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Nagaiyan Sekar is affiliated with the Institute of Chemical Technology in India. Their research primarily spans materials science and chemistry, with notable contributions to materials chemistry, organic chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, physical and theoretical chemistry, and biomedical engineering.

The research topics covered by Sekar include nonlinear optical materials research, photochromic and fluorescence chemistry, photochemistry and electron transfer studies, luminescence and fluorescent materials, nonlinear optical materials studies, dyeing and modifying textile fibers, and free radicals and antioxidants.

The scientist has published extensively in several journals, with frequent publication venues as follows:

  • ChemistrySelect (17 publications)
  • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry (8 publications)
  • Computational and Theoretical Chemistry (8 publications)
  • Dyes and Pigments (7 publications)
  • Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy (7 publications)

Coauthors commonly collaborating with Sekar include:

  • Suryapratap J. Sharma (22 collaborations)
  • Zahir Ali Siddiqui (18 collaborations)
  • Sandeep More (18 collaborations)
  • Puja O. Gupta (12 collaborations)
  • Praful Patil (10 collaborations)

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Sekar include:

  • Review of NLOphoric azo dyes - Developments in hyperpolarizabilities in last two decades, 2021, Dyes and Pigments
  • Synthesis and computational study of coumarin thiophene-based D-π-A azo bridge colorants for DSSC and NLOphoric application, 2020, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry
  • Deep-red/NIR emitting coumarin derivatives - Synthesis, photophysical properties, and biological applications, 2022, Dyes and Pigments
  • Benzothiazole-pyridone and benzothiazole-pyrazole clubbed emissive azo dyes and dyeing application on polyester fabric: UPF, biological, photophysical and fastness properties with correlative computational assessments, 2020, Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
  • Towards NIR-Active Hydroxybenzazole (HBX)-Based ESIPT Motifs: A Recent Research Trend, 2020, ChemistrySelect

Best Publications

  • Spectroscopic analysis and DFT calculations of a food additive Carmoisine

    M. Snehalatha;C. Ravikumar;I. Hubert Joe;N. Sekar

  • Synthesis and antimicrobial activity of novel 2-substituted benzimidazole, benzoxazole and benzothiazole derivatives

    Vikas S. Padalkar;Bhushan N. Borse;Vinod D. Gupta;Kiran R. Phatangare

  • Design, synthesis, antimicrobial activity and computational studies of novel azo linked substituted benzimidazole, benzoxazole and benzothiazole derivatives.

    Virendra R. Mishra;Chaitannya W. Ghanavatkar;Suraj N. Mali;Shahnawaz I. Qureshi

  • Metal complex dyes for dye-sensitized solar cells: Recent developments

    N. Sekar;Vishal Y. Gehlot

  • Fluorescent azo disperse dyes from 3-(1,3-benzothiazol-2-yl)naphthalen-2-ol and comparison with 2-naphthol analogs

    Manjaree A. Satam;Rajesh K. Raut;N. Sekar

  • Carbazole-Linked Near-Infrared Aza-BODIPY Dyes as Triplet Sensitizers and Photoacoustic Contrast Agents for Deep-Tissue Imaging

    Yogesh Gawale;Nagappanpillai Adarsh;Sandeep Kumar Kalva;Joshy Joseph

  • Schiff base clubbed benzothiazole: synthesis, potent antimicrobial and MCF-7 anticancer activity, DNA cleavage and computational study

    Virendra R Mishra;Chaitannya W Ghanavatkar;Suraj N Mali;Hemchandra K Chaudhari

  • Linear correlation between DSSC efficiency, intramolecular charge transfer characteristics, and NLO properties – DFT approach

    Dinesh S. Patil;Kiran C. Avhad;Nagaiyan Sekar

  • Novel pyrazino-phenanthroline based rigid donor-π-acceptor compounds: A detail study of optical properties, acidochromism, solvatochromism and structure-property relationship

    Shantaram Kothavale;Nagaiyan Sekar

  • Review of NLOphoric azo dyes – Developments in hyperpolarizabilities in last two decades

    Chaitannya W. Ghanavatkar;Virendra R. Mishra;Nagaiyan Sekar

  • Synthesis of new ESIPT-fluorescein: photophysics of pH sensitivity and fluorescence.

    Vikas S. Patil;Vikas S. Padalkar;Kiran R. Phatangare;Vinod D. Gupta

  • Nonlinear optical properties of curcumin: solvatochromism-based approach and computational study

    Sachin N. Margar;Nagaiyan Sekar

  • Synthesis and Photo-Physical Characteristics of ESIPT Inspired 2-Substituted Benzimidazole, Benzoxazole and Benzothiazole Fluorescent Derivatives

    Vikas S. Padalkar;Abhinav Tathe;Vinod D. Gupta;Vikas S. Patil

  • Synthesis and computational study of coumarin thiophene-based D-π-A azo bridge colorants for DSSC and NLOphoric application

    Nitesh N. Ayare;Suryapratap Sharma;Keval K. Sonigara;Jyoti Prasad

  • Red emitting solid state fluorescent triphenylamine dyes: Synthesis, photo-physical property and DFT study

    Vinod D. Gupta;Abhinav B. Tathe;Vikas S. Padalkar;Prashant G. Umape

  • FT‐Raman, IR and UV‐visible spectral investigations and ab initio computations of a nonlinear food dye amaranth

    M. Snehalatha;C. Ravikumar;N. Sekar;V. S. Jayakumar

  • The synthesis and photo-physical properties of extended styryl fluorescent derivatives of N-ethyl carbazole

    Vinod D. Gupta;Vikas S. Padalkar;Kiran R. Phatangare;Vikas S. Patil

  • Methoxy supported, deep red emitting mono, bis and tris triphenylamine-isophorone based styryl colorants: Synthesis, photophysical properties, ICT, TICT emission and viscosity sensitivity

    Shantaram Kothavale;Nagaiyan Sekar

  • Benzothiazole pyrazole containing emissive azo dyes decorated with ESIPT core: Linear and non linear optical properties, Z scan, optical limiting, laser damage threshold with comparative DFT studies

    Chaitannya W. Ghanavatkar;Virendra R. Mishra;Nagaiyan Sekar;Elizabeth Mathew

  • Photostable coumarin containing azo dyes with multifunctional property

    Nitesh N. Ayare;Supriya H. Ramugade;Nagaiyan Sekar

  • Indion 190 resin: efficient, environmentally friendly, and reusable catalyst for synthesis of benzimidazoles, benzoxazoles, and benzothiazoles

    Vikas S. Padalkar;Vinod D. Gupta;Kiran R. Phatangare;Vikas S. Patil

  • A new rhodamine based OFF–ON fluorescent chemosensors for selective detection of Hg2+ and Al3+ in aqueous media

    Santosh Chemate;Nagaiyan Sekar

  • Congeners of Pyrromethene-567 Dye: Perspectives from Synthesis, Photophysics, Photostability, Laser, and TD-DFT Theory.

    Kishor G Thorat;Priyadarshani Kamble;Ramnath Mallah;Alok K Ray

Frequent Co-Authors

I. Hubert Joe
I. Hubert Joe University of Kerala
Ashraful Islam
Ashraful Islam National Institute for Materials Science
Ute Resch-Genger
Ute Resch-Genger Federal Institute For Materials Research and Testing
Manojit Pramanik
Manojit Pramanik Iowa State University
Anthony Harriman
Anthony Harriman Newcastle University
Raymond Ziessel
Raymond Ziessel University of Strasbourg

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