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Publications

3. A.K. Kapoor, N. Sahoo, S. K. Rajput, P. K. Samanta and V. S. Mothika*. Dual Function: Practical Nanomolar Antibiotic Detection and Photocatalytic Micropollutant Degradation Using Thiazolothiazole Conjugated Microporous Polymer. ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2025, (accepted) 

2. S. K. Rajput, A.K. Kapoor, A. Yogi, V. Yarlagadda and V. S. Mothika*. pi-Conjugated Porous Polymer Nanosheets for Explosive Sensing: Investigation on the Role of H-Bonding. Chem. Asian. J. 2024, 19, e202400939 (Invited Article for a special collection "Young Organic Talents in India").

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1. S. K. Rajput, V. S. Mothika*. Powders to Thin Films: Advances in Conjugated Microporous Polymer Chemical Sensors. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2024, 2300730.

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Before IITK

*refers to corresponding author, # refers to equal contribution, Total publications: 22, h-index: 15

  1. *Mothika, V. S., Baumgarten, M., Scherf, U. (2019): Neutral, π-Radical-Conjugated Microporous Polymer Films of Nanoscale Thickness for Potential Use in Magnetoelectronics and Sensor Devices. In: ACS Applied Nano Materials. Vol. 2, 4832-4841. (Cover Art)

  2. *Mothika, V. S., Räupke, A., Brinkmann, K. O., Riedl, T., Brunklaus, G., Scherf, U. (2018): Nanometer-Thick Conjugated Microporous Polymer Films for Selective and Sensitive Vapor-Phase TNT Detection. In: ACS Applied Nano Materials. Vol. 1, 6483-6492.

  3. *Mothika, V. S., Scherf, U. (2018): Electrochemically Generated Conjugated Microporous Polymer Network Thin Films For Chemical Sensor Applications. In: Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. Vol. 219, 1800207. (weblink)

  4. Widling, C., Forster, M., Mothika, V. S., Scherf, U. (2017): Catalyst-And Solvent-Free, Thermal Generation of Microporous Polymer Networks. In: Science China Chemistry. Vol. 60, 1103-1106.

  5. Mothika, V. S., Sutar, P., Verma, P., Das, S., Pati, S. K., Maji, T. K. (2019): Regulating Charge‐Transfer in Conjugated Microporous Polymers for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. In: Chemistry-A European Journal. Vol. 25, 3867-3874.

  6. Adalikwu, S. A., Mothika, V. S., Hazra, A., Maji, T. K. (2019): Polar functional groups anchored to a 2D MOF template for the stabilization of Pd (0) nps for the catalytic C–C coupling reaction. In: Dalton Transactions. Vol. 44, 83-86. 

  7. #Sutar, P., #Mothika, V. S., Jayaramulu, K., Hazra, A., Maji, T. K. (2018): Binder driven self-assembly of metal-organic cubes towards functional hydrogels. In: Nature Communications. Vol. 9, 1-12.

  8. #Roy, S., #Mothika, V. S., Hazra, A., Bandyopadhyay, A., Laha, S., Pati, S. K., Maji, T. K. (2018): Solvent-Modulated Emission Properties in a Superhydrophobic Oligo(p-phenyleneethynylene)-Based 3D Porous Supramolecular Framework. In: Inorganic Chemistry. Vol. 57, 8693-8696.

  9. Roy, S., Mothika, V. S., Maji, T. K. (2016): Self-Cleaning MOF: Realization of Extreme Water Repellence in Coordination Driven Self-Assembled Nanostructures. In: Chemical Science. Vol. 7, 2251-2256.

