14. Surface Doping for Hindrance of Crystal Growth and Structural Transformation in
Semiconductor Nanocrystals
Riya Bose, Goutam Manna and Narayan Pradhan
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2013, 177, 20991-20997.
15. Zinc Blende 0D Quantum Dots to Wurtzite 1D Quantum Wires: The Oriented
Attachment and Phase Change in ZnSe Nanostructures
Suresh Sarkar, Shinjita Acharya, Arup Chakraborty, and Narayan Pradhan
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2013 4, 3292–3297.
16. Anisotropic Zinc Blende ZnSe Nanostructures: The Interface Chemistry and the
Retention of Zinc Blende Phase During Growth
Riya Bose, Goutam Manna, and Narayan Pradhan
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2013, 117, 18762–18767.
17. The Rate of Cation Exchange and Change in Optical Properties during
Transformation of Ternary to Doped Binary Nanocrystals
Riya Bose, Santanu Jana, Goutam Manna, Supriyo Chakraborty and Narayan
Pradhan
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2013, 117, 15835-15841.
18. The Redox Chemistry at the Interface for Retrieving and Brightening the
Emission of Doped Semiconductor Nanocrystals
Suresh Sarkar, Biplab K. Patra, Amit K. Guria and Narayan Pradhan
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2013, 4, 2084-2090.
19. Tuning the Emission Colors of Semiconductor Nanocrystals beyond their
Bandgap Tunability: All in the Dope,
Santanu Jana, Goutam Manna, Bhupendra Srivastava and Narayan Pradhan
Small, 2013, 9, 3753–3758. (Cover Art)
20. Semiconducting and Plasmonic Copper Phosphide Platelets:
Goutam Manna, Riya Bose and Narayan Pradhan
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, 2013, 52, 6762-6766. (Cover Art)
21. Influence of doping on semiconductor nanocrystals mediated charge transfer and
photocatalytic organic reaction,
Suresh Sarkar, Amit K Guria and Narayan Pradhan
Chem. Comm., (2013), 49 (54), 6018 – 6020.
22. Doped semiconductor nanocrystal based fluorescent cellular imaging probes,
Amit R. Maity, S. Palmal, SK Basiruddin, Niladri S. Karan, Suresh Sarkar,
Narayan Pradhan and Nikhil R. Jana
Nanoscale, 2013, 5, 5506-5513.
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23. Formation of Hetero-epitaxy in Different Shapes of Au-CdSe MetalSemiconductor Hybrid Nanostructures
Krishnakanta Haldar, Narayan Pradhan and Amitava Patra
Small, 2013, (DOI: 10.1002/smll.201300104). (Cover Art, Frontispiece)
24. Material Diffusion and Doping of Mn in Wurtzite ZnSe Nanorods
Shinjita Acharya, Suresh Sarkar, and Narayan Pradhan
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2013, 117 (11), pp 6006–6012.
25. A Controlled Growth Process To Design Relatively Larger Size Semiconductor
Nanocrystals
Santanu Jana, Bhupendra B. Srivastava, and Narayan Pradhan
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2013, 117 (2), pp 1183–1188.
2012
26. Subnanometer Thin β-Indium Sulfide Nanosheets
Shinjita Acharya, Suresh Sarkar, and Narayan Pradhan
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2012, 3 (24), pp 3812–3817.
27. Mn-Doped Multinary CIZS and AIZS Nanocrystals
Goutam Manna, Santanu Jana, Riya Bose, and Narayan Pradhan
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2012, 3 (18), pp 2528–2534.
28. Multifunctional Doped Semiconductor Nanocrystals
Santanu Jana, Bhupendra B. Srivastava, Somnath Jana, Riya Bose, and
Narayan Pradhan
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2012, 3 (18), pp 2535–2540.
29. Short-Lived, Intense and Narrow Bluish-Green Emitting Gold Zinc Sulfide
Semiconducting Nanocrystals
Riya Bose, Umamahesh Thupakula, J. K. Bal, and Narayan Pradhan
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2012, 116 (31), pp 16680–16686.
