Title Dr. First Name PUSHPAL Last Name GHOSH
Designation Associate Professor
Department Department of Chemistry
Email pushpalghosh27@gmail.com
Webpage
Phone.no 9407265512
Employement Info
Employee Type Nature Of Employment
Teaching Permanent
Fellowship Details
Name Of Fellowship Awarding Body Fellowship Level
Alexander von Humboldt Fellow Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany International
Post Doctoral Fellow in European Research Council Project Ruhr University Bochum, Germany (Prof. Anja-Verena Mudring) International
Post Doctoral Fellow in European Research Council Project Ruhr University Bochum, Germany (Prof. Anja-Verena Mudring) International
CSIR SRF Extended Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India (Mentor: Prof. Amitava Patra) National
Development of E-content
Name of The Module Platform/Organization Date of Launching
Particle in a 1-D box, wave functions SWAYAM 04-11-2020
Postulates of quantum mechanics SWAYAM 04-11-2020
Quantum mechanical operators SWAYAM 04-11-2020
Difference between atomic and molecular spectra with high lights of Born-Oppenheimer approximation SWAYAM 04-11-2020
Wave particle duality SWAYAM 04-11-2020
Spectroscopy and its importance in chemistry SWAYAM 04-11-2020
Research Publications
Title of Article Type of Publication Name of Journal ISSN Journal Volume Year Link to Article DOI (Digital Object Identifier)
Perovskite KMnF3 nanocubes: cationic commingling for technological relevance Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals New Journal of Chemistry 50 2026 https://pubs.rsc.org/nj/article-abstract/50/9/4135/900380/Perovskite-KMnF3-nanocubes-cationic-commingling?redirectedFrom=fulltext 10.1039/d5nj04839g

Luminescent Upconverting CsPbBr3 Nanocrystals as Spectral Converter Having Chemodynamic Potential Against Pseudomonas Bacteria Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals Green Chemistry Letters and Reviews 18 2025 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17518253.2025.2543917 doi.org/10.1080/17518253.2025.2543917

Ionic Liquid Driven Refined Functionalization of Graphene Oxide: An Insight via Combined Experiments and Theory Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals Carbon 243 2025 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0008622325005871?via%3Dihub doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120571

Crystal Phase Engineering Controls Luminescence Dynamics and Photocatalysis in Perovskite Nanocrystals Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals ChemistrySelect 10 2025 https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/slct.202500541 doi.org/10.1002/slct.202500541

Nanoengineering of Lanthanide‐Doped BaGdF5‐Graphene Oxide as a Tunable‐Nanocomposite Platform for Biological Applications Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals ChemistrySelect 9 2024 https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/slct.202303750 doi.org/10.1002/slct.202303750

Up-converted Nanophosphors for Increasing Efficiency in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals ACS Applied Energy Materials 6 2023 https://pubs.acs.org/aaemcq/article-abstract/6/9/4934/332084/Upconverted-Nanophosphors-for-Increasing?redirectedFrom=fulltext doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.3c00424

A multivariate statistical and geospatial analysis of groundwater quality for drinking purposes in the Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh, India Research Papers in Scopus Listed Journals Ground Water for Sustainable Development 21 2023 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352801X23000371 10.1016/j.gsd.2023.100937

Multifunctional Lanthanide-Doped Binary Fluorides and Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites Via a Task-Specific Ionic Liquid Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals ACS Omega 7 2022 https://pubs.acs.org/acsodf/article/7/20/16906/379752/Multifunctional-Lanthanide-Doped-Binary-Fluorides doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.1c06875

Lanthanide-Doped Luminescent Nanophosphors via Ionic Liquids Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals Frontiers in Chemistry 9 2021 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/chemistry/articles/10.3389/fchem.2021.715531/full doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2021.715531

Quantum Cutting Nanomaterials via Ionic Liquids Review Articles SMC Bulletin 12 2021 https://www.smcindia.org/pdf/SMC%20-April%202021%20-%20Vol.12,%20No.1%20-%20Col.pdf
Temperature Dependent Quantum Cutting in Cubic BaGdF5:Eu3+ Nanophosphors Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals New Journal of Chemistry 45 2020 https://pubs.rsc.org/nj/article-abstract/45/3/1463/693018/Temperature-dependent-quantum-cutting-in-cubic?redirectedFrom=fulltext 10.1039/D0NJ04110F

