Dr. Sahid Hussain

Dr. Sahid Hussain Associate Professor Ph.D, IIT Guwahati Ph: +91-612-302 8022 Fax: +91-612-227 7383 sahid[*AT]iitp.ac.in Research Areas : Nano-scale Materials, Green Chemistry and Synthetic Organic Methodologies PhD Students : Bhagirath Mahto(Joining date- January 2020) Byomkesh Mohanty (Joining date – July 2020) Ashok Barhoi (Joining date – January 2021) Haider Ali (Joining date – July 2021) Former PhD Students : Dr. Anirudha Molla (2010-2015) Dr. Arif Chowdhury (2016-2020) Dr. Mugada Sugunakara Rao (2016-2021) Dr. Afaq Ahmad Khan (2016-2021) Dr. Sunita Kumari (2016-2021) Post Doc Students : Dr. Kulsum Khan (2016-2018) Dr. Chandrika Bora (2017-2019) MSc. Students : Debarun Mondal (2022-2024) Shivani (2022-2024) Moumita Sarkar (2021-2023) Anuska Deb (2021-2023) Rounal Ranjit (2020-2022) Tanima Pal (2020-2022) MTech Students : Yogendra Kumar Anirban Chakraborty Meenakshi Sahu Sharmistha Chaterjee Teaching : CH-101: (Chemistry for 1st year BTech Students) CH-102: (Chemistry for 1st year BTech Students) CH-110: (Chemistry Laboratory for 1st year BTech Students) CH-201: (Green Chemistry and Technology for BTech Students) NT-511: (Design and Synthesis of Nanomaterials for MTech Students) NT-513: Nanomaterial Synthesis and Device Fabrication Laboratory CH-701: (Supramolecular Chemistry for PhD Students) CH-702: (New Reagents For Organic Synthesis for PhD Students) Patents : Mihir K. Chaudhuri,  Sahid Hussain, Saitanya Bharadwaj, Upasana Bora Sinha, Dhrubajyoti Talukdar,  Subeer S. Majumdar, Sushmita Bhattacharya, Suman Dasgupta, Rakesh Kundu, Samir  Bhattacharya and Shelley Bhattacharya, ‘Insulin mimetic active comprising oxodiperoxo vanadates and a pharmaceutical composition obtained thereof’ Indian Pat. Appl. (2012), IN 2011KO00401  A 20121116; PCT Int. Appl. (2012), WO2012131689  A1 20121004. Mihir K. Chaudhuri, Saitanya K. Bhardwaj, Neeraj Chandrol, Sahid Hussain, `Catalytic process for extraction of bromide from seawater, Indian Pat. Appl. (2011), IN 2009KO01011 A 20110722. Jung-Han Shin, Jae-Byung Park, Hae-II Park, Jin-Seob Byun, Hyoung-Joo Kim, Sung-Jee Kim, Sahid Hussain, Ji-Won Bang, `Method of manufacturing nanoparticle, method of manufacturing light emitting element and method of manufacturing display substrate Korean Patent Application No.10-2008-00118717. US Pat. Appl. Publ. (2010),  US 20100129529  A1 20100527. Mihir K. Chaudhuri, Sahid Hussain, Srihari Tadimalla `Catalysts and process for oxidation and deep desulfurization of transportation fuels Indian Pat. Appl. (2008), IN 2006CH01909 A 20080425. Publications : Barhoi, Ashok, Bhagirath Mahto, Haider Ali, and Sahid Hussain. "Glutathione-Mediated Synthesis of WO3 Nanostructures with Controllable Morphology/Phase for Energy Storage, Photoconductivity, and Photocatalytic Applications." Langmuir(2024). DOI : 1021/acs.langmuir.4c00199 , https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c00199 Mahto, Bhagirath, Ashok Barhoi, Haider Ali, and Sahid Hussain. "Deciphering the mechanistic insights of 4-nitrophenol reduction catalyzed by a 1D–2D Bi 2 S 3 nanostructured catalyst." Nanoscale(2024). DOI : 1039/d4nr00153b , https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2024/nr/d4nr00153b Barhoi, Ashok, Afaq Ahmad Khan, Bhagirath Mahto, Akash Bisoyi, and Sahid Hussain. "Chelating Agent‐Assisted‐Bi2WO6 Nanostructured Materials for Electron Transfer‐Driven Ultrafast Catalytic Reduction of Organic and Inorganic Contaminants." ChemNanoMat9, no. 10 (2023): e202300181. DOI : 