Ankush Biradar

Dr. Ankush V. Biradar

Principal Scientist

Academic Qualifications

Ph. D (2009) –University of Pune, India, M. Sc. Chemistry (2001) - School of Chemical Sciences, Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded, India

Contact Details

Dr. Ankush V. Biradar

Principal Scientist

Personal webpage; https://sites.google.com/view/ankushbiradar

Google Scholar:  https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?hl=en&user=8arEJ74AAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate

ankush@csmcri.res.in

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2023

100. Krishnan R.; Pawara, D.; GBE Jean-Louis.; Biradar, A. V.*  Mo-based bio-derived carbon catalyst enables a tandem dehydration reaction for the direct synthesis of fuel precursors from fructose, Fuel, 2023, accepted IF 7.4

99. Mehra, S.; Naikwadi, D. R.; Biradar, A. V.* Kumar, A.* "Selective Isomerization of α-pinene oxide to Trans-Carveol by Task-Specific Ionic Liquids: Mechanistic insights via Physicochemical Studies" Green Chemistry, 2023  25, 6218-6225  IF: 9.8

98. Naikwadi, D. R.;  Shilpa, D.; Krishnan R.; Singh, A. S.; Advani J. A.; Saravanan, S.; Biradar, A. V.* "Recent advances and challenges in the valorization of α-pinene towards value-added chemicals" Advanced Sustainable Systems 2023. Accepted IF: 7.1

97. Bankar, B. D.; Naikwadi, D. R.; Biradar, A. V.*  Hydrogenation of CO2 to formic acid over efficient heterogeneous ruthenium oxide supported on cubic phase zirconium oxide catalyst”  Applied Surface Science 2023, 631, 157556  IF: 6.7

96. Naikwadi, D. R.;* Muthukumar, D.; Tayade, R. J.;* Pillai, R.S.;* and Biradar, A. V.* A novel route for isomerization of α-pinene oxide at room temperature under irradiation of light-emitting diodes Materials Today Chemistry  2023, 33, 101682  IF: 7.3

95. GBE Jean-Louis.; Krishnan R.; Biradar, A. V.* Designing of 3D architecture flower-like Mn-promoted MgO for CO2 adsorption and CO2-assisted aerobic oxidation of alkylbenzenes ACS Materials and Interface 2023 15, 14, 17879–17892  IF 10.38

94. Chaudhary, P.; Naikwadi, D. R. Biradar, A. V. Singh, S.* "Heterogeneous Chiral Covalent Organic Framework for the Enantioselective Epoxidation of Styrenes and Chromenes" Langmuir, 2023, 39, 31, 10925–10934  IF: 3.9

93. Patil, R. D.; Shelte, A.;  Biradar, A. V.; Patihar. S. "Sustainable and Selective Transfer Hydrogenation using Waste Shrimp Shell-Based Tetrazene-Ru(II) Para-cymene Catalyst with Ethanol as a Hydrogen Source" Applied Organometallic Chemistry  2023 Accepted IF: 4.3

92. Solanki, K.; Sharma, S.; Rana, P.; Kaushik, B.; Yadav,S.;  Dixit, R.; Biradar, A. V.; Ashu Gupta, A.; RK Sharma, R. K. A structurally engineered flower shaped magnetic hierarchical sorbent for rapid and selective uptake of Pb 2+ ions from water samples Materials Chemistry Frontiers 2023, 7,19 4482-4496 IF. 7.0

91.  Nishad, H. S.; Gupta, S. P. Khan,  N. S.; Biradar, a. V.; Lee,  J.; Mane, S. M. Walke, P. S.; Structural Transformation of Hydrated WO3 into SnWO4 via Sn Incorporation Enables a Superior Pseudocapacitor and Aqueous Zinc-Ion Battery  Energy & Fuels 2023, 37 7501–7510  IF.-5.3

90. Kirti; Singh, A.S.; Biradar, A. V.*; Srivastava, D. N* "Producing green hydrogen in an efficient way using a nexus of waste-biomass derived catalyst and cost-effective & scalable electrode platform " New J. Chem., 2023,47, 12208-12216 3.3

89. Singh, G.; Panda, S.; Gahtori, J.; Chandewar, P. J.; Kumar, P.; Ghosh, I.G.; Biradar, A. V. Shee, D.; Bordoloi,A.; Comparative Study of Short-Chain Olefins Synthesis via CO2 Hydrogenation over Iron-Containing Double Metal Cyanide-Derived Catalysts ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2023, 11, 30, 11181–11198 IF 8.4

88. Krishnan R.; GBE Jean-Louis K. Mehra, S.; Tongdi. S.; Kumar, A.; Biradar, A. V.* "Functional Bagasse: As a Versatile Catalyst for Henry Reaction and Additive-Free Cycloaddition of COJournal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 2023, 11(3), 109737 IF 7.7 