Luminescent Nanocomposites of Rare-Earth Doped Fluorides and Graphene Oxide Using Ionic Liquid and Method of Preparation Thereof Research Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals The Patent Office Journal 2021
The Nano-Bio Interaction of Rare-Earth Doped BaF2 Nanophosphors Shapes the Developmental Processes of Zebrafish Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals Biomaterials Science 8 2020 https://pubs.rsc.org/bm/article-abstract/8/23/6730/673985/The-nano-bio-interactions-of-rare-earth-doped-BaF2?redirectedFrom=fulltext 10.1039/D0BM01282C

Green Emitting Ce3+ /Tb3+ -Doped BaF2 Nanocrystals and Their Impact on Skeletal Muscle of Developing Zebrafish Larvae Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals ChemistrySelect 5 2020 https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/slct.202001268 doi.org/10.1002/slct.202001268

A closer look at the defects and luminescence of nanocrystalline fluorides synthesized via ionic liquids: the case of Ce3+-doped BaF2 Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals New Journal of Chemistry 44 2019 https://pubs.rsc.org/nj/article-abstract/44/1/200/650814/A-closer-look-at-the-defects-and-luminescence-of?redirectedFrom=fulltext doi.org/10.1039/C9NJ04526K

Influence of Ionic Liquids and Concentration of Red Phosphorous on Luminescent Cu3P Nanocrystals Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals Journal of Chemical Sciences 131 2019 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12039-019-1665-y#citeas doi.org/10.1007/s12039-019-1665-y

Eu-Doped BaF2 Nanoparticles for Bioimaging Applications Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals ACS Applied Nano Materials 2 2019 https://pubs.acs.org/aanmf6/article-abstract/2/2/927/589012/Eu-Doped-BaF2-Nanoparticles-for-Bioimaging?redirectedFrom=fulltext doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.8b02180

Imidazolium based Ionic Liquids: A Promising Green Solvent for Water Hyacinth Biomass Deconstruction Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals Frontiers in Chemistry 6 2018 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/chemistry/articles/10.3389/fchem.2018.00548/full doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2018.00548

Tuning the Crystal Phase and Morphology of In2S3 Nanocrystals and Their Adsorption Based Catalytic and Photocatalytic Applications Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals ChemistrySelect 3 2018 https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/slct.201801006 doi.org/10.1002/slct.201801006

Size of the rare-earth ions: A key factor in phase tuning and morphology control of binary and ternary rare-earth fluoride materials Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals RSC Advances 7 2017 https://pubs.rsc.org/ra/article/7/53/33467/580696/Size-of-the-rare-earth-ions-a-key-factor-in-phase doi.org/10.1039/c7ra06741k

Adsorption–Driven Catalytic and Photocatalytic Activity of Phase Tuned In2S3 Nanocrystals Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 9 2017 https://pubs.acs.org/aamick/article-abstract/9/13/11651/702949/Adsorption-Driven-Catalytic-and-Photocatalytic?redirectedFrom=fulltext doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b01092

Ionic Liquid Based Synthesis of Energy Efficient Nanomaterials Review Articles SMC Bulletin 8 2017 https://www.smcindia.org/pdf/SMC%20Bulletin%20April%202017.pdf
Recent trends in binary and ternary rare-earth fluoride nanophosphors: How structural and physical properties influence optical behaviour Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals Journal of Luminescence 189 2017 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022231316306603 doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2017.03.062

Phase selective synthesis of quantum cutting nanophosphors and the observation of a spontaneous room temperature phase transition Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals Nanoscale 8 2016 https://pubs.rsc.org/nr/article/8/15/8160/528405/Phase-selective-synthesis-of-quantum-cutting 10.1039/C6NR00172F

Highly luminescent salts of lanthanide (III) diethyl-2,2,2-trichloroacetylphosphoramidate with imidazolium counter cations Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals Inorganic Chemistry 53 2014 https://pubs.acs.org/inocaj/article-abstract/53/17/9027/791943/Highly-Luminescent-Salts-Containing-Well-Shielded?redirectedFrom=fulltext 10.1021/ic500979p

Efficient quantum cutting in hexagonal NaGdF4:Eu3+nanorods Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals Journal of Materials Chemistry 21 2011 https://pubs.rsc.org/jm/article/21/24/8640/350924/Efficient-quantum-cutting-in-hexagonal-NaGdF4-Eu3 10.1039/c1jm10728c

Structural and Photoluminescence Properties of Doped and Surface Coated LaPO4 Nanocrystal: Eu3+ ion as a Spectroscopic Probe Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals Journal of Applied Physics 108 2010 https://pubs.aip.org/aip/jap/article-abstract/108/11/113506/372400/Structural-and-photoluminescence-properties-of?redirectedFrom=fulltext doi.org/10.1063/1.3514137

