2024​​

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67. P. Kothavade, A. Kafi, C. Dekiwadia, V. Kumar, S. S. Babu*, K. Shanmuganathan,* S. Bateman*, Extrusion 3D Printing of Intrinsically Fluorescent Thermoplastic Polyimide: Revealing an Undisclosed Potential. 

Polymers, 2024, 16, 2798.

 

66. V. Kumar, S. D. Dongre, G. Venugopal, A. Narayanan, S. S. Babu*, Tailoring Helical Ends of π-Extended [6]Heterohelicenes to Control  Optical, and Electrochemical Features.

Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 2024-003707.

Chem. Commun. 60th Anniversary Issue 

 

65. K. Asokan, T. M. Bhagyasree, G. Devasia, S. Krishnamurty, S. Solim,  L. Rueda, D. M. Al-Mohannadi, M. Al-Hashimi, K. Kakosimos, S. S. Babu*, A Scalable Approach Using gC3N4-Covalent Organic Framework Hybrid Catalyst Towards Sustainable Hydrogen Production from Seawater and Wastewater.

Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, DOI:10.1039/D4SC01387E​.

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64. V. C. Wakcahure, Goudappagouda, S. S. Babu,* Solvent-Free Organic Liquids: An Efficient Fluid Matrix for Unexplored Functional Hybrid Materials.

Acc. Chem. Res. 2024, 57, 670−684.

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63. Zulema Fernández, Luis Sánchez, S. S. Babu, Gustavo Fernández, Oligo(phenyleneethynylene)s: Shape-Tunable Building Blocks for Supramolecular Self-Assembly.

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202402259.

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62. G. Venugopal, V. Kumar, A. B. Jadhav, S. D. Dongre, A. Khan, R. Gonnade, J. Kumar, S. S. Babu,* Boron- and Oxygen-Doped π-Extended Helical Nanographene with Circularly Polarised Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence.

Chem. Eur. J. 2024, 30, 202304169.

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2023

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61. A. Narayanan, T. M. Bhagyasree, A. Torris, S. S. Babu*, Functionalized CNT-Azobenzene-PVA-Based Self-Healing Aqueous Gel as a Conductive Photo-responsive Actuator.

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2023, 08-2023-002942.

 

60. V. Kumar, H. J. Bharathkumar S. D. Dongre, R. Gonnade, K. Krishnamoorthy, S. S. Babu*, Isomer Effect on Energy Storage of π-Extended S-Shaped Double[6]Heterohelicene.

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202311657.

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59. Bhagyasree T. M., P. P. Puthiyaveetil, V. Kumar, K. Asokan, K. Sreekumar, S. S. Babu*, Donor-Acceptor Based Two-Dimensional Polymer as Supercapacitor Electrode with Long Cycling Stability.

New J. Chem. 2023, 47, 18049-18054. DOI:10.1039/D3NJ02510A.

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58. S. D. Veer, T. Goswami, S. Ravindranathan, R. Gonnade, Nitika, H. N. Ghosh*, S. S. Babu*, Donor Strapped Perylenebisimide Macrocycle and Lemniscate Dimer with Extended Charge Separation.

Org. Chem. Front. 2023, 10, 5099-5107. DOI:10.1039/d3qo01060k.

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57. V. C. Wakcahure, S. D. Veer, A. D. Nidhankar, V. Kumar, A. Narayanan, S. S. Babu*, Polymerizable Solvent-free Organic Liquids: A New Approach for Large Area Flexible and Foldable Luminescent Films.

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202307381. DOI:10.1002/anie.202307381.

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56. A. D. Nidhankar, Goudappagouda, P. A. Kothavade, S. D. Dongre, S. D. Veer, S. R. Dash, K. Rajeev, K. N. N. Unni, K. Shanmuganathan, S. S. Babu*, Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescent Solvent-free Organic Liquid Hybrids for Tunable Emission Applications.

Chem. Asian J. 2023, 18, e202300276. DOI:10.1002/asia.202300276

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55. P. A. Kothavade, P. Yadav, A. Nidhankar, A. Torris, H. Pol, A. Kafi, S. Bateman, S. S. Babu, K. Shanmuganathan*, Luminescent 3D Printed PLA Nanocomposites with Enhanced Mechanical Properties, Polymer Eng. Sci. 2023, DOI:10.1002/pen.26345.

