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Publications

Amity School of Chemical Sciences is dedicated to teaching and research in core and emerging areas of chemistry such as organic/inorganic synthesis, advanced nanomaterials, small polymers, biopharmaceuticals and renewable energy.

The school contributes significantly to the university's research output through the publication of research articles, books, book chapters, and patents. Faculty members and researchers are actively engaged in innovative research projects supported by national and international funding agencies, resulting in a growing body of high-quality scientific literature. The scholarly contributions of the faculty and research scholars are highlighted below.

20+

Journal Articles

2

Books / Book Chapters

2

Patents

2026

  1. Sharma, B.; Sahi, A.; Aery, S.; Lee, K.; Chauhan, M.; Lee, Y.; Hong, S.; Kumar, R.; Vora, L. K..; Sharma, A.;* Hasan, T.;* Chaudhary, G. R.;* Donnelly, R F.;* Kim, J. S. * Rose Bengal as a Multifunctional Agent: from Biomedical Uses to Catalysis and Materials Science.Coord.Chem. Rev. 2026, 550, 217413. 
  2. Rha, H.; Singh, N.; Sharma, A.; Lee, J.; Yun, H.; Xu, Y.; Hong, C. S.; Jin, K.; Kim, J. * Leveraging SiO2-Infused COFs for PhotoPyro Adv. Healthc. Mater.2026, e04125.
  3. Singh, O.*; Kim, Y.; Chauhan, R.; Lee, J.; and Tyagi, N.*Ruthenium hydride catalyzed α-alkylation of ketones with primary alcohols for access to bioactive molecules using the borrowing hydrogen approach.Catal. Sci. Technol.2026, 10.1039/D5CY01446H.
  4. Sanghi, R.; Kaur, R.; Maurya, R.; Sharma, A. A unique biomimetic preservation study of fungal-capped CdS nanoparticles for sustainable photocatalysis. Appl. Nanosci.2026, 16 (2), 19.

2025

  1. Zafar, M. M.; Yadav, R.; Singh, A.; Tyagi, N.*; Samanta, A.*; Mishra, R. K.* Tetrasubstituted imidazole-based multifunctional fluorophores: trace water detection and lipid droplets (LDs) imaging studies.Chem.Commun., 2025, 61, 9091.
  2. Pang, Y.; Li, Q.; Wang, J.; Wang, S.; Sharma, A.; Xu, Y.; Hu, H.; Li, J.; Liu, S.; Sun, Y.* An Ultrasound-Activated Supramolecular Modulator Enhancing Autophagy to Prevent Ventricular Arrhythmias Post-Myocardial Infarction. Angew.Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 137, e202415802.
  3. Nestoros, E.;‡Sharma, A.;‡ Kim, E.; Kim, J. S.;* Vendrell. M.* Smart Molecular Designs and Applications of Activatable Organic PhotosensitizersNat.Rev. Chem.2025, 9, 46.
  4. Jan, S.; Sharma, A.;* Srivastava, A.; Dao, V. D.; Sanghi, R. Enhanced photocatalytic ciprofloxacin degradation in industrial aquatic waste using CdS/Cs3Bi2Br9 nanocomposite synthesized by microwave energy. J.Mol. Liq.2025, 427, 127450
  5. Virdi, A. S.; Mahajan, A.; Devraj M.; Sanghi, R.* Brewers' Spent Grains: Techno-Functional Challenges and Opportunity in the Valorization for Food Products. LWT2025, 227, 117785
  6. Maan, k. s.; Sharma, A.;* Setiabudi, H. D.; Sanghi, R.;* Singh, P. P. icrobial Fuel Cells with Polyaniline Nanofiber/Nanoparticle Electrodes: A Promising Approach for Sustainable Electricity Generation. Chem. Eng. Commun. 2025, 1–12.
  7. Zhang, J.; Jin, L.; Xiao, B.; Kim, D.; Hua, Siwei.; Hua, Y.; Liu, Y.; Huang, X.; Kou,J.; Liu, B.; Wu, X.; Zhong, X.; Sharma, A.;* Zhu, Y.;* Ren, W. X.;* Kim, J. S.* Near Infrared-Responsive Xanthene Probes for Dual-Mode Cancer Treatment and Bioimaging. Anal.Chem. 2025, 97, 19597.
  8. Liu, J.; Zhang, X.; Li, J.; Wong, K. M. C.; Sharma, A.; Zhang, P.; Fan, Q.; Yin, Chao.; Zhou, H.; James, T. D.; Kim. J. S.* A versatile NIR Probe for Multifunctional Detection of Tumors, Fatty Liver, and Liver InjuryChem. Sci. 2025, 16, 12408.
  9. Asadi, P.; Mokhtari, N.; Asghari, S.; Rha, H.; Khodarahmi, G.; Jalali, H.; Sharma, A.; * Dinari, M.;* Kim, J. S.* Advanced Postsynthetic Modification of COF: Elevating Hydrophilicity for Efficient Doxorubicin Delivery.ACS Appl. Bio Mater. 2025, 8, 4325.