Synthesis and characterization of different shaped Sm2O3nanocrystals Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 43 2010 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0022-3727/43/40/405401/meta#skip-to-content-link-target 10.1088/0022-3727/43/40/405401

Energy Transfer Study between Ce3+ and Tb3+ ions in Doped and Core-Shell Sodium Yttrium Fluoride Nanocrystals Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals Nanoscale 2 2010 https://pubs.rsc.org/nr/article-abstract/2/7/1196/338066/Energy-transfer-study-between-Ce3-and-Tb3-ions-in doi.org/10.1039/c0nr00019a

Structural changes and spectroscopic properties of Ce3+ ion doped sodium yttrium fluoride nanocrystals: Influences of sonication and temperature Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 114 2009 https://pubs.acs.org/jpccck/article-abstract/114/2/715/480004/Structural-Changes-and-Spectroscopic-Properties-of?redirectedFrom=fulltext doi.org/10.1021/jp910912c

Influence of surface coating on the upconversion emission properties of LaPO4: Yb /Tm core-shell nanorods Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals Journal of Applied Physics 105 2009 https://pubs.aip.org/aip/jap/article/105/11/113532/146568 doi.org/10.1063/1.3143890

Influence of Crystal Phase and Excitation Wavelength on Luminescence Properties of Eu3+ Doped Sodium Yttrium Fluoride Nanocrystals Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112 2008 https://pubs.acs.org/jpccck/article-abstract/112/49/19283/1618255/Influence-of-Crystal-Phase-and-Excitation?redirectedFrom=fulltext doi.org/10.1021/jp807539r

Enhancement of Upconversion Emission of LaPO4: Er @Yb Core-Shell Nanoparticles /Nanorods Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112 2008 https://pubs.acs.org/jpccck/article-abstract/112/26/9650/1616047/Enhancement-of-Upconversion-Emission-of-LaPO4-Er?redirectedFrom=fulltext doi.org/10.1021/jp801978b

Crystal phase, shape and luminescscence properties of LaPO4:Eu3+ nanocrystals Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals Journal of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology 8 2008 https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asp/jnn/2008/00000008/00000007/art00023;jsessionid=3ct8sukthrcam.x-ic-live-02 10.1166/jnn.2008.166

Up-conversion emission of BaTiO3: Er nanocrystals Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals Bulletin of Materials Science in Special issue 31 2008 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12034-008-0072-7 10.1007/s12034-008-0072-7

Tuning of Crystal Phase and Luminescence Properties of Eu3+ Doped Sodium Yttrium Fluoride Nanocrystals Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112 2008 https://pubs.acs.org/jpccck/article-abstract/112/9/3223/441183/Tuning-of-Crystal-Phase-and-Luminescence?redirectedFrom=fulltext doi.org/10.1021/jp7099114

Study of photophysical properties of capped CdS nanocrystals Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals Journal of Luminescence 124 2006 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022231306004534?via%3Dihub 10.1016/j.jlumin.2006.04.001

Influence of Surface Coating Physical properties of TiO2/ Eu3+ nanocrystals Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 111 2007 https://pubs.acs.org/jpccck/article-abstract/111/19/7004/3570414/Influence-of-Surface-Coating-on-Physical?redirectedFrom=fulltext doi.org/10.1021/jp0711444

Understanding the local structures of Eu and Zr in Eu2O3 oxide and coated ZrO2 nanocrystals by EXAFS study Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 111 2006 https://pubs.acs.org/jpccck/article-abstract/111/2/571/3587524/Understanding-the-Local-Structures-of-Eu-and-Zr-in?redirectedFrom=fulltext doi.org/10.1021/jp064722+

Role of surface coating in ZrO2/Eu3+nanocrystals Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals Langmuir 22 2006 https://pubs.acs.org/langd5/article-abstract/22/14/6321/3550248/Role-of-Surface-Coating-in-ZrO2-Eu3-Nanocrystals?redirectedFrom=fulltext doi.org/10.1021/la0604883

Preparation and photoluminescence properties of Y2SiO5: Eu3+ nanocrystals Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 8 2006 https://pubs.rsc.org/cp/article-abstract/8/28/3342/74377/Preparation-and-photoluminescence-properties-of doi.org/10.1039/b603273g

Understanding the influence of nano-environment on luminescence of rare-earth ions Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals Pramana 65 2005 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02704090#citeas 10.1007/BF02704090

Red to blue tunable upconversion in Tm3+ - doped ZrO2 nanocrystals Research Papers in Web of Science Listed Journals The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 109 2005 https://pubs.acs.org/jpcbfk/article-abstract/109/20/10142/3538932/Red-to-Blue-Tunable-Upconversion-in-Tm3-Doped-ZrO2 doi.org/10.1021/jp050685v