 

 

54. V. Vijayakumar, M. Ghosh, K. Asokan, S. S. Babu, S. Kurungot, J. Mindemark, D. Brandell, M. Winter, J. R. Nair. 2D Layered Nanomaterials as Fillers in Polymer Composite Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries.

Adv. Energy Mater. 2023, 2203326, DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202203326.

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2022

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53. K. Asokan, M. K. Patil, S. P. Mukherjee*, S. S. Babu*, T. Nandakumar, Scalable Mechanochemical Synthesis of β-Ketoenamine-linked Covalent Organic Frameworks for Methane Storage.

Chem Asian J. 2022, 17, e202201012, DOI:10.1002/asia.202201012.

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52. S. D. Veer, V. C. Wakchaure, K. Asokan, R. Dixit, T. Goswami, R. Saha, R. Gonnade, H. N. Ghosh*, S. S. Babu*, Oligothiophene Ring Strapped Perylene Bisimides: A Functionalizable Co-axial Donor-Acceptor Macrocycle.

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, 2022, 62, e202212934, DOI:10.1002/anie.202212934.

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51. P. R. Sruthi, P. P. Nimmi, S. S. Babu, S. Anas*, Highly Efficient and Reusable Polymer Supported Palladium Catalyst for Copper-Free Sonogashira Reaction in Water.

ChemistrySelect, 2022, 7, e202104273, DOI:10.1002/slct.202104273.

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50. V. C. Wakchaure, S. D. Veer, A. D. Nidhankar, Goudappagouda, R. Nayak, K. Asokan, S. Ravindranathan, S. S. Babu*, Donor-acceptor based solvent-free organic  liquid hybrids with exciplex emission and room temperature phosphorescence.

Chem Comm, 2022, 58, 1998-2001. DOI:10.1039/D1CC07082G.

Emerging Investigator 2022, Special Issue

 

2021

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49. V. C. Wakchaure, Goudappagouda, T. Das, S. Ravindranathan, S. S. Babu*, An Excimer to Exciplex Transition through Realization of Donor-Acceptor Interaction in Luminescent Solvent-free Liquid. 

Nanoscale, 2021, 13, 10780-10784, DOI:10.1039/D1NR02190G 

Emerging Investigator 2021, Special Issue

 

48. A. D. Nidhankar, Goudappagouda, V. C. Wakchaure and S. S. Babu*, Efficient  metal-free organic room temperature phosphors.

Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 4216-4236, 10.1039/D1SC00446H

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47. K. C. Ranjeesh, L. George, A. Maibam, K. Sailaja, S. S. Babu*, A Durable Metalloporphyrin 2D‐Polymer for Photocatalytic Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution from River and Sea Waters.

ChemCatChem, 2021, 13, 1717-1721, DOI:10.1002/cctc.202002039.

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46. Goudappagouda, A. D. Nidhankar, R. Nayak and  S. S. Babu*,  Aggregation-Induced Phosphorescence of an Anthraquinone Based Emitter. 

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2021, 19, 1004-1008, DOI:10.1039/D0OB02505D.

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2020

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45. V. C. Wakchaure, A. R. Kottaichamy, A. D. Nidhankar, K. C. Ranjeesh, M. A. Nazrulla, M. O. Thotiyl and S. S. Babu*, Hexaaminobenzene Derived Two-Dimensional Polymer Supercapacitor with High Specific Capacitance and Energy Density.

ACS Applied Energy Materials. 2020, 3, 6352-6359. DOI:10.1021/acsaem.0c00569

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44. A. D. Nidhankar, Goudappagouda, D. S. M. Kumari, S. K. Chaubey R. Nayak R. G. Gonnade G. V. P. Kumar, R. Krishnan and S. S. Babu*, Self-assembled Helical Arrays for Stabilizing the Triplet State, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 13079-13085. DOI:10.1002/anie.202005105

[Selected as hot paper]

 

43. Goudappagouda, S. D. Dongre, T. Das and S. S. Babu*, Dual Mode Selective Detection and Differentiation of TNT from Other Nitroaromatic Compounds.

J. Mater. Chem. A. 2020, 8, 10767-10771. DOI:10.1039/D0TA02091E

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2019

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42. Goudappagouda, K. Asokan, R. Nayak, R. Krishnan and S. S. Babu*, Tuning phosphorescence features of triphenylamines by varying functional groups and intermolecular interactions.

