Catalysis & Molecular Modelling Lab
Selected Publications
History of Science
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Ramesh Chandra Deka, Gaurangi Maitra, Ranjit Kumar Dev Goswami, Dr. Radhikaram Dhekial Phookan: A Chemist from Assam, Indian Journal of History of Science, 2019, 54, 93-103 (Dr. Radhikaram Dhekial Phookan is the first Indian Chemist to have Ph. D. degree)
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- Gaurangi Maitra, Ramesh Chandra Deka, The multifaceted Dr John Berry White and the Berry White Medical School in Dibrugarh, Assam, India, Current Science, 2021, 120, 1259-1262
Ethics in Research
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Ramesh Chandra Deka, Ajanta Deka, Sooner or latter ethical violations get exposed, Chapter 11 in "Academic Integirty and Research Quality" University Grants Commission, December 2021, PP 95-98.
Physical Chemistry
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Bulumoni Kalita, Ramesh C Deka, Reaction intermediates of CO oxidation on gas phase Pd4 clusters: a density functional study, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2009, 131 (37), 13252-13254, IF: 15.419
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Pranjal Gogoi, Narsimharao Kanna, Pakiza Begum, Ramesh C Deka, Satyanarayana CV V, Thirumalaiswamy Raja, Controlling and Stabilization of Ru Nanoparticles by Tuning the Nitrogen Content of the Support for Enhanced H2 Production through Aqueous-Phase Reforming of Glycerol, ACS Catalysis, 2019, 10 (4), 2489-2507, IF: 13.084
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Sujata Pramanik, Rocktotpal Konwarh, Ramesh C Deka, Lipika Aidew, Nilakshi Barua, Alak K Buragohain, Dambarudhar Mohanta, Niranjan Karak, Microwave-assisted poly (glycidyl methacrylate)-functionalized multiwall carbon nanotubes with a ‘tendrillar’nanofibrous polyaniline wrapping and their interaction at bio-interface, Carbon, 2013, 55, 34-43, IF: 9.594
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Lakhya Jyoti Konwar, Päivi Mäki-Arvela, Pakiza Begum, Narendra Kumar, Ashim Jyoti Thakur, Jyri-Pekka Mikkola, Ramesh Chandra Deka, Dhanapati Deka, Shape selectivity and acidity effects in glycerol acetylation with acetic anhydride: Selective synthesis of triacetin over Y-zeolite and sulfonated mesoporous carbons, Journal of Catalysis, 2015, 329, 237-247, IF: 7.920
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Ramesh Ch Deka, Rajappan Vetrivel, Adsorption sites and diffusion mechanism of alkylbenzenes in large pore zeolite catalysts as predicted by molecular modeling techniques, Journal of Catalysis, 1998, 174 (1), 88-97, IF: 7.920
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Nand Kishor Gour, Kaushik Borthakur, Subrata Paul, Ramesh Chandra Deka, Tropospheric degradation of 2-fluoropropene (CH3CFCH2) initiated by hydroxyl radical: Reaction mechanisms, kinetics and atmospheric implications from DFT study, Chemosphere, 2020, 238, 124556. IF 7.086
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Julie Baruah, Ramesh Chandra Deka, Eeshan Kalita, Greener production of microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) from Saccharum spontaneum (Kans grass): Statistical optimization, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2020, 154, 672-682, IF: 6.953​
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Ramesh Chandra Deka, Subhi Baishya, Density functional investigation of reverse hydrogen spillover on zeolite supported Pd6 and Au6 clusters, Catalysis Today, 2012, 198 (1), 110-115, IF: 6.766
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Ramesh Ch Deka, Sourav Pal, Annick Goursot, Rajappan Vetrivel, Influence of zeolite composition on the selectivity of alkylation reaction for the synthesis of p-isobutylethylbenzene: a computational study, Catalysis Today, 1999, 49 (1-3), 221-227, IF: 6.766
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Rocktotpal Konwarh, Sujata Pramanik, K Sanjana P Devi, Nabanita Saikia, Ratan Boruah, Tapas Kumar Maiti, Ramesh Chandra Deka, Niranjan Karak, Lycopene coupled ‘trifoliate’polyaniline nanofibers as multi-functional biomaterial, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012, 22 (30), 15062-15070, IF: 6.626
