Chemistry

• SERB Early Career Research ECR
• A one-time merit award by UTSA
• JSPS Fellow (2012-13)

Journal
• pH-Stable Luminescent Metal-Organic Frameworks for the Selective Detection of Aqueous-Phase FeIIIand CrVIIons Pal S.C., Mukherjee D., Das M.C. By Inorganic Chemistry 61 12396-12405 (2022)
• A Highly Selective MOF-Based Probe for Turn-On Luminescent Detection of Al3+, Cr3+, and Fe3+in Solution and Test Paper Strips through Absorbance Caused Enhancement Mechanism Mukherjee D., Pal A., Pal S.C., Saha A., Das M.C. By Inorganic Chemistry 61 16952-16962 (2022)
• Potential of a pH-Stable Microporous MOF for C2H2/C2H4and C2H2/CO2Gas Separations under Ambient Conditions Pal S.C., Ahmed R., Manna A.K., Das M.C. By Inorganic Chemistry 61 18293-18302 (2022)
• Emerging microporous HOF materials to address global energy challenges Das* M. C., Pal S. C., Chen B. By Joule 6 22-27 (2022)
• Solid-State Proton Conduction Driven by Coordinated Water Molecules in Metal-Organic Frameworks and Coordination Polymers Sahoo R., Pal S.C., Das M.C. By ACS Energy Letters 7 4490-4500 (2022)
• Highly scalable and pH stable 2D Ni-MOF-based composites for high performance supercapacitor Sahoo R., Ghosh S., Chand S., Chand Pal S., Kuila T., Das M.C. By Composites Part B: Engineering 245 - (2022)
• Metal Organic Frameworks for CO2 Separation from Flue and Biogas Mixtures Sahoo R., Mondal S., Mukherjee D., Das M.C. By Advanced Functional Materials 32 - (2022)
• C2s/C1 Hydrocarbon Separation: The Major Step towards Natural Gas Purification by Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) Sahoo R., Das* M. C. By Coordination Chemistry Reviews 442 213998- (2021)
• Superprotonic Conductivity of MOFs and Other Crystalline Platforms beyond 10-1 S cm-1 Pal S. C., Das* M. C. By Advanced Functional Materials 2101584- (2021)
• Porous Anionic Co(II) Metal-Organic Framework, with a High Density of Amino Groups, as a Superior Luminescent Sensor for Turn-on Al(III) Detection Chand S., Verma G. , Pal A. , Pal S. C., Ma G. , Das* M. C. By Chemistry-A European Journal 27 11804- (2021)
• Covalent-Organic Frameworks (COFs) as Proton Conductors Sahoo R., Mondal S. , Pal S. C., Mukherjee D. , Das* M. C. By Advanced Energy Materials 11 2102300- (2021)
• Proton-Conducting Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks Pal S. C., Mukherjee D. , Sahoo R. , Mondal S. , Das* M. C. By ACS Energy Letters 6 4431- (2021)
• A Thermodynamically Stable 2D Ni MOF over a Wide pH Range with Scalable Preparation for Efficient C2s over C1 Hydrocarbon Separations Sahoo R., Chand S. , Mondal M. , Pal A. , Pal S. , Rana M. , * Das M. C. By Chemistry-A European Journal 26 0000-0000 (2020)
• Two Closely Related Zn(II)-MOFs for Their Large Difference in CO2 Uptake Capacities and Selective CO2 Sorption Chand S., Pal A. , Saha R. , Das P. , * Chattaraj P. K., * Das M. C. By Inorganic Chemistry 59 7056-7066 (2020)
• Immobilization of a Polar Sulfone Moiety onto the Pore Surface of a Humid Stable MOF for Highly Efficient CO2 Separation under Dry and Wet Environment through Direct CO2-Sulfone Interactions Pal A., Chand S. , Madden D. , Franz D. , Ritter L. , Space B. , Curtin T. , Pal S. , Das* M. C. By ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 12 41177-41184 (2020)
• A 2D Mg(II)-MOF with High Density of Coordinated Waters as Sole Intrinsic Proton Sources for Ultrahigh Superprotonic Conduction Chand S., Pal S. C., Lim D. W., Otsubo K. , Pal A. , Kitagawa H. , Das* M. C. By ACS Materials Letters 2 1343-1350 (2020)
• A Co(II)-Coordination Polymer for Ultrahigh Superprotonic Conduction: An atomistic Insight through Molecular Simulations and QENS Experiments Pal S., Chand S. , Kumar A. , Mileo P. , Silverwood I. , Maurin G. , Banerjee S. , Elahi S. , * Das M. C. By Journal of Material Chemistry A 8 7847-7853 (2020)
• A Phosphate-based Silver-bipyridine 1D Coordination Polymer with Crystallized Phosphoric acid as Superprotonic Conductor Pal A., Pal S. , Otsubo K. , Lim D. , Chand S. , Kitagawa H. , * Das M. C. By Chemistry-A European Journal 26 4607-4612 (2020)
