2025

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69. Maneuvering the Electronic State and Active Site of Assembled-Gold Nanoclusters through Polyoxometalate Implantation for Heterogeneous Green-Light Photocatalysis, Satya Ranjan Sahoo, Tarun Kumar Dinda, Sumit Saha, Prasenjit Mal*, and Nirmal Goswami*, ACS Applied Materials & Interfacese, 2025, Accepted.

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68. Tailoring the Photoluminescence of AIE-Type Gold Nanoclusters via Biomineralization-Inspired Polymorphism, Sukhendu Mahata,  Satya Ranjan Sahoo, Arun Mukhopadhyay, Komal Kumari, Surajit Rakshit, and Nirmal Goswami*, Nanoscale, 2025, 17, 823-832.

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67. Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production Using In-situ Polymerized Gold Nanocluster Assemblies, Debkumar Bera, Sukhendu Mahata, Maitrayee Biswas, Komal Kumari, Surajit Rakshit, Nonappa, Srabanti Ghosh, and Nirmal Goswami*, Small, 2025, 21, 2406551.

 

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2024

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66. Unravelling Structural Insights into Ligand-Induced Photoluminescence Mechanisms of Sulfur Dots, Satya Ranjan Sahoo, Arun Mukhopadhyay, Sukhendu Mahata, Komal Kumari, N. V. S. Praneeth, Ananya Baksi, Saumyakanti Khatua, Sumit Saha, Surajit Rakshit, and Nirmal Goswami*, Nanoscale, 2024, 16, 18494-18503.

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65. Molecular Packing-Driven Manipulation of Aggregation Induced Emission in Gold Nanoclusters, Arun Mukhopadhyay, Sukhendu Mahata and Nirmal Goswami*, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2024, 15, 8510-8519.

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64. Strategic framework for harnessing luminescent metal nanocluster assemblies in biosensing applications, Arun Mukhopadhyay, Satya Ranjan Sahoo, Sukhendu Mahata and Nirmal Goswami*, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2024, 416, 3963-3974.

 

 

2023

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63.  In Situ Depletion-Guided Engineering of Nanoshell-like Gold Nanocluster Assemblies with Enhanced Peroxidase-like Nanozyme Activity, Debkumar Bera, Arun Mukhopadhyay, Nonappa, and Nirmal Goswami*, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2023, 14, 7299-7305. 

 

62. Enzyme-responsive polycationic silver nanocluster-loaded PCL nanocomposites for antibacterial applications, Evelyn Uroro, R. Bright, P.R. Lakshika Dabare, Jing Yang Quek, Nirmal Goswami, and Krasimir Vasilev, Materials Today Chemistry, 2023, 28, 101376. 

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2022

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61. Switchable Catalysis and CO2 Sensing by Reduction Resistant, Luminescent Copper-Thiolate Complexes, Satya Ranjan Sahoo, Debkumar Bera, Sumit Saha, and Nirmal Goswami*, Nanoscale, 2022, 14, 18051-18059.

• This article is part of the themed collection: Nanoscale 2023 Emerging Investigators

60. Depletion Driven Assembly of Ultrasmall Metal Nanoclusters: From Kinetically Arrested Assemblies to Thermodynamically Stable, Spherical Superclusters, Debkumar Bera, Mousumi Baruah, Asish Dehury, Animesh Samanta, Yatendra S. Chaudhary, and Nirmal Goswami*, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2022, 13, 9411-9421. 

59. Biocompatible Polycationic Silver Nanoclusters Impregnated PLGA Nanocomposites with Potent Antimicrobial Activity, Evelyn Osehontue Uroro, Richard Bright, Panthihage Ruvini L Dabare, Debkumar Bera, Jing Yang Quek, Nirmal Goswami*, Krasimir Vasilev. ChemNanoMat 2022, e202200349. 

58. Gold Nanoclusters Based Nanocomposites for Combinatorial Antibacterial Therapy on Biofilm Forming Pathogens,  Genji Srinivasulu Yuvasri,  Anbu Mozhi Thamizhchelvan, Nirmal Goswami, Qiaofeng Yao, and Jianping Xie, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2022, 6, 689-706. 

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57. Recent advances in electrochemical removal and recovery of phosphorus from water: A review,  Yifan Ren, Wentian Zheng, Xiaoguang Duan, Nirmal Goswami, Yanbiao Liu, Environmental Functional Materials, 2022, 1, 10-20. 

