The crucial role of hydrogen bonding in shaping the structures of zinc-based coordination polymers using tridentate N, N, O donor reduced Schiff base ligands and bridging acetates

Puspendu Middya, Antonio Frontera and Shouvik Chattopadhyay

RSC Adv., 2024, 14, 13905
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An insight into the hydrogen bonding, halogen bonding and chalcogen bonding interactions in manganese(iii) complexes with N2O2donor salicylidine Schiff base ligands

Mridul Karmakar, Wahedur Sk, Rosa M. Gomila, Michael. G. B. Drew, Antonio Frontera and Shouvik Chattopadhyay

RSC Adv., 2023, 13, 21211
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Development of electrical conductivity-based photosensitive switching devices using metal complexes with Schiff base ligands

Shibashis Halder

Mater. Adv., 2023, 4, 5033
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The interplay between coordination and non-covalent interactions in three zinc coordination polymers

Biplab Halder, Puspendu Middya, Antonio Frontera, Michael G. B. Drew and Shouvik Chattopadhyay

CrystEngComm, 2025, 27, 5583
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Synthesis, characterization, self-assembly and non-ohmic Schottky barrier diode behaviors of two iron(iii) based semiconductors with theoretical insight

Tanmoy Basak, Dhananjoy Das, Partha Pratim Ray, Snehasis Banerjee and Shouvik Chattopadhyay

CrystEngComm, 2020, 22, 5170
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Exploring the gas-sensing properties at room-temperature and electrical behavior of oxalyldihydrazide-derived molybdenum complexes

Josipa Sarjanović, Marta Razum, Béla Fiser, Luka Pavić and Jana Pisk

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2026, 14, 2439
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An insight into the non-covalent interactions in the solid state structures of dinuclear cobalt(ii) complexes with N,O-donor ligands: application of the complexes in the fabrication of Schottky devices

Rabi Sankar Sarkar, Animesh Biswas, Partha Pratim Ray, Rosa M. Gomila, Michael G. B. Drew, Snehasis Banerjee, Antonio Frontera and Shouvik Chattopadhyay

CrystEngComm, 2023, 25, 1006
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Application of a distinctly bent, trinuclear, end-to-end azide bridged, mixed valence cobalt(iii/ii/iii) complex in the fabrication of photosensitive Schottky barrier diodes

Sudip Bhunia, Mainak Das, Snehasis Banerjee, Michael. G. B. Drew, Partha Pratim Ray and Shouvik Chattopadhyay

RSC Adv., 2024, 14, 11185
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Synthesis, characterization, crystal structure, and fabrication of photosensitive Schottky device of a binuclear Cu(ii)-Salen complex: a DFT investigations

Dhrubajyoti Majumdar, Bouzid Gassoumi, Arka Dey, Sourav Roy, Sahbi Ayachi, Suman Hazra and Sudipta Dalai

RSC Adv., 2024, 14, 14992
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Formation of H-bonding networks in the solid state structure of a trinuclear cobalt(iii/ii/iii) complex with N2O2 donor Schiff base ligand and glutaric acid as bridging co-ligand: synthesis, structure and DFT study

Sovana Maity, Sudip Bhunia, Michael G. B. Drew, Rosa M. Gomila, Antonio Frontera and Shouvik Chattopadhyay

RSC Adv., 2024, 14, 13200
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Crystallographic elucidation of an isophthalic-derived amido Schiff base Cu(ii) coordination polymer: a photosensitive Schottky device

Md Sanaul Islam, Pubali Das, K. Mohamed Yusuf Baig, Md Hasan Raja, Samim Ahmed, Md Rafikul Alam Mondal, Manash Pratim Sarmah, Manabendra Sarma, Goutam Kumar Kole, Partha Pratim Ray and Md. Akhtarul Alam

Dalton Trans., 2025, 54, 16070
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Insight into charge transportation in cadmium based semiconducting organic–inorganic hybrid materials and their application in the fabrication of photosensitive Schottky devices

Sourav Roy, Arka Dey, Rosa M. Gomila, Joaquin Ortega-Castro, Antonio Frontera, Partha Pratim Ray and Shouvik Chattopadhyay

