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Nikhil Guchhait

Nikhil Guchhait

University of Calcutta
India

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
43
Citations
6781
World Ranking
17229
National Ranking
340

Nikhil Guchhait publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nikhil Guchhait sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 284 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Nikhil Guchhait D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nikhil Guchhait sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Nikhil Guchhait is a researcher affiliated with the University of Calcutta in India. Their academic work primarily spans the fields of chemistry and materials science, with a particular focus on materials chemistry and physical and theoretical chemistry. The subfields they explore also include spectroscopy, molecular biology, and organic chemistry.

Their research covers a range of topics such as photochemistry and electron transfer studies, molecular sensors and ion detection, luminescence and fluorescent materials, crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, porphyrin and phthalocyanine chemistry, as well as photochromic and fluorescence chemistry.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
  • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry

Co-authors they have collaborated with recurrently are:

  • Arghyadeep Bhattacharyya
  • Akash Das
  • Riya Sett
  • Bijan Kumar Paul
  • Viki Bhakta

Representative publications include:

  • Structural isomerism induces pH dependent AIE-coupled ESIPT: an in-depth spectroscopic exploration with application in amine vapor sensing, 2023, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Interrogating the nature of aggregates formed in a model azine based ESIPT coupled AIE active probe: stark differences in photodynamics in the solid state and aggregates in water, 2023, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Dual-Channel Imine-Amine Photoisomerization in a Benzoimidazole and Benzothiazole Coupled System: Photophysics and Applications, 2024, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • Fluorescence detection of Al3+ ion in aqueous medium and live cell imaging by ESIPT probe (E)-N'-(5-bromo-2-hydroxybenzylidene)-4-hydroxybenzohydrazide, 2023, Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
  • Exciplex formation between a pair of synthesized AIEgens leads to white light generation: a spectroscopic exploration, 2020, New Journal of Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Exploring hydrophobic subdomain IIA of the protein bovine serum albumin in the native, intermediate, unfolded, and refolded states by a small fluorescence molecular reporter

    Bijan Kumar Paul;Anuva Samanta;Nikhil Guchhait

  • Exploring the strength, mode, dynamics, and kinetics of binding interaction of a cationic biological photosensitizer with DNA: implication on dissociation of the drug-DNA complex via detergent sequestration.

    Bijan Kumar Paul;Nikhil Guchhait

  • Rhodamine-based molecular clips for highly selective recognition of Al3+ ions: synthesis, crystal structure and spectroscopic properties

    Anamika Dhara;Atanu Jana;Nikhil Guchhait;Prasanta Ghosh

  • Unraveling the binding interaction and kinetics of a prospective anti-HIV drug with a model transport protein: results and challenges

    Bijan Kumar Paul;Debarati Ray;Nikhil Guchhait

  • A spectral deciphering of the binding interaction of an intramolecular charge transfer fluorescence probe with a cationic protein: thermodynamic analysis of the binding phenomenon combined with blind docking study.

    Bijan Kumar Paul;Nikhil Guchhait

  • Proton transfer assisted charge transfer phenomena in photochromic Schiff bases and effect of -NEt2 groups to the anil Schiff bases.

    Sankar Jana;Sasanka Dalapati;Nikhil Guchhait

  • Selective fluorescence sensing of Cu(II) and Zn(II) using a new Schiff base-derived model compound: naked eye detection and spectral deciphering of the mechanism of sensory action.

    Aniruddha Ganguly;Bijan Kumar Paul;Soumen Ghosh;Samiran Kar

  • Spectroscopic probe analysis for exploring probe-protein interaction: a mapping of native, unfolding and refolding of protein bovine serum albumin by extrinsic fluorescence probe.

    Anuva Samanta;Bijan Kumar Paul;Nikhil Guchhait

  • A spectroscopic investigation on the interaction of a magnetic ferrofluid with a model plasma protein: effect on the conformation and activity of the protein

    Bijan Kumar Paul;Kaustav Bhattacharjee;Subhrangsu Bose;Nikhil Guchhait

  • Modulated photophysics of an ESIPT probe 1-hydroxy-2-naphthaldehyde within motionally restricted environments of liposome membranes having varying surface charges.

    Bijan Kumar Paul;Nikhil Guchhait

  • Modulation of prototropic activity and rotational relaxation dynamics of a cationic biological photosensitizer within the motionally constrained bio-environment of a protein.

    Bijan Kumar Paul;Nikhil Guchhait

  • A DFT-based theoretical study on the photophysics of 4-hydroxyacridine: single-water-mediated excited state proton transfer.

    Bijan Kumar Paul;Subrata Mahanta;Rupashree Balia Singh;Nikhil Guchhait

  • Multifunctional fluorescent probe selective for Cu(II) and Fe(III) with dual-mode of binding approach

    Sasanka Dalapati;Sankar Jana;Md. Akhtarul Alam;Nikhil Guchhait

  • Anion recognition by simple chromogenic and chromo-fluorogenic salicylidene Schiff base or reduced-Schiff base receptors.

    Sasanka Dalapati;Sankar Jana;Nikhil Guchhait

  • Binding interaction between plasma protein bovine serum albumin and flexible charge transfer fluorophore: A spectroscopic study in combination with molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation

    Sankar Jana;Sasanka Dalapati;Shalini Ghosh;Nikhil Guchhait

  • Spectral deciphering of the interaction between an intramolecular hydrogen bonded ESIPT drug, 3,5-dichlorosalicylic acid, and a model transport protein

    Bijan Kumar Paul;Debarati Ray;Nikhil Guchhait

  • Exploring structural change of protein bovine serum albumin by external perturbation using extrinsic fluorescence probe: spectroscopic measurement, molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation

    Sankar Jana;Shalini Ghosh;Sasanka Dalapati;Nikhil Guchhait

  • Discrimination of Rotamers of Aryl Alcohol Homologues by Infrared−Ultraviolet Double-Resonance Spectroscopy in a Supersonic Jet

    Nikhil Guchhait;and Takayuki Ebata;Naohiko Mikami

  • Modulation of excited-state intramolecular proton transfer reaction of 1-hydroxy-2-naphthaldehyde in different supramolecular assemblies.

    Bijan Kumar Paul;Anuva Samanta;Nikhil Guchhait

  • TD-DFT investigation of the potential energy surface for Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer (ESIPT) reaction of 10-hydroxybenzo[h]quinoline: Topological (AIM) and population (NBO) analysis of the intramolecular hydrogen bonding interaction

    Bijan Kumar Paul;Nikhil Guchhait

  • Inequivalence of substitution pairs in hydroxynaphthaldehyde: A theoretical measurement by intramolecular hydrogen bond strength, aromaticity, and excited-state intramolecular proton transfer reaction.

    Subrata Mahanta;Bijan Kumar Paul;Rupashree Balia Singh;Nikhil Guchhait

Frequent Co-Authors

Sunil K. Manna
Sunil K. Manna Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics
Ulli Englert
Ulli Englert RWTH Aachen University
Naohiko Mikami
Naohiko Mikami Tohoku University
Ray J. Butcher
Ray J. Butcher Howard University
Takayuki Ebata
Takayuki Ebata Hiroshima University
Ennio Zangrando
Ennio Zangrando University of Trieste
M. Fátima C. Guedes da Silva
M. Fátima C. Guedes da Silva Instituto Superior Técnico
Seik Weng Ng
Seik Weng Ng University of Malaya
Asim Bhaumik
Asim Bhaumik Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
Lionel Goodman
Lionel Goodman Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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