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56. Design principles for bacteria-responsive antimicrobial nanomaterials, Jing Yang Quek, Evelyn Uroro, Nirmal Goswami*, Krasimir Vasilev, Materials Today Chemistry, 2022, 23, 100606. 

2021

55. Polycationic Silver Nanoclusters Comprising Nanoreservoirs of Ag+-Ions with High Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Activity, Hanif Haidari, Richard Bright, Zlatko Kopecki, Peter Zilm, Sanjay Garg, Allison J. Cowin, Krasimir Vasilev and Nirmal Goswami*, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021, 14, 390–403. 

54. Development and Characterization of an Oral Microbiome Transplant Among Australians for the Treatment of Dental Caries and Periodontal Disease: A Study Protocol, Sonia Nath, Peter Zilm, Lisa Jamieson, Kostas Kapellas, Nirmal Goswami, Kevin Ketagoda, and Laura S. Weyrich, PLOS ONE, 2021, 16, e0260433. 

53. Ultra-small gold nanoclusters assembled on plasma polymer-modified zeolites: a multifunctional nanohybrid with anti-haemorrhagic and anti-inflammatory properties, Laura E. González García, Neethu Ninan, Johanna Simon, Rahul Madathiparambil Visalakshan, Satriyo K. Wahono, Richard Bright, Kostya Ostrikov, Volker Mailänder, Katharina Landfester, Nirmal Goswami*, and Krasimir Vasilev, Nanoscale, 2021, 13, 19936-19945. 

52. Functionalized Metal Nanoclusters for Biosensing Applications, Komal Kumari, Debkumar Bera, Vinay Kumar, Surajit Rakshit, and Nirmal Goswami*, Invited Book Chapter, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2021, pp. 1-29 DOI: 10.1039/9781839165092-00001; eISBN: 978-1-83916-509-2.

51. Engineering Metal Nanoclusters for Targeted Therapeutics: From Targeting Strategies to Therapeutic Applications, Zhenkun Lin, Nirmal Goswami, Tiantian Xue, Osburg Jin Huang Chai, Hejie Xu, Yuxin Liu, Yu Su, and Jianping Xie, Advanced Functional Materials, 2021, 31, 2105662. 

50. Driving Forces and Routes for Aggregation Induced Emission-Based Highly Luminescent Metal Nanocluster Assembly, Debkumar Bera, and Nirmal Goswami*, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (Invited Perspective), 2021, 12, 9033-9046 

• Highlighted in the virtual collection as one of the exceptional paper: Nanomaterials

49. Traceable nanocluster-prodrug conjugate for combined chemo-photodynamic therapy of non-small cell lung cancer, Genji Srinivasulu Yuvasri, Mozhi Anbu, Nirmal Goswami, Qiaofeng Yao, Jianping Xie, ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2021, 4, 3232-3245.

48. High-yield synthesis of AIE-type Au22(SG)18 NCs through precursor engineering and its pH-dependent size transformation, Genji Srinivasulu Yuvasri, Nirmal Goswami, Qiaofeng Yao, Jianping Xie, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2021, 125, 4066-4076. 

47. Synthesis of Environmentally Benign Ultra-Small Copper Nanoclusters-Halloysite Composites and their Catalytic Performance on Contrasting Dyes, Amal Kanti Deb, Bhabananda Biswas, Nirmal Goswami, Emily F. Hilder, Ravi Naidu, Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman, Applied Surface Science, 2021, 546, 149122. 

46. Effect of the support composition on catalytic and physicochemical properties of Ni catalysts in oxy-steam reforming of methane, Paweł Mierczynski, Magdalena Mosinska, Natalia Stepinska, Karolina Chalupka, Magdalena Nowosielska, Waldemar Maniukiewicz, Jacek Rogowski, Nirmal Goswami, Krasimir Vasilev, Malgorzta I Szynkowska.  Catalysis Today 2021, 364, 46-60. 

2020

45. Ultrasmall AgNPs impregnated biocompatible hydrogel with highly effective biofilm elimination properties, Hanif Haidari, Zlatko Kopecki, Richard Bright, Allison J. Cowin, Sanjay Garg, Nirmal Goswami*, and Krasimir Vasilev, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, 12 (37), 41011–41025. 

44. Interfacial Engineering of Gold Nanoclusters for Biomedical Applications, Genji Srinivasulu Yuvasri, Qiaofeng Yao, Nirmal Goswami, Jianping Xie, Materials Horizons, 2020, 7, 2596-2618. 