30. Synthesis of Micrometer Length Indium Sulfide Nanosheets and Study of Their
Dopant Induced Photoresponse Properties
Shinjita Acharya, Mrinal Dutta, Suresh Sarkar, Durga Basak, Supriyo
Chakraborty, and Narayan Pradhan
Chem. Mater., 2012, 24 (10), pp 1779–1785.
2011
31. Ultra-small Color Tunable Cu doped Ternary Nanocrystal Emitters
Suresh Sarkar, Niladri S. Karan and Narayan Pradhan,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, 2011, 50, 6065-6069.
32. Thermally Controlled Cyclic Insertion/Ejection of Dopant Ions and Reversible
Zinc Blende/Wurtzite Phase Changes in ZnS Nanostructures
Niladri S. Karan, Suresh Sarkar, D. D. Sarma, Paromita Kundu, N. Ravishankar,
and Narayan Pradhan
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133 (6), pp 1666–1669.
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33. Doping Cu in Semiconductor Nanocrystals: Some Old and Some New Physical
Insights
Bhupendra B. Srivastava, Santanu Jana, and Narayan Pradhan
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2011, 133 (4), pp 1007–1015
34. Advances in Light-Emitting Doped Semiconductor Nanocrystals
Narayan Pradhan and D. D. Sarma
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2011, 2 (21), pp 2818–2826.
35. Correlation of Dopant States and Host Bandgap in Dual-Doped Semiconductor
Nanocrystals
Santanu Jana, Bhupendra B. Srivastava, and Narayan Pradhan
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2011, 2 (14), pp 1747–1752.
36. Insertion/Ejection of Dopant Ions in Composition Tunable Semiconductor
Nanocrystals
Shinjita Acharya and Narayan Pradhan
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2011, 115 (40), pp 19513–19519.
2010
37. Doping Transition Metal (Mn or Cu) Ions in Semiconductor Nanocrystals
Niladri S. Karan, D. D. Sarma, R. M. Kadam, and Narayan Pradhan
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2010, 1 (19), pp 2863–2866.
38. Surface Ligand Population Controlled Oriented Attachment: A Case of CdS
Nanowires
Bhupendra B. Srivastava, Santanu Jana, D. D. Sarma and Narayan Pradhan
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2010, 1 (13), pp 1932–1935.
39. Highly Luminescent Mn-Doped ZnS Nanocrystals: Gram-Scale Synthesis
Bhupendra B. Srivastava, Santanu Jana, Niladri S. Karan, Sayantan Paria, Nikhil
R. Jana, D. D. Sarma and Narayan Pradhan
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2010, 1 (9), pp 1454–1458.
40. Role of Fatty Acid in Controlling Nucleation and Growth of CdS Nanocrystals in
Solution
Niladri S. Karan, Aritra Mandal, Subhendu K. Panda and Narayan Pradhan
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2010, 114 (19), pp 8873–8876.
41. Doped Semiconductor Nanocrystals and Organic Dyes: An Efficient and Greener
FRET System
Suresh Sarkar, Riya Bose, Santanu Jana, Nikhil R Jana and Narayan Pradhan
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2010, 1 (3), pp 636–640.
42. Chemically Programmed Ultrahigh Density Two-Dimensional Semiconductor
Superlattice Array
Narayan Pradhan, Somobrata Acharya, Katsuhiko Ariga, Niladri S. Karan, D. D.
Sarma, Yoshiki Wada, Shlomo Efrima and Yuval Golan
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132 (4), pp 1212–1213.
43. An Alternate Route to High-Quality ZnSe and Mn-Doped ZnSe Nanocrystals
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Shinjita Acharya, D. D. Sarma, Nikhil R. Jana and Narayan Pradhan
J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2010, 1 (2), pp 485–488.
44. Santanu Jana, Bhupendra B. Srivastava, Shinjita Acharya, Pralay K. Santra,
Nikhil R. Jana, D. D. Sarma and Narayan Pradhan*, Prevention of
Photooxidation in Blue–green Emitting Cu doped ZnSe Nanocrystals,
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 2853-2855.
PhD and Post-Doctoral Work
45. Surface Ligand Dynamics in Growth of Nanocrystals
Narayan Pradhan, Danielle Reifsnyder, Renguo Xie, Jose Aldana, and Xiaogang
Peng
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129 (30), pp 9500–9509.
