Research Interest:

Porous Crystalline Frameworks: Synthetic Approaches and their Applicability as Membrane Materials for Gas Separation.

1.     Decoding the Morphological Diversity in Two Dimensional Crystalline Porous Polymers by Core Planarity Modulation

Arjun Halder, Sharath Kandambeth, Bishnu P. Biswal, Gagandeep Kaur, Neha Chaki Roy, Matthew Addicoat, Jagadish K. Salunke, Subhrashis Banerjee, Kumar Vanka, Thomas Heine, Sandeep Verma and Rahul Banerjee

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, Accepted Article

2.     Self-Exfoliated Guanidnium-Based Ionic Covalent Organic Nanosheets (iCONs)

Shouvik Mitra, Sharath Kandambeth, Bishnu P. Biswal, Abdul Khayum M., Chandan Kumar Choudhury, Mihir Mehta, Gagandeep Kaur, Subhrashis Banerjee, Asmita A. Prabhune, Sandeep Verma, Sudip Roy, Ulhas K. Kharul, Rahul Banerjee

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, Just Accepted Manuscript, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b13533. [Link]

3.     Chemically Stable Covalent Organic Framework (COF)-Polybenzimidazole Hybrid Membranes: Enhanced Gas Separation through Pore Modulation

Bishnu P. Biswal, Harshal D. Chaudhari, Rahul Banerjee, Ulhas K. Kharul

Chem. Eur. J., 2016, DOI: 10.1002/chem.201504836. [Link]

4.    Mechanochemically Synthesized Covalent Organic Framework as Proton-conducting Solid Electrolyte

Digambar Balaji Shinde, Harshitha Barike Aiyappa, Mohitosh Bhadra, Bishnu P. Biswal, Pritish Wadge, Sharath Kandambeth, Bikash Garai, Tanay Kundu, Sreekumar Kurungot, Rahul Banerjee

J. Mater Chem. A., 2016, 4, 2682-2690. [Link]

5.       Pore Surface Engineering in Porous, Chemically Stable Covalent Organic Frameworks for Water Adsorption.

       Bishnu P. Biswal, Sharath Kandambeth, Suman Chandra, Digambar Balaji Shinde, Saibal Bera, Suvendu Karak, Bikash Garai, Ulhas K. Kharul, Rahul Banerjee.

       J. Mater Chem. A, 2015, 3, 23664-23669.

 

6.    Chemical Sensing in Two Dimensional Porous Covalent Organic Nanosheets.

       Gobinda Das, Bishnu P. Biswal, Sharath Kandambeth, V. Venkatesh,Gagandeep Kaur, Matthew Addicoat, Thomas Heine, Sandeep Verma, Rahul Banerjee.

       Chem. Sci., 2015, 6, 3931-3939. [The work has been highlighted in Chemical Science Blog (RSC)]

 

7.    Selective Interfacial Synthesis of Metal-Organic Frameworks on Polybenzimidazole Hollow Fiber Membrane for Gas Separation

       Bishnu P. Biswal, Anand Bhaskar, Rahul Banerjee, Ulhas K. Kharul

       Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 7291-7298.

 

8.    Crystalline Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs): Synthesis, Structure and Function.

       Chandan Dey, Tanay Kundu, Bishnu P. Biswal, Arijit Mallick and Rahul Banerjee

       Acta Cryst. B70, 2014, 3-10. [Published in the Special issue on Crystal engineering]

 

9.   Mechanosynthesis of Imine, β-Ketoenamine, and Hydrogen-Bonded Imine-Linked Covalent Organic Frameworks using Liquid-Assisted Grinding.

      Gobinda Das, Digambar Balaji Shinde, Sharath Kandambeth, Bishnu P. Biswal, and Rahul Banerjee

      Chem Commun., 2014,  50, 12615-12618. 

 

10.  Chemically Stable Multi-layered Covalent Organic Nanosheets from Covalent Organic Frameworks via Mechanical Delamination.

       Suman Chandra, Sharath Kandambeth, Bishnu P. Biswal, Binit Lukose, Shrikant M. Kunjir, Minakshi Chaudhary, Ravichandar Babarao, Thomas Heine and Rahul Banerjee 

       J. Am. Chem. Soc.,  2013, 135, 17853–17861.

 

11.    Stabilization of Graphene Quantum Dots (GQDs) by Encapsulation inside Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework Nanocrystals for Photoluminescence Tuning"

       Bishnu P. Biswal, Dhanraj B. Shinde, Vijayamohanan Pillai, and Rahul Banerjee

       Nanoscale, 2013, 5, 10556-10561.

 

12.     Mechanochemical Synthesis of Chemically Stable Isoreticular Covalent Organic Frameworks

        Bishnu P. Biswal, Suman Chandra, Sharath Kandambeth, Binit Lukose,Thomas Heine and Rahul Banerjee

        J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 5328–5331.

 

13.    Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks (ZIFs) Derived Hollow Core-Nitrogen doped Carbon Nanostructures for Oxygen Reduction Reactions in PEFCs

        Thangavelu Palaniselvam, Bishnu P. Biswal, Rahul Banerjeeand Sreekumar Kurungot 

        Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 9335–9342.

 

14.   Solution Mediated Phase Transformation (RHO to SOD) in Porous Co-Imidazolate based Zeolitic Framework with High Water Stability.

       Bishnu P. Biswal, Tamas Panda and Rahul Banerjee

      Chem. Commun., 2012,48,11868-11870. [Published  as part of ChemComm Emerging Investigators issue 2013].

15.   Control over Porosity using Isoreticular Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks (IRZIFs) as Template for Porous Carbon Synthesis

        Pradip Pachfule, Bishnu P. Biswal and Rahul Banerjee

        Chem. Eur. J.,  2012, 18, 11399-11408.