2024

  1. Kumar, A.;‡ George, J. M.;‡ Sharma, S.; Koyyadi, S.; Sharma, S. K.; Verwilst, P.; Bhatia, A.; Patro, S. K.; Aggarwal, A.; Gupta, S.; Sharma, S.;* Sharma, A.* pH-Activatable Molecular Probe for COX-2 Imaging in Human Oral Squamous Carcinoma Cells and Patient-Derived Tissues.ACS Appl. Bio Mater. 2024, 7, 12, 8517–8527.
  2. Nagpal, A.; Tyagi, N.; Neelakandan, P. P.*; BODIPY-fused uracil: synthesis, photophysical properties and applications.Photobiol. Sci. 2024, 23, 365
  3. Sharma, R.;* Mittal, S. K.; Chhibber, M.Lanthanide detection by novel arylether based receptor with imine functional groups: synthetic, photophysical, electrochemical and computational elucidation.Discov.Chem. 2024, 1, 29
  4. Shah, S.; Naithani, N.; Sahoo, S. C.; Neelakandan, P. P.*; Tyagi, N.* Asymmetric thiazolo-thiazole derivative as solvatochromic, reversible and self-color recovery acid-base molecular switch,J.Mater. Chem. C 2024, 12, 13088
  5. Tu, L.; Li, C.; Ding, Q.; Sharma, A.; Li, M.; Li, J.; Kim, J. S.; Sun, * Augmenting Cancer Therapy with a Supramolecular Immunogenic Cell Death Inducer: A Lysosome-Targeted NIR-Light-Activated Ruthenium(II) Metallacycle.J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 8991.
  6. Xu, Y.; Pang, Y.; Luo, L.; Sharma, A.; Yang, J.; Li, C.; Liu, S.; Zhan, J.; Sun, Y. De Novo Designed Ru(II) Metallacycle as a Microenvironment-Adaptive Sonosensitizer and Sonocatalyst for Multidrug-Resistant Biofilms Eradication. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202319966.
  7. Sharma, A.;* Verwilst, P.; Li, M.; Ma, D.; Singh, N.; Yoo, J.; Kim, Y.; Yang, Y.; Zhu, J. H.; Huang, H.; Hu, X. L.; He, X. P.;* Zeng, L.;* James, T. D.;* Peng, X.;* Sessler, J. L.;* Kim, J. S.* Theranostic Fluorescent Probes.Chem. Rev. 2024, 124, 2699.
  8. Babaguchi, K.; Bedi, D.; Chacon-Teran, M. A.; Findlater,* M. α-Diimine-mediated C–H functionalization of arenes for aryl–aryl cross-coupling reactions. Org.Biomol. Chem. 2024, 22, 2389.
  9. Zafar, M. M.; Sahoo, S.C.; Praveen, V. K.; Tyagi, N.*; Mishra, R. K.* Imidazole assisted film-based fluorescent sensors for ultra sensitive detection of hydrazine.J.Mater. Chem. C 2024, 12, 7472.

Books/Book Chapter

  1. Sanghi, ACS book: Deep Eutectic Solvents and book chapter titled “Revolutionizing Material Synthesis for Advanced Applications” ACS Symposium Series, 2025, chapter 8, p181-206
  2. Sharma, Fluorescence Imaging in Drug Delivery Systems. Imaging Tools for Chemical Biology, RSC, 2024, p309-343.

Patents

  • S. Gupta, Patent Application number: (449233-001) Portable RP-HPLC Device for Estimation of Drugs in Rat Plasma Protein.
  • Rashmi and Dr. A. S. Gupta, Spectroscopic analysis apparatus for identification of organic compound structures, Patent No.: 480305-001, Dated: 14/11/2025.

Sr No

Project Title

Funding Agency

Name of the PI

Period

Grant Amount

Duration

From

To

1.

Waste to wealth: valorisation of BSG

Consultancy project with microbrewery

Prof. Rashmi Sanghi (PI)

2024

2025

4,00,000

1 years

2

Green Cycle: Transforming Invasive Weeds into Biopesticides and Bio-Energy Pellets

NMHS

Prof. Rashmi Sanghi (Co-PI)

2025

2028

48, 27,000

3 years

3

Conference funding

PSCST

Prof. Rashmi Sanghi (PI)

2025

-

30,000

-

4.

Development of Next Generation Tools for Diagnosis and Treatment of cancer

DBT-Ramalingaswami Fellowship cum Research Grant

Dr. Amit Sharma (PI)

2019

2024

1.136 Crore

5 years

5

Cancer Selective Molecular Theranostic to Overcome Multidrug Resistance (MDR) in Preclinical Models

SERB

Dr. Amit Sharma (PI)

2021

2024

36,00,000

3 years

6

MirDox: A Novel Hybrid Prodrug to Combat Resistance Against DNA-Damaging Anti-Cancer Therapies

SERB

Dr. Amit Sharma (Co-PI)

2022

2025

46,00,000

3 years

7

FDG PET-CT and Intraoperative Fluorescent-Glucose Imaging duo for Precision Surgical Therapy

ICMR

Dr. Amit Sharma (Co-PI)

2023

2026

65,00,000

3 years

8

Post –modification of polyolefins using magnetically separable and recyclable metalla-GAP ligands

DST-SERB

Dr. Deepika Bedi (PI)

2022

2026

15,00,000

4 years

9

Development of COF/CONs supported semiconducting materials for solar light assisted efficient hydrogen production from Ocean

MoES

Dr. Nidhi Naithani (PI)

2025

2027

60,00,000

2 years

The faculty members of the Amity School of Chemical Sciences at Amity University Punjab are engaged in several research projects funded by national agencies. Above is a representative overview of research projects and themes undertaken by faculty members of ASCS.