Dalton Trans., 2022, 51, 5721
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Recent advances in the synthesis, characterization and application of lead(II) complexes with hydrazine based bis-pyridine Schiff base ligands

Sayan Roy and Shouvik Chattopadhyay

Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 2023, 157, 111403
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Synthesis, DFT Calculations, Antiproliferative, Bactericidal Activity and Molecular Docking of Novel Mixed-Ligand Salen/8-Hydroxyquinoline Metal Complexes

Badriah Saad Al-Farhan, Maram T. Basha, Laila H. Abdel Rahman, Ahmed M. M. El-Saghier, Doaa Abou El-Ezz, Adel A. Marzouk, Mohamed R. Shehata and Ehab M. Abdalla

Molecules, 2021, 26, 4725
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Synthesis, structure and properties of homo- and hetero-trinuclear complexes of salicylaldehyde-based di-Schiff bases

Mridul Karmakar, Shashwata Roy and Shouvik Chattopadhyay

Polyhedron, 2022, 215, 115652
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To highlight the roles of NH⋯O, CH⋯O, and CH⋯π interactions in stabilizing 1D supramolecular assemblies of two discrete dinuclear zinc compounds by MEP and QTAIM/NCIPlot analysis

Biplab Halder, Puspendu Middya, Antonio Frontera and Shouvik Chattopadhyay

Polyhedron, 2025, 280, 117701
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A rare hetero-bimetallic Zn(II)/Ca(II) Schiff base complex: Synthesis, crystal structure, DFT, molecular docking and unveiling antimicrobial activity

Dhrubajyoti Majumdar, Dhiraj Das, Sudip Nag, Maitree Bhattacharyya, Dheeraj K. Singh, Debaprasad Parai, Kalipada Bankura and Dipankar Mishra

Journal of Molecular Structure, 2020, 1222, 128951
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Development of di and polynuclear lead(II) salen (or reduced salen) complexes having PbO2M (M = Cu/Ni) cores: Synthetic strategies and structures

Abhisek Banerjee, Pranab Ghosh, Nabarun Chowdhury and Shouvik Chattopadhyay

Polyhedron, 2022, 218, 115756
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A Computational and Numerical Studies of OLED Based on Ninhydrin–Glycine Schiff Base Complex

Rihab Chouk, Aicha Boujnah, Manel Bergaoui, Aimen Boubaker, Chadlia Aguir, Jean-Pierre Djukic, Adel Kalboussi and Mohamed Khalfaoui

IEEE Trans. Electron Devices, 2020, 67, 5581
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Fabrication of Schottky Barrier Diodes Utilizing Schiff Base Compounds and Metal Complexes with Schiff Base Ligands

Basudeb Dutta and Shibashis Halder

ChemistrySelect, 2023, 8
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Development of multi-metallic complexes using metal-salen complexes as building blocks

Ipsita Mondal and Shouvik Chattopadhyay

Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 2019, 72, 3183
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Tetranuclear nickel(II) complex with tetra-coordinated acetate and 1,3,5-tris(2-hydroxyphenyl)-2,4-diazapenta-1,4-diene ligands

Daniil Romanovich Bazanov, Ekaterina Igorevna Marchenko, Alexander V Polezhaev, Egor D Korolyov, Konstantin Alexandrovich Lyssenko and Natalia Alexandrovna Lozinskaya

Mendeleev Communications, 2026, 36, 203
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An insight to the role of perchlorate counter ions and different non-covalent interactions in the solid state structures of mono-anionic malonic acid bridged trinuclear mixed valence cationic complexes of cobalt with tetradentate N2O2 donor ligands

Sudip Bhunia, Rosa M. Gomila, Antonio Frontera and Shouvik Chattopadhyay

Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2023, 547, 121324
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Synthesis, structure and nitroaromatic sensing ability of a trinuclear zinc complex with a reduced Schiff base ligand: Assessment of the ability of the ligand to sense zinc ion

Mainak Karmakar and Shouvik Chattopadhyay

Polyhedron, 2020, 187, 114639
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A comprehensive overview of the synthesis, structure, and application of azide bridged manganese(III) complexes with salen type Schiff base blocking ligands