46. Efficient and Color-Tunable Mn-Doped ZnSe Nanocrystal Emitters: Control of
Optical Performance via Greener Synthetic Chemistry
Narayan Pradhan and Xiaogang Peng
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129 (11), pp 3339–3347.
47. Interparticle Influence on Size/Size Distribution Evolution of Nanocrystals
Jason Thessing, Jianghong Qian, Haiyan Chen, Narayan Pradhan, and
Xiaogang Peng
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129 (10), pp 2736–2737.
48. Efficient, Stable, Small, and Water-Soluble Doped ZnSe Nanocrystal Emitters as
Non-Cadmium Biomedical Labels
Narayan Pradhan, David M. Battaglia, Yongcheng Liu, and Xiaogang Peng
Nano Lett., 2007, 7 (2), pp 312–317.
49. Formation of Nearly Monodisperse In2O3 Nanodots and Oriented-Attached
Nanoflowers: Hydrolysis and Alcoholysis vs Pyrolysis
Arun Narayanaswamy, Huifang Xu, Narayan Pradhan, Myeongseob Kim, and
Xiaogang Peng
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128 (31), pp 10310–10319.
50. Colloidal CdSe Quantum Wires by Oriented Attachment
Narayan Pradhan, Huifang Xu, and Xiaogang Peng
Nano Lett., 2006, 6 (4), pp 720–724.
51. Arun Narayanaswamy, Huifang Xu, Narayan Pradhan and Xiaogang Peng,
Crystalline nanoflowers with different chemical compositions and physical
properties grown by limited ligand protection.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, 2006, 45, 5361-5364. (Cover Art)
52. Amanda S. Barnard, Huifang Xu, Xiaochun Li, Narayan Pradhan and Xiaogang
Peng, Modelling the formation of high aspect CdSe quantum wires: axial-growth
versus oriented-attachment mechanisms.
Nanotechnology, 2006, 17, 5707-5714.
53. An Alternative of CdSe Nanocrystal Emitters: Pure and Tunable Impurity
Emissions in ZnSe Nanocrystals
Narayan Pradhan, David Goorskey, Jason Thessing, and Xiaogang Peng
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J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127 (50), 17586–17587
54. High Quality ZnSe and ZnS Nanocrystals Formed by Activating Zinc Carboxylate
Precursors
Lin Song Li, Narayan Pradhan, Yunjun Wang, and Xiaogang Peng
Nano Lett., 2004, 4 (11), 2261–2264
55. Supercrystals of Uniform Nanorods and Nanowires, and the Nanorod-toNanowire Oriented Transition
Narayan Pradhan and Shlomo Efrima
J. Phys. Chem. B, 2004, 108 (32), 11964–11970
56. Synthesis of High-Quality Metal Sulfide Nanoparticles from Alkyl Xanthate Single
Precursors in Alkylamine Solvents
Narayan Pradhan, Beni Katz, and Shlomo Efrima
J. Phys. Chem. B, 2003, 107 (50), 13843–13854
57. Single-Precursor, One-Pot Versatile Synthesis under near Ambient Conditions of
Tunable, Single and Dual Band Fluorescing Metal Sulfide Nanoparticles
Narayan Pradhan and Shlomo Efrima
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125 (8), 2050–2051.
58. Seed Mediated Formation of Bimetallic Nanoparticles by UV Irradiation: A
Photochemical Approach for the Preparation of “Core−Shell” Type Structures
Kaushik Mallik, Madhuri Mandal, Narayan Pradhan, and Tarasankar Pal
Nano Lett., 2001, 1 (6), 319–322.
59. Catalytic Reduction of Aromatic Nitro Compounds by Coinage Metal
Nanoparticles
Narayan Pradhan, Anjali Pal, and Tarasankar Pal
Langmuir, 2001, 17 (5), 1800–1802.
60. Organized Media as Redox Catalysts
Tarasankar Pal, Swati De (née Das), Nikhil R. Jana, Narayan Pradhan,
Rampada Mandal, and Anjali Pal, A. E. Beezer and J. C. Mitchell
Langmuir, 1998, 14 (17), 4724–4730.
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