Dyes Pigm. 2019, 173, 107931. DOI:10.1016/j.dyepig.2019.107931

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41. K. C. Ranjeesh, R. Illathvalappil, S. Veer, J. Peter, V. C. Wakchaure, Goudappagouda, V. K. Raj, S. Kurungot and S. S. Babu*, Imidazole-linked Crystalline Two-Dimensional Polymer with Ultrahigh Proton-Conductivity.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 14950-14954. DOI:10.1021/jacs.9b06080

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40. V. C. Wakchaure, L. V. Pillai, Goudappagouda, K. C. Ranjeesh, S. Chakrabarty, S. Ravindranathan, P. R. Rajamohanan and S. S. Babu*, Charge Transfer Liquid: A Stable Donor-Acceptor Interaction in Solvent-free Liquid State.

Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 9371-9374. DOI:10.1039/C9CC03671G

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39. V. C. Wakchaure, T. Das and S. S. Babu*, Boron Conjugated Pyrenes as Fluorescence Based Molecular Probes and Security Markers. ChemPlusChem. 2019, 84, 1253-1256. DOI:10.1002/cplu.201900280

[Invited Article]

 

38. K. C. Ranjeesh, L. George, V. C. Wakchaure, Goudappagouda, R. N. Devi and S. S. Babu*, A Squaraine-Linked Metalloporphyrin Two-Dimensional Polymer Photocatalyst for Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution.

Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 1627-1630. DOI:10.1039/C8CC09132C

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37. Goudappagouda, A. Manthanath, V. C. Wakchaure, K. C. Ranjeesh, T. Das, K. Vanka, T. Nakanishi and S. S. Babu*, Paintable Room Temperature Phosphorescent Liquid Formulations of Alkylated Bromonaphthalimide, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 2284-2288. DOI:10.1002/anie.201811834.

[Selected as hot paper]

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2018

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36. K. C. Ranjeesh, R. Illathvalappil, V. C. Wakchaure, Goudappagouda, S. Kurungot and S. S. Babu*, Metalloporphyrin Two-Dimensional Polymers via Metal Catalyst-free C-C Bond Formation for Efficient Catalytic Hydrogen Evolution.

ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2018, 1, 6442-6450. DOI:10.1021/acsaem.8b01381.

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35. V. C. Wakchaure, K. C. Ranjeesh, Goudappagouda, T. Das, K. Vanka, R. Gonnade and S. S. Babu*, Mechano-Responsive Room Temperature Luminescence Variations of Boron Conjugated Pyrene in Air.

Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 6028-6031. DOI:10.1039/C8CC03494J.

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34. Goudappagouda, Murali Gedda, G. U. Kulkarni and S. S. Babu*, One-Dimensional Porphyrin-Fullerene (C60) Assemblies: Role of Central Metal Ion in Enhancing Ambipolar Mobility.

Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 7695-7701. DOI:10.1002/chem.201800197

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2017

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33. K. I. Shivakumar, Goudappagouda, R. Gonnade, S. S. Babu* and G. J. Sanjayan*, Conducting Nanofibres of Solvatofluorochromic Cyclohexanetrione-Dithiolylidene-Based C3 Symmetric Molecule.

Chem. Commun. 2017, 54, 212-215. DOI:10.1039/C7CC08741A

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32. Goudappagouda, V. C. Wakchaure, K.C. Ranjeesh and C. A. R. Abhai and S. S. Babu*, Cascade energy transfer and tunable emission from nanosheet hybrids: locating acceptor molecules through chiral doping.

Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 7072-7075. DOI:DOI: 10.1039/c7cc02994b

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31. K. I. Shivakumar, K. Swathi, Goudappagouda, T. C. Das, A. Kumar, R. D. Makde, K. Vanka, K. S. Narayan, S. S. Babu* and G. J. Sanjayan*, Mixed-Stack Charge Transfer Crystals of Pillar[5]quinone and Tetrathiafulvalene Exhibiting Ferroelectric Features.

Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 12630-12635. DOI:10.1002/chem.201702577

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2016

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30. T. Ingole, S. Kale, S. S. Babu* and G. J. Sanjayan, Self-assembled Vesicles of Urea-Tethered Foldamer as a Hydrophobic Drug Carrier.

Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 10771-10774. DOI:10.1039/C6CC05079D

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29. A. Maity*, M. Gangopadhyay, A. Basu, S. Aute, S. S. Babu* and Amitava Das*, Counter Anion Driven Homochiral Assembly of a Cationic Achiral C3-Symmetric Gelator through Ion-Pair Assisted Hydrogen Bond.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 11113-11116. DOI:10.1021/jacs.6b06312

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28. Goudappagouda, V. C. Wakchaure, K. C. Ranjeesh and S. S. Babu*, Hydrogel Derived Soft Materials for Biomimetic and Energy Related Functions.