1002/cnma.202300181 , https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cnma.202300181 Mahto, Bhagirath, Afaq Ahmad Khan, Ashok Barhoi, and Sahid Hussain. "Hierarchical Cu3BiS3 Nanostructures with Thermally Controlled Morphology for Photoconductive, Photothermal, and Catalytic Applications." ACS Applied Nano Materials6, no. 8 (2023): 6784-6797. DOI : 1021/acsanm.3c00496 , https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsanm.3c00496 Reddy, Y. Subba, Naresh Kumar Rotte, Sahid Hussain, Vadali VSS Srikanth, and M. Ravi Chandra. "Sustainable mesoporous graphitic activated carbon as biosorbent for efficient adsorption of acidic and basic dyes from wastewater: Equilibrium, kinetics and thermodynamic studies." Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances9 (2023): 100214. DOI : 1016/j.hazadv.2022.100214 ,https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S277241662200170X Chowdhury, Arif, Bhagirath Mahto, Sunita Kumari, Afaq Ahmad Khan, and Sahid Hussain. "Quaternary Fe-Ni-Co-S nanostructures: Unprecedented removal capacity of congo red and toxic metal ions." Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering11, no. 1 (2023): 109199. DOI : 1016/j.jece.2022.109199 ,https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213343722020723 Ali, Haider, Bhagirath Mahto, Ashok Barhoi, and Sahid Hussain. "Visible light-driven photocatalytic thiol–ene/yne reactions using anisotropic 1D Bi 2 S 3 nanorods: a green synthetic approach." Nanoscale15, no. 35 (2023): 14551-14563. DOI : 1039/D3NR02889E , https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2023/nr/d3nr02889e Saawarn, Bhavini, Byomkesh Mahanty, Subrata Hait, and Sahid Hussain. "Sources, occurrence, and treatment techniques of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in aqueous matrices: A comprehensive review." Environmental Research214 (2022): 114004. DOI : org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.114004 , https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013935122013317 Rao, Mugada Sugunakara, and Sahid Hussain. "LUDOX HS-40 Catalyzed Pot, Atom and Step Economic (PASE) Synthesis of Pyran Annulated Heterocyclic Scaffolds." Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds42, no. 6 (2022): 3724-3735. DOI : 1080/10406638.2021.1872657 , https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10406638.2021.1872657 Hoque, Anamika, Md Sanaul Islam, Mehebub Ali Khan, Soumen Ghosh, Md Asraful Sekh, Sahid Hussain, and Md Akhtarul Alam. "Biphenyl-containing amido Schiff base derivative as a turn-on fluorescent chemosensor for Al 3+ and Zn 2+ ions." New Journal of Chemistry46, no. 33 (2022): 16025-16034. DOI : 1039/d2nj03144b , https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2022/nj/d2nj03144b Chowdhury, Arif, Sunita Kumari, Afaq Ahmad Khan, and Sahid Hussain. "Synthesis of mixed phase crystalline CoNi2S4 nanomaterial and selective mechanism for adsorption of Congo red from aqueous solution." Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering9, no. 6 (2021): 106554. DOI : 1016/j.jece.2021.106554 , https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213343721015311 Rao, Mugada Sugunakara, and Sahid Hussain. "TEMPO-mediated aerobic oxidative synthesis of 2-aryl benzoxazoles via ring-opening of benzoxazoles with benzylamines." Synthetic Communications51, no. 17 (2021): 2684-2694. DOI : 1080/00397911.2021.1949476 , https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00397911.2021.1949476 Kumari, Sunita, Arif