• Two 2D Microporous MOFs based on Bent Carboxylates and Linear Spacer for Selective CO2 Adsorption Pal A., Mitra A. , Chand S. , Lin J. , * Das M. C. By CrystEngComm 21 535-543 (2019)
• 3D Co(II)-MOFs with Varying Porosity and Open Metal Sites toward Multipurpose Heterogeneous Catalysis under Mild Conditions Chand S., Pal S. , Mondal M. , Hota S. , Pal A. , Sahoo R. , * Das M. C. By Crystal Growth & Design 19 5343-5353 (2019)
• Metalo-Hydrogen Bonded Organic Frameworks (MHOFs) as New Class of Crystalline Materials for Protonic Conduction Chand S., Pal S. , Pal A. , Ye Y. , Lin Q. , Zhang Z. , Xiang S. , * Das M. C. By Chemistry -A European Journal 25 1691-1695 (2019)
• Metal Organic Frameworks and Other Crystalline Materials for Ultrahigh Superprotonic Conductivities of 10-2 S cm-1 or Higher Chand S., Elahi S. , Pal A. , * Das M. C. By Chemistry -A European Journal 25 6259-6269 (2019)
• A Microporous Co-MOF for Highly Selective CO2 Sorption in High Loadings Involving Aryl C H...O=C=O Interactions: Combined Simulation and Breakthrough Studies Pal A., Chand S. , Madden D. , Franz D. , Ritter L. , Johnson A. , Space B. , * Das M. C. By Inorganic Chemistry 58 11553-11560 (2019)
• Three Co(II)-MOFs with Diverse Architectures for Selective Gas Sorption and Magnetic Studies Pal A., Chand S. , Boquera J. , Lloret F. , Lin J. , Pal S. , * Das M. C. By Inorganic Chemistry 58 6246-6256 (2019)
• A Moisture Stable 3D Microporous Co(II)-MOF with Potential for Highly Selective CO2 Separation under Ambient Conditions Chand S., Pal A. , * Das M. C. By Chemistry -A European Journal 24 5982-5986 (2018)
• A Trifunctional Luminescent 3D Microporous MOF with Potential for CO2 Separation, Selective Sensing of a Metal Ion, and Recognition of a Small Organic Molecule Chand S., Pal A. , Pal S. , * Das M. C. By European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2785-2792 (2018)
• Three Isostructural Azo-functionalized 3D Cd(II)-Coordination Polymers for Solvent Dependent Photoluminescence Study Chand S., Hota S. , Elahi S. , * Das M. C. By Polyhedron 153 115-121 (2018)
• A 3D Microporous MOF with mab Topology for Selective CO2 Adsorption and Separation Pal A., Lin J. B., Chand S. , * Das M. C. By Chemistry Select 3 917-921 (2018)
• Two Azo-functionalized Luminescent 3D Cd(II)-MOFs for Highly Selective Detection of Fe3+ and Al3+ Chand S., Pal A. , Pal S. , * Das M. C. By New J. Chem. 42 12865-12871 (2018)
• Polycarboxylates Templated Coordination Polymers: Role of Templates for Superprotonic Conductivities up to 10-1 S cm-1 Elahi S. M., Chand S. , Deng W. H., Pal A. , * Das M. C. By Angewandte Chemie International Edition 57 6662-6666 (2018)
• A Water Stable Two-Fold Interpenetrating Microporous MOF for Selective CO2 Adsorption and Separation Pal A., Chand S. , * Das M. C. By Inorganic Chemistry 56 13991-13997 (2017)
• A Microporous MOF with Polar Pore Surface Exhibiting Excellent Selective Adsorption of CO2 from CO2-N2 and CO2-CH4 Gas Mixture with High CO2 Loading Pal A., Chand S. , Elahi S. M., * Das M. C. By Dalton Trans. 46 15280-15286 (2017)
• A New Set of Cd(II) Coordination Polymers with Mixed Ligand of Dicarboxylate and Pyridyl Substituted Diaminotriazine: Selective Sorption Towards CO2 and Cationic Dye Chand S., Elahi S. M., Pal A. , * Das M. C. By Dalton Trans. 46 9901-9911 (2017)
• Structural variation of transition metal coordination polymers based on bent carboxylate and flexible spacer ligand: polymorphism, gas adsorption and SC-SC transmetallation Pal A., Chand S. , Senthilkumar S. , * Neogi S. , * Das M. C. By CrystEngComm. 18 4323-4335 (2016)
• Interplay of Metalloligand and Organic Ligand to Tune Micropores within Isostructural Mixed Metal Organic Frameworks (MMOFs) for Their Highly Selective Separation of Chiral and Achiral Small Molecules Das M. C., Guo Q. , He Y. , Kim J. , Zhao C. G., Hong K. , Xiang S. , Zhang Z. , Thomas K. M., Krishna R. , Chen B. By Journal of the American Chemical Society 134 8703-8710 (2012)
• Triple Framework Interpenetration and Immobilization of Open Metal Sites within a Microporous Mixed Metal Organic Framework for Highly Selective Gas Adsorption Xiang S., Zhang Z. , Zhao C. G., Hong K. , Zhao X. , Ding D. R., Xie M. H., Wu C. D., Das M. C., Gill R. , Thomas K. M., Chen B. By Inorganic Chemistry 51 4947-4953 (2012)