Aus. J. Chem. 2016, 69, 2-7. DOI:10.1071/CH15304

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2015

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27. Goudappagouda, S. Chithiravel, K. Krishnamoorthy, S. W. Gosavi and S. S. Babu*, Seeded on-surface supramolecular growth for large area conductive donor-acceptor assembly. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 10439-10442. DOI:10.1039/C5CC03091A.

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26. S. S. Babu*, Paradigms shift when solvent-less fluids come into play. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015, 17, 3950-3953. DOI:10.1039/C4CP05481D. 

[First Publication from SaBa Lab@NCL]

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25. K. K. Kartha, V. K. Praveen, S. S. Babu, S. Cherumukkil and A. Ajayaghosh, Pyridyl-Amides as a Multimode Self-assembly Driver for the Design of a Stimuli-Responsive Gelator. Chem. Asian J. 2015, 10, 2250-2256. DOI:10.1002/asia.201500331.

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Before 2015

 

24. S. S. Babu and D. Bonifazi, Self-assembly of Polar Porphyrinoids. Chem. Plus. Chem. 2014, 79, 895-906. DOI:10.1002/cplu.201402047. 

[Frontispiece]

 

23. S. S. Babu, V. K. Praveen and A. Ajayaghosh, Functional pi-Gels and Their Applications. Chem. Rev. 2014, 114, 11973-2129. DOI:10.1021/cr400195e.

[156 Pages and 1590 references]

 

22. S. S. Babu, V. K. Praveen, K. K. Kartha, S. Mahesh and A. Ajayaghosh, Effect of the Bulkiness of the End Functional Amide Groups on the Optical, Gelation, and Morphological Properties of Oligo(p-phenylenevinylene) pi-Gelators. Chem. Asian J. 2014, 9, 1830-1840. DOI:10.1002/asia.201402235.

[Back Cover]

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21. H. Li, S. S. Babu, S. Turner, D. Neher, T. Seki, S. Yagai, J. Wang, D. Yonekazu, M. J. Hollamby, H. Möhwald And T. Nakanishi, Regulation of Self-Assembly and Optoelectronic Property of Alkylated Fullerenes by Chain Branching. J. Mater. Chem. C. 2013, 1, 1943-1951. DOI:10.1039/C3TC00066D.

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20. S. S. Babu And T. Nakanishi, Nonvolatile Functional Molecular Liquids, Chem. Commun. 2013,  49, 9373-9382. DOI:10.1039/C3CC45192E. 

[Front Cover]

 

19. S. S. Babu, M. J. Hollamby, J. Aimi, H. Ozawa, A. Saeki, S. Seki, K. Kobayashi, K. Hagiwara, M. Yoshizawa, H. Möhwald And T. Nakanishi, Nonvolatile Liquid Anthracenes for Facile Full Color Luminescence Tuning at Single Blue-Light Excitation.

Nat. Commun. 2013, 4, 1969. DOI:10.1038/ncomms2969.

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18. S. S. Babu, J. Aimi, H. Ozawa, N. Shirahata, A. Saeki, S. Seki, A. Ajayaghosh, H. Möhwald, and T. Nakanishi, Solvent-free Luminescent Organic Liquids.

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 3391-3395. DOI:10.1002/anie.201108853. 

[Highlighted in Nature and Chemistry views]

 

17. S. S. Babu, S. P. Kumar and A. Ajayaghosh, Self-assembled Gelators for Organic Electronics. 

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 1766-1776. DOI:10.1002/anie.201106767.

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16. K. K. Kartha, S. S. Babu, S. Srinivasan and A. Ajayaghosh, Attogram Sensing of TNT with a Self-assembled Molecular Gelator. 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 4834-4841. DOI:10.1021/ja210728c.

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15. T. Kramer, S. S. Babu, A. Saeki, S. Seki, N. Shirahata, J. Aimi and T. Nakanishi, Solvent-free Nanocrystal/C60-Liquid Composite Material with Enhanced Photo-electrochemical Performance.

J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 22370-22373. DOI:10.1039/C2JM35294J.

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14. H. Li, S. S. Babu And T. Nakanishi, Supramolecular Chemistry of Fullerene Containing Micelles and Gels, in Supramolecular Chemistry of Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes. N. Martin and J.-F. Nierengarten (Eds), Wiley VCH. 159 - 172 (2012). 