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Nabanita Saikia, Anupam N. Jha, Ramesh C. Deka, Dynamics of fullerene-mediated heat-driven release of drug molecules from carbon nanotubes. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2013, 4 (23), 4126-4132. IF 6.475
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Sandhya Saini, Nand Kishor Gour, Shafiur Rehman Khan, Ramesh Deka, Suman L Jain, Light-induced synthesis of unsymmetrical organic carbonates from alcohols, methanol, and CO2 under ambient conditions, Chemical Communications, 2021, 57, 12800-12803, IF: 6.222​
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Mamon Dey, Snigdha Dutta, Bipul Sarma, Ramesh Ch Deka, Nayanmoni Gogoi, Modulation of the coordination environment: a convenient approach to tailor magnetic anisotropy in seven coordinate Co (II) complexes. Chem. Commun. 2016, 52 (4), 753-756. IF 6.222
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Apurba Kalita, Pankaj Kumar, Ramesh C Deka, Biplab Mondal, First example of a Cu (i)–(η 2-O, O) nitrite complex derived from Cu (ii)–nitrosyl, Chemical Communications, 2012, 48 (9), 1251-1253, IF: 6.222
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Ramesh Ch Deka, Rajappan Vetrivel, Computer-aided search for shape-selective zeolite catalysts for the synthesis of p-isobutylethylbenzene, Chemical Communications, 1996, (21) 2397-2398, IF: 6.222
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Dipshikha Bharali, Ramesh C Deka, Adsorptive removal of congo red from aqueous solution by sonochemically synthesized NiAl layered double hydroxide. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 2017, 5 (2), 2056-2067. IF 5.909
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Rasna Devi, Ruli Borah, Ramesh C Deka, Design of zeolite catalysts for nitroaldol reaction under mild condition, Applied Catalysis A: General, 2012, 433, 122-127, IF: 5.706
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Apurba Kalita, Ramesh C Deka, Biplab Mondal, Reaction of a copper (II)–nitrosyl complex with hydrogen peroxide: phenol ring nitration through a putative peroxynitrite intermediate, Inorganic Chemistry, 2013, 52 (19), 10897-10903, IF: 5.165
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Kusum K Bania, Galla V Karunakar, Kommuru Goutham, Ramesh C Deka, Enantioselective Henry Reaction Catalyzed by “Ship in a Bottle” Complexes, Inorganic Chemistry, 2013, 52 (14), 8017-8029, IF: 5.165
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Kusum K Bania, Dipsikha Bharali, B Viswanathan, Ramesh C Deka, Enhanced catalytic activity of zeolite encapsulated Fe (III)-Schiff-base complexes for oxidative coupling of 2-napthol, Inorganic Chemistry, 2012, 51 (3), 1657-1674, IF: 5.165
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Apurba Kalita, Pankaj Kumar, Ramesh C Deka, Biplab Mondal, Role of ligand to control the mechanism of nitric oxide reduction of copper (II) complexes and ligand nitrosation, Inorganic Chemistry, 2011, 50 (23), 11868-11876, IF: 5.165
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Nishant Biswakarma, Dikshita Dowerah, Satyajit Dey Baruah, Plaban Jyoti Sarma, Nand Kishor Gour, Ramesh Chandra Deka, Catalytic oxidation of NO to NO2 on pure and doped AunPt3-n (n= 0–3) clusters: A DFT perspective, Molecular Catalysis, 2021, 515, 11910. IF 5.062
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Satyajit Dey Baruah, Subrata Paul, Nand Kishor Gour, Nishant Biswakarma, Ramesh Chandra Deka, Mechanism and kinetics of catalytic oxidation of CO to CO2 over Ptn+ and MPtn-1+,(M= Sn, Rh &Ru; n= 3, 4) clusters, Molecular Catalysis, 2021, 509, 111638, IF: 5.062
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Ramesh Ch Deka, Kimihiko Hirao, Lewis acidity and basicity of cation-exchanged zeolites: QM/MM and density functional studies, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 2002, 181 (1-2), 275-282, IF: 5.062