• A New Approach to Construct a Doubly Interpenetrated Microporous Metal Organic Framework of Primitive Cubic Net for Highly Selective Sorption of Small Hydrocarbon Molecules Das M. C., Xu H. , Xiang S. , Zhang Z. , Arman H. D., Qian G. , Chen B. By Chemistry -A European Journal 17 7817-7822 (2011)
• Functional Mixed Metal Organic Frameworks with Metalloligands Das M. C., Xiang S. , Zhang Z. , Chen B. By Angewandte Chemie International Edition 50 10510-10520 (2011)
• A Zn4O-containing Doubly Interpenetrated Porous Metal Organic Framework for Photocatalytic Decomposition of Methyl Orange Das M. C., Xu H. , Wang Z. , Srinivas G. , Zhou W. , Yue Y. F., Nesterov V. N., Qian G. , Chen B. By Chem. Commun. 47 11715-11717 (2011)
• Rationally Tuned Micropores within Enantiopure Metal Organic Frameworks for Highly Selective Separation of Acetylene and Ethylene Xiang S., Zhang Z. , Zhao C. G., Hong K. , Zhao X. , Ding D. R., Xie M. H., Wu C. D., Das M. C., Gill R. , Thomas K. M., Chen B. By Nature Communications 2 204-210 (2011)
• Diversity of binding of sulfate and nitrate anions with laterally asymmetric aza cryptands Das M. C., Ghosh S. K., Bharadwaj P. K. By CrystEngComm 12 413-419 (2010)
• Effect of Bulkiness on Reversible Substitution Reaction at Mn(II) Center with Concomitant Movement of the Lattice DMF: Observation Through Single- Crystal to Single-Crystal Fashion Das M. C., Bharadwaj P. K. By Chemistry -A European Journal 16 5070-5077 (2010)
• Binding of Various Anions in Laterally Non-symmetric Aza-oxa Cryptands Through H-bonds: Characterization of Water Clusters of Different Nuclearity Das M. C., Ghosh S. K., Sen S. , Bharadwaj P. K. By CrystEngComm 12 2967-2974 (2010)
• Halide Binding in Laterally Non-symmetric Aza-oxa Cryptands Through N/O/C H halide Interactions with Characterization of Small Water Clusters Das M. C., Ghosh S. K., Bharadwaj P. K. By Dalton Trans. 6496-6506 (2009)
• Helicity-induced Two-layered Cd(II) Coordination Polymers Built with Different Kinked Dicarboxylates and an Organodiimidazole Neogi S., Sharma M. K., Das M. C., Bharadwaj P. K. By Polyhedron 28 3923-3928 (2009)
• A Porous Coordination Polymer Exhibiting Reversible Single-Crystal to Single-Crystal Substitution Reactions at Mn(II) Centers by Nitrile Guest Molecules Das M. C., Bharadwaj P. K. By Journal of the American Chemical Society 131 10942-10949 (2009)
• Supramolecular Association of Water Molecules Forming Discrete Clusters in the Voids of Coordination Polymers Das M. C., Maity S. B., Bharadwaj P. K. By Curr. Opin. Solid State Mater. Sci. 13 76-90 (2009)
• Coordination Polymers with Pyridine-2,4,6-tricarboxylic Acid and Alkaline-earth/lanthanide/transition Metals: Synthesis and X-ray Structures Das M. C., Ghosh S. K., Sanudo E. C., Bharadwaj P. K. By Dalton Trans. 1644-1658 (2009)
• Molecular Ice with Hybrid Water-bromide Network around a Cryptand with a Bromide ion Included in the Cavity forming a Host within a Host Like Structure Das M. C., Bharadwaj P. K. By European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 1229-1232 (2007)
• A robust N-rich porous organic framework for CO2 capture and separation Das, M. C.; Lin, J.-B.; Zhou, W.; Yildirim, T.; Shimizu, G. K. H. By Preprints - American Chemical Society, Division of Energy & Fuels. - (2013)

Principal Investigator

• Synthesis of metal organic framework (MOF) materials for gas storage and sequestration applications
• Proton Conducting, Light Emitting, Magnetics MoFs with High Moisture Stability Based on Phosphonate Monoester
• Hybrid Porous Organic - Inorganic Frameworks for High Methane Uptake and Co2 Storage Applications
• Adsorption and Separation of CO2 by Porous Carbon Obtained from Agro-Residues through Cost-effective, Clean Energy Methodology
• Porous Sulfonate and Phosphonate - Based Metal Organic Materials as Proton Conductors
• Selective Adsorption and Superprotonic Conduction Properties by Hydrolytically and/or Moisture Stable Porous Coordination Networks