87. Ghadge, V. A; Krishnan R.;Naikwadi, D. R.; Pramod B. Shinde, P. B.*Biradar, A. V.* "Natural Eumelanin-Based Porous N-Doped Carbon as Active Bio-catalyst for Base- and Initiator-Free Aerobic  Oxidation of Olefins and Alkyl Aromatic Hydrocarbons" Green Chemistry,  2023, 25, 2863-2871. IF 9.8  ‡ equally contributed

86. Gaikwad, R. P.; Naikwadi, D. R.; Biradar, A. V. Gawande, M. B.,  Photocatalytic One-Pot Conversion of Aldehydes to Esters and Degradation of Rhodamine B Dye Using Mesoporous Graphitic Carbon Nitride ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2023, 6, 3, 1859–1869 IF 5.9

85. Bankar, B. D.; Krishnan R.; Tayade, R. J.; Biradar, A. V.*Iridium supported on spinal cubic cobalt oxide catalyst for the selective hydrogenation of CO2 to formic acid" Journal of CO2 Utilization, 2023, 67, 102315  IF 7.7



2022



84. Bankar, B. D.; Naikwadi, D. R.; Tayade, R. J.; Biradar, A. V.* Direct Hydrogenation of CO2 to Formic acid using Ru Supported on Co3O4 Oxide As an Efficient Heterogeneous Catalyst" Molecular Catalysis2022, 535,  112875. IF 5.089

83. Singh, A.S.; Kirti; Biradar, A. V.*; Srivastava, D. N* " Account of Ni/NiO nanoparticle supported N-doped graphitic carbon derived from sugarcane waste as a sustainable electro-catalyst for oxygen evolution reaction ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2022, 5, 12, 14945–14956  IF 6.959

82. GBE Jean-Louis K. Krishnan R.; Singh, M.; Neogi, S.; Grafouté M. Biradar, A. V.* Hierarchical porous nitrogen-doped carbon supported MgO as excellent composite for CO2 capture at atmospheric pressure and conversion to value-added products Journal of CO2 Utilization2022, 65, 102222  IF 8.321

81. Naikwadi, D. R.; Bankar, B. D.; Kachgunde, H. G.; Biradar, A. V.* Highly Active and Efficient Cu@SiO2 Catalyst: Enabled Nucleophilic and Electrophilic Activation of Active Methylene Compounds Asian J. Org. Chem 2022, 11, e202200473 IF 3.116.

80. Singh, A. S.; Biradar, A. V.* Highly Regioselective Tandem Hydroformylation of Substituted Styrene using Iminophosphine Rhodium Complex Immobilized on Carbon Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2022, 112, 218-23 IF 6.76

79. Naikwadi, D. R.; Mehra, S.; Krishnan, R.; Kumar, A.; Biradar, A. V.* Cellulose@PO3H: As an Efficient and Recyclable Ionic Liquid-Enabled Catalytic Greener Approach to One-step Synthesis of Flavouring Ketones ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2022,  10 (26), 8526-8538  IF 9.224

78. Krishnan R.; Biradar, A. V.* “Highly Active and Scalable SO3H functionalized Carbon Catalyst synthesized from Bagasse for Transformation of Bio-based Platform Chemicals into Fuel precursors and Its in-depth Characterization Studies” Fuel, 2022, 310, 122402,  IF 8.035

77.  Bankar, B. D.; Krishnan R.; Saravanan, S.; Biradar, A. V.* “Niobium oxide supported on cubic spinel cobalt oxide as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for the synthesis of imines via. dehydrogenative coupling of amines and alcohols” Catal. Lett. 2022 152, 3733–3746  IF 2.936

76.  Singh, A. S.; Naikwadi, D. R.; Krishnan R.; Biradar, A. V.* “Chemoselective Isomerization of α-Pinene oxide to trans-Carveol by Robust and mild Brønsted acidic Zirconium Phosphate Catalyst” Molecular Catalysis2022, 521, 112189. IF 5.089

75.  Goswami, R.; Bankar, B. D.; Rajput, S.; Seal, N.; Pillai, R. S.; Biradar, A. V.; Neogi, S., In situ fabricated MOF-cellulose composite as advanced ROS deactivatorconvertor: fluoroswitchable bi-phasic tweezer for free chlorine detoxification and size-exclusive catalytic insertion of aqueous H2O2” J.  Mater. Chem. A, 2022, 10, 4316-4332 IF- 14.511

74. Kaushik, B.;  Rana, P.; Solanki, K.; Rawat, D.; Yadav, S.; Rana, P.; Naikwadi, D. R.; Biradar A.V.; Sharma, R. K. "Synergic Effect of type-II ZnO/BiVO4 Magnetic Heterostructures for Visible-Light-Driven Degradation of Bisphenol A and Methyl Violet, Appl. Organomet. Chem. 2023, 37(1)e6936 accepted. IF = 4.07 