  10. Mothika, V. S., Bandyopadhyay, A., Pati, S. K., Maji, T. K. (2016): Luminescent Conjugated Microporous Polymer with Lewis Acidic ‘Boron’ Sites on the Pore Surface: Ratiometric Sensing and Capture of F- Ion. Indian Patent, IP No: WO 2016/162810 AI

  11. Mothika, V. S., De, A., Maji, T. K. (2015): High Aspect Ratio, Processable Coordination Polymer Gel Nanotubes Based on an AIE-Active LMWG with Tunable Emission. In: Chemical Communications. Vol. 51, 14678-14681.

  12. Mothika, V. S., Bandyopadhyay, A., Roy, S., Pati, S. K., Maji, T. K. (2015): Highly Luminescent Microporous Organic Polymer with Lewis Acidic ‘Boron’ Sites on the Pore Surface: Ratiometric Sensing and Capture of F- Ion. In: Chemistry-A European Journal. Vol. 21, 10799-10804.

  13. Sutar, P.,Mothika, V. S., Maji, T. K. (2015): Tunable Emission in Lanthanide Coordination Polymer Gels Based on a Rationally Designed Blue Emissive Gelator. In: Chemical Communications. Vol. 51, 9876-9879.

  14. Jayaramulu, K., Mothika, V. S., Maji, T. K. (2015): Stabilization of Cu2O Nanoparticles on a 2D Metal-Organic Framework for Catalytic Huisgen 1, 3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reaction. In: Dalton Transactions. Vol. 44, 83-86.

  15. Mothika, V. S., Bonakala, S., Roy, S., Balasubramanian, S., Maji, T. K. (2014): Synthesis, Characterization, and Modeling of a Functional Conjugated Microporous Polymer: CO2 Storage and Light Harvesting. In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Vol. 118, 24369-24376.

  16. Mothika, V. S., Chatterjee, S., Modak, R., Tiwari, V., Patel, A. B., Kundu, T. K., Maji, T. K. (2014): Oligo(p‑phenyleneethynylene)-Derived Porous luminescent Nanoscale Coordination Polymer of GdIII: Bimodal Imaging and Nitroaromatic Sensing. In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Vol. 118, 12241-12249.

  17. Mothika, V. S., Bonakala, S., Atreya, H. S., Balasubramanian, S., Maji, T. K. (2014): Amide Functionalized Microporous Organic Polymer (Am-MOP) for Selective CO2 Sorption and Catalysis. In: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Vol. 6, 4630-4637.

  18. Haldar, R., Reddy, S. K., Mothika, V. S., Mohapatra, S., Balasubramanian, S., Maji, T. K. (2014): Flexible and Rigid Amine-Functionalized Microporous Frameworks Based on Different Secondary Building Units: Supramolecular Isomerism, Selective CO2 Capture, and Catalysis. In: Chemistry-A European Journal. Vol. 20, 4347-4356.

  19. #Kumar, R.,#Mothika, V. S., Maji, T. K., Rao, C. N. R. (2014): Porous Graphene Frameworks Pillared by Organic Linkers with Tunable Surface Area and Gas Storage Properties. In: Chemical Communications. Vol. 50, 2015-2017.

  20. Mothika, V. S., George, S. J., Maji, T. K. (2013): MOF Nano-Vesicles and Toroids: Self-Assembled Porous Soft-Hybrids for Light Harvesting. In: Advanced Functional Materials. Vol. 23, 5585-5590. (Cover Art)

  21. Jayaramulu, K., Datta, K. K. R., Mothika, V. S., Kumari, G., Datta, R., Narayana, C., Eswaramoorthy, M., Maji, T. K. (2012): Honeycomb Porous Framework of Zinc(II): Effective Host for Palladium Nanoparticles for Efficient Three-Component (A3) Coupling and Selective Gas Storage. In: Chempluschem. Vol. 77, 743-747.

  22. Geetharani, K., Bose, S. K., Basak, D., Mothika, V. S., Ghosh, S. (2011): A New Entry into Ferraborane Chemistry: Synthesis and Characterization of Heteroferraborane Complexes. In: Inorganica Chimica Acta. Vol. 372, 42-46.

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