43. The Impact of Engineered Silver Nanomaterials on the Immune System, Neethu Ninan, Nirmal Goswami, and Krasimir Vasilev, Nanomaterials 2020,10 (5), 967. 

2019

42. Spatially Localized Synthesis of Metal Nanoclusters on Clay Nanotubes and Their Catalytic Performance, Nirmal Goswami*, Bhabananda Biswas, Ravi Naidu, Krasimir Vasilev, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2019, 7 (22), 18350-18358; Highlighted as Cover Article

41. Ultrasmall Gold Nanocluster Based Antibacterial Nanoaggregates for Infectious Wound Healing, Aswathy Ravindran Girija, Sivakumar Balasubramanian, Richard Bright, Allison J Cowin, Nirmal Goswami* (Corresponding Author), Krasimir Vasilev. ChemNanoMat 2019, 5 (9), 1176-1181; Highlighted as Cover Article

40. The interplay between size and valence state on the antibacterial activity of sub-10 nm silver nanoparticles, Hanif Haidari, Nirmal Goswami, Richard Bright, Zlatko Kopecki, Allison Cowin, Sanjay Garg, Krasimir Vasilev, Nanoscale Advances 2019, 1 (6), 2365-2371

39. Biocompatible functionalisation of nanoclays for improved environmental remediation, Bhabananda Biswas, Laurence Warr, Emily Hilder, Nirmal Goswami, Mohammad Rahman, Jock Churchman, Krasimir Vasilev, Gang Pan, Ravi Naidu, Chemical Society Reviews 2019, 48 (14), 3740-3770; Highlighted as Cover Article

38. Core-In-Cage Structure Regulated Properties of Ultra-Small Gold Nanoparticles Nirmal Goswami* (Corresponding Author), Richard Bright, Rahul Madathiparambil Visalakshan, Bhabananda Biswas, Peter Zilm, Krasimir Vasilev, Nanoscale Advances 2019, 1 (6), 2356-2364

37. AIE-Type Metal Nanoclusters: Synthesis, Luminescence, Fundamentals and Applications (Book Chapter) Genji Srinivasulu Yuvasri, Nirmal Goswami, Jianping Xie, Principles and Applications of Aggregation-Induced Emission, 2019, 265-289

2018

36. Ligands Modulate Reaction Pathway in the Hydrogenation of 4-Nitrophenol Catalyzed by Gold Nanoclusters Ricca Rahman Nasaruddin, Tiankai Chen, Jingguo Li, Nirmal Goswami, Jiaguang Zhang, Ning Yan, Jianping Xie, ChemCatChem 2018, 10 (2), 395-402

35. pH-Responsive aggregation-induced emission of Au nanoclusters and crystallization of the Au (i)–thiolate shell Jianxing Wang, Nirmal Goswami, Tong Shu, Lei Su, Xueji Zhang, Materials Chemistry Frontiers 2018, 2 (5), 923-928

34. Cyclodextrin–gold nanocluster decorated TiO 2 enhances photocatalytic decomposition of organic pollutants Haiguang Zhu, Nirmal Goswami, Qiaofeng Yao, Tiankai Chen, Yanbiao Liu, Qingfeng Xu, Dongyun Chen, Jianmei Lu, Jianping Xie, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018, 6 (3), 1102-1108

2017

33. In Situ Fabrication of Flexible, Thermally Stable, Large-Area, Strongly Luminescent Copper Nanocluster/Polymer Composite Films Zhenguang Wang, Yuan Xiong, Stephen V Kershaw, Bingkun Chen, Xuming Yang, Nirmal Goswami, Wing-Fu Lai, Jianping Xie, Andrey L Rogach, Chemistry of Materials 2017, 29 (23), 10206-10211

32. Unraveling the molecular mechanism of photosynthetic toxicity of highly fluorescent silver nanoclusters to Scenedesmus obliquus Li Zhang, Nirmal Goswami, Jianping Xie, Bo Zhang, Yiliang He, Scientific reports 2017, 7 (1), 16432

31. Engineering gold-based radiosensitizers for cancer radiotherapy Nirmal Goswami, Zhentao Luo, Xun Yuan, David Tai Leong, Jianping Xie, Materials Horizons 2017, 4 (5), 817-831

2016

30. Mechanistic exploration and controlled synthesis of precise thiolate-gold nanoclusters, Nirmal Goswami, Qiaofeng Yao, Tiankai Chen, Jianping Xie, Coordination Chemistry Reviews 2016, 329, 1-15