73. Mulik, B.B: Bankar, B.D.; Munde, A. V.; Biradar, A.V.; Asefa, T.; Sathe , B. R. "Facile Synthesis and Characterization of γ-Al2O3 Loaded on Reduced Graphene Oxide Hybrids for Electrochemical Reduction of CO2" Sustainable Energy Fuels2022,6, 5308-5315   IF-6.813

72. Raju, N. A.; Prasad, D.; Srinivasappa, P. M.; Biradar, A. V.; Gholap, S. S.; Samal, A. K.; Nagaraja, B. M.; Jadhav, A. H., “Recent Developments in State-of-the-art Silica-Modified Catalysts for Fixation of CO2 into Epoxides to Organic Carbonates” Sustain. Energy Fuels 2022, 6, 1198-1248  IF-6.813

71.  Rana, P.; Kaushik, B.; Gaur, R.; Dutta, S.; Yadav, S.; Solanki, K.; Arora, B.; Biradar, A. V.; Gawande, M. B.; Sharma, R. K., “Earth-Abundant Cobalt-based photocatalyst: Visible light induced direct (Het) Arene CH arylation and CO2 capture” Dalton Trans., 2022, 51, 2452-2463, IF- 4.569

70.  Gahtori, J.; Singh, G.; Tucker, C. L.; Steen, E van; Biradar, A.V.; Bordoloi, A. “Insights into promoter-enhanced aqueous phase CO hydrogenation over Co@TiO2 mesoporous nanocomposites” Fuel 2022. 310, 122402,  IF 8.035

69   Singh, G., Gahtori, J.; Poddar, M. K.; Samanta, C.; Sumantra Bhattacharya, S.; Biradar, A.V.; Bordoloi, A. “Studies on Synthesis of Sub‐Nanometre Size Pt Particles Stabilized on ZrO2 Matrix for Formic Acid Mediated Synthesis of γ‐Valerolactone” ChemistrySelect 2022, 7, e202200029 IF 2.307

68   Kaushik, B.; Rana, P.; Solanki, K.; Rawat, D.; Yadav, S.; Naikwadi, D. R. Biradar, A.V.; Sharma, R. K. In-situ Synthesis of 3-D Hierarchical ZnFe2O4 modified Cu2S snowflakes: Exploring their bifunctionality in Selective Photocatalytic Reduction of Nitroarenes and Methyl Orange degradation J. Photochem. Photobiol. A 2022, 443, 114165, IF-5.141



2021

 67. Naikwadi, D. R.; Singh, A. S., Biradar, A. V.* “Brønsted acidic cellulose-PO3H: An efficient catalyst for the chemoselective synthesis of fructones and trans-esterification via condensation of acetoacetic esters with alcohols and diols” Mol. Catal.. 2021, 515, 111912, IF 5.089

66.  Naikawadi, D. R.; Bankar, B. D.; Krishnan R.; Biradar, A. V.*. "Efficient and Recyclable Solid Acid-Catalyzed Alkylation of Active methylene Compound via Oxonium Intermediate for Atom Economical Synthesis of Organic Compounds", Res. Chem. Intermed. 2021, 47, 3691–3703 IF 3.134

65.  Bankar, B. D.; Advani, J. H.; Biradar, A. V.* “Cubic CuxZrO100-x as an efficient and selective catalyst for the oxidation of aromatics active methyl, alcohol, and amine groups” Polyhedron, 2021, 200, 115129. IF-2.975

64.  Bankar, B. D.; Advani, J. H.; Biradar, A. V.* “Exceptional Catalytic Activity of Cu-Zn/ZrO2 Mixed Metal Oxide towards the Oxidation Reaction” ChemistrySelect 2021, 6 (16), 3814-3821 IF 2.307

63.  Krishnan, R.; Naikawadi, D. R.; Bankar, B. D.; Biradar, A. V.* "Sustainable Isomerization of α-Pinene Oxide to trans-Carveol using Formic acid/aniline System at Room Temperature" Adv. Sustain. Syst. 2021, 4(5), 2000212. IF-6.737

62.  Munde, A. V.; Mulik, B. B.; Bankar, B. D.; Biradar, A. V.*, Sathe, B. R.* Highly efficient Manganese oxide decorated graphitic carbon nitrite electrocatalyst for reduction of CO2 to formate Catal. Today 2021, 370, 104-113 IF 6.565

61.  Mulik, B. B.; Bankar, B. D.; Munde, A. V.; Chavan, P. P.; Biradar, A. V.;* Sathe, B. R.* “Electrocatalytic and catalytic CO2 hydrogenation on ZnO/g-C3N4 hybrid nanoelectrodes” Appl. Surf. Sci. 2021, 538, 148120, IF- 7.392



2020

60.  Krishanan, R., Advani, J. H., Bankar, B. D., Singh, A. S., Biradar, A. V.* Sustainable Route for the Synthesis of Flowers-like Ni@N-doped Carbon Nanosheets from Bagasse and its Catalytic Activity towards Reductive Amination of Nitroarenes with Bio-derived Aldehydes" New J. Chem. 2020, 44 (43), 18714-18723, IF 3.925