Mridul Karmakar, Rupak Das and Shouvik Chattopadhyay

Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2024, 569, 122106
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An overview of the synthesis, structures and magnetic properties of manganese(III)-salen complexes with Mn 2 O 2 cores and terminal pseudo-halides

Mridul Karmakar, Rahul Dey and Shouvik Chattopadhyay

Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 2025, 78, 1460
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Synthetic strategy and structures of [Cr(CN)6]3−, [Mo(CN)8]3− and [W(CN)8]3− bridged di- and poly-nuclear transition metal-salen complexes: A review

Sk. Jiyaur Rahaman and Shouvik Chattopadhyay

Results in Chemistry, 2022, 4, 100469
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Multifunctional Ni(II)-Based Metamagnetic Coordination Polymers for Electronic Device Fabrication

Pravat Ghorai, Arka Dey, Paula Brandão, Samia Benmansour, Carlos J. Gómez García, Partha Pratim Ray and Amrita Saha

Inorg. Chem., 2020, 59, 8749
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Designed synthesis and DFT study of R22(8) motifs in the solid state structures of trinuclear cobalt complexes of N2O2 donor Schiff bases using dicarboxylic acids as bridging co-ligands

Sovana Maity, Sudip Bhunia, Michael G.B. Drew, Antonio Frontera and Shouvik Chattopadhyay

Polyhedron, 2024, 251, 116836
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Architectural View of Flexible Aliphatic –OH Group Coordinated Hemi-Directed Pb(II)-Salen Coordination Polymer: Synthesis, Crystal Structure, Spectroscopic Insights, Supramolecular Topographies, and DFT Perspective

Dhrubajyoti Majumdar, Burak Tüzün, Tapan Kumar Pal, Sourav Das and Kalipada Bankura

J Inorg Organomet Polym, 2022, 32, 1159
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Structurally diverse heterobimetallic Pb(II)-Salen complexes mechanistic notion of cytotoxic activity against neuroblastoma cancer cell: Synthesis, characterization, protein–ligand interaction profiler, and intuitions from DFT

Dhrubajyoti Majumdar, Burak Tüzün, Tapan Kumar Pal, Reena V. Saini, Kalipada Bankura and Dipankar Mishra

Polyhedron, 2021, 210, 115504
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Synthetic methodology, structures and properties of mixed valence copper(I/II) complexes with various Schiff bases and their reduced analogues

Prasanta Kumar Bhaumik and Shouvik Chattopadhyay

Polyhedron, 2021, 199, 115086
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Combined experimental and theoretical study of conjugated ferrocene semiconductors and the effect of doping on their opto-electrical and structural properties

María Elena Sánchez Vergara, Leon Hamui, Maria Fernanda Barcenas Hernandez, Citlalli Rios and Roberto Salcedo

Journal of Molecular Structure, 2022, 1262, 132998
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Two Geometrical Isomers of a 1D Coordination Polymer: Rationalization by Theoretical Calculations and Variation of Electrical Properties with the Change in Binding Mode of Dicarboxylate Linker

Sabarni Dutta, Subhadip Chakraborty, Michael G. B. Drew, Antonio Frontera and Ashutosh Ghosh

Crystal Growth & Design, 2019, 19, 5819
DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.9b00849

Exploration of noncovalent interactions in the solid state structures of carboxylate bridged trinuclear mixed valence cobalt complexes using computational tools based on the topological analysis of the electron density

Sudip Bhunia, Rosa M. Gomila, Antonio Frontera and Shouvik Chattopadhyay

Polyhedron, 2022, 223, 115910
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A comprehensive overview of the synthesis, structure and application of heteronuclear samarium(III)/3d metal complexes with salen type compartmental ligands

Puspendu Middya, Nirjhar Chakraborty and Shouvik Chattopadhyay

Journal of Molecular Structure, 2025, 1333, 141683
DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2025.141683

Synthesis, characterization and DFT study of two trinuclear cobalt(III/II/III) salen complexes with nitrobenzoate bridges: Importance of RH3C•••O tetrel bonding interactions in the solid state structure of one complex

Sovana Maity, Disha Samanta, Antonio Frontera and Shouvik Chattopadhyay

Polyhedron, 2026, 290, 118039
DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2026.118039