Non-Journal Publications
Title of Publication Type of Publication Publisher Role ISBN Year Link to Publication Level
Graphene and Graphene-based Nanocomposites: From Synthesis to Applications Chapters in Books Springer Nature First/Principal/Corresponding author 978-981-99-7145-9 2023 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-99-7145-9_18#citeas International
Introduction of Spectroscopy and Quantum Mechanics (স্পেকট্রোস্কোপি এবং কোয়ান্টাম রসায়নের ভূমিকা ”) Books Published in International Group Show / Exhibitions / Art Fairs / Monograph AICTE, Govt of India First/Principal/Corresponding author 2023 https://ekumbh.aicte-india.org/allugcbook.php# National
Introduction of Spectroscopy and Quantum Mechanics (क्वांटम रसायन विज्ञान और स्पेक्ट्रोस्कोपी का परिचय) Books Published in International Group Show / Exhibitions / Art Fairs / Monograph AICTE, Govt of India First/Principal/Corresponding author 2023 https://ekumbh.aicte-india.org/allugcbook.php# National
Nanomaterials Synthesis via Ionic Liquids Chapters in Books Nova Science Publishers, Inc. First/Principal/Corresponding author 978-1-53619-896-6 2021 https://novapublishers.com/shop/microbial-synthesis-of-nanomaterials/ International
Nanofluorides for environmentally benign lighting and energy conversion in solar cells Chapters in Books ACS Symposium Series (American Chemical Society) First/Principal/Corresponding author 1970 https://pubs.acs.org/symposium/edited-volume/3553/chapter-abstract/240758963/Nanofluorides-for-Environmentally-Benign-Lighting?redirectedFrom=fulltext International
Research Projects
Project Title Project Type Year Of Sanction Outcome/Output Duration
Exploitation of Soft Chemistry to Tune Phosphors for Energy Applications Major 2023 Research Papers Ongoing since 01-04-2023 (3 years, 5 months, 25 days)
Energy Efficient Luminescent/Catalytic Nanocomposites via Ionic Liquids Major 2020 Research Paper and Patent 06-02-2020 To 05-11-2023 (3 years, 8 months, 30 days)
Upconverting Perovskite Nanomaterials via Ionic Liquids Minor 2025 Research Papers 01-11-2025 To 31-03-2026 (4 months, 30 days)
Energy Efficient Optoelectronic Nanomaterials via Green Synthesis Major 2017 Research Papers 01-04-2017 To 31-03-2020 (2 years, 11 months, 30 days)
Exceptional Rare-Earth Doped Nanomaterials morphed via Ionic Liquids Major 2015 Research Papers 11-06-2015 To 10-12-2018 (3 years, 5 months, 29 days)
New Generation Optical Materials via Green Synthesis: Beyond the Conventional Minor 2014 Research paper 06-08-2014 To 31-07-2016 (1 years, 11 months, 25 days)
Spatial distribution of uranium and associated water quality parameters in Sagar and nearby districts of Madhya Pradesh (Bhopal, Damoh and Vidisha) Major 2017 Research Paper 30-11-2017 To 21-07-2022 (4 years, 7 months, 21 days)
Seed Money Grant Minor 2025 01-04-2025 To 31-10-2025 (6 months, 30 days)
Honors and Awards
Name of the Award Awarding Body Award Category Level Award Date
Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for Post-Doctoral Research in Germany, 2010-2012 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research International 07-12-2009
Society For Materials Chemistry (SMC)-Bronze Medal-2023 Society For Materials Chemistry, India Research National 13-10-2023
Inventor Award (for one of the best three inventions in the year 2012) Ruhr University of Germany Research International 05-09-2013
Best Poster Prize in the Rare Earth Processing and Utilization 2014 Rare Earth Association of India in association with BRNS and Mumbai Chapters of IIM and MRSI Research National 03-05-2014
Best Poster Prize in the ‘National Symposium for Materials Research Scholars’ 2008 IIT Bombay Research National 18-05-2008
The Governor of West Bengal’s Award” as all round student of the school for 1994-1995 Birsingha Bhagabati Vidyalaya, Birsingha, Midnapore (west), West Bengal Academic State 26-05-1995
Patents
Patent Title Patent Number Patent Level Patent Status
Luminescent Nanocomposites of Rare-Earth Doped Fluorides and Graphene Oxide Using Ionic Liquid and Method of Preparation Thereof 455964 National Awarded on 29-09-2023
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