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Srinivasan Natarajan

Srinivasan Natarajan

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Chemistry
India
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
70
Citations
17928
World Ranking
4418
National Ranking
40

Chemistry

D-Index
71
Citations
18135
World Ranking
5541
National Ranking
60

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Srinivasan Natarajan is affiliated with the Indian Institute of Science in India. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Materials Science, with a substantial emphasis on Materials Chemistry and related subfields. The scope of their work includes Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Inorganic Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and aspects of Condensed Matter Physics.

Their scholarly output includes numerous publications, with prolific contributions to journals such as The Cambridge Structural Database, Chemistry - An Asian Journal, Chemistry - A European Journal, Inorganic Chemistry, and Dalton Transactions. These venues reflect the range and depth of their investigations in crystallography and materials science.

Key topics explored in their research encompass:

  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials
  • Crystal Structures and Properties
  • Pigment Synthesis and Properties
  • Multiferroics and related materials

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Post-Synthetic Modification of Metal-Organic Frameworks Toward Applications" (2020, Advanced Functional Materials)
  • "Bifunctional MOFs in Heterogeneous Catalysis" (2023, ACS Organic & Inorganic Au)
  • "Multilayer intercalation: MXene/cobalt ferrite electromagnetic wave absorbing two-dimensional materials" (2022, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids)
  • "Blue-Emitting Ligand-Mediated Assembly of Rare-Earth MOFs toward White-Light Emission, Sensing, Magnetic, and Catalytic Studies" (2022, Inorganic Chemistry)
  • "Highly Selective MOF-Based Turn-Off Luminescence Detection of Hg2+ Ions in an Aqueous Medium and Its Dual Functional Catalytic Activity toward Aldol Condensation and β-Enamination Reactions" (2022, Inorganic Chemistry)

Collaboration plays a significant role in their work, with frequent co-authors including Krishna Manna, Jean-Pascal Sutter, Anupam Sarkar, A. Sundaresan, and Tanaya Kundu. These collaborations underscore the interdisciplinary and networked nature of their research efforts in advancing materials chemistry and inorganic chemistry.

Best Publications

  • Metal carboxylates with open architectures.

    C. N. R. Rao;Srinivasan Natarajan;R. Vaidhyanathan

  • Proton conduction in metal-organic frameworks and related modularly built porous solids.

    Minyoung Yoon;Kyungwon Suh;Srinivasan Natarajan;Srinivasan Natarajan;Kimoon Kim

  • Post-Synthetic Modification of Metal–Organic Frameworks Toward Applications

    Sukhendu Mandal;Srinivasan Natarajan;Prabu Mani;Asha Pankajakshan

  • Aufbau principle of complex open-framework structures of metal phosphates with different dimensionalities.

    Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao;Srinivasan R. Natarajan;Amitava Choudhury;Sharma Neeraj

  • Open-framework structures of transition-metal compounds.

    Srinivasan Natarajan;Sukhendu Mandal

  • Novel Photocatalysts for the Decomposition of Organic Dyes Based on Metal-Organic Framework Compounds

    Partha Mahata;Giridhar Madras;Srinivasan Natarajan

  • Metal–organic framework structures – how closely are they related to classical inorganic structures?

    Srinivasan Natarajan;Partha Mahata

  • A Novel Open-Framework Cobalt Phosphate Containing a Tetrahedrally Coordinated Cobalt(II) Center: CoPO4 · 0.5 C2H10N2

    Jiesheng Chen;Srinivasan Natarajan;John Meurig Thomas;Richard H. Jones

  • Exploration of a simple universal route to the myriad of open-framework metal phosphates

    C. N. R. Rao;Srinivasan Natarajan;S. Neeraj

  • SAPO-18 Catalysts and Their Broensted Acid Sites

    Jiesheng Chen;Paul A. Wright;John Meurig Thomas;Srinivasan Natarajan

  • COMBINED QUEXAFS-XRD - A NEW TECHNIQUE IN HIGH-TEMPERATURE MATERIALS CHEMISTRY - AN ILLUSTRATIVE IN-SITU STUDY OF THE ZINC OXIDE-ENHANCED SOLID-STATE PRODUCTION OF CORDIERITE FROM A PRECURSOR ZEOLITE

    Gopinathan Sankar;Paul A. Wright;Srinivasan Natarajan;John Meurig Thomas

  • In situ x-ray diffraction study of crystallization kinetics in PbZr1-xTixO3, (PZT, x = 0.0, 0.55, 1.0)

    Angus P. Wilkinson;James S. Speck;Anthony K. Cheetham;Srinivasan Natarajan

  • Highly luminescent and thermally stable lanthanide coordination polymers designed from 4-(dipyridin-2-yl)aminobenzoate: efficient energy transfer from Tb3+ to Eu3+ in a mixed lanthanide coordination compound.

    A. R. Ramya;Debajit Sharma;Srinivasan Natarajan;M. L. P. Reddy

  • A new series of three-dimensional metal-organic framework, [M2(H2O)][C5N1H3(COO)2]3.2H2O, M = La, Pr, and Nd: synthesis, structure, and properties.

    Partha Mahata;Srinivasan Natarajan

  • Role of temperature and time in the formation of infinite -M-O-M- linkages and isolated clusters in MOFs: a few illustrative examples.

    Partha Mahata;Manikanda Prabu;Srinivasan Natarajan

  • Offene Metallcarboxylat‐Architekturen

    C. N. R. Rao;Srinivasan Natarajan;R. Vaidhyanathan

  • Synthesis, structure and luminescent properties of yttrium benzene dicarboxylates with one- and three-dimensional structure.

    A. Thirumurugan;Srinivasan Natarajan

  • A novel open-framework zinc phosphate with intersecting helical channels

    S. Neeraj;Srinivasan Natarajan;C. N. R. Rao

  • Metal nanoparticle-loaded hierarchically assembled ZnO nanoflakes for enhanced photocatalytic performance

    Wei Li Ong;Srinivasan Natarajan;Bradley Kloostra;Ghim Wei Ho

  • Quasi-2D XY magnetic properties and slow relaxation in a body centered metal organic network of [Co4] clusters.

    Partha Mahata;Srinivasan Natarajan;Pierre Panissod;Marc Drillon

  • Synthesis and Structures of New Pyromellitate Coordination Polymers with Piperazine as a Ligand

    S V Ganesan;Srinivasan Natarajan

Frequent Co-Authors

C. N. R. Rao
C. N. R. Rao Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
Jagannatha Gopalakrishnan
Jagannatha Gopalakrishnan Indian Institute of Science
Swapan K. Pati
Swapan K. Pati Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
Mark A. Green
Mark A. Green University of Kent
Paul A. Wright
Paul A. Wright University of St Andrews
Anthony K. Cheetham
Anthony K. Cheetham University of Cambridge
John Meurig Thomas
John Meurig Thomas University of Cambridge
Jean-Pascal Sutter
Jean-Pascal Sutter Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Giridhar Madras
Giridhar Madras Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
Martin Jansen
Martin Jansen Max Planck Society

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