29. Silica Nanoparticles: Probing the Microporous Structure of Silica Shell Via Aggregation-Induced Emission in Au (I)-Thiolate@ SiO2 Nanoparticle, Tingting Zhao, Nirmal Goswami, Jingguo Li, Qiaofeng Yao, Yan Zhang, John Wang, Dan Zhao, Jianping Xie, Small 2016, 12 (47), 6536-6536; Highlighted as Cover Article

28. Uptake and effect of highly fluorescent silver nanoclusters on Scenedesmus obliquus, Li Zhang, Yiliang He, Nirmal Goswami, Jianping Xie, Bo Zhang, Xianji Tao, Chemosphere 2016, 153, 322-331

27. Highly Luminescent Thiolated Gold Nanoclusters Impregnated in Nanogel, Nirmal Goswami, Fangxiong Lin, Yanbiao Liu, David Tai Leong, Jianping Xie, Chemistry of Materials 2016, 28 (11), 4009-4016

26. Functionalization of metal nanoclusters for biomedical applications, Xiao-Rong Song, Nirmal Goswami, Huang-Hao Yang, Jianping Xie, Analyst 2016, 141 (11), 3126-3140

25. Insights into the effect of surface ligands on the optical properties of thiolated Au25 nanoclusters, Xun Yuan, Nirmal Goswami, Weiliang Chen, Qiaofeng Yao, Jianping Xie, Chemical Communications 2016, 52 (30), 5234-5237; Highlighted as Cover Article

24. Luminescent metal nanoclusters with aggregation-induced emission, Nirmal Goswami, Qiaofeng Yao, Zhentao Luo, Jingguo Li, Tiankai Chen, Jianping Xie, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2016, 7 (6), 962-975

23. Converting ultrafine silver nanoclusters to monodisperse silver sulfide nanoparticles via a reversible phase transfer protocol, Yan Feng, Qiaofeng Yao, Jingguo Li, Nirmal Goswami, Jianping Xie, Jun Yang, Nano Research 2016, 9 (4), 942–950

2015

22. Enhancing stability through ligand-shell engineering: A case study with Au25 (SR) 18 nanoclusters, Xun Yuan#, Nirmal Goswami# (# equal contribution), Ivan Mathews, Yong Yu, Jianping Xie, Nano Research 2015, 8 (11), 3488-3495

21. Chapter 11: Functionalization & Application (Book Chapter) Nirmal Goswami, Jingguo Li, Jianping Xie, Protected Metal Clusters: From Fundamentals to Applications, 2015, Elsevier 9, 297-345

2014

20. Surface Engineering for Controlled Nanocatalysis: Key Dynamical Events from Ultrafast Electronic Spectroscopy, Nirmal Goswami, Siddhi Chaudhuri, Anupam Giri, Peter Lemmens, Samir Kumar Pal, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2014, 118 (40), 23434–23442

19. Recent advances in the synthesis, characterization, and biomedical applications of ultrasmall thiolated silver nanoclusters, Kaiyuan Zheng, Yuan Xun, Nirmal Goswami, Qingbo Zhang, Jianping Xie, RSC Advances, 2014, 4, 60581-60596

18. Bio-NCs – the marriage of ultrasmall metal nanoclusters with biomolecules, Nirmal Goswami, Kaiyuan Zheng, Jianping Xie, Nanoscale, 2014, 6 (22), 13328-13347

17. Unprecedented Catalytic Activity of Mn3O4 Nanoparticles: Potential Lead of a Sustainable Therapeutic Agent for Hyperbilirubinemia, Anupam Giri, Nirmal Goswami, Chandan Sasmal, Nabarun Polley, Dipanwita Majumdar, Sounik Sarkar, Sambhu Nath Bandyopadhyay, Achintya Singh, Samir Kumar Pal, RSC Advances (Communication), 2014, 4, 5075-5079

16. Luminescent AgAu alloy clusters derived from Ag nanoparticles: Manifestations of tunable AuI-CuI metallophilic interactions, Kumaranchira R. Krishnadas, Thumu Udayabhaskararao, Susobhan Choudhury, Nirmal Goswami, Samir Kumar Pal, Thalappil Pradeep, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2014, 5, 908