Chowdhury, Afaq Ahmad Khan, and Sahid Hussain. "Controlled surface functionalization of Ni-S nanostructures for pH-responsive selective and superior pollutants adsorption." Journal of Hazardous Materials415 (2021): 125750. DOI : 1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125750 , https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304389421007147 Rao, Mugada Sugunakara, and Sahid Hussain. "DABCO-mediated decarboxylative cyclization of isatoic anhydride with aroyl/heteroaroyl/alkoylacetonitriles under microwave conditions: Strategy for the synthesis of substituted 4-quinolones." Tetrahedron Letters76 (2021): 153187. DOI : 1016/j.tetlet.2021.153187 , https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040403921004044 Rao, Mugada Sugunakara, and Sahid Hussain. "One-Pot, Borax-mediated synthesis of structurally diverse N, S-heterocycles in water." Tetrahedron Letters74 (2021): 153159. DOI : 1016/j.tetlet.2021.153159 , https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040403921003683 Khan, Afaq Ahmad, Aniruddha Molla, Arif Chowdhury, Sunita Kumari, and Sahid Hussain. "Surface-charge-controlled synthesis of ZnIn2S4 nanosheet-based materials for selective adsorption of organic dyes." Acs Applied Nano Materials4, no. 4 (2021): 4114-4128. DOI : 1021/acsanm.1c00409 , https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsanm.1c00409 Bhakta, Arvind K., Sunita Kumari, Sahid Hussain, Samir Belkhiri, Momath Lo, Ronald J. Mascarenhas, Joseph Delhalle, and Zineb Mekhalif. "Simultaneous formation of CuO nanoflowers and semi-spherical nanoparticles onto MWCNT surface." Emergent Materials4 (2021): 403-411. DOI : doi.org/10.1007/s42247-021-00196-4 , https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42247-021-00196-4#citeas Chowdhury, Arif, Sunita Kumari, Afaq Ahmad Khan, M. Ravi Chandra, and Sahid Hussain. "Activated carbon loaded with Ni-Co-S nanoparticle for superior adsorption capacity of antibiotics and dye from wastewater: kinetics and isotherms." Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects611 (2021): 125868. DOI : 1016/j.colsurfa.2020.125868 , https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927775720314618 Sharma, Pranay, Pinku Sarma, Antonio Frontera, Sahid Hussain, Akalesh K. Verma, and Manjit K. Bhattacharyya. "Energetically significant anti-parallel π-stacking and unconventional anion-π interactions in phenanthroline based Ni (II) and Cu (II) coordination compounds: Antiproliferative evaluation and theoretical studies." Inorganica Chimica Acta516 (2021): 120082. DOI : 1016/j.ica.2020.120082 , https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020169320312822 Das, Amal, Pranay Sharma, Antonio Frontera, Akalesh K. Verma, Miquel Barcelo-Oliver, Sahid Hussain, and Manjit K. Bhattacharyya. "Energetically significant nitrile⋯ nitrile and unconventional C–H⋯ π (nitrile) interactions in pyridine based Ni (II) and Zn (II) coordination compounds: Antiproliferative evaluation and theoretical studies." Journal of Molecular Structure1223 (2021): 129246. DOI : 1016/j.molstruc.2020.129246 , https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022286020315660 Das, Amal, Pranay Sharma, Antonio Frontera, Miquel Barcelo-Oliver, Akalesh K. Verma, Ruksana Sultana Ahmed, Sahid Hussain, and Manjit K. Bhattacharyya. "Supramolecular assemblies involving biologically relevant antiparallel π-stacking and unconventional solvent driven structural topology in maleato and fumarato bridged Zn (ii) coordination polymers: antiproliferative evaluation and theoretical studies." New Journal of Chemistry45, no. 29 (2021): 13040-13055. DOI :1039/d1nj00619c , https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2021/nj/d1nj00619c Sharma, Pranay, Hiren Nath, Antonio Frontera, Miquel Barcelo-Oliver, Akalesh K. Verma, Sahid Hussain, and Manjit K. Bhattacharyya. "Biologically relevant unusual cooperative assemblies and fascinating infinite crown-like supramolecular nitrate–water hosts involving guest complex cations in bipyridine and phenanthroline-based Cu (ii) coordination compounds: Antiproliferative evaluation and theoretical studies." New Journal of Chemistry45, no. 18 (2021): 8269-8282. DOI :1039/d1nj01004b , https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2021/nj/d1nj01004b Kumar, Brajesh, Mugada Sugunakara Rao, Pramanand Kumar, Sahid Hussain, and Subrata Das. "Spectrophotometric investigation of 5-nitroso-6-aminouracil and its methyl derivative in methanol by selective complexation with bivalent metal ions." Journal of Molecular Structure1221 (2020): 128827. DOI  1016/j.molstruc.2020.128827 , https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022286020311522 Bhakta, Arvind K., Sunita Kumari, Sahid Hussain, Ronald J. Mascarenhas, Praveen Martis, Joseph Delhalle, and Zineb Mekhalif. "Lanthanum hydroxide nanoparticles/multi-wall carbon nanotubes nanocomposites." In Advanced Materials for Defense: Development, Analysis and Applications, pp. 25-34. Springer International Publishing, 2020. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-34123-7_3 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-34123-7_3 A. A. Khan, A. Chowdhury, S. Kumari and Sahid Hussain, “A Facile Soft-Template-Morphology-Controlled (STMC) Synthesis of ZnIn2S4 Nanostructures and Excellent Morphology Dependent Adsorption Properties” J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, DOI: 10.1039/C9TA11800D. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/ta/c9ta11800d#!divAbstract S. Kumari, A. A. Khan, A. Chowdhury, A. K. Bhakta, Z. Mekhalif and  Sahid Hussain, “Efficient and highly selective adsorption of cationic dyes and removal of ciprofloxacin antibiotic by surface modified nickel sulfide nanomaterials: Kinetics, isotherm and adsorption mechanism” Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2020, 586, 124264. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927775719312592 A. Chowdhury, S. Kumari, A. A. Khan, Sahid Hussain, “Selective removal of anionic dyes with exceptionally high adsorption capacity and removal of dichromate (Cr2O72-) anion using Ni-Co-S/CTAB nanocomposites and its adsorption mechanism” Journal Hazardous Materials, 2020, 385, 121602. https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1aHOK15DSlDZ5e K. Bhakta, S. Kumari, Sahid Hussain, S. Detriche, J. Delhalle and Z Mekhalif, “Differently substituted aniline functionalized MWCNTs to anchor oxides of Bi and Ni nanoparticles” Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry, 2019, 9 (4), 299-314. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40097-019-00319-8 Mugada Sugunakara Rao, Subhankar Sarkar and Sahid Hussain, “Microwave-assisted synthesis of 3-aminoarylquinolines from 2-nitrobenzaldehyde and indole via SnCl2-mediated reduction and facile indole ring opening” Tetrahedron Letters, 2019, 60, 1221-1225 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040403919302643 A. Chowdhury, S. Kumari, A. A. Khan, Sahid Hussain, “Superadsorbent Ni–Co–S/SDS Nanocomposites for Ultrahigh Removal of Cationic, Anionic Organic Dyes and Toxic Metal Ions: Kinetics, Isotherm and Adsorption Mechanism” ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2019, 7, 4165-4176. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b05775 R Paul, A Arya, R Laha, VR Dantham, Sahid Hussain, “Plasmon-enhanced fluorescence in nanomolar dye solution using combination of core-shell nanostructures of various shell thicknesses” Journal of Luminescence, 2019, 205, 451-456. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022231318314467 Arvind K. Bhakta, Sunita Kumari, Sahid Hussain, Praveen Martis, Ronald J. Mascarenhas, Joseph Delhalle, Zineb Mekhalif “Synthesis and characterization of maghemite nanocrystals decorated multi-wall carbon nanotubes for methylene blue dye removal” J. Mater. Sci., 2019, 54, 200-216. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10853-018-2818-y Aniruddha Molla, Subham Ranjan, Mugada Sugunakara Rao, Arif Hassan Dar, Mousumi Shyam, Venkatesan Jayaprakash, Sahid Hussain “Borax Catalysed Domino Synthesis of Highly Functionalised Spirooxidation and Chromenopyridine Derivatives: X-ray structure, Hirshfeld Surface Analysis and Molecular Docking Studies” Chemistry Select 2018, 3, 8669 – 8677. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/slct.201801867 Afaq Ahmad Khan, Sunita Kumari, Arif Chowdhury and Sahid Hussain “Phase Tuned Originated Dual Properties of Cobalt Sulfide Nanostructures as Photocatalyst and Adsorbent for Removal of Dye Pollutants” ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2018, 1, 3474-3485 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acsanm.8b00656 M. Musawwer Khan, Saigal Sarfaraz Khan, Sumbulunnisan Shareef and Sahid Hussain “A Facile and Green Approach for One‐Pot Synthesis of Functionalized Chromeno[3, 4-b]quinolines and Spiro Chromeno[3, 4-b]quinolines by Using Molecular Iodine as a Catalyst” Chemistry Select 2018, 3, 2261 – 2266. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/slct.201702810 Arvind K. Bhakta, Simon Detriche, Sunita Kumari, Sahid Hussain, Praveen Martis, Ronald J. Mascarenhas, Joseph Delhalle and Zineb Mekhalif “Multi-wall Carbon Nanotubes Decorated with Bismuth Oxide Nanocrystals Using Infrared Irradiation and Diazonium Chemistry” J. Inorg. Organomet. Pol. and Mater. 2018, 28, 1402-1413. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10904-018-0800-4 M Naqi Ahamad, Farasha Sama, Muhammad Nadeem Akhtar, Yan-Cong Chen, Ming-Liang Tong, Musheer Ahmad, M Shahid, Sahid Hussain, Kulsum Khan “A disc-like Co 7 cluster with a solvent dependent catecholase activity” New J. Chem., 2017, 41, 14057-14061.. http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/nj/c7nj00761b#!divAbstract Afaq Ahmad Khan, Manish Kumar, Kulsum Khan, Aniruddha Molla and Sahid Hussain “Photoinduced Oxygen Prompted Iron-Iron Oxide Catalyzed Clock Reaction: Mimic of Blue Bottle Experiment” New J. Chem., 2017, 41, 6420-6426. http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/nj/c7nj00761b#!divAbstract S. Mukherjee, M. Chattopadhyay, S. Bhattacharya, S. Bhattacharya, T. K. Maity, S. Dasgupta, Sahid Hussain, S. K. Bharadwaj, D. Talukdar, M. K. Chaudhuri, A. Usmani, B. S. Pradhan, S. S. Majumdar, P. Chattopadhyay and S. Mukhopadhyay "A small inulinomimetic molecule also improves insulin sensitivity in dibetic mice" PLOS ONE, 2017, 12(1), e0169809. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0169809 Aniruddha Molla, Meenakshi Sahu and Sahid Hussain "Synthesis of Tunable Band Gap Semiconductor Nickel Sulphide Nanoparticles: Rapid and Round the Clock Degradation of Organic Dyes" Scientific Reports, 2016, 6, 26034. http://www.nature.com/articles/srep26034 S. Singh, P. Jha, V. Singh, K. Sinha, Sahid Hussain, M. K Singh, Prolay Das “A quantum dot–MUC1 aptamer conjugate for targeted delivery of protoporphyrin IX and specific photokilling of cancer cells through ROS generation” Integr. Biol., 2016, 8, 1040-1048. Aniruddha Molla and Sahid Hussain, "Base free synthesis of iron oxide supported on boron nitride for the construction of highly functionalized pyrans and spirooxindoles" RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 5491–5502. http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2016/ra/c5ra21969h#!divAbstract Seema Singh, Rina Kumari, Anirban Chakraborty, Sahid Hussain, Manoj K. Singh and Prolay Das, "Melamine-DNA Encoded Periodicity of Quantum dot Arrays" J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2016, 461, 45–49. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021979715301594 Aniruddha Molla Meenakshi Sahu and Sahid Hussain,  “Under dark and visible light: fast degradation of methylene blue in presence of Ag-In-Ni-S nanocomposites" J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015, 3, 15616–15625. http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2015/TA/c5ta02888d#!divAbstract Aniruddha Molla Meenakshi Sahu and Sahid Hussain, “Soft template mediated synthesis of Bi–In–Zn–S and its efficient visible-light-driven decomposition of methylene blue” RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 41941 - 41948. http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2015/RA/c5ra07248d#!divAbstract Seema Singh, Anirban Chakraborty, Vandana Singh, Aniruddha Molla, Sahid Hussain, Manoj K. Singh and Prolay Das, “DNA mediated assembly of quantum dot–protoporphyrin IX FRET probes and the effect of FRET efficiency on ROS generation” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015, 17, 5973-5981. http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2015/cp/c4cp05306k Aniruddha Molla, Sahid Hussain  “Borax catalyzed domino reactions: synthesis of highly functionalised pyridines, dienes, anilines and dihydropyrano[3,2-c] chromenes”,  RSC Adv. 2014,  4, 29750–29758. http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2014/RA/c4ra03627a#!divAbstract M. S. H. Faizi and Sahid Hussain “Dichlorido¬(N,N-diethyl-4-{[(quinolin-2-yl)meth -yl¬idene]amino-ĸ2N,N'}aniline) mercury(II)”, Acta Cryst. E,  2014, E70, m197. http://journals.iucr.org/e/issues/2014/06/00/zs2295/index.html Aniruddha Molla, Ezaz Hossain and Sahid Hussain  “Multicomponent Domino Reactions: Borax Catalyzed Synthesis of Highly Functionalised Pyran-annulated Heterocycles”,  RSC Adv. 2013,  3, 21517-21523. http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2013/ra/c3ra43514h#!divAbstract Aniruddha Molla and Sahid Hussain “An Expedient Synthesis of b-Acetamido and Benzamidocarbonyl Compounds via KAl(SO4)2•12H2O-catalyzed Three-component Coupling Reaction” Org. Prep. Proc. Int. 2013, 45, 494-503. