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Devesh Kumar is affiliated with Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University in India. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Materials Science, with a significant number of publications contributing to various subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Inorganic Chemistry, and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

Their recent publications span across multiple topics and venues. Notable papers include:

  • Statin and aspirin as adjuvant therapy in hospitalised patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection: a randomised clinical trial (RESIST trial), 2022, published in BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Biotransformation of Bisphenol by Human Cytochrome P450 2C9 Enzymes: A Density Functional Theory Study, 2023, published in Inorganic Chemistry
  • Photocurrent conversion capability of a 2D WS2-polyvinyl alcohol matrix and its DFT-based charge carrier dynamics analysis, 2023, published in Materials Advances
  • Defluorination of Fluorophenols by a Nonheme Iron(IV)-Oxo Species: Observation of a New Intermediate Along the Reaction, 2023, published in Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Even-odd effect of the homologous series of nCHBT liquid crystal molecules under the influence of an electric field: A theoretical approach, 2020, published in Pramana

The topics that frequently appear in their body of work include:

  • Liquid Crystal Research Advancements
  • Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
  • Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms
  • Nonlinear Optical Materials Research
  • Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism
  • Molecular spectroscopy and chirality
  • Phase-change materials and chalcogenides

Devesh Kumar has published extensively in several venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Molecular Modeling
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Desalination and Water Treatment
  • Physica Scripta

Collaboration is an important component of their research, with frequent coauthors consisting of:

  • Narinder Kumar
  • Khem B. Thapa
  • Devendra Singh
  • Rolly Yadav
  • Mirtunjai Mishra

Best Publications

  • P450 Enzymes: Their Structure, Reactivity, and Selectivity—Modeled by QM/MM Calculations

    Sason Shaik;Shimrit Cohen;Yong Wang;Hui Chen

  • Theoretical perspective on the structure and mechanism of cytochrome P450 enzymes.

    Sason Shaik;Devesh Kumar;Samuël P. de Visser;and Ahmet Altun

  • Reactivity of High-Valent Iron–Oxo Species in Enzymes and Synthetic Reagents: A Tale of Many States

    Sason Shaik;Hajime Hirao;Devesh Kumar;Devesh Kumar

  • Two-State Reactivity in Alkane Hydroxylation by Non-Heme Iron−Oxo Complexes

    Hajime Hirao;Devesh Kumar;Lawrence Que;Sason Shaik

  • External Electric Field Will Control the Selectivity of Enzymatic-Like Bond Activations

    Sason Shaik;Sam P. De Visser;Devesh Kumar

  • A Valence Bond Modeling of Trends in Hydrogen Abstraction Barriers and Transition States of Hydroxylation Reactions Catalyzed by Cytochrome P450 Enzymes

    Sason Shaik;Devesh Kumar;Sam P. de Visser

  • A predictive pattern of computed barriers for C-H hydroxylation by compound I of cytochrome P450

    Sam P. De Visser;Devesh Kumar;Shimrit Cohen;Ronen Shacham

  • Theoretical study on the mechanism of the oxygen activation process in cysteine dioxygenase enzymes.

    Devesh Kumar;Devesh Kumar;Walter Thiel;Sam P. de Visser

  • Active species of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) and cytochrome P450: two electronic chameleons.

    S. P. de Visser;S. Shaik;P. K. Sharma;D. Kumar

  • Theoretical investigation of C--H hydroxylation by (N4Py)Fe(IV)=O(2+): an oxidant more powerful than P450?

    Devesh Kumar;Hajime Hirao;Lawrence Que;Sason Shaik

  • Two states and two more in the mechanisms of hydroxylation and epoxidation by cytochrome P450.

    Hajime Hirao;Devesh Kumar;Walter Thiel;Sason Shaik

  • Radical Clock Substrates, Their C−H Hydroxylation Mechanism by Cytochrome P450, and Other Reactivity Patterns: What Does Theory Reveal about the Clocks' Behavior?

    Devesh Kumar;Samuël P de Visser;Pankaz K Sharma;Shimrit Cohen

  • What Factors Influence the Rate Constant of Substrate Epoxidation by Compound I of Cytochrome P450 and Analogous Iron(IV)-Oxo Oxidants?

    Devesh Kumar;Baharan Karamzadeh;G. Narahari Sastry;Sam P. de Visser

  • Iron-containing enzymes : versatile catalysts of hydroxylation reactions in nature

    Samuel P de Visser;Devesh Kumar

  • The "Rebound Controversy": An Overview and Theoretical Modeling of the Rebound Step in C-H Hydroxylation by Cytochrome P450

    Sason Shaik;Shimrit Cohen;Samuël P. de Visser;Pankaz K. Sharma

  • Theoretical Study of N-Demethylation of Substituted N,N-Dimethylanilines by Cytochrome P450: The Mechanistic Significance of Kinetic Isotope Effect Profiles

    Yong Wang;Devesh Kumar;Chuanlu Yang;Keli Han

  • Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics Study on the Oxygen Binding and Substrate Hydroxylation Step in AlkB Repair Enzymes

    Matthew G. Quesne;Reza Latifi;Reza Latifi;Luis E. Gonzalez‐Ovalle;Devesh Kumar

  • Drug metabolism by cytochrome p450 enzymes: what distinguishes the pathways leading to substrate hydroxylation over desaturation?

    Li Ji;Abayomi S. Faponle;Matthew G. Quesne;Mala A. Sainna

  • Reactivity patterns of cytochrome P450 enzymes: multifunctionality of the active species, and the two states–two oxidants conundrum

    Sason Shaik;Hajime Hirao;Devesh Kumar

  • Multistate Reactivity in Styrene Epoxidation by Compound I of Cytochrome P450: Mechanisms of Products and Side Products Formation

    Devesh Kumar;Sam P. de Visser;Sason Shaik

  • How does product isotope effect prove the operation of a two-state "rebound" mechanism in C-H hydroxylation by cytochrome P450?

    Devesh Kumar;Samuël P. De Visser;Sason Shaik

Frequent Co-Authors

Sam P. de Visser
Sam P. de Visser University of Manchester
Sason Shaik
Sason Shaik Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hajime Hirao
Hajime Hirao City University of Hong Kong
Walter Thiel
Walter Thiel Max Planck Society
G. Narahari Sastry
G. Narahari Sastry North East Institute of Science and Technology
Ronny Neumann
Ronny Neumann Weizmann Institute of Science
David P. Goldberg
David P. Goldberg Johns Hopkins University
Rudi van Eldik
Rudi van Eldik University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Wonwoo Nam
Wonwoo Nam Ewha Womans University
Weiping Liu
Weiping Liu Zhejiang University

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