59.  Advani, J. H.; Bankar, B. D.; Bajaj, H. C.; A. V. Biradar,* "Chitosan Supported Molybdate Nanoclusters as an Efficient Catalyst for Oxidation of Alkenes and Alcohols". Cellulose 2020, 27, 8769–8783 IF 6.123

58.  Advani, J. H.; Krishanan R.,  Naikawadi, D. R; Bajaj, H. C.; Gawande M. B.; Biradar, A. V.* Bio-waste chitosan-derived N-doped CNT supported Ni-nanoparticles for selective hydrogenation of nitroarenes Dalton Transactions, 2020, 9 (30), 10431-10440 IF: 4. 569

57.  Singh, A. S.; Advani, J. H.; Biradar, A. V.* “Phosphonate Functionalized Carbon Spheres as a Brønsted Acid Catalysts for Valorization of bio-renewable α-Pinene Oxide to trans-Carveol” Dalton Transn, 2020, 49, 7210 IF: 4. 569

56.  Naikwadi, D. R.; Krishnan, R.; Singh, A. S.; Advani, J. H.; and Biradar, A. V.* “Gram-Scale Synthesis of Flavoring Ketones in One Pot via Alkylation−Decarboxylation on Benzylic Carbon Using a Commercial Solid Acid Catalyst ACS Omega, 2020, 5 (24), 14291-14296, IF: 4.132

55.  Mulik, B. B.; Bankar, B. D.; Munde, A. V.; Biradar, A. V.* Sathe, B. R.* “Bismuth Oxide decorated Graphene Oxide Hybrids for Catalytic and Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2 Chem. Eur. J., 2020, 26 (40), 8801-8809. IF 5.020 This article also appears in: #Hot Topic: Carbon Dioxide, #Hot Topic: Carbon, Graphite, and Graphene

54.  Advani, J. H.; Singh, A. S.; Khan, H. N.; Bajaj, H. C.; Biradar, A. V.* “Black yet green: Sulfonic acid functionalized carbon as an efficient catalyst for highly selective isomerization of α-pinene oxide to trans-carveol” Appl. Catal B. Env. 2020, 268, 118456 IF- 24.319

53.  Advani, J. H.; Khan, N. H.; Bajaj, H. C.; Biradar, A. V.* “Stabilization of palladium nanoparticles on chitosan derived N-doped carbon for hydrogenation of various functional groups” Appl. Surf. Sci. 2019, 487, 1307–1315. IF- 7.392



2019



52.  Krishnan, R.; Bankar, B. D.; Jindani, S.; Biradar, A. V.* Surfactant-Assisted Selective Oxidation of Aromatic Amines to Nitro Compounds by in Situ-Formed Performic Acid ACS Omega 2019, 4, 9453−9457. IF: 4.132

51.  Doke, D. S.; Advani, J. H.; Naikwadi, D. R.; Gawande, M. B.; Walke, P.; Umbarkar, S. B.; Biradar, A.V.* “Utilization of Waste Biomass for the Synthesis of Functionalizable Support for Covalent Anchoring of Active Organo Catalyst” ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2019, 7, 3018−3026. IF 9.224

50.  Patel, P.; Nandi, S.; Menapara, T. Biradar, A. V.; Nagarale, R. K.; Khana, N. H.; Kureshy, R. I.; “Glycoluril: A heterogeneous organocatalyst for oxidation of alcohols and benzylic sp3 carbons Appl.Catal. A, Gen.  2018, 565, 127–134. IF 5.723

49.  Nandi, S.; Patel, P.; Khan, N. H.; Biradar,  A. V.; Kureshy, R. I. “Nitrogen-rich graphitic-carbon stabilized cobalt nanoparticles for chemoselective hydrogenation of nitroarenes at milder conditions” Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers 2018, 5 (4), 806-813 IF 7.779

48.  Nandi, S.; Patel, P.; Jakhar, A.; Khan, N. H.; Biradar, A. V.; Kureshy, R. I.; Bajaj, H. C.; “Cucurbit[6]uril-Stabilized Palladium Nanoparticles as a Highly Active Catalyst for Chemoselective Hydrogenation of Various Reducible Groups in Aqueous Media” ChemistrySelect 2017, 2, 9911– 9919.  IF 2.307

47.  Doke, D. S.; Umbarkar, S. B.; Gawande, M. B.; Zboril, R.; Biradar, A. V.* “Environmentally Benign Bioderived Carbon Microspheres-Supported Molybdena Nanoparticles as Catalyst for the Epoxidation Reaction” ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2017, 5, 904-910 IF 9.224

46.  Khandelwal, N.; Barbole, R. S.; Banerjee, S. S. ; Chate, G. P.; Biradar, A. V. Khandare, J. J. Giri, A. P. Budding trends in integrated pest management using advanced micro- and nano-materials: Challenges and perspectives J. Environ. Manage. 2016, 184, 157-169, IF 8.91