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13. S. S. Babu, A. Saeki, S. Seki, H. Möhwald and T. Nakanishi, Millimeter-sized Flat Crystalline Sheet Architectures of Fullerene Assemblies with Anisotropic Photoconductivity.

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2011, 13, 4830-4834. DOI:10.1039/C0CP02265A.

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12. Y. Shen, J. S. Reparaz, M. R. Wagner, A. Hoffmann, C. Thomsen, J.-O Lee, S. Heeg, B. Hatting, S. Reich, A. Saeki, S. Seki, S. S. Babu, H. Möhwald and T. Nakanishi, Assembly of Carbon Nanotubes and Alkylated-Fullerenes: Nanocarbon-Hybrid towards Photovoltaic Applications.

Chem. Science. 2011, 2, 2230-2250. DOI:10.1039/C1SC00360G.

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11. S. S. Babu and T. Nakanishi, Nanoscopic Organisation of Fullerenes, in the 2nd Edition of Fullerenes: Principles and Applications, J-F. Nierengarten and F. Langa (Eds), Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 329-353 (2011). 

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10. S. S. Babu, H. Asanuma And T. Nakanishi, Supramolecular Materialization of Fullerene Assemblies in Supramolecular Soft Matter: Applications in Materials and Organic Electronics, T. Nakanishi (Ed), Wiley VCH, 1-18, (2011). 

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9. S. S. Babu, K. K. Kartha And A. Ajayaghosh, Excited State Processes in Linear pi-Systems Based Organogels.

J. Phy. Chem. Letters. 2010, 1, 3413-3424. DOI:10.1021/jz101219y. 

[Front Cover]

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8. S. S. Babu, H. Möhwald And T. Nakanishi, Recent Progresses in Morphology Control of Supramolecular Fullerene Assemblies and its Applications.

Chem. Soc. Rev. 2010, 39, 4021-4035. DOI:10.1039/C000680G. 

[Front Cover]

 

7. Y. Hirai, S. S. Babu, V. K. Praveen, T. Yasuda, A. Ajayaghosh and T. Kato, Anisotropic Self-Assembly of Photoluminescent Oligo(p-phenylenevinylene) Derivatives in Liquid Crystals: An Effective Strategy for the Macroscopic Alignment of pi-Gels.

Adv. Mater. 2009, 21, 4029-4033. DOI:10.1002/adma.200990150. 

[Front Cover]

 

6. S. S. Babu, S. Mahesh, K. K. Kartha and A. Ajayaghosh, Solvent Directed Self-assembly of pi-Gelators to Hierarchical Macroporous Structures and Aligned Fiber Bundles.

Chem. Asian. J. 2009, 4, 824-829. DOI:10.1002/asia.200900145.

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5. S. S. Babu, V. K. Praveen, S. Prasanthkumar and A. Ajayaghosh, Self-Assembly of Oligo(p-phenylenevinylene)s through Arene-Perfluoroarene Interactions: pi-Gels with Longitudinally Controlled Fiber Growth and Supramolecular Exciplex-Mediated Enhanced Emission.

Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 9577-9584. DOI:10.1002/chem.200801255.

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4. S. S. Babu, V. K. Praveen and A. Ajayaghosh, Self-assembly of Oligo(p-phenylenevinylene)s (OPVs): Role of End Functional Groups on the Formation of Noncovalent Macromolecular Architectures and Organogels, Macromol. Symp. 2008, 273, 25-32. DOI:10.1002/masy.200851304.

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3. S. Srinivasan, S. S. Babu, V. K. Praveen and A. Ajayaghosh, Carbon Nanotube Triggered Self-Assembly of Oligo(p-phenylenevinylene)s to Stable Hybrid pi-Gels.

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 5746-5749. DOI:10.1002/anie.200801000.

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2. V. K. Praveen, S. S. Babu, C. Vijayakumar, R. Varghese and A. Ajayaghosh, Helical Supramolecular Architectures of Self-assembled Linear pi-Systems.

Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2008, 81, 1197-1211. DOI:10.1246/bcsj.81.1196.

 

1. A. Ajayaghosh, C. Vijayakumar, V. K. Praveen, S. S. Babu and R. Varghese, Self-Location of Acceptors as “Isolated” or “Stacked” Energy Traps in a Supramolecular Donor Self-Assembly: A Strategy to Wavelength Tunable FRET Emission.

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 7174-7175. DOI:10.1021/ja0621905.

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