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2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
74
Citations
20870
World Ranking
4642
National Ranking
44

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in India Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in India Leader Award

Overview

Amitava Mukherjee is affiliated with Vellore Institute of Technology University in India, focusing on research primarily in Environmental Science and Materials Science. Their scholarly output includes significant contributions to subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Pollution, Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, and Biomaterials.

Their work spans several major research topics, including:

  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
  • Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions

Mukherjee has published extensively in multiple venues, with frequent publications in the following journals and platforms:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Chemosphere
  • RSC Advances
  • Plant Physiology and Biochemistry
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Key recent papers by the researcher illustrate a focus on environmental contaminants, nanomaterials, and advanced treatment techniques, including:

  • "A review on tetracycline removal from aqueous systems by advanced treatment techniques" (2020), RSC Advances
  • "Nanocomposites for Delivering Agrochemicals: A Comprehensive Review" (2020), Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
  • "Eco-corona formation lessens the toxic effects of polystyrene nanoplastics towards marine microalgae Chlorella sp." (2020), Environmental Research
  • "A comprehensive update on antibiotics as an emerging water pollutant and their removal using nano-structured photocatalysts" (2020), Journal of environmental chemical engineering
  • "Exposure to polystyrene nanoplastics impairs lipid metabolism in human and murine macrophages in vitro" (2022), Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Mukherjee has collaborated repeatedly with several coauthors, notable among them are:

  • Natarajan Chandrasekaran
  • Soupam Das
  • Mrudula Pulimi
  • Rita Kundu
  • Geetha Gopal

Best Publications

  • Biomimetic synthesis of silver nanoparticles by Citrus limon (lemon) aqueous extract and theoretical prediction of particle size

    T.C. Prathna;N. Chandrasekaran;Ashok M. Raichur;Amitava Mukherjee

  • Genotoxicity of silver nanoparticles in Allium cepa.

    Mamta Kumari;A. Mukherjee;N. Chandrasekaran

  • Ultrasonic emulsification of food-grade nanoemulsion formulation and evaluation of its bactericidal activity.

    Vijayalakshmi Ghosh;Amitava Mukherjee;Natarajan Chandrasekaran

  • Process variables in biomimetic synthesis of silver nanoparticles by aqueous extract of Azadirachta indica (Neem) leaves

    A. Tripathy;Ashok M. Raichur;N. Chandrasekaran;T. C. Prathna

  • Cytogenetic and genotoxic effects of zinc oxide nanoparticles on root cells of Allium cepa.

    Mamta Kumari;S. Sudheer Khan;Sunandan Pakrashi;Amitava Mukherjee

  • Neem oil (Azadirachta indica) nanoemulsion--a potent larvicidal agent against Culex quinquefasciatus.

    CH Anjali;Yamini Sharma;Amitava Mukherjee;Natarajan Chandrasekaran

  • Antimicrobial sensitivity of Escherichia coli to alumina nanoparticles

    I. Mohammed Sadiq;Basudev Chowdhury;Natarajan Chandrasekaran;Amitava Mukherjee

  • Studies on interaction of colloidal Ag nanoparticles with Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA).

    Aswathy Ravindran;Anupam Singh;Ashok M. Raichur;N. Chandrasekaran

  • A review on tetracycline removal from aqueous systems by advanced treatment techniques

    Geetha Gopal;Sruthi Ann Alex;N. Chandrasekaran;Amitava Mukherjee

  • Assessment on interactive prospectives of nanoplastics with plasma proteins and the toxicological impacts of virgin, coronated and environmentally released-nanoplastics.

    Ponnusamy Manogaran Gopinath;Vinayagam Saranya;Shanmugam Vijayakumar;Mohan Mythili Meera

  • Studies on toxicity of aluminum oxide (Al 2 O 3 ) nanoparticles to microalgae species: Scenedesmus sp. and Chlorella sp.

    I. Mohammed Sadiq;Sunandan Pakrashi;N. Chandrasekaran;Amitava Mukherjee

  • Eugenol-loaded antimicrobial nanoemulsion preserves fruit juice against, microbial spoilage.

    Vijayalakshmi Ghosh;Amitava Mukherjee;Natarajan Chandrasekaran

  • Nanoemulsion of eucalyptus oil and its larvicidal activity against Culex quinquefasciatus

    S. Sugumar;S.K. Clarke;M.J. Nirmala;B.K. Tyagi

  • Effects of ZnO nanoparticles in plants: Cytotoxicity, genotoxicity, deregulation of antioxidant defenses, and cell-cycle arrest

    Manosij Ghosh;Aditi Jana;Sonali Sinha;Manivannan Jothiramajayam

  • Cinnamon oil nanoemulsion formulation by ultrasonic emulsification: investigation of its bactericidal activity.

    Vijayalakshmi Ghosh;S Saranya;Amitava Mukherjee;Natarajan Chandrasekaran

  • Ultrasonic emulsification of eucalyptus oil nanoemulsion: antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus and wound healing activity in Wistar rats

    Saranya Sugumar;Vijayalakshmi Ghosh;M. Joyce Nirmala;Amitava Mukherjee

  • Ecotoxicity study of titania (TiO2) NPs on two microalgae species: Scenedesmus sp. and Chlorella sp.

    I. Mohammed Sadiq;Swayamprava Dalai;N. Chandrasekaran;A. Mukherjee

  • In Vivo Genotoxicity Assessment of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles by Allium cepa Root Tip Assay at High Exposure Concentrations

    Sunandan Pakrashi;Nitin R Jain;Swayamprava Dalai;Jerobin Jayakumar

  • Formulation of water-dispersible nanopermethrin for larvicidal applications.

    C.H. Anjali;S. Sudheer Khan;Katrin Margulis-Goshen;Shlomo Magdassi

  • Groundwater arsenic contamination in Bangladesh-21 Years of research.

    Dipankar Chakraborti;Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman;Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman;Amitava Mukherjee;Amitava Mukherjee;Mohammad Alauddin

  • Arsenic burden of cooked rice: Traditional and modern methods.

    M.K. Sengupta;M.A. Hossain;A. Mukherjee;S. Ahamed

Frequent Co-Authors

Natarajan Chandrasekaran
Natarajan Chandrasekaran Vellore Institute of Technology University
Ashok M. Raichur
Ashok M. Raichur Indian Institute of Science
Jayant M. Modak
Jayant M. Modak Indian Institute of Science
Dipankar Chakraborti
Dipankar Chakraborti Jadavpur University
Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman
Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman University of Newcastle Australia
Shlomo Magdassi
Shlomo Magdassi Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hari C. Bajaj
Hari C. Bajaj Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute
Morteza Mahmoudi
Morteza Mahmoudi Michigan State University
Ahmad Umar
Ahmad Umar Najran University
Sophie Laurent
Sophie Laurent University of Mons

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