45.  Gawande, M. B.; Goswami, A.; Asefa, T.; Guo, H.; Biradar, A. V.; Peng, D-L.; Zboril, R.; Varma, R. S. “Core–shell nanoparticles - applications in catalysis and electrocatalysis” Chem. Soc. Rev. 2015 44, 7540-7590. IF 60.615

44.  Biradar, A. A.; Biradar, A. V.; Sun, T.; Chan, Y.; Huang,X.; Asefa, T.* “Bicinchoninic Acid-Based Colorimetric Chemosensor for Detection of Low Concentrations of Cyanide” Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical 2016, 222, 112–119. IF-9.221

43.  Banerjee, S. S.; Todkar, K. J.; Khutale, G. V.; Chate, G. P.; Biradar, A. V.; Gawande, M. B.; Zboril, R.; Khandare, J. J.* “Calcium Phosphate Nanocapsule Crowned Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes For pH Triggered Intracellular Anticancer Drug Release” J.  Mater. Chem. B, 2015, 3, 3931-3939 IF 7.571

42.  Biradar, A.V.* Patil, V. S.; Chandra, P.; Doke, D. S.; Asefa ,T.* “Trifunctional Mesoporous SBA-15 as a Highly Active Catalyst for One-Pot Tandem Reaction” Chem. Commun., 2015 ,51, 8496-8499 IF 6.061

41.  Khandelwal,  N.; Doke, D. S.; Jawale, P. S.; Khandare, J. J.; Biradar A. V.*; Giri, A. P.* “Bio-physical evaluation and in vivo delivery of proteinase inhibitor functionalized Silica nanospheres”  Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 2015, 13, 84-92 IF 7.571

40.  Chandra, P.; Doke, D. S.; Umbarkar, S. B.; Vanka, K.; Biradar, A. V.* “Silica Microspheres with High Density Hydroxyl Groups as an Efficient Epoxidation Catalysts” RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 21125–21131 IF 4.036

39.  Chandra, P.; Shinde, S. S.; Biradar, A. V.* “Tailor made Ionic Liquids: Catalyst and Media for Organic Transformations” Curr. Org. Chem. 2015, 19, 728-742.   IF-2.18

38.  Fang, W.; Paul, S.; Capron, M.; Biradar, A. V.; Umbarkar, S. B.; Dongare, M. K.; Dumeignil, F. Jalowiecki-Duhamel, L.. “Highly loaded well dispersed stable Ni species in NiXMg2AlOY nanocomposites: Application to hydrogen production from bioethanol” Appl. Catal. B: Env. 2015, 166-167, 485-496 IF- 24.319

37.  Chandra, P.; Doke, D. S.; Umbarkar, S. B.; Biradar, A. V.* One Pot Synthesis of Ultrasmall MoO3 Nanoparticles Supported on SiO2, TiO2, and ZrO2 Nanospheres: An Efficient Epoxidation Catalyst” J.  Mater. Chem. A, 2014, 2, 19060-19066. IF- 14.511

36.  Acham, V. R.; Biradar, A. V.; Donagare, M. K.; Umbarkar, S. B.; Kemnitz, E. “Palladium Nanoparticles Supported on Magnesium Hydroxide Fluorides: A Novel Recyclable Catalyst for Selective Olefin Hydrogenation” ChemCatChem 2014, 6, 3182–3191. IF 5.497

35.  Linguito, S. L.; Padmanabhan, M.; Zhang, X.; Biradar, A.V.;  Xu, T.; Emge,T. M.;  Asefa,T.;  Li, J.* “New polyoxomolybdate compounds Synthesized in situ using liquid 1-butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium tetrafluoroborate as green solvent”  New J. Chem., 2013, 37, 2894.  IF 3.925

34.  Kotbagi, T. V.; Biradar, A. V.; Umbarkar, S. B. Dongare, M. K.; “Isolation, Characterization and Identification of Catalytically Active Species in MoO3/SiO2 Catalyst During Solid acid Catalyzed Reactions” ChemCatChem 2013, 5, 1531-1537.  IF 5.497

33.  Aburawi, E. H.; Qureshi, M. A.; Oz, D.; Jayaprakash, P. ; Tariq, S.; Hameed, R. S.; Das, S.; Goswami,  A.; Biradar, A. V.;  Asefa, T.; Souid, A. K.; Adeghate,  E.; Howarth, E. “Biocompatibility of Calcined Mesoporous Silica Particles with Ventricular Myocyte Structure and Function” Chem. Res. Tox. 2013, 1, 26-36. IF 3.973

32.  Chandagude, M. G.; Biradar, A. V.; Kotbagi, T. V.; Puranik, V. G; Dongare, M. K.; Umbarkar, S. B. “Selective Oxidation of Nonrefractory and Refractory Sulfides by Cyclopentadienyl Molybdenum Acetylide Complexes as Efficient Catalysts” Catal. Lett. 2012, 11, 1352-1360. IF 2.936