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00304948.2013.834788 Aniruddha Molla and Sahid Hussain ‘Boron Nitride: An Efficient Reusable Heterogeneous Catalyst for Hetero-Michael Reactions under Solvent-Free ConditionCurr. Catal.2, 88 – 95. Sahid Hussain, Dhrubajyoti Talukdar, Saitanya K. Bharadwaj, Mihir K. Chaudhuri, ‘VO2F(dmpz)2: a new catalyst for selective oxidation of organic sulfides to sulfoxides with H2O2’ Tetrahedron Lett. 2012, 53, 6512-6515. Sahid Hussain, Nayoun Won, Jutaek Nam, Jiwon Bang, Hyokyun Chung, Sungjee Kim, `One-Pot Fabrication of High-Quality InP/ZnS (Core/Shell) Quantum Dots and Their Application to Cellular Imaging- ChemPhysChem, 2009, 10, 1466-1470. Sahid Hussain, Saitanya K. Bharadwaj, Ravindra Pandey, Mihir K. Chaudhuri, `Borax-Catalyzed and pH-Controlled Selective Oxidation of Organic Sulfides by H2O2: An Environmentally Clean Protocol Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2009, 3319-3322.  Saitanya K. Bharadwaj, Susanda N. Sharma, Sahid Hussain, Mihir K. Chaudhuri, `Chemoselective sulfoxidation by H2O2 or HNO3 using a phosphate impregnated titania catalyst Tetrahedron Lett. 2009, 50, 3767-3771. Saitanya K. Bharadwaj, Sahid Hussain, Manoranjan Kar and Mihir K. Chaudhuri, `Acid Phosphate impregnated Titania Catalyzed Nitration of Aromatic Compounds with Nitric Acid Appl. Catal. A: General, 2008, 343, 62-67.  Saitanya K. Bharadwaj, Sahid Hussain, Manoranjan Kar and Mihir K. Chaudhuri, `Al (H2PO4)3: An efficient catalyst for nitration of organic compounds with nitric acid Catal. Commun, 2008, 9, 919-923. Sahid Hussain, Gopal Das and Mihir K. Chaudhuri, `Intermolecular hydrogen bonded and self-assembled β pleated sheet structures of β sulfidocarbonyls J. Mol. Structure, 2007, 837, 190-196.  Mihir K. Chaudhuri and Sahid Hussain, `Boric acid catalysed thia-Michael reactions in water or alcohols J. Mol.Catal. A: Chemical 2007, 269, 214-217.  Sahid Hussain, Saitanya K. Bharadwaj, Mihir K. Chaudhuri and Harjyoti Kalita, `Borax as an efficient metal-free catalyst for hetero-Michael reactions in aqueous medium Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2007, 374-378.  Mihir K. Chaudhuri,  Sanjay K. Dehury, Sahid Hussain,  Ankur Duarah and  Nayanmoni Gogoi, `The selective solid-phase oxidation of alcohols and other organic substrates by 3,5-dimethylpyrazolium fluorochromate Org. Prep. Proc. Int. 2006, 38, 331-336. Mihir K. Chaudhuri and Sahid Hussain, `An efficient synthesis of quinolines under solvent-free conditions J. Chem Sci. 2006, 118, 199-202.  Mihir K. Chaudhuri, Sahid Hussain, M. Lakshmi Kantam and B. Neelima, `Boric acid: A novel and safer catalyst for aza-Michael reaction in water Tetrahedron Lett. 2005, 46, 8329-8331.  Mihir K. Chaudhuri,  Sanjay K. Dehury, Sahid Hussain,  Ankur Duarah, Nayanmoni Gogoi  and M. Lakshmi Kantam, `3,5-Dimethylpyrazolium Fluorochromate(VI)-catalysed oxidation of organic substrates by hydrogen peroxide under solvent-free conditions Adv. Synth. Catal.2005, 347, 1349-1352. Mihir K. Chaudhuri, Sanjay K. Dehury and Sahid Hussain, `Barbier coupling in water: SnCl2-mediated and Co(acac)2-catalyzed allylation of carbonyls Tetrahedron Lett. 2005, 46, 6247-6251.  M. Lakshmi Kantam, V. Neeraja, B. Kavita, B. Neelima, Mihir K. Chaudhuri and Sahid Hussain, `Cu(acac)2 immobilized in ionic liquids: A recoverable and reusable catalytic system for aza-Michael Reactions Adv. Synth. Catal. 2005, 347, 763 -766. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adsc.200404361/abstract Conference attended : “12th CRSI National Symposium on Chemistry” IICT Hyderabad, -February 04-07, 2010. National Symposium on “Green Chemistry: Key to life” Magadh Mahila College, December 13, 2011. Symposium on “Inorganic Chemistry at Interface” Department of Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur, October 13-14, 2012. “13th Tetrahedron Symposium Asia Edition” Taipei, Taiwan - November 27-30, 2012