15. Luminescent Iron Clusters in Solution, Nirmal Goswami, Ananya Baksi, Anupam Giri, Paulrajpillai Lourdu Xavier, Gautam Basu, Thalappil Pradeep, Samir Kumar Pal, Nanoscale, 2014, 6 (3), 1848-1854

2013

14. A potential carcinogenic pyrene derivative under förster resonance energy transfer to various energy acceptors in nanoscopic environments, Soma Banerjee, Nirmal Goswami, Samir Kumar Pal, ChemPhysChem, 2013, 14 (15), 3581-3593

13. MoS2 nanocrystals confined in a DNA matrix exhibiting energy transfer, Nirmal Goswami, Anupam Giri, Samir Kumar Pal, Langmuir, 2013, 29 (36), 11471-11478

12. Bio–Nanomaterials: Understanding Key Biophysics and Their Applications (Book Chapter), Anupam Giri, Nirmal Goswami, Soumik Sarkar, Samir Kumar Pal, STUDIUM PRESS LLC, USA, 2013, 11, 269-338
11. Rational surface modification of Mn 3 O 4 nanoparticles to induce multiple photoluminescence and room-temperature ferromagnetism, Anupam Giri, Nirmal Goswami, Monalisa Pal, Myo Tay Zar Myint, Salim Al-Harthi, Achintya Singha, Barnali Ghosh, Joydeep Dutta, Samir Kumar Pal, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2013, 1 (9), 1885-1895

10. Protein-encapsulated gold cluster aggregates: the case of lysozyme, Ananya Baksi, Paulrajpillai Lourdu Xavier, Kamalesh Chaudhari, Nirmal Goswami, Samir Kumar Pal, Thalappil Pradeep, Nanoscale, 2013, 5 (5), 2009-2016

2012

9. Protein-Directed Synthesis of NIR-Emitting, Tunable HgS Quantum Dots and their Applications in Metal-Ion Sensing, Nirmal Goswami, Anupam Giri, Shantimoy Kar, Megalamane Siddaramappa Bootharaju, Robin John, Paulrajpillai Lourdu Xavier, Thalappil Pradeep, Samir Kumar Pal, Small, 2012, 8 (20), 3175-3184

8. Preparation of water-soluble L-arginine capped CdSe/ZnS QDs and their interaction with synthetic DNA: Picosecond-resolved FRET study, Anupam Giri, Nirmal Goswami, Peter Lemmens, Samir Kumar Pal, Materials Research Bulletin, 2012, 47 (8), 1912-1918; Highlighted as Cover Article

7. Ag7Au6: A 13-Atom Alloy Quantum Cluster, Thumu Udayabhaskararao, Yan Sun, Nirmal Goswami, Samir K Pal, K Balasubramanian, Thalappil Pradeep, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2012, 51 (9), 2155-2159

6. Emergence of multicolor photoluminescence in La0. 67Sr0. 33MnO3 nanoparticles, Anupam Giri, Nirmal Goswami, MS Bootharaju, Paulrajpillai Lourdu Xavier, Robin John, Nguyen TK Thanh, Thalappil Pradeep, Barnali Ghosh, AK Raychaudhuri, Samir Kumar Pal, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2012, 116 (48), 25623-25629

5. Luminescent, bimetallic AuAg alloy quantum clusters in protein templates, Jyoti Sarita Mohanty, P Lourdu Xavier, Kamalesh Chaudhari, MS Bootharaju, Nirmal Goswami, SK Pal, T Pradeep, Nanoscale, 2012, 4 (14), 4255-4262

2011

4. Copper Quantum Clusters in Protein Matrix: Potential Sensor of Pb2+ ion, Nirmal Goswami, Anupam Giri, Megalamane S Bootharaju, Paulrajpillai Lourdu Xavier, Thalappil Pradeep, Samir Kumar Pal, Analytical Chemistry, 2011, 83 (24), 9676–9680

3. Slow solvent relaxation dynamics of nanometer sized reverse micellar systems through Tryptophan metabolite, Kynurenine Surajit Rakshit, Nirmal Goswami, Samir Kumar Pal, Photochemistry and Photobiology, 2011, 88 (1), 38-45

2. Protein-assisted synthesis route of metal nanoparticles: exploration of key chemistry of the biomolecule, Nirmal Goswami, Ranajay Saha, Samir Kumar Pal, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 2011, 1-11

2010

1. Toward an alternative intrinsic probe for spectroscopic characterization of a protein, Nirmal Goswami, Abhinandan Makhal, Samir Kumar Pal, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2010, 114 (46), 15236–15243