31.  Biradar, A. V.; Asefa, T. “Nanosized Gold Catalyzed Oxidation of Alkyl-Substituted Benzenes” Appl. Catal. A: Gen. 2012, 435-436, 19-26. IF 5.723

30.  Woronowicz, K.; Ahmed, S.; Biradar, A. A.; Biradar, A. V.; Birnie, III D. P.; Asefa, T.; Niederman, R. A. “Near-IR absorbing solar cell sensitized with bacterial photosynthetic membranes” Photochem. Photobio., 2012, 88, 1467–1472. IF 3.521

29.  Zhang,# J.; Biradar#, A. V.; Emge, T. J.; Asefa, T.; Li, J. “A New 2-D Metal-Organic Framework as a Promising Heterogeneous Catalyst for Olefin Epoxidation Reactions” Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 6541-6543. # equal contribution. IF 6.021

28.  Al Samri M. T.#; Biradar#, A. V.; Balhaj, G.; Shehab, S.; Al-Salam, S.; Tariq, S.; Pramathan, T.; Benedict, S.; Asefa, T. Souid A-K, “Study on In Vitro Biocompatibility of Calcined Mesoporous Silica Particles with Fetal Blood Cells” Int. J. Nanomedicine, 2012, 7, 3111-3121.# equal contribution IF 7.033

27.  Wang, Y.; Biradar, A. V.; Asefa, T. “Assembling Nanostructures for Effective Catalysis: Supported Pd Nanoparticle Multicores Coated by Hollow and Nanoporous ZrO2 Shell” ChemSusChem, 2012, 1, 132-139. IF 10.508

26.  Biradar, A. V.; Biradar A. A.; Asefa, T., “Silica-Dendrimer Core-Shell Microspheres with Encapsulated Ultrasmall Palladium Nanoparticles: Efficient and Easily Recyclable Heterogeneous Nanocatalysts” Langmuir, 2011, 27, 14408 –14418. IF 4.331

25.  Silva, R.; Biradar, A. V.; Fabris, L. Asefa, T. “Au/SBA-15 Based Robust and Convenient-to-Use Nanopowder Material for Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) with High SERS Enhancement Factor” J. Phy. Chem. C, 2011, 115, 22810 -22817. IF 4.177

24.  Al-Salam, S.; Al Samri, M. T.; Al Shamsi, M.; Tariq, S.; Benedict, S.; Sudhadevi, M.; Biradar, A.V.; Asefa, T.; Souid, A.-K. “In Vitro Study of Calcined Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles in Mouse Lung” Toxicol. Sci., 2011, 122, 86 - 99. IF 4.849

23.  Sharma, K. K.; Biradar, A. V.; Das, S.; Asefa, T. “Bifunctional Organic-Inorganic Mesoporous Catalyst for Tandem Reactions” Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2011, 21, 3174 -3182. IF 2.551 Selected as a hot catalysis article by Wiley publications.

22.  Duncan, C. T.; Biradar, A. V.; Asefa, T. “Aminotroponiminate/Aminotroponate-Zinc Complexes Functionalized Mesoporous Silica Catalysts for Intramolecular Hydroamination of Non-Activated Alkenes with Varied Steric and Electronic Properties” ACS Catal.  2011, 1, 736 - 750. IF 13.700

21.  Biradar, A. V.; Sharma, K. K.; Asefa, T. “Continuous and Selective Henry Reaction Catalyzed by Amine-Supported Nanoporous Catalyst on Fixed-Bed Reactor” Appl. Catal. A: Gen. 2010, 389, 19 - 26. IF 5.723

20.  Duncan, C. T.; Biradar, A. V.; Mishler II, R. E.; Asefa, T. “Trimming Nanostructured Walls while Fluorinating their Surfaces: A Route to Making and Widening Pores of Nanoporous Materials and Efficient Nanocatalysts” Chem. Mater. 2010, 22, 4950 - 4963. IF 10.508

19.  Shamsi, A. M.; A. Samri, M. T.; Al-Salam, S.; Conca, W.; Shaban, S.; Benedict, S.; Tariq, S.; Biradar, A.V; Penefsky, H. S.; Asefa, T.; Souid, A.-K. “Biocompatibility of Calcined Mesoporous Silica Particles with Cellular Bioenergetics in Murine Tissues” Chem. Res. Tox. 2010, 23, 1796 - 1805. IF 3.973

18.  Wang, Y.; Biradar, A. V.; Duncan, C. T.; Asefa, T. “Silica nanosphere-supported shaped Pd nanoparticles encapsulated with nanoporous silica shell: Efficient and recyclable nanocatalysts” J.  Mater. Chem. 2010, 20, 7834 – 7841 IF- 14.511