Existence of stronger C H···π(chelate ring) interaction compared to C H···π(arene) interactions in the supramolecular assembly of dinuclear iron(III) Schiff base complexes: A theoretical insight

Tanmoy Basak, Antonio Frontera and Shouvik Chattopadhyay

Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2021, 516, 120081
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Embellished photosensitive Schottky barrier diode functionality of Ni(II)/Pb(II)-Salen complex with SCN− spacers: Insights from experimental and theoretical rationalization

Dhrubajyoti Majumdar, Arka Dey, Sourav Roy, Dipankar Sutradhar and Suman Hazra

Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 2024, 162, 112155
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An overview of the synthesis, structure and different applications of hetero-nuclear complexes of different transition metals and sodium with salen type compartmental ligands

Puspendu Middya, Sougata Das and Shouvik Chattopadhyay

Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2025, 574, 122405
DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2024.122405

Dicyanamide Anion Protracted Assemblies of Cd(II)-Salen Type Coordination Polymers: Synthetic Perspective, Characterization, Crystallographic Notability, DFT Overview, and Biological Appraisal

Suman Hazra, Dhrubajyoti Majumdar, Jessica Elizabeth Philip, Bouzid Gassoumi, Houcine Ghalla, Sourav Roy and Sudipta Dalai

J Inorg Organomet Polym, 2025, 35, 661
DOI: 10.1007/s10904-024-03251-9

Comparative Studies on the Structural, Optical, and Electrical Properties of Two [Co(II) and Ni(II)] Complexes: Insights through Theoretical Analysis

Subhajit Saha, Samit Pramanik, Sudipta Pathak, Riya Sadhukhan, Arnab Ghosh, Dipak K. Goswami, Hon Man Lee, Rosa M. Gomila, Antonio Frontera and Subrata Mukhopadhyay

J. Phys. Chem. B, 2025, 129, 7389
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5c02577

Supramolecular clumps of μ2-1,3-acetate bridges of Cd(II)-Salen complex: Synthesis, spectroscopic characterization, crystal structure, DFT quantization's, and antifungal photodynamic therapy

Dhrubajyoti Majumdar, Jessica Elizabeth Philip, Bouzid Gassoumi, Sahbi Ayachi, Balkis Abdelaziz, Burak Tüzün and Sourav Roy

Heliyon, 2024, 10, e29856
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A new trinuclear Cd(II)-based coordination polymer with Salen ligand building blocks: Synthesis, crystallographic aspects, and optimistic photosensitive Schottky barrier diode behaviour

Dhrubajyoti Majumdar, Sourav Roy, Arka Dey and Dipankar Sutradhar

Journal of Molecular Structure, 2023, 1294, 136438
DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2023.136438

Synthesis, Characterization, Theoretical Studies, and Antimicrobial/Antitumor Potencies of Salen and Salen/Imidazole Complexes of Co (II), Ni (II), Cu (II), Cd (II), Al (III) and La (III)

Ehab M. Abdalla, Laila H. Abdel Rahman, Antar A. Abdelhamid, Mohamed R. Shehata, Asma A. Alothman and Ayman Nafady

Applied Organom Chemis, 2020, 34
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An overview of the synthesis, structure and properties of heteronuclear europium(III)-transition metal complexes with salen type compartmental ligands having inner N2O2 and outer O4 cavities

Arabinda Chakraborty, Puspendu Middya and Shouvik Chattopadhyay

Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2025, 581, 122625
DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2025.122625

Mono-anionic succinic acid bridged cationic cobalt(III/II/III) compounds of N2O2 donor ‘reduced Schiff base’ ligands containing perchlorate counter ions: Synthesis, structures and different non-covalent interactions in self-assembly

Sudip Bhunia and Shouvik Chattopadhyay

Results in Chemistry, 2023, 5, 100701
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Tri-nuclear Cd(II) complexes with diverse anionic residues: unique structures and Schottky device potential

Manik Das, Mainak Das, Soumik Laha, Uttam Kumar Das, Partha Pratim Ray, Bidhan Chandra Samanta and Tithi Maity

Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2026, 591, 122963
DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2025.122963