17.  Wang, Y.; Biradar, A. V.; Wang, G.; Sharma K. K.; Asefa, T. “Controlled Synthesis of Cuboctahedral Copper Nanoparticles in Aqueous Phase and their Catalytic Properties” Chem.  Eur. J.  2010, 16, 10735 - 10743. IF- 5.020

16.  Biradar, A. A.; Biradar A. V.; Asefa, T. “Entrapping Flavin-Containing Monooxygenase on Corrugated Silica Nanospheres and their Recyclable Biocatalytic Activities” ChemCatChem 2010, 8, 1004 - 1010.  IF 5.497

15.  Sharma, K. K.; Biradar, A. V.; Asefa T. “Substituent and Catalyst-Dependent Selectivity to Aldol or Nitrostyrene Product in Heterogeneous Base Nanocatalysis” ChemCatChem, 2010, 2, 61 - 66.  IF 5.497 

14.  Umbarkar, S. B.; Kotbagi, T. V.; Biradar, A. V.; Pasricha, R.; Chanale, J.; Dongare, M. K. Mamede, A-S.; Lancelot, C.; Payen, E. “Acetalization of glycerol using mesoporous MoO3/SiO2 solid acid catalyst”  J. Mol. Catal.: A Chem. 2009, 310, 150 - 158. IF 5.089

Top 25 hottest article October to December 2009

Top 25 hottest article of Academic Year October 2009 – September 2010

13.  Mishler, II, R. E.; Biradar, A. V.; Duncan, C. T.; Schiff, E. A.; Asefa, T.*  “Solvent-washable polymer templated synthesis of mesoporous materials and solid-acid nanocatalysts in one-pot”  Chem. Commun. 2009, 6201 - 6203. IF 6.061 

12.  Xie, Y.; Sharma, K. K.; Anan, A.; Wang, G.; Biradar, A. V.; Asefa, T.*  “Efficient solid-base catalysts for aldol reaction by optimizing the density and type of organoamine groups on nanoporous silica” J.  Catal. 2009, 265, 131 - 140. IF 8.047

Top 25 hottest article July to September 2009

11.  Biradar, A. V.; Dongare, M. K.; Umbarkar, S. B. “Selective oxidation of aromatic primary alcohols to aldehydes using molybdenum acetylideoxo-peroxo complex as catalyst” Tetrahedron Lett. 2009, 50, 2885 - 2888. IF 2.02

10.  Pasricha, R.; Bala, T.; Biradar, A, V.; Umbarkar, S. B.; Sastry, M. “Synthesis of Catalytically Active Porous Platinum Nanoparticles by Transmetallation Reaction and Proposition of the Mechanism” Small, 2009, 5, 1467 - 1473. IF-15.153

9.    Biradar, A. V.; Kotbagi, T. V.; Dongare, M. K.; Umbarkar, S. B. “Selective N-oxidation of aromatic amines to nitroso derivatives using a molybdenum acetylideoxo-peroxo complex as catalyst” Tetrahedron Lett., 2008, 49, 3616 - 3619. (Highlighted in Catalysts & Catalyzed Reactions RSC Publications July 2008 ) IF 2.02

8.    Biradar, A. V.; Sathe, B. R.; Umbarkar, S. B.; Dongare, M. K. “Selective cis-Dihydroxylation of Olefins using Recyclable Homogeneous Molybdenum Acetylide Catalyst” J. Mol. Catal.: A Chem. 2008, 285, 111 - 119. IF 5.089

7.    Armbruster,  U.;  Umbarkar,  S. B.; Biradar, A. V.; Dongare,  M. K.; Datta, A.; Darmora, S. Martin,  A.; Influence of operating method on reforming of glycerol in aqueous phase, U. DGMK Tagungsbericht, 2008, 3, 169-176.

6.    Kamble, V. T.; Ekhe, V. R.; Joshi, N. S.; Biradar, A. V. “Magnesium Perchlorate: An Efficient Catalyst for One-Pot Synthesis of Pyrano- and Furanoquinolines” Synlett, 2007, 9, 1379 - 1382. IF 2.170 

5.    Kamble, V. T.; Jamode, V. S.; Joshi, N. S.; Biradar A. V.; Deshmukh, R. Y. “An efficient method for the synthesis of acylals from aldehydes using silica-supported perchloric acid (HClO4–SiO2)” Tetrahedron Lett., 2006, 47, 5573 - 5576. IF 2.02

4.    Umbarkar, S. B.; Biradar,A. V.; Mathew, S. M.; Shelke, S. B.; Malshe, K. M.; Patil, P. T.; Dagde, S. P.; Niphadkar S. P.; Dongare, M. K. “Vapor phase nitration of benzene using mesoporous MoO3/SiO2 solid acid catalyst” Green Chem., 2006, 8, 488 - 493. IF 11.034

3.    Mathew, S. M.; Biradar, A. V.; Umbarkar, S. B.; Dongare, M. K. “Regioselective nitration of cumene to 4-nitro cumene using nitric acid over solid acid catalyst” Catal. Commun. 2006, 7, 394 - 398. IF 3.51

2.    Biradar, A. V.; Umbarkar, S. B.; Dongare, M. K. “Transesterification of diethyl oxalate with phenol using MoO3/SiO2 catalyst” Appl. Catal. A: Gen., 2005, 285, 190 - 195. IF 5.727

1.    Bandgar, B. P.; Kamble, V. T.; Biradar, A. V. “Practical and General Method for Direct Synthesis of Alkyl Fluorides from Alcohols under Mild Conditions” Monat. Fur Chemie, 2005, 136, 1579 - 1582. IF 1.613


  1. A. V. Biradar, N. H. Khan, H. C. Bajaj, D. Naikawadi, R. Krishnan “Process for the preparation of flavouring ketones” 21-06- 2019 (application number 201911024665).
  2. N. H. Khan,  R. I. Kureshy, A. V. Biradar, P. Patel, B. D. Bankar H. C. Bajaj Iridium catalyst, method of preparation and its use for  the preparation of formate/ formic acid” Application no. =201811030629
  3. Umbarkar, S. B.; Dongare, M. K.; Biradar, A. V.; More, P. M. “Development of non noble metal based diesel oxidation catalyst” US10646827B2
  4. Biradar, A. V.; Umbarkar, S. B.; “Synthesis of Functionalized carbon microspheres and their catalyst activity in C-C and C-N bond formation reactions” Pub. No. WO2014207765 (A2) - WO2014207765-A2; WO2014207765-A32014-12-31 IND patent no 302867 Granded, US10195599B2 Granted
  5. Umbarkar, S. B.; Dongare, M. K.; Biradar, A. V.; Kulal, A. Kotbagi, T. V.; Bhosale, A.R.; Chandgude, M. G. “Sol-gel synthesize WO3/SiO2 catalysts for nitration of aromatics” US Patent 9,409,854 B2 Granted IND patent no 298372 Granded.
  6. Biradar, A. V.; Umbarkar, S. B.; Chandra, P. Corrugated silica nanospheres for metal free epoxidation of olefins and process thereof” IN201301389-A1
  7. Asefa, T.; Biradar, A. V.; “Gold nanocatalysts and methods of use thereof” Patent publication US 2012/0289749 A1
  8. Asefa, T. Biradar, A. V.; Wang, Y.; “Efficent and recyclable heterogeneous nanocatalysts” US pat.no US9283545 B2 USA Granted
  9. Umbarkar, S. B.; Dongare, M. K.; Biradar, A. V.; Acham, V. R. “Process for preparation of organometallic molybdenum acetylidedioxo complex, (h5-C5H5)MoO2(-CºCPh) a catalysts for oxidation reactions using molybdenum oxide precursor. Publication no and date WO2012035555 (A1) 2012-03-22, IND patent no 293813 Granted
  10. Umbarkar, S. B.; Dongare, M. K.; Biradar, A. V. “An improved process for the preparation of high selective diphenyl oxalate. Pat. No 256642 Granted

  1. Biradar, A. V.; Saravanan S., Singh, A. S.; Naikwadi, D. R.; Krishnan R., Advani, J. H. Fundamental concepts of Surface Chemistry for Nanoparticle Modification, Surface Modified Nanomaterials for Applications in Catalysis. 2022 Modified Nanomaterials for Applications in Catalysis” Elsevier for the book
  2. Asefa, T.*; Biradar, A. V.; Das, S.; Sharma, K. K.; Silva, R. “Nanocatalysts for the Heck Coupling Reactions” Book Chapter in “Nanocatalysis: Synthesis and Applications” (V. Polshettiwar, T. Asefa, eds.), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013, 11-50
  3. Asefa, T.*; Biradar, A. V.; Das, S.; Sharma, K. K. “Nanostructured Catalysts for the Henry, Aldol, and Knoevenagel Reactions” Book Chapter in “Nanocatalysis: Synthesis and Applications” (V. Polshettiwar, T. Asefa, eds.), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013, 221-250

 


Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, Synthesis and characterization of Nanomaterials: Nanoporous materials (e.g. MCM, SBA and Silica sphere), core-shell (silica, ceria and zirconia) shaped nanoparticles, (Nano Particles: Au, Pd, Co), organometallic complexes, supported heterogeneous catalysts, Techniques: Sol-gel, Co-precipitation, Post-grafting, Catalysis: Oxidation, Dehydrogenation, Hydrogenation, Carbonylation, Amination, Suzuki coupling, Nitro-aldol reactions, Biocatalysis etc., Gas phase, High pressure reactions.

Heterogeneous Catalysis , Synthesis and characterization of Nano, Multifunctional Catalysts (Carbon, Silica, Ceria and Zirconia), Catalysis: Oxidation, Dehydrogenation, Hydrogenation, Carbonylation, Amination, Nitration, Nitro-aldol reactions etc. Gas phase and High Pressure